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Bio-based

Live from interpack: Mars Helps Compostables Find Their Lane

Mars’ Eric Klingenberg and a panel of industry voices at interpack pushed for a more practical definition of compostable packaging’s role in circularity. It's a role that's rooted in regional infrastructure, contamination realities, and specific packaging applications rather than broad replacement claims.

May 18, 2026

Sustainability

Enplater Group

May 13, 2026

Recycling

SPC Impact 2026: How2Recycle Rethinks Film Recovery Labels

How2Recycle is redesigning labels for flexible film recycling to match a broader mix of recovery options and improve consumer understanding.

May 13, 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

Flexible packaging

Invera Flexibles

May 4, 2026

Package Printing

Tostitos Gets a Packaging Refresh Signaling Craft Chips

PepsiCo updates flexible packaging graphics for its Tostitos brand, with expanded-gamut printing and matte finishes while maintaining machinability and shelf life.

April 27, 2026

Recycling

Can Film and Flexible Packaging Ever Be Truly Circular?

Crystal Bayliss of the U.S. Plastics Pact discusses the organization’s new framework and roadmap for advancing film and flexible packaging circularity.

April 20, 2026

Materials

FPA Publishes 2025 State of the U.S. Flexible Packaging Industry Report

Flexible packaging accounts for roughly 20% of the total U.S. packaging market, making it the second-largest packaging segment behind corrugated.

April 10, 2026

Flexible packaging

FPA Announces 2026 Board of Directors

Flexible Packaging Association

The Flexible Packaging Association names Russell Grissett as chair, Kevin Keneally as executive vice chair, and David Love as treasurer as part of its 2026 Board of Directors.

April 8, 2026

Workforce

Charter Next Generation Appoints Mark Howell as Executive Vice President of Sales

Charter Next Generation (CNG)

Leveraging more than 20 years of global leadership experience in packaging and manufacturing, Howell aims to lead CNG's commercial strategy and growth initiatives.

April 2, 2026

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: US Plastics Pact Targets Flexible Film Waste

How can brands help advance circularity for film and flexible packaging? Senior Editor, Anne Marie Mohan, sits down with U.S. Plastics Pact Interim Executive Director Crystal Bayliss at the 2026 Plastics Recycling Conference. They discuss how the Pact’s new framework aims to align design, collection, and end-market demand and why brand action will be critical to scaling flexible film circularity.

March 24, 2026

Package Design

See All the Awards Here from FPA’s 70th Annual Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards

Flexible Packaging Association

From cutting‑edge materials to sustainability‑driven design, the 2026 competition showcased the industry’s rapid evolution, culminating in 36 awards across 28 flexible packages.

March 19, 2026