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Storopack Launches Innovative Bio-Based Foam Packaging Solution

November 12, 2025

This innovation represents a leap forward in the field of polyurethane foam packaging, offering a biobased alternative to traditional fossil-based materials.

E-commerce

Protective Packaging a Must in an E-commerce Era

Increased volume of shipped products means packages are travelling further, wider and for longer.

Joe Cook

November 1, 2021

Extended travel and competitive demand for goods across the globe has posed a significant risk to the potential for damage, lost profits and return of goods in the retail sector, particularly where perishables and delicate items such as glass and luxury goods are at play.

Pregis Receives FSC Chain of Custody Mix Certification

September 20, 2019

The certification is for its Easypack paper portfolio — a 100% recycled-content, single and multiply-paper produced.

Sean Riley is the editorial director of marketing & communications at PMMI

PMMI Column

To Protect and Serve

Packaging that ensures the safe arrival of online purchases drives protective packaging growth.

Sean Riley

June 13, 2019

While the growth in online purchasing drives changes from product design, to package changes, picking, fulfilling and shipping, product protection stands alone as the main issue, according to the E-Commerce: Think Inside the Box report by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.

Pregis to Be Acquired by Private Equity Firm Warburg Pincus

June 13, 2019

Warburg Pincus, a leading global private equity firm, has agreed to acquire Pregis LLC from Olympus Partners.

Pregis Invests in Third Blown-Film Line in Michigan Plant

May 3, 2019

Pregis is announcing another $6 million investment in its facility located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for a third multilayer Windmoeller & Hoelscher (W&H) blown film line to address growing demands for output.

New Color Options for Protective Packaging Films

October 19, 2018

Pregis LLC is adding new pink and black color options to its Inspyre protective packaging brand. The new colors join the initial water blue color offering.

Global Protective Packaging Market to Grow Over 6% Annually to 2022

June 29, 2018

Market trends include a growing popularity of home delivery of food and grocery items; and an increased focus on sustainability.

Pregis to Purchase FP International

June 27, 2018

Pregis LLC has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Free-Flow Packaging International, Inc. (FP International). The acquisition is expected to be finalized in the coming weeks.

Packaging Materials Affects Perceived Value of E-Commerce Shipments

Packaging Materials Affect Perceived Value of E-Commerce Shipments

June 11, 2018

A new study conducted by Pregis and the University of Wisconsin (UW) in Madison shows that the value perception of e-commerce shipments is significantly impacted by the materials chosen to protect them. Even a small increase in packaging material expenditures—as little as 19 cents—can make a dramatic impact (as much as 45 percent) on the perceived value.