Features for the Flexible Packaging Industry
In an expanded conversation with FlexPack VOICE®, Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corporation President Andrew Wheeler offers career advice and other insights.
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The explosion of e-commerce over the last two years fueled a burst of creativity that will leave a lasting mark on flexible packaging, even if online sales retreat from their pandemic-era highs.
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Sustainability is more than a buzzword for flexible packaging companies. It is spurring a rush to create products that are reusable, recyclable, made entirely from recycled materials, or all of the above. But for many consumers, sustainability is an abstract concept that fails to resonate.
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Innovators showcased their top packages at the 66th Annual Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition.
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Jim Peters, Brian Ludwick, and Martin Golden brought their varied careers in academia, publishing, and consulting to the contest that they judged the 66th Annual Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition in November 2021.
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How will retail brands and their vendors stick to their newfound preferences for online shopping in 2022 and beyond?
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ELC members tout flexible packaging careers and the industry’s future, and look forward to the return of the virtual summer internship program.
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Debbie Curry, FPA director of accounting and administrative operations, brings a family-first mentality to the association and her community.
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The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is a media partner for TAPPI International’s upcoming 2022 FlexPack PLACE Conference next month in Austin, Texas, in a live, in-person event.
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In this expanded FlexPack VOICE® interview, Russell Grissett, vice president and general manager at Sonoco Flexibles, discusses his background and his journey to Sonoco Flexibles.
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While most people abhor when food is wasted, that doesn’t stop food waste from being one of the biggest contributors to environmental concerns. The United States Department of Agriculture estimates that 31% of food is lost at the retail and consumer levels. And food waste is one of the largest contributors to the materials that […]
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When drillers began tapping into the Marcellus Shale in 2008, they sparked an economic boom that continues to echo in rural Pennsylvania. One of the biggest follow-on developments is the Shell petrochemicals plant slated to open next year in Beaver County.
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Like so much else in the economy, corporate deal-making roared back to life in 2021 as COVID-19 vaccines blunted the worst effects of the pandemic and companies adapted to the risks that remained.
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This year, flexible packaging companies will have a new source of polyethylene: A major petrochemical plant erected by Shell along the banks of the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pennsylvania—about 30 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. The plant is expected to produce 1.6 million tons of polyethylene per year.
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The Women’s Bakery in Rwanda, Africa, represents a microcosm of the packaging industry’s drive for continuous innovation in sustainability and the universal challenge of keeping pace with recycling mandates.
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The search for packaging alternatives can include cumbersome methods of designing and testing materials under various distribution scenarios. However, a new virtual testing method is looking to change that while saving time and money.
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A DC native and equestrian, Dani Diehlmann never expected to find herself in the world of packaging, it has become a career she now cherishes.
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PACK to the Future brings packaging innovations and turns plenty of heads in Las Vegas.
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Expanding on our interview in the January/February issue of FlexPack VOICE®, we caught up with Bill Jackson for further insights on the industry.
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To fill job gaps, manufacturers are seeking employees from nontraditional or largely untapped fields. Veterans, women, re-entrants, and refugees constitute a rich supply of motivated, reliable workers.
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