Bagging & Pouching

UPM Specialty Papers Invests Over 10 million Euros in UPM Tervasaari Mill

The investment aims to increase capacity and improve production stability for glassines and flexible packaging papers.

May 29, 2025

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Recycling

Pepsi Pushes Back Sustainable Packaging Goals

PepsiCo has significantly scaled back its sustainable packaging goals, including targets for virgin plastic reduction and increased recycled content usage.

May 27, 2025

Logistics/Supply Chain

Tariffs and Packaging—the Mother of Necessity?

Despite recurring challenges like tariffs, the packaging industry historically has adapted through innovative designs, supply chain diversification, and close collaboration, demonstrating its resilience in maintaining critical economic functions.

May 27, 2025

Recycling

Community Poll: Ensuring Safety Downstream

Learn what your peers are doing to ensure safety downstream when designing packaging.

May 27, 2025

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Contract Manufacturing Annual Outlook Report

Why are external manufacturing services expected to thrive? Packaging World editor-in-chief, Matt Reynolds and Joseph Derr, editor of Contract Manufacturing and Packaging Magazine, discuss trends in contract manufacturing.

May 27, 2025

Sustainable Packaging

Survey: Brands Embrace Paper Packaging to Boost Sustainability and Reputation

According to Packaging World’s inaugural Annual Outlook Report survey, recyclability tops the list of CPG packaging priorities, with paper emerging as the front-runner.

May 27, 2025

Bio-based

Xampla’s Plant Protein Microcapsules Spotlighted in Royal Society of Chemistry Journal

Xampla

Research confirms Xampla's plant protein microcapsules protect oil-based active ingredients through digestion, releasing them in the small intestine.

May 23, 2025

Recycling

CPGs Say On-Pack Labels are Ineffective at Communicating Recycling Instructions to Consumers

Packaging World surveys show CPGs are designing packaging for recyclability within existing infrastructure, but on-pack recycling guidelines have been ineffective for consumers. Upcoming updates to How2Recycle labels aim to address this issue.

May 22, 2025

Sustainability

Column: What Will Result from Drastic Cuts to Government Agency Staff? We'll See.

Despite promises of eliminating "waste, fraud and abuse," the administration's arbitrary approach to government reform, including widespread layoffs and program cuts, raises concerns about the future effectiveness of regulatory agencies to protect public safety.

May 22, 2025

Package Design

Coca-Cola, Capri Sun, and Starbucks Design Packaging for Enhanced User Experience

ThePackHub

See a few examples of packaging designed to enhance the user experience from Coca-Cola, Capri Sun, and Starbucks from ThePackHub's Innovation Zone.

May 22, 2025

Bio-based

Community Poll: Bio-based and Fiber Packaging

Learn what aspects of fiber packaging your peers value most.

May 20, 2025

Coding & Marking

Metering System Solves Date Coding Woes for Olly Containers

To fix inconsistent date coding for Olly supplements, co-man MSI turned to a Morrison CHS metering system for accurate container placement.

May 19, 2025

Sustainability

Maryland Passes Packaging EPR Law; Industry Groups Weigh In

Maryland becomes the sixth state to adopt packaging EPR legislation, prompting a range of reactions from industry groups as the state moves toward a producer-funded recycling system.

May 16, 2025