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After reviewing and analyzing 73 samples of some of the best examples of flexible packaging on the market in 2019, a panel of judges has chosen 48 packages for recognition in the Flexible Packaging Association’s (FPA) 64th Annual Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards competition.

The outbreak of the coronavirus in China could spur increased usage of flexible packaging to improve food safety, according to Brendan Connell-French, Wood Mackenzie research associate.

Yakult is launching its first aseptic food and beverage products on the Korean market, in Ecolean Air Aseptic lightweight packages. The first two launches match health-oriented products with convenient and unique packaging.

A GS1 US research study revealed that 82% of retailers and 92% of brand owners support transitioning from the universal product code to a data-rich two-dimensional barcode, digital watermark and/or RFID within five years.

HP Inc. and ePac Flexible Packaging announced that ePac hit a new production record at the start of 2020 on its fleet of HP Indigo 20000 digital presses operating globally, driven by a doubling of its customer base in the past year.

At the heart of every web converting process lie precision rollers. Designed to carry the web, laminate or coat it, cool it, heat it, or treat it, these cylindrical objects must be engineered and constructed with an exact eye for detail  to meet the unique demands of any given application and system.

TC Transcontinental is creating a Recycling Group within TC Transcontinental Packaging. This group will purchase equipment for converting flexible plastics recovered from sorting facilities and other sources into recycled plastic granules.

Anellotech has announced that a laboratory demonstration of its Plas-TCat technology – which transforms mixed flexible packaging plastic waste directly into chemicals used to make virgin PET for beverage bottles.

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is pleased to announce the launch of its new website, www.flexpack.org. The FPA is committed to connecting, advancing, and leading the flexible packaging industry and the new website is a key communication tool in that quest.