The Flexible Packaging Association issued letters to the White House, all Governors and Capitol Hill leadership with regard to the need for essential packaging manufacturing during this time of uncertainty, particularly food insecurity and access to pharmaceutical and medical supplies.

The Award will honor the innovation and creativity in sustainable packaging design in three categories: most practical impact to reduce the use of plastics, most innovative approach and most beautiful solution.

Berry Global Group, Inc. announced the completion of its acquisition of RPC Group Plc for a purchase price of approximately $6.5 billion, The combination of Berry and RPC creates one of the world’s largest plastic packaging companies. 

A new PE label, manufactured exclusively from recycled polyethylene, is thought to be the first of its kind worldwide. It was jointly developed in Germany by the printer schäfer-etiketten and the self-adhesive materials specialist HERMA, with the aid of the PE film experts of POLIFILM.

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) announced today that space draw for NPE 2018: The Plastics Show is up 25 percent than where it was at this time prior to the 2015 event. 

ProAmpac’s Ampac division has engineered an improved anti-fog technology for film used in fresh produce packaging.

The shift from rigid to flexible packaging is on – and has been on for some time.

The “Energy Bag,” Plastics-to-Energy pilot program demonstrated that there are emerging technologies that can offer solutions for diverting most multi-material flexible plastic packaging and many other types of plastics that are difficult to mechanically recycle.

Mergers and acquisitions returned with a vengeance in 2014. After six years of relatively subdued activity, a number of collective factors drove M&A totals to record levels.