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New Line Runs Party Drinks and Pickle Potions

Specialty Blends runs three different PET bottle formats on a new line that culminates in a tray packing/shrink bundling system featuring the first application of single-point lane adjustment.

December 9, 2025

Flexibles

Bagging & Pouching

ProAmpac to Acquire TC Transcontinental Packaging from TC Transcontinental

Acquisition will expand ProAmpac’s global footprint in sustainable packaging solutions and material science expertise.

December 8, 2025

Babybel Latest Brand to Join Paperization Trend

By replacing bio-based cellophane with recyclable paper, Babybel shows how large brands can reduce plastic at scale while maintaining quality, safety, and consumer appeal, stakeholders say.

November 24, 2025

High-volume production runs highlight the scale of Babybel’s global transition from cellophane to paper packaging.

Bagging & Pouching

Paper Bag for Scotts MiracleGro

ProAmpac showcases its curbside-recyclable fiber bag for Scotts, which offers a sustainable alternative to plastic grass seed packaging with strong moisture protection and full recyclability.

November 12, 2025

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Bagging & Pouching

Wada Farms, Walmart Roll Out 30% PCR Potato Bag

This partnership between Walmart, Wada Farms, and Emerald Packaging places food-contact recycled film in the retail produce aisle.

November 11, 2025

Wada Farms’ new 30% post-consumer recycled potato bag for Walmart is the first known food-contact PCR film in the retail potato market.

P&G, General Mills Step Up to Make Flexible Film Recycling Economically Viable

General Mills and P&G outline how brand owners are going beyond EPR compliance by subsidizing film recovery via USFFI and CalFFlex, investing in new technology, and collaborating with converters to build the infrastructure flexible packaging needs for true circularity.

November 10, 2025

(From left) David Love, EVP & chief strategy officer, Printpack (FPA member and moderator); Pat Keenan, packaging R&D, sustainability, General Mills; and Teo Medellin, director of corporate packaging sustainability, Procter & Gamble.

EPR at the Intersection Between Brands and Flexible Packaging Converters

As extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws take hold across the U.S., the Circular Action Alliance (CAA) is helping producers navigate their new obligations. Converters, though not obligated as “producers” under these laws, play a crucial supporting role, providing the data and packaging intelligence brands need to comply and reduce fees.

November 7, 2025

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Why Consumers Don't Recycle Flexibles & What to Do About It

Many Americans think they’re recycling flexible packaging, but few do it correctly. New research shows confusion, misplaced confidence, and a possible path forward through consistent language and simpler education.

November 7, 2025

Proposed campaign to educate consumers on flexible packaging recyclability via Store Drop-off or other alternative collection method, even ahead of potential curbside collection.

Live from FlexForward2025: Brand owners to join FPA?

Among other discussion around sustainability, EPR, digital printing, and AI, the FPA's board approved what will be called a Brand Owner's Council, whereby brands and CPGs will have a path to FPA membership and better partner across the supply chain.

November 7, 2025

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How Do Horizontal Form/Fill/Seal Machines Work?

Join us as we delve into the technology behind HFFS machines and how they are used in bagging and pouching lines across various industries.

November 6, 2025

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End Markets Will Decide Flexible Film Recycling in CA, Elsewhere

As California’s EPR law advances, experts say redesigning flexible packaging for recyclability and aligning those designs with viable end markets will define how producer CPGs meet new recycling mandates.

November 5, 2025

Baled polyethylene film awaits processing. California’s EPR law is pushing investment in end markets and infrastructure to ensure that material like this finds a viable second life rather than landfill.

U.S. Flexible Packaging Keeps on Growing Through Headwinds

FPA’s Dan Felton reports steady growth and rising profitability amid a sense of watchful tension as new state EPR laws roll out that will directly affect how brands design and source packaging.

November 5, 2025

Dan Felton, FPA president and CEO, outlines the recovery challenges facing flexible packaging—including limited curbside access and lack of end markets—during the association’s 2025 State of the Industry presentation.

Through the Line Podcast: How Amazon Combines Tech and Material Innovation to Cut Waste

Paul Jenkins, managing director of U.K. packaging innovation consultancy ThePackHub, sits down with Pat Lindner, VP of mechatronics and sustainable packaging at Amazon, to discuss how consumer needs and sustainable solutions often overlap, and the sustainability wins the company has achieved in meeting these priorities.

October 28, 2025

Through the Line: Packaging and Processing

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Products

Eastey’s VSA1825-SS

Auto L-Sealer for Food and Industrial Packaging

Eastey’s VSA1825-SS provides a stainless-steel, hygiene-ready shrink packaging solution that delivers consistent seals, efficient throughput, and flexible film handling.

Pet Food Packaging

Introducing Columbia Machine's FLD1500-SW: a Compact, High-Efficiency Palletizer with Integrated “Stack and Wrap” Technology