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The Flexible Packaging Association is preparing to release its 2013 State of the U.S. Flexible Packaging Industry Report.

To assist FPA members further explore flexible packaging post use alternatives, FPA has developed a framework for establishing Community Flexible Packaging Resource Recovery Project.

To assists FPA members respond to requests from stakeholders for transparent flexible packaging manufacturing information, the FPA commissioned Packaging and Technology Integrated Solutions to conduct research and identify corporate sustainability metrics, including definitions and reporting methods for what should be measured, and how it should be measured.

The efficacies of new and emerging resource recovery technologies identified through the Identification and Assessment of Available Technologies for Materials and Energy Recovery from Flexible Packaging Waste study were analyzed in a series of pilot tests.

Based on the sustainability assessment of flexible packaging research from Battelle, FPA produced The Sustainability Advantages of Flexible Packaging Educational Toolkit - an educational resource for FPA members to use to educate customers and other stakeholders about the sustainability advantages of flexible packaging.

FPA commissioned Battelle Memorial Institute to assess the sustainability of flexible packaging.

Exopack Holding Corp. a leading global manufacturer of flexible packaging and coated products today announced that executive chairman Jack Knott will return to the company in a full time capacity as the executive chairman and chief executive officer. In addition, Mike Alger, a member of Exopack’s board of directors and chairman of the audit committee, has been named the company’s chief financial officer.

Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Inc., the world leader in viscosity measurement and control has helped a leading flexographic printer with establishing superior quality and packaging excellence.

The takeover of the majority stake in Flexotecnica, part of Cerutti Group, by Koenig & Bauer was made official on Thursday 28th of February, 2013, at the close of the Supervisory Board of KBA.

Ampac, the world’s leader in creative packaging solutions, has won two Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) awards – Gold in Environmental & Sustainability Achievement for its Savvy Green No.2 Pouch, and Silver in Packaging Excellence for Campbell’s Skillet Sauces.