Alison Keane, President and CEO, Flexible Packaging Association, discusses the 2023 outlook for the packaging industry, touching on top trends in food/beverage and healthcare packaging.

The idea of using flexible packaging for wine and spirits is gaining traction by the day, and with good reason. Reduced costs, increased sustainability and the ability to create eye-catching designs that jump off the shelf are just three arguments for moving away from rigid packaging.

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.

Rising trends toward sustainable packaging and increasing awareness toward hygiene across the globe are boosting the growth of flexible packaging market. 

CJ Biomaterials and NatureWorks will develop sustainable materials solutions based on CJ Biomaterials’ PHACT PHA and NatureWorks’ Ingeo PLA technologies.

New U.S. plant to boost production of its paper sidestream-sourced barrier coating to serve the Americas.

New 34,000 square foot facility enables Atlantic Packaging to further support West Coast customers and the continued transition to sustainable packaging.

Materials science company VOID Technologies has achieved Critical Guidance Recognition from the Association of Plastics Recyclers (APR) for its proprietary VO+ PE Masterbatch Technology, confirming its compatibility with PE film recycling in the U.S. 

This episode of Packaging Perspectives is on location at Global Pouch Forum 2022. Here we continue the Design for Recyclability panel discussion on how collection methods are evolving and end market solutions for hard-to-recycle plastics.

Consumers continue to become more aware of single-use plastics, food waste and recycling, particularly with the rise of documentaries like Seaspiracy. This has led to many brands seeking new and innovative methods to meet consumer sustainability expectations and to capture market share.