Bagging & Pouching

Monomaterial PET Pouch Offers Recyclability, Machinability

This pouch made with monomaterial PET can run well on existing machinery while offering recyclability.

October 20, 2026

Bagging & Pouching

Bagging & Pouching

HPM Global

October 20, 2026

Bagging & Pouching

Paper Mailer Replaces Plastic Pull Strip With Recyclable Paper

RRD’s VersaPac FastTrack Paper Mailer combines a paper-based peel-and-seal strip with optional inline insertion of printed materials to simplify e-commerce packout.

October 20, 2026

Bagging & Pouching

Distribution System Fills Several Formats for Frozen Product

This distribution system is geared toward frozen product producers with small volumes of multiple formats, reducing the need for package changeovers.

October 20, 2026

Sustainability

Mono-Material Film Targets Conventional Laminate Applications

Mamata’s RecTech combines a nine-layer coextruded structure with a thin EVOH barrier, offering an alternative to PET-PE laminates for food, personal care, and other flexible packaging applications.

October 19, 2026

Bagging & Pouching

Fruit Bagger Now Handles Delicate Stone Fruit

Schur Bagger now incorporates a new counting unit that gently fills peaches and other stone fruit into premade zipper bags and then seals them shut.

October 18, 2026

Bagging & Pouching

Understanding and Overcoming the Heat Seal Limitations of Sustainable Flexible Packaging Materials on Flow Wrappers and VFFS Baggers

Greener Corporation

PACK EXPO International presentation in Booth N-4570 on Oct. 18 details methods to quantify and improve performance. And visit Greener Corporation in Booth N-4618.

October 16, 2026

Bagging & Pouching

Capri Sun Fans Say, ‘Supersize Me!’; Brand Responds

Driven by consumer demand for a larger format, the limited-edition Big Pouch combines familiar design cues with a refillable, resealable construction.

September 25, 2026

Bagging & Pouching

Live at Loupe: Pet Brand Seeking EPR Savings Adopts Cuboid Pouch Design

Elementary Cold-Pressed Dog Food is the latest brand to adopt the FPA award-winning Pouch3 Cuboid design, as EPR fees drive interest in headspace reduction in pouches and overall packaging-to-product  ratio reduction.

September 16, 2026

Bagging & Pouching

Portion Packaging Brings Big Efficiencies

A nine-lane pouch machine system cranks out Miguel’s delicious green and red salsas far more efficiently than having in-store store personnel fill cups manually.

September 9, 2026

Bagging & Pouching

Invera Flexibles Formed Through Strategic Combination of PolyExpert and Polykar

Invera Flexibles

The transaction creates a North American flexible packaging platform with over $200 million in sales.

May 4, 2026

Bagging & Pouching

From Window to Workflow: Prospector Redesigns Pouch for Scale

As distribution expanded beyond regional retail into national grocery and hospitality channels, Prospector Popcorn replaced its windowed pouch with a metallized structure and macro photography, aligning graphics, materials, and operations for consistent shelf performance and shelf life.

April 30, 2026

Flexibles

EMF Eyes Paper Flexibles as Option for Tackling Sachet Pollution

A new Ellen MacArthur Foundation report explores whether paper-based flexible packaging can help address sachet waste, while outlining technical, cost, and infrastructure barriers to scaling alternatives.

March 17, 2026