The concept has an increased output of up to 130 bags per minute with Syntegon’s PHS 2.0 sealing system, a 20 micrometer-thin BOPE film from SABIC and mechanically and chemically recyclable film.

The Innovation in Sourcing Award was presented by the Sustainable Packaging Coalition.

The new film is from SABIC’s collaboration with Syntegon, Ticinoplast and Plastchim-T.

PSI’s new flexible packaging films to contain Danimer Scientific’s Nodax PHA for expanded End of Life (EOL) options.

The global Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) film market has seen demand grow by just under 5 percent per annum over the last five years. The main driver of growth has been the demand for flexible packaging, particularly in China and South East Asia, according to Wood Mackenzie’s latest ‘BOPP Film Global Supply Demand Report’.

Avery Dennison has some ambitious sustainability goals it wants to hit by 2025. It wants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 3 percent year-over-year, go up to 95 percent landfill-free, eliminate 70 percent of matrix and liner, and source film and chemicals more responsibly, among others.

It was about three years ago when Bear Naked Granola decided it wanted to overhaul the packaging on its line of best-selling granolas and granola bites. As a leading brand in the granola space, it wanted to take the lead in another important category: sustainable packaging. But the brand wanted to maintain the feel, function and appearance of its current packaging.