Nov/Dec 2024

Nov/Dec 2024

Amcor and Berry Global Merger Creates New Company Based in Switzerland

The new company will be named Amcor plc in Zurich, where Amcor is based, while retaining “a significant presence” in Evansville, Indiana, where Berry Global is based.

2-min read

Nov/Dec 2024

Students Demonstrate Skills in Packaging Competition at PACK EXPO International

The competition brought together five high school teams from Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin in a packaging competition to showcase creativity, innovation, and ingenuity.

2-min read

Nov/Dec 2024

Flex Pack Crash Course Provides Industry Overview for Newcomers

The course, which was organized by the Flexible Packaging Association’s Emerging Leadership Council, included informational sessions on materials and substrates, converting basics and end of use, and legislative updates.

4-min read

Nov/Dec 2024

FPA New Member Profile: Flexcon Company, Inc.

We interview Dan Riendeau, strategic business unit director of packaging at Flexcon Company, Inc.

3-min read

Nov/Dec 2024

Beyond the Food Safety Modernization Act

With the latest updates to the Food Safety Modernization Act, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration aims to dramatically improve food safety in the U.S. by shifting the focus to prevent foodborne illnesses by enhancing data-driven transparency and accountability within the food system.

4-min read

Advocacy Corner

What to Watch With the November Election

New leadership will be in place for key committees that have jurisdiction involving legislative priorities for the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA). FPA has already begun preparing for what will come.

3-min read

Advocacy Corner

Packaging Regulations Roll on

The year 2024 has been one of intensive regulatory activity related to extended producer responsibility for packaging in the first four states with laws. These regulations will have a lasting impact on the costs and incentives within the programs.

2-min read

From the Magazine

Lessons From 2024 Inform 2025

FlexPack VOICE® asked three experts involved with the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) about key flexible packaging industry developments this year, while looking toward 2025 and beyond: Amanda Ciccone, senior director of sales at Dow; Dhuanne Dodrill, CEO of PAXXUS, Inc.; and Alison Keane, former president and CEO at FPA.

8-min read

From the Magazine

Milestones 2024

With 2025 around the corner, companies will be looking to see if trends in 2024 continue while watching for new developments. To gauge what they are thinking, FlexPack VOICE® asked some of the companies celebrating milestones with the Flexible Packaging Association in 2024 what is on their minds.

8-min read

From the Magazine

Labeling Laws Examined

In October 2021, California enacted a law that continues to send tremors through the worlds of packaging and recycling. The measure amends the state’s Truth in Advertising Law by setting strict standards for claims that a product or package is recyclable, focusing on how and when companies should be allowed to apply the decades-old chasing arrows symbol or other marks denoting recyclability. More than three years after the bill was passed, California regulators are still hashing out the details.

6-min read

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