Sustainable Packaging

Sustainable Packaging Trends to Watch at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

Packaging World editors unpack the latest in sustainable packaging, revealing the breakthroughs brands need to watch before PACK EXPO Las Vegas.

September 17, 2025

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Workforce

FPA Unveils Winners of the 2025 Student Flexible Packaging Design Challenge

Flexible Packaging Association

FPA’s Emerging Leadership Council (ELC) oversees the Student Flexible Packaging Design Challenge and judged this year’s competition.

September 15, 2025

Wrapping

Laffy Taffy Unwraps Easier-to-Open Mini Bar Packaging

Long a source of sticky frustration, Laffy Taffy’s wrappers have been reengineered for a clean, one-pull opening, just as sales surge and the brand refreshes its signature jokes.

September 15, 2025

Bagging & Pouching

RND Automation Strengthens Market Position through QuickPouch Acquisition

RND Automation

RND Automation (RND), a subsidiary of CAS Holdings (CAS), is excited to announce the successful acquisition of QuickPouch's intellectual property and assets.

September 15, 2025

Flexible packaging

Charter Next Generation and NOVA Chemicals Collaborate to Commercialize Recycled Polyethylene (rPE) for Sustainable Flexible Packaging

Charter Next Generation

CNG and NOVA Chemicals to supply high-quality rPE for flexible packaging, advancing a more circular economy by using PCR materials to reduce reliance on virgin plastics.

September 15, 2025

Bio-based

Grove Toilet Cleaner Pods Reduce PVA, Use Compostable Pouch

New toilet bowl cleaner pods from Grove Co. use 38% less PVA and are sold in a certified home-compostable pouch, replacing the brand’s earlier metal tins.

September 12, 2025

Sustainability

Royal Vaassen

September 10, 2025

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Galaxy Packtech Pvt Ltd

September 10, 2025

Labeling

ABG Launches Flex Pack Division in Partnership with Galaxy Packtech

A B Graphic International (ABG)

A B Graphic International's ABG Flex Pack, aims to consolidate its expertise in lamination and finishing into a comprehensive, end-to-end solution for the flexible packaging industry.

September 10, 2025

Recycling

The Recycling Partnership Invests $4.25 Million in Houston Materials Recovery Facility

The Recycling Partnership

The facility upgrade aims to improve the recycling of film and flexible packaging and gather data to scale these efforts nationally.

September 10, 2025

Sustainability

SmartSolve

September 10, 2025

Recycling

Baby Food Brand Tests Flexible Pouch Mail-Back Program

At the Packaging Recycling Summit, Once Upon a Farm shared how its mail-back pouch program is helping the brand test recovery strategies, build partnerships, and gather real-world data on flexible film recycling.

September 6, 2025

Recycling

The Recycling Partnership Invests $4.25 Million in Houston Materials Recovery Facility, Charting a Future for Film and Flexible Packaging Recovery and Recycling

The Partnership’s largest single grant to an individual MRF, supported by PepsiCo, Kraft Heinz, and the Film and Flexibles Recycling Coalition, demonstrates what is possible in the future of recycling.

September 3, 2025