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.

Recent efforts in California, Chicago and New York to ban EPS products such as packing peanuts and food-service items are being challenged by environmentalists and industry experts who argue that the bans will do more harm than good.