The flexible packaging sector welcomes the step toward harmonizing rules on the continent, according to Guido Aufdemkamp, executive director of Flexible Packaging Europe, an industry trade association based in Düsseldorf, Germany. The association, which is the European counterpart to the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) in the U.S., represents more than 85 flexible packaging manufacturers operating more than 350 plants and generating more than 19 billion euros in annual revenue, or about $20.5 billion.
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Dwight Schmidt has spent decades in the paper packaging industry, accumulating knowledge and connections that have included being on the industry advisory board for the Michigan State University (MSU) School […]
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The Emerging Leadership Council (ELC) wants to advance the priorities of the Flexible Packaging Association and also promote the opportunities that the ELC can provide dedicated participants
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As the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) entered 2025, the trade organization began celebrating 75 years since its formation in 1950. For Kathy Bolhous, chair and CEO of Charter Next Generation, FPA’s staying power proves that members have been getting value all along.
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The gold awards in the 2025 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition were given for packages that excelled in sustainability, printing, packaging excellence, shelf impact, technical innovation, and expanding the use of flexible packaging.
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The silver awards in the 2025 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition were given for packages that demonstrated excellence in sustainability, printing, packaging excellence, shelf impact, technical innovation, and expanding the use of flexible packaging.
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Extended producer responsibility laws have been spreading in the United States, requiring the guidance of producer responsibility organizations (PROs). Along the way, a PRO called Circular Action Alliance was incorporated in December 2022.
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ProAmpac has been focused on innovation and sustainability and wants to make sure it builds sustainable packaging options that are substrate agnostic as long as they can be recyclable or compostable and not go into landfills.
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Judges for this year’s Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards competition went through the entries one by one to pick the winners in six categories: expanding the use of flexible packaging, technical innovation, sustainability, printing, shelf impact, and packaging excellence.
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As Felton prepared to start his new position as president and CEO of the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), he reflected on how some of the issues facing FPA were the same as at AMERIPEN—the American Institute for Packaging and the Environment—where he had spent nearly five years leading that association.
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