In a vastly altered globe since last year, flexible packaging converters and suppliers seize innovations as they reinvent for a refashioned, post-pandemic economy.
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Facing Headwinds
July/Aug 2021
With 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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Canada Debates Ban on Plastics
FPA Assists Responsible Plastic Use Coalition in Membership Outreach
July/Aug 2021
FPA has many advocacy priorities.
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Tracking Solvent Recycling
Better Monitoring Equipment Can Improve Performance
July/Aug 2021
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?
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Second Half of Calendar Year Will Be Busy
July/Aug 2021
Calendar year 2021 is halfway over, and the Biden Administration is now more firmly in place.
Read MoreState Legislative Agendas Narrow
Packaging Policies Debated Through Spring Sessions
July/Aug 2021
The 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).
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A Closer Look at Madeleine Robinson
CEO of LPS Industries, LLC
July/Aug 2021
Each issue, FlexPack VOICE® hosts a question-and-answer segment with an industry leader.
Read MoreMica Corporation Supports Emerging Leaders in the Packaging Industry
July/Aug 2021
In 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 MoreEuromonitor International Encourages Workers to Give
July/Aug 2021
Through its Corporate Social Responsibility Program, Euromonitor International gives to charitable projects chosen by its staff each year.
Read MoreLyondellBasell Invests in Communities
July/Aug 2021
Under the company’s “Advancing Good” philanthropy approach, LyondellBasell has made several investments within the communities where it operates around the world.
Read MoreBumble Bee Workers Pitch in For Recycling Day
July/Aug 2021
On March 20, 54 volunteers from The Bumble Bee Seafood Company participated in Global Recycling Day.
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Oregon Moves Fast on EPR Legislation
Several Lessons Found in Actions in Various States, FPA Lobbyists Say
July 1, 2021
Legislators in Oregon hammered out an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) bill this spring, expecting to sign into law a measure that puts much of the responsibility for handling waste on the companies that make products.
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Emerging Leadership Council Takes Off
ELC Committees Already Producing Results
July/Aug 2021
The Emerging Leadership Council’s (ELC) mission is to establish a network of future leaders to drive issues and opportunities that have a long-term impact on the advancement of the U.S. flexible packaging industry.
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SPMC® Celebrates Inaugural Sterile Packaging Day
July/Aug 2021
FPA’s Sterilization Packaging Manufacturers Council (SPMC®) celebrated its first Sterile Packaging Day on March 10.
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FPA’s Recycling Efforts Accelerate
FPA Enters Into a Partnership With Coalition; Conducts Analysis of Flexible Packaging Formats
May/June 2021
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 MoreAstara Capital Completes Investment in Garlock Printing & Converting
May/June 2021
The company will continue to be managed by Garlock’s current senior management team, led by founder and CEO Pete Garlock.
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States Debating EPR, Recycled Content, and Labeling Bills
May/June 2021
2021 began with a rush in many states to consider policies that will squarely impact the flexible packing industry.
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International Entries Highlight 2021 Awards Competition
Judges Recognize Winners in UAE and India
April 29, 2021
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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Prototypes Offer Solutions Through Flexible Packaging
Students Discuss Winning Entries in FPA Contest
April 29, 2021
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.
Read MoreSustainability, Social Media Efforts Ramp Up
May/June 2021
As 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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