FPA’s 2025 Impact Report shows the flexible packaging industry generates $151 billion in U.S. economic output and supports nearly 400,000 jobs, highlighting its vital role in manufacturing, innovation, and sustainable growth.
Read More
FPA marks 75 years with its 21st Student Design Challenge, showcasing the creativity and innovation of future leaders in flexible packaging.
Read More
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) plays a crucial role by gathering, analyzing, and disseminating key industry and economic data. This information provides valuable insights into the health and performance of essential industry attributes.
Read More
Since 1956, the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) has hosted the annual Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition, celebrating the industry’s most groundbreaking innovations and advancements.
Read More
The Flexible Packaging Association will be publishing its annual “Report to the Members,” which t highlights current and ongoing FPA programs that ensure the environmental benefits and sustainability advantages of flexible packaging are communicated and understood.
Read More
The committee also tracks regulatory developments to inform members on upcoming and existing environmental compliance issues and policies.
Read More
The White House, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and U.S. Food and Drug Administration released their final “National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics.” This strategy is part of a series of strategies for building a more circular economy for all.
Read More
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.
Read More
The Flexible Packaging Association believes the law will only lessen the collection and recycling of recyclable material and add to landfill waste.
Read MoreAlison Keane, president and CEO of the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), will be leaving FPA on August 1, 2024, to take another position after leading the Maryland-based organization for the past eight years. “Under Alison’s leadership, we grew the FPA and kept the budget and revenue on track with expectations,” said William Jackson, Ph.D., chief […]
Read More
The Flexible Packaging Association partnered with PTIS, LLC to perform a streamlined life cycle assessment to compare flexible packaging options for the pet food sector with those of other comparative packaging formats to better understand the environmental impacts.
Read More
While FPA was heavily engaged in several issue areas, including labeling standards, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and advanced recycling technologies, FPA’s highest priority remained extended producer responsibility legislation.
Read More
The Flexible Packaging Association works with federal regulators to share industry positions and mitigate potential regulatory burdens on flexible packaging manufacturing in the United States.
Read MoreThe Manufacturers for Sensible Regulations coalition seeks to encourage policymakers to help release the power of U.S. manufacturing by ridding job creators of overly burdensome regulations.
Read More
The annual State of the Flexible Packaging Industry Report, recently released by the Flexible Packaging Association, provides industry converters, suppliers, investors, and analysts with insights into the U.S. flexible packaging industry’s performance over the past year.
Read MoreThe project’s main objectives were to uncover the key operational challenges and barriers to switching between flexible materials in the consumer packaged goods company production lines; and to create a best practices document as an industry guide for CPG companies, original equipment manufacturers, and materials suppliers/ converters on the most effective way to transition between flexible materials
Read More
Since 1956, the Flexible Packaging Association has conducted the annual Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition to showcase the industry’s innovation and the advances that have changed packaging.
Read More
The Flexible Packaging Association recently published its annual “Report to the Members,” which provides an overview of the many initiatives and activities the association conducts on behalf of its members.
Read More
The Flexible Packaging Association’s environmental, health, and safety committee tracks regulatory developments on federal environmental and occupational safety regulations and develops action plans for those that could impact the industry. The environmental policy initiatives under the Biden administration are a major shift from the previous administration.
Read More
The annual “State of the Flexible Packaging Industry Report,” covers the entire flexible packaging industry, including the segment of the industry that adds significant value to flexible materials, usually by performing multiple processes. This segment of the industry is estimated to be $29.5 billion in 2021.
Read More