Avery Dennison of Glendale, California, has bought the Ohio-based ACPO Ltd. for $87.6 million, subject to certain post-closing adjustments. ACPO makes pressure-sensitive overlaminate products for the label and flexible packaging markets and has about 170 workers. Avery Dennison has acquired the majority of ACPO’s assets, including coating, finishing and distribution operations at its Oak Harbor, […]
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Consumers Remain Concerned About Food Packaging and Safety
G&S Business Communications Survey Shows Evolving Trends
January 25, 2021
Late in the fall, G&S Business Communications updated its national survey of consumers to see how COVID-19 continued to change their habits and found that about 58% remained at least somewhat concerned with contracting the virus through food packaging. That number was down from 66% in April 2020, says Brian Hall, managing director for G&S. […]
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ProAmpac Buys U.K.-Based Manufacturer
January 19, 2021
ProAmpac has acquired Rapid Action Packaging (RAP), a private, U.K.-based manufacturer of cellulose-based packaging products for fresh prepared and ready-to-eat foods. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. RAP is a designer and manufacturer of sustainable packaging for fresh prepared foods sold at retail, including sandwiches, wraps, chicken tenders, and salads. With this acquisition, ProAmpac […]
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Christoph Langohr, of Syntegon, Gives Sustainability Update at PACK EXPO Connects
January 14, 2021
With deadlines toward a circular economy quickly accelerating over the next few years, companies continue to innovate by trying different techniques, including offering paper packaging as an option. During a presentation at PACK EXPO Connects that was held virtually Nov. 9 to 13, Christoph Langohr, project manager sustainability horizontal flow wrapping with Syntegon, gave an […]
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Nelipak Taps Chambliss as CEO
January 12, 2021
Nelipak Corp. recently named Pat Chambliss as CEO after he served as president and chief operating officer at the company. Chambliss has an extensive track record of senior leadership experience in the packaging industry, including previous roles at Packaging Dynamics Corp. and Novolex, Nelipak said in a news release. Chambliss succeeds Roger Prevot, who will […]
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Sun Chemical Releases Sustainability Report
January 5, 2021
Sun Chemical recently released its 11th annual Corporate Sustainability Report for the year ending 2019. The report describes Sun Chemical’s emphasis on sustainability in the way it develops, manufactures, and distributes its products, while also showing how it works with customers and suppliers to improve their sustainability goals, the company said in a news release. The […]
Read MoreChallenges For 2021 Remain Vivid
Jan/Feb 2021
We are entering a new year that will prove to be as challenging as 2020 for many of the same reasons. The COVID-19 pandemic is reaching its second and third waves worldwide, and the efficacy and rollout of a vaccine is uncertain. And, as federal, state, and local budgets have been strained, it is expected […]
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Working the Rules
FPA Committee Monitors Workplace Regulations
Jan/Feb 2021
FPA’s Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Committee tracks regulatory developments on federal, environmental, and occupational safety regulations and develops action plans to deal with those that could impact the industry. During the last six months, the committee weighed in on several U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rulemakings that were deemed to affect members’ facility operations. […]
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Highlights In Sustainability, Leadership, Company Growth, And More
Jan/Feb 2021
Proampac Breaks Ground On Innovation Center ProAmpac recently broke ground on a collaboration and innovation center, a multi-million-dollar investment that will expand the company’s existing facility to house what will become an international hub for packaging design and development. CEO Greg Tucker was joined by Kathleen C. Hochul, New York lieutenant governor, and local dignitaries […]
Read MoreThe Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Circularity More Relevant Than Ever
Analyzing the Status of a Circular Economy
Jan/Feb 2021
In 2016, The Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) decided to bring plastic packaging into the circular economy. The foundation’s message is clear: “The vision aims at ensuring that plastic never becomes a waste by 1) eliminating the plastic we don’t need; 2) innovating to ensure that the plastics we do need are reusable, recyclable, and compostable; […]
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Welcome to the 117th Congress
Fresh Start Might Mean More Productive Year in 2021
Jan/Feb 2021
2020 felt like both the longest and the shortest of years. In many respects, it seemed to be never-ending—particularly when it came to the endless election cycle and continuous online meetings. At the same time, given the chaotic nature of adapting to pandemic life and the pressure to complete legislation to address the pandemic response, […]
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2021 Framed by Fall Elections
State and Local Governments Will Be Picking Up Packaging Issues
Jan/Feb 2021
Last year, elections at the state level had an outsized importance similar to elections at the federal level. A major driver was the 2020 census and the redistricting that will happen starting next year for Congressional and state legislative districts. State legislatures generally oversee that process, so an incredible amount of money and attention was […]
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Roadmaps to Sustainability
In-Depth Report Steers Industry Toward 2030
Jan/Feb 2021
Companies across the supply chain in the flexible packaging industry have been working toward a circular economy for years.
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Yearning for Growth
Forecast Calls for Strong Year
Jan/Feb 2021
If there is one safe bet about the year ahead, it’s that 2021 will be nothing like 2020.
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Finding Leaders
New Effort Taps Talent to Lead Industry’s future
Jan/Feb 2021
Before the pandemic, just about every industry faced problems finding qualified workers and people to lead them because of low jobless rates and high competition for talent.
Read MoreESKO DONATES SOFTWARE LICENSES
Jan/Feb 2021
Esko made a multi-million-dollar, in-kind donation to support college and university students in their packaging engineering and technology studies.The global developer of integrated software and hardware solutions for the packaging, label, and wide-format sectors has extended its no-charge donation of software licenses to leading educational institutions across the U.S. “We strongly believe in investing in […]
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A Closer Look at Kathy Bolhous
CEO, Charter Next Generation
Jan/Feb 2021
Each issue, FlexPack VOICE™ hosts a question-and-answer segment with an industry leader. In this issue, we interview Kathy Bolhous, CEO of Charter Next Generation and the 2021–2022 chair of the Flexible Packaging Association. Bolhous was born in Mishawaka, Indiana—the ninth of 10 children in a blue-collar family. She has more than three decades of experience […]
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Experts Offer Sustainability Updates
Global Pouch Forum Provided an Opportunity to Gain Insights
January 4, 2021
At Mondelēz International, the company has been setting sustainability goals for years and has every intention of reaching its next major milestone.
Read MoreSIEGWERK PROVIDES MEALS
Jan/Feb 2021
At the flexible packaging headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa, Siegwerk employees normally participate in Meals from the Heartland, a nonprofit organization composed of volunteers who package meals for delivery to feed people around the world, as well as in the U.S. The meals include rice, soy protein, dried vegetables, and vitamins. During the pandemic, Siegwerk […]
Read MoreNovolex Donates Materials to Create Face Shields
Jan/Feb 2021
In April, Novolex donated plastic sheets needed to make face shields to protect health care workers and other first responders as they tackled the COVID-19 pandemic. Individual face shields were cut from up to one-ton rolls of transparent polyethylene produced at Novolex manufacturing centers and then were affixed onto head harnesses at assembly points across […]
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