Packaging That Works Beyond the Store Shelf

Editor’s Forum

Let’s Create Some Face Time

Circumstances have kept many of us from meeting face to face, but here’s the next-best alternative.

January 6, 2021

So, it’s a New Year, and as you can see, we’ve got a new look — well, on the digital edition. The new look of the website is coming. A lot people use the New Year to make a change. I can with 100% certainty tell you that we didn’t use that as an excuse to effect these changes.

In the Spotlight

Executive Forecast: How the past year will shape flexible packaging in 2021

2020 proved that not everything can be predicted or planned for, and it left an indelible mark on expectations for the year to come.

Derrick Teal Sam Paul

January 4, 2021

2020 showed us that “the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” Is that going to stop people from making plans? No. Is it going to stop Flexible Packaging editors from asking what those plans are and sharing them with everyone? Clearly, no.

Top 10 Flexible Packaging Products of 2020

These are the products and packages that you, the reader, wanted to see the most in the past year.

Derrick Teal

December 22, 2020

This year was an odd year, to say the least, but flexible packaging carried on. There’s been an ever-growing shift toward flexible packaging, especially pouches. As you’ll see, pouches are exactly what Flexible Packaging’s readers wanted to see throughout 2020.

Bring on 2021

Derrick Teal

December 16, 2020

Personally, I now understand why take-your-child-to-work day only happens once a year instead of Every. Single. Day. I also don’t think I ever want to work in an office where you can bring your pets — and I’m only having to deal with my own.

Flexible by Design

While this space is typically reserved for actual packages and their design, ProAmpac’s new digital tool, MAKR, has all the…well, makings of a fit for this section.

Derrick Teal

December 11, 2020

You might find this a bit of a shock, but as a career writer and editor I’ve never actually designed my own package. However, we ran a news story about ProAmpac’s MAKR when it made its debut back in August.

P&G Beauty Untangles Hair Care Sustainability

The company has launched a reusable aluminum bottle system with pouch refills at scale.

Derrick Teal

December 9, 2020

Europe has a leg up on the U.S. in a couple of regards when it comes to recycling, namely facilities capable of recycling more types of materials and a cumulative population that, in general, recycles more.

Editor’s Note

Technology is Janus

Derrick Teal

November 4, 2020

Technology is funny. Like the Roman god Janus, the god of duality (among other things), it’s both a boon and a burden.

Editor’s Forum

Sustainability Still Leading the Conversation

Derrick Teal

September 28, 2020

Yes, we’ve been hearing about sustainability efforts in the packaging industry for quite some time. While suppliers and manufacturers continue to talk about it, it hasn’t really seemed to take broad appeal.