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The video—“Basics of Extended Producer Responsibility”—outlines the sustainability attributes of flexible packaging and then explains how extended producer responsibility programs work.
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We interview Alan Rogers, vice president of sales at Polymount US LLC, which joined the Flexible Packaging Association in 2024.
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The National Association of Manufacturers releases report focusing on how AI reshaping manufacturing
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The Flexible Packaging Association set out in 2023 to reinvent the organization’s fall conference to include more networking opportunities and educational sessions while accommodating its expanding membership base. Those efforts culminate with an exciting conference.
Read MoreThe Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) and its board-level work group on meetings have reimagined our fall conference, which will now be the premier flexible packaging event of the season.
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The Annual State of the Flexible Packaging Industry Report provides industry converters, suppliers, investors, and analysts with insight into the performance of the U.S. flexible packaging industry over the past year.
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The Emerging Leadership Council of the Flexible Packaging Association is excited to offer FPA member companies the opportunity to participate in the FlexPack Crash Course at PACK EXPO International.
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The Sterilization Packaging Manufacturers Council (SPMC®) recently added an associate member category, a significant milestone for the council, which was founded by and composed of converter members for nearly 30 years.
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Over the years, BOBST has been committed to its industry vision of “Shaping the future of the packaging world,” with sustainability as one of the four pillars. This focus is now reaching a critical juncture for the entire industry.
Read MoreThere is a broad bipartisan understanding that the government needs to proactively work to safeguard against the risks of AI while ensuring the benefits of AI can be utilized.
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Even with 2024 being a short year for legislative sessions and the national elections taking center stage this November, some states felt the need to introduce legislation on extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
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AI offers the promise of greater efficiency and clearer, quicker insights into business operations. And while there are risks in using the technology, there also are risks in steering clear of it.
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Packaging industry professionals from around the world will gather in Rosemont, Illinois, for Labelexpo Americas 2024 to learn more about the challenges and innovations in the industry. The show will include live demonstrations of flexo presses and will display digital technology and finishing equipment, but it also will focus on trends facing the industry.
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Wouldn’t it be great to eat Pringles® chips without having to stick your hand down in the can? Essentially, that thinking was behind the flexible package that is the first-place winner of the 2024 Student Design Challenge held by the Flexible Packaging Association.
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In this issue, we interview Sarah Marshall, vice president of marketing of Nova Chemicals’ Polyethylene Business.
Read MoreCompanies recognized were American Packaging Corporation, Frain Industries, NOVA Chemicals, Inc., Printpack, and BW Converting. Individuals celebrated were Quentin Misenheimer and Nick Tucci.
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PACK EXPO International 2024 will also provide various networking events during the expo scheduled for November at McCormick Place in Chicago.
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If you were to ask extended producer responsibility (EPR) experts from other countries about the lessons they learned that could be applied to EPR programs in the United States, you would receive advice about working well in advance on programs, harmonizing them across jurisdictions, being proactive, and getting involved.
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Kim Carswell has spent 40 years in a career that has made her a leader in sustainable packaging, including jobs with major retailers such as General Mills, Kraft Foods, and Target. During that time, she developed meaningful advice for people interested in a career in the flexible packaging industry.
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Alison Keane, the outgoing president and CEO of the Flexible Packaging Association, says one high point of her eight-year tenure was the ability of her “small but mighty” staff to tackle extender producer responsibility laws that have been gaining increasing traction among states nationwide.
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