Global bioplastics for the packaging industry is forecast to grow from 2017–2022 at an annual average rate of 17% to a market value of almost $7.2 billion, according to a Smithers Pira report.
At its recent Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, the members of AMERIPEN, the American Institute for Packaging and the Environment, elected new officers and board members.
A recent survey by Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials, North America, reveals that most shoppers have had challenges with removable labels that provide price and/or product information that are found on retail products.
Public health advocates recently used a little-known legal tool today to challenge a recent FDA move allowing a toxic chemical in food packaging. The groups filed an objection to FDA’s decision to continue to allow perchlorate in dry food packaging.
Craft brewers sold $23.5 billion in 2016, according to the Brewers Association. That amounts to 21.9% of the $107 billion U.S. beer market. That's up from 19% last year – and continued growth from the 10% that craft brewers held in 2012.
Shifts in consumer lifestyles and the consequent demand for convenience products are contributing to a growing use of flexible packaging, replacing traditional formats, such as glass jars and metal cans, according to a report by Smithers Pira.
Global demand for functional and barrier coatings in paper and paperboard applications, is forecast to grow by 4.9% year-on-year to $5.18 billion by 2022.
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