Douglas J Peckenpaugh

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh is Director of Content Strategy for Beverage Industry, Dairy Foods, FOOD ENGINEERING, The National Provisioner, Packaging Strategies, Flexible Packaging, Prepared Foods, Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery, and Candy Industry at BNP Media. For over three decades, his work has followed the food industry from farm to fork, including concentrations in agriculture, ingredient processing, packaging and processing equipment, retail grocery branding, foodservice menu development, and food product R&D and manufacturing.

Announcing the 2026 Recipient of the Steve Fairfield Memorial Award

Douglas J Peckenpaugh

March 17, 2026

The annual award, presented at Global Pouch Forum, celebrates flexible packaging innovation.

Official image for the Steve Fairfield Memorial Award

Nominations Open for New Flexible Packaging Innovation Award

Douglas J Peckenpaugh

October 29, 2025

The annual award celebrates a top innovation in flexible packaging.

Building the Next Generation of U.S. Manufacturing

Douglas J Peckenpaugh

October 28, 2025

Automation and robotics are poised to catalyze significant growth of U.S. manufacturing.

Photo of Steve Gosling being presented with the Steve Fairfield Memorial Award for Flexible Packaging Innovation during the Global Pouch Forum event in June 2025. 1440x750 hero image.

A Tale of Two Steves

Meet the Inaugural Steve Fairfield Memorial Award Winner: Steve Gosling

Follow the path of two visionary leaders who collaborated to establish the flexible pouch packaging industry in North America.

Douglas J Peckenpaugh

August 1, 2025

Follow the path of two visionary leaders who collaborated to establish the flexible pouch packaging industry in North America. Steve Fairfield is the namesake of a new award recognizing flexible packaging innovation, and Steve Gosling is the award’s first recipient.

Spotlight

2024 State of Flexible Packaging

Flexible packaging innovation follows in the wake of a legislative sea change across our global consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry.

Douglas J Peckenpaugh

July 8, 2024

As part of our 2024 "State of Flexible Packaging" initiative, The Packaging Group from BNP Media reached out to leading converters for their input on the current EPR legislative climate.

EPR

2024 State of Converting

Today, three words rise to the forefront of all discussions related to packaging of consumer packaged goods (CPGs): extended producer responsibility (EPR).

Douglas J Peckenpaugh

April 3, 2024

As part of our 2024 “State of Converting” outreach to the industry, The Packaging Group from BNP Media sought input from leading converters to gain perspective on the current EPR legislative climate.

Publisher's Note

The Industry Gets Serious About Sustainability

More CPG companies than ever before are done talking about sustainability and are ready for action.

Douglas J Peckenpaugh

December 8, 2022

The recent PACK EXPO International event, which took place at Chicago’s McCormick Place in October, was a rousing success — a culmination of four prolonged years of industry disruption where CPG companies across food, beverage, healthcare, and pharmaceutical markets faced unprecedented challenges.

Publisher’s Note

Opportunities for Growth

Douglas J Peckenpaugh

September 12, 2022

On August 1, I succeeded Glen Gudino as publisher of Packaging Strategies and Flexible Packaging. Throughout the course of my experience at BNP Media over the past decade, I’ve worked on the content side of the business, overseeing editorial on multiple publications in our food, beverage, and packaging division.