FPA recently joined forces with The Recycling Partnership (TRP) with its Film and Flexibles Recycling Coalition, which works collaboratively to identify and scale ways to collect more film and flexible packaging.
Read MoreThe company will continue to be managed by Garlock’s current senior management team, led by founder and CEO Pete Garlock.
Read More2021 began with a rush in many states to consider policies that will squarely impact the flexible packing industry.
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The Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition had a strong international flavor this year, especially when it came to printing excellence, leading to multiple awards for one company in the United Arab Emirates and another in India.
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At this time a year ago, advocacy efforts in Washington were just starting to adjust to the realities of a pandemic-dictated virtual work environment and a mostly reactive emergency-based legislative agenda.
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Each year, Printpack company associates in Atlanta and Villa Rica, Georgia, raise money for the Atlanta Heart Walk, an event of the American Heart Association.
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Polyplex Corp. donated money, food, supplies, and personal protective equipment (PPE) to community members, hospitals, and local governments in locations across its footprint.
Read MoreEarly last year, LPS Industries’ CEO, Madeleine Robinson, made a financial donation to Fabulous Foods through the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey, a pro-business trade organization.
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In this issue, we interview Stan Bikulege, chairman and CEO of Novolex and a board member of FPA.
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Without reliable information about COVID-19’s impact on daily life and spending habits, strategic planning becomes challenging for flexible packaging manufacturers hoping to make inroads in, perhaps, Turkey, France, Brazil, or China.
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From scraped knees to heart-valve replacements, every day people depend upon health care and medical/surgical supplies safely delivered in sterile packaging.
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Sustainability goals are shared across the flexible packaging industry, so when it comes to finding ways to improve the circular economy, collegiality and collaboration dominate, says Randy Shermet, vice president of sales and development at Polykar in Burlington, Ontario.
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Sustainability is a concern for governments, businesses, and people worldwide.
Read MoreKarlville Swiss opened a second building in Stabio, Switzerland, to meet the demands of the flexible packaging market.
Read MoreMiraclon recently appointed a chief technology and innovation officer and a chief technology adviser.
Read MoreAn affiliate of Peak Rock Capital, a middle-market private investment firm, completed its acquisition of AMB, S.p.A in partnership with the Marin family, AMB’s founders and current owners, and the management team of AMB.
Read MoreADM Capital Europe, LLP, a London-based private equity advisory firm, reported that its Cibus Enterprise Fund has invested in the British polymer production company Aquapak Polymers Ltd.
Read MoreEastman Chemical Co. will invest $250 million over two years to build a methanolysis plant at its Kingsport, Tennessee facility.
Read MoreAs the packaging industry—particularly the plastic and flexible packaging industry—continues to face unprecedented levels of legislation around end-of-life management and full circularity, promotion of the many benefits of flexible packaging is more important than ever.
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Caylee Boone and three of her classmates at the University of Wisconsin-Stout were tasked with coming up with ideas and prototypes that would advance uses for flexible packaging, so they started to think about how they use products and what could be improved.
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