Important Work for and in the Industry
Initiatives by The Griff Network extend past its local community. Abroad, Griff sponsors communities in Kigali, Rwanda, and Antigua, Guatemala. Through this effort, Griff has helped struggling communities build schools and assisted with the improvement of facilities for children and faculty members of the Ngarama Parish in Rwanda. Griff, which is based in Fallsington, Pennsylvania, […]
Read MoreDuring the pandemic, C-P Flexible Packaging supported employees at each of the company’s locations, providing appreciation pay, gift cards, free lunches, and free boxes of masks and hand sanitizer for employees’ household use. Based in York, Pennsylvania, C-P Flexible Packaging is a fully integrated, full-service flexible packaging converter.
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The Flexible Packaging Association’s (FPA) first summer internship program, launched by the Emerging Leadership Council (ELC), included over 35 students from 18 different companies. The council started the program for one foundational purpose: to “sell” our industry to highly impressionable students who are weighing a very important decision—where to launch their careers.
Read MoreRepresentatives from the Sterilization Packaging Manufacturers Council’s (SPMC) member companies recently sat down to talk about the changes they’ve experienced and where they see the sterile flexible packaging industry heading.
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A top legislative priority for the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) continues to be an unwavering commitment to advocate for a national strategy to improve, advance, and increase plastics recycling in the U.S. From the time the Biden Administration and the 117th Congress were first sworn in earlier this year, FPA has worked with our industry partners on efforts to advance a comprehensive strategic framework to implement legislation and regulations that will create a more circular economy for flexible packaging and all plastics.
Read MoreExtended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation passed in two states this year—or did it?
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The column titled “FPA’s Recycling Efforts Accelerate” in the May/June issue of FlexPack VOICE® discussed FPA’s work with The Recycling Partnership, as well as other initiatives, to improve recycling efforts nationwide.
Read More2021 will go down as a landmark year in terms of new packaging policy at the state level. Maine and Oregon’s legislatures have now officially passed extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws for packaging sold or distributed in their states.
Read MoreSince 2008, Griff Paper and Film has donated space in one of its warehouses in Fallsington, Pennsylvania, to a nonprofit organization.
Read MoreAshland employees participated in several community outreach efforts during the pandemic, including staff in India who reconstructed a boys’ dormitory in a school.
Read MoreEarly in the pandemic, Polykar donated $50,000 to support critical responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in the developing world. Polykar, which is based in Quebec, Canada, specializes in sustainable packaging solutions.
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In honor of its 50th anniversary, Dynamic Dies started a year-long program of giving called “Dynamic Dies Difference Makers.”
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The leadership development committee is a subset of the newly formed Emerging Leadership Council (ELC) within FPA.
Read MoreFPA’s Sterilization Packaging Manufacturers Council (SPMC®) convenes on a regular basis with like-minded companies to develop consensus documents that benefit the entire industry. It’s an effective framework that has not wavered in nearly 30 years.
Read MoreWith all the action on circularity and recycling infrastructure for packaging, it is easy to forget the additional challenges the flexible packaging industry is facing.
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Are you looking for a groundbreaking innovation to meet your environmental goals? How about a green technology that could revolutionize the sustainability of your operation?
Read MoreCalendar year 2021 is halfway over, and the Biden Administration is now more firmly in place.
Read MoreThe 2021 state legislative sessions have focused on key policies that will squarely impact the flexible packing industry, namely post-consumer recycling (PCR) for certain packages, recyclability labeling, and extended producer responsibility (EPR).
Read MoreIn 2010, Mica Corporation established the Daniel Siegel Memorial Scholarship fund to honor the memory of Mica’s late founder and to encourage science and engineering students to continue career pursuits in the packaging industry.
Read MoreThrough its Corporate Social Responsibility Program, Euromonitor International gives to charitable projects chosen by its staff each year.
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