The BOPP film industry is facing a number of challenges creating significant trading turbulence; resin price fluctuations, trade tariffs, trade barriers and currency shocks all affect working capital and business planning.

Charter NEX Films, a North American independent producer of specialty films, has joined the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) and their participation in the APR’s Demand Champions program.  

The CPPouch family of film solutions from Profol provides flexible packaging pouch structures that are 100% recyclable and don’t require the use of foil or solvents.

Pregis LLC has introduced Inspyre, a protective packaging brand with a spectrum of color possibilities to help enhance the customer experience and also provide visual support for cause marketing and/or charitable campaigns.

While flexible lidding materials include film, paper and foil, in this primer we’ll take a look at flexible lidding film for food applications, an area we think will continue to grow in the near and long term.

Toray Plastics (America) now offers its comprehensive analytic testing of films, laminations and finished printed structures to all consumer packaged goods companies and converters.

Klöckner Pentaplast’s line of SmartCycle post-consumer recycled content polyester films has been granted a Certificate of Verification by NSF International.

Bemis has introduced a new bio-based polymer film for the lawn and garden market as part of an initiative to create alternate packaging material from renewable resources.