Understanding Gauge Variability in Retail Trash Bags

April 20, 2018

Consumers demand trash bags that are tough, durable and affordable. To achieve this balance of performance and price, converters and resin suppliers must ensure that bags have excellent dart impact and tear-resistant properties, which are key predictors of end-product performance.

Market Study: Bags and Sacks - Europe

May 5, 2014

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Analysts at Ceresana forecast sales volume of bags and sacks in Europe to amount to approximately 9.12 million tons in 2020.

SPI: Chicago’s Plastic Bag Ban Could Kill Manufacturing Jobs

May 1, 2014

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The Chicago City Council’s decision to ban plastic shopping bags will damage the plastics manufacturing industry’s ongoing efforts to create and maintain American manufacturing jobs, according to SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association.

Chicago Plastic Bag Ban OK'd by Council Committee

April 25, 2014

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The Chicago City Council will decide next week whether to ban the use of plastic bags at most stores in the city.

Over 850 professionals from CPG companies, retailers, converters, trade groups, consulting and research firms, and packaging materials, machinery, and service providers are expected to attend.

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2020 March

Among the articles in the March 2020 issue of Flexible Packaging Magazine, find out the winners of FPA's 2020 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards, read the March Roundtable on advancing plate technologies, read about the upcoming 13th annual Converters Expo, coming back to Lambeau Field, and much more!

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