Flexible packaging

TOPPAN Holdings Completes Acquisition of Sonoco’s TFP Business

Acquisition of Sonoco Products Company's Thermoformed & Flexibles Packaging business expands TOPPAN's global packaging presence and capabilities in sustainable solutions.

April 9, 2025

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Plastics/resins

Live from Brazil: How Innovation Is Driving Global Packaging Trends

Despite economic and logistical challenges, Brazil has emerged as a global leader in sustainable, high-performance packaging, driven by innovation, circularity, and smart design.

April 8, 2025

Flexible packaging

BW Flexible Systems Unveils Mestrino Facility After $3 Million Renovation

BW Flexible Systems

Modern upgrades and centralized operations set to benefit customers and team members.

April 7, 2025

Recycling

Video: Inside Republic’s New Indianapolis Polymer Center

Pete Keller of Republic Services gives a tour of the company’s new Polymer Center designed to turn post-consumer plastics into packaging-ready flake and resin, supporting circularity in the Midwest.

April 7, 2025

Bio-based

Fiberdom Secures €3.5M in Funding for Circular Materials

The funding will expand Fiberdom's production of a patented, plastic-free material derived from wood fiber, intended to replace single-use plastics in various applications.

April 7, 2025

Recycling

The Next Step in PP Recycling: CPG Action

With technology in place and food-grade PP in the stream, the missing link in circularity is brand action. Industry leaders say it’s time for CPGs to rethink design, commit to recycled content, and collaborate across the value chain.

April 4, 2025

Cartoning

Logitech Ditches Plastic for Paper in Mouse Packaging Overhaul

Logitech is phasing out plastic clamshells in favor of FSC-certified paper cartons for its computer mice, cutting thousands of tons of plastic and carbon emissions in the process.

April 3, 2025

Recycling

Startup Debuts First Recyclable Aluminum Coffee Pod

Purpose-driven coffee brand Cambio Roasters launches a first-of-its-kind aluminum K-Cup-compatible pod that preserves the product’s freshness and flavor while keeping spent pods out of the landfill.

April 2, 2025

Recycling

Indy Goes Circular: Republic Services Opens Plastics Recycling Complex

New Polymer Center-Blue Polymers co-located facilities in Indianapolis transform plastic packaging waste into high-quality recycled flake or resins, ready for use in new packaging.

April 1, 2025

Workforce

FPA Announces 2025 Board of Directors

Flexible Packaging Association

The Flexible Packaging Association welcomes new members, including Russell Grissett of Sonoco Flexible Packaging as Chair, to guide the FPA through its 75th anniversary.

April 1, 2025

Cartoning

Stora Enso's Consumer Board Line at the Oulu Site has Started Operations

Stora Enso

Stora Enso's packaging board line has a 750,000-ton annual capacity and is aiming for full production by 2027.

March 31, 2025

Cartoning

Metsä Board Paperboard can Reduce Carbon Footprint of Food Packaging by 60%

Metsä Board

A life cycle assessment, verified by the IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, demonstrates the advantages of Metsä Board's folding boxboard when compared to white-lined chipboard.

March 31, 2025

Bagging & Pouching

UPM Packaging Papers Achieve Recyclability Certifications in Europe and the U.S.

UPM Specialty Papers

Meeting the European CEPI and U.S. WMU standards demonstrates UPM's compatibility with conventional recycling processes.

March 31, 2025