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Packaging Perspectives Podcast

PODCAST | Achieving Sustainability in Pet Food Packaging

May 2, 2025

In this interview, we talk to Matias Blanco of Tetra Pak about some of the advantages of the company’s Tetra Recart® when it comes to pet food packaging.

Top Honors: Grupo Bimbo, GBConnected Monitoring System

Best in BAKING awards deadline extended to May 14

The IBIE program showcases baker and supplier excellence in numerous areas.

May 1, 2025

Categories for the International Baking Industry Exhibition awards include Sustainability, Workforce Development, Plant Efficiency, and other areas of achievement.

Image of nutrition labeling that incorporates a color-coded traffic light labeling system (green, red and yellow) for fat, sugar and salt content.

Editor's Note | Brad Addington

Feedback on FOP Labeling Continues to Pour In

The International Food Additives Council, New Hampshire-based North Country Smokehouse and the National Alliance for Hispanic Health are among the parties that have weighed in.

Brad Addington

May 1, 2025

The FDA proposed a front-of-package nutrition label for most packaged foods, indicating levels of saturated fat, sodium, and added sugars as "Low," "Med," or "High." Comments are accepted until May 16, 2025. Packaging Strategies will monitor and share various perspectives on the proposal.

Sustainability

VIDEO | Achieving Sustainability with Compostable Plastic

Brad Addington

April 30, 2025

We recently sat down with Dillon Baxter, co-founder and CEO of PlantSwitch, to discuss the company’s alternative plastic products that have been hitting national retail shelves from Costco to Walmart.

Digital wine label example and wine bottle.

Labels Go Digital

Why Digital Printing is Set to Dominate 15% of Label Sales by 2025

Paul Edwards of INX International explains why digital label printing is gaining steam. Reasons include improved image quality, embellishment options, and digital chipping away at certain analog advantages in terms of economic run lengths.

Brad Addington

April 24, 2025

We recently interviewed Paul Edwards, Vice President of the Digital Division at INX International Ink Company, to understand why digital print is expected to grow to 15% of label sales by 2025.

Pair of recyclable spouted pouches from Amcor and Mespack

Household Packaging

Embracing Sustainability: Improvements Take Center Stage in Household Product Packaging

Bobby Douglas

April 22, 2025

Innovation in household and homecare products is evident, particularly in sustainable packaging. Mespack and Amcor's recyclable 2L stand-up pouch, Berry Global's expanded B Circular Range, and Innovia Films' recyclable polyolefin shrink sleeve showcase a shift towards eco-friendly solutions.

Announcing the Inaugural Recipient of the Steve Fairfield Memorial Award

April 16, 2025

Packaging Strategies will present the award during the 2025 Global Pouch Forum, taking place June 18-20 in Clearwater, FL.

IBIE BEST in Baking Awards: Time is running out

The prestigious industry recognition program is accepting applications through April 30.

April 15, 2025

The International Baking Industry Exhibition program salutes baker and supplier excellence in innovation, sustainability, workforce development, and other important areas.

Converter Expo worker handing over badge to attendee.

EVENT PREVIEW

A Preview of the Eighteenth Annual Converters Expo at Lambeau Field

Eighteenth-annual event will unite material converters, suppliers and manufacturers at Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers.

Brad Addington

April 10, 2025

Converters Expo, now in its 18th year, is a one-day event on May 21 at Lambeau Field. It brings together paper, film, plastics, and nonwovens converters with industry buyers and suppliers. Join us for networking, education, and to discover the latest in manufacturing, testing, and packaging.

Infographic on how 72.6% of respondents in the Global Connected Packaging Survey 2025 have already used Connected Packaging.

Editor's Note | Brad Addington

Connected Packaging Still Popular Despite Some Wobbling

While some companies plan to spend as much as they did in 2024 on connected packaging campaigns, some companies will be spending less, and the number of companies currently using connected packaging has dropped.

Brad Addington

April 8, 2025

In their recent Global Connected Packaging Survey 2025, Appetite Creative, in collaboration with Polytag and Digimarc, found that 88.8% of respondents believe connected packaging will become increasingly important in the packaging industry over the next year.