Is there a need for end-of-life strategy for flexible packaging? Absolutely! “We must increase the recovery and value capture for flexible packaging,” according to Jeff Wooster, Global Sustainability Director, The Dow Chemical Company.
New FPA President and CEO, Alison Keane, Esq. took the stage at the recent FPA Annual Meeting to discuss FPA’s Advocacy Program. There are potential threats facing the flexible packaging industry, she said.
The FPA State of the Industry presentation and report is based on data collected from FPA member surveys, an industry-wide converter survey (non-member), the U.S. Census Bureau, and third party research.
As the science around flexible packaging ink and material has changed, so have the expectations of consumers. Their growing demands for environmentally responsible packaging, coupled with tightening government regulation, has flexible food packaging manufacturers hungering for sustainable solutions.
Karlville and Synaptik have reached an agreement for U.S. distribution of g-SCAN Coat Weight Measurement system, which uses infrared technology to read, in real time, the adhesive coating weight that is being applied on printed, aluminium or metalized films with a precision of 0.01 g/sqm.
Sun Chemical has formed a joint venture with Alliance Holding Company LTD, the parent company of Ink Products Company, Ltd., a leading manufacturer of printing inks in the Arabian Peninsula.
ProFood Tech (April 4-6; McCormick Place, Chicago) will host Delkor Systems Inc.’s exclusive insider’s perspective from two of Walmart’s former Directors of Packaging.
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