Packaging Strategies

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The April 2025 issue of Packaging Strategies features a cover story on labels going digital. Also inside are features on household products embracing sustainability, secondary packaging, and much more!

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EVENT PREVIEW

A Preview of the Eighteenth Annual Converters Expo at Lambeau Field

Eighteenth-annual event will unite material converters, suppliers and manufacturers at Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers.
Brad Addington
Brad Addington
April 10, 2025

Converters Expo, now in its 18th year, is a one-day event on May 21 at Lambeau Field. It brings together paper, film, plastics, and nonwovens converters with industry buyers and suppliers. Join us for networking, education, and to discover the latest in manufacturing, testing, and packaging.



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Main image for podcast with Peter Fox regarding Trends in Secondary and End-of-Line Packaging. Image includes examples of packaging incorporating wraparound cartons.
Packaging Perspectives Podcast

PODCAST | Trends in Secondary and End-of-Line Packaging

Brad Addington
Brad Addington
February 24, 2025

As someone who heads the U.S. operations of Germany’s SOMIC, Peter Fox is intimately familiar with the different approaches that North America and Europe take to secondary and end-of-line packaging. In this interview, Fox shares those insights as well as what he sees as overarching trends in packaging.


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Columns

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Infographic on how 72.6% of respondents in the Global Connected Packaging Survey 2025 have already used Connected Packaging.
Editor's Note | Brad Addington

Connected Packaging Still Popular Despite Some Wobbling

While some companies plan to spend as much as they did in 2024 on connected packaging campaigns, some companies will be spending less, and the number of companies currently using connected packaging has dropped.
Brad Addington
Brad Addington
April 8, 2025

In their recent Global Connected Packaging Survey 2025, Appetite Creative, in collaboration with Polytag and Digimarc, found that 88.8% of respondents believe connected packaging will become increasingly important in the packaging industry over the next year.


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New Packages

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Viva Energy Transforms Used Cooking Oil into New Chip Packets

February 20, 2025

The UCO came from Intersnack ANZ in New South Wales where it had been used to cook some of Australia’s favorite snacks like Kettle Chips, CC’s, Natural Chip Company, Thins and Cheezels. Impurities were removed from the UCO before it was delivered to the Geelong Refinery for processing.


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