After taking a back seat to supply constraints during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, sustainability has returned to the driver’s seat with sales and marketing efforts
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Marijuana Laws Open Packaging Opportunities
Packaging Companies Tap New Market as States Legalize Marijuana
Now that nearly 40 U.S. states have given a green light to cannabis use, whether for medical or recreational purposes, marijuana has taken on various forms—and the packaging often is now designed to gain attention rather than deflect it.
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Standing Out
Contest Judges Mull 2023 Award Entries
Companies that are members of the Flexible Packaging Association submitted products to be evaluated in up to six categories in the 2023 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition: expanding the use of flexible packaging, technical innovation, printing, shelf impact, sustainability, and packaging excellence.
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How to Succeed With Packaging Innovations at Your Company
Mars Wrigley Executive Gives Tips on Working Across Your Company Culture
The process of developing new packaging ideas in a large corporation—the road to innovation—never has been easy. But the journey still can be fun, suggests William A. Singleton III, global packaging director at Mars Wrigley Confectionary.
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Experts: Education Remains Key to Flexible Packaging Sales and Marketing
When it comes to selling and marketing flexible packaging, the efforts must include showing end consumers and policymakers the benefits, as well, several experts point out.
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What Now?
Advocacy Experts Discuss New Congress
As 2023 begins, federal legislators will be putting the final touches on reorganizing the House and Senate committees and subcommittees of the 118th Congress based on the results of the November election. But even before the election, advocates for the packaging and flexible packaging industries were preparing for what they know will be a busy year on Capitol Hill.
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Our Future Workforce
Schools and Companies Tout Training Programs at PACK EXPO International
Even before the pandemic and its aftermath, finding workers has been a struggle. Unemployment rates continue to hover at or near historic lows, even as economists increasingly predict an economic downturn. Workforce training, recruitment, and retention issues remain top concerns for companies nationwide, including those in the flexible packaging industry.
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Flexpack Crash Course
New Workers Network During Daylong Seminar
This course aims to help the flexible packaging industry maintain, grow, and attract new talent through connections and collaboration.
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AMERIPEN Leader Reviews Packing Issues for 2023
Dan Felton Outlines Key Initiatives on State and Federal Levels
State policymakers will have a busy year in 2023 as they seek to regulate the packaging industry, with measures expected on extended producer responsibility, labeling requirements, and recycled-content mandates.
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Amcor Leader Discusses $10.8M Investment at Michigan State University
His Advice to Other Companies: ‘Jump in’
This past year, Amcor announced it would be investing $10.8 million into the Michigan State University School of Packaging in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Amcor’s commitment includes investment in infrastructure and building renovations, as well as an endowed chair position in the School of Packaging.
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What Most Concerns You for the Future?
Thought Leader Survey Highlights Legislation, Other Issues
This year, the respondents to the “Packaging Thought Leader Survey 2032” included 165 experts, including leadership from the Flexible Packaging Association. The questions include deep looks into key technologies and trends that will impact packaging by 2032.
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Beyond the Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Some Companies Create Alternative Routes to Circularity Goals
As they take steps toward creating a circular economy for their products, flexible packaging companies continue to face calls for reducing or eliminating the use of plastic entirely.
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FPA Recognizes Members Celebrating Milestones
Companies Offer Insights into Challenges, Opportunities
In 2022, as companies in the flexible packaging realm reach milestone years in their FPA memberships, some shared how they continue to innovate, embrace sustainability, and maximize FPA resources to stay strong and meet the challenges ahead.
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Training the Sustainability Trainers
Arizona State University Offers Programs for Midcareer Sustainability Officers and Others to Help Companies Advance Circularity Efforts
As companies add sustainability personnel to meet customer, brand owner, and regulatory expectations, they might not know exactly how to integrate new policies into their organizations. That situation could be a reason to reach out to Arizona State University’s Ryan M. Johnson.
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CNG Works With Trex in Annual Student Recycling Contest
FPA Member Provides Schools With Cash Awards
Starting in November, schools nationwide can compete for prizes and cash awards by entering an annual recycling contest run by Trex Company, Inc. that has been sponsored by Charter Next Generation, a Wisconsin-based flexible packaging company that is an FPA member.
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Among New Initiatives
College interns tuned in to a recent virtual meeting for an overview of the flexible packaging industry, marking the official start of the Flexible Packaging Association’s second annual summer virtual internship series.
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Automation Takes Hold
Using Technology to Hire, Train, and Schedule Workers
More than two years after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted traditional methods of training workers, flexible packaging companies continue fine-tuning their approaches that rely on technology to limit face-to-face contact.
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Inside the Student Design Challenge
Judges and Students Reflect on 2022 Contest
Four members of FPA’s Emerging Leadership Council, volunteered one afternoon in May to judge the association’s annual Student Flexible Packaging Design Challenge.
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Expanding Recycling in Upper Midwest
CNG, General Mills, and Others Invest in Mechanical Recycling Plant
A coalition of Minnesota-based CEOs in the agriculture and consumer packaged goods industries wanted to do more to ensure a circular economy, especially when it came to flexible packaging. Business leaders set out to create a regional ecosystem serving the Upper Midwest.
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Cybersecurity Expert Reflects on Her Career
Dawn Cappelli Advises Young Women to ‘Go for It’
FlexPack VOICE® had the opportunity to interview Dawn Cappelli, Dragos director of Operational Technology—Cyber Emergency Readiness Team, and a member of the Manufacturing Cybersecurity Advisory Council for the National Association of Manufacturers.
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