If you’re interested in an informative and quick read on the subject of flexible packaging, this is for you: an all-in-one location for a steady stream of selected news and developments in this dynamic market during the current month.
You’ll find regularly updated news and updates on the ever-expanding world of applications for bags, pouches, films and other types of flexible packaging from supplier developments, brand launches and other developments of interest. Content is curated from tweets by stakeholders in the flexible packaging supply chain, supplemented with content pulled from the Twitter feeds of sister publications Packaging Digest and PlasticsToday. Return to this page to quickly scroll through to see what you missed. February breaking news in flexible packaging can be found here.
Mondi and ATS-Tanner launch a paper band for food packages and multipacks.
Finland’s VTT Technical Research Center invests $1.64 million in a cellulose film pilot facility to scale up replacement films for sustainable food packaging.
VTT ramps up sustainable transparent cellulose film production: VTT Technical Research Center in Finland invests €1.5 million/$1.64 million in pilot film facility of cellulose to scale a sustainable food packaging replacement film. pic.twitter.com/p5aHtw9nNA
— Online Packaging Marketplace (@OpenPackaginNet) March 30, 2023
The Materials Recovery for the Future Consortium publishes the results of the curbside recycling pilot of flexible plastic packaging.
Cannabis in wild and smooth digitally printed stand up pouches.
VTT’s invests $1.64 million in R&D to replace cellulose for plastic food packaging film.
Woodpack by Atacama Biomaterials is a compostable wood fiber film that replaces single-use plastic films such as clothing packaging and grocery bags.
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— Michael Paneth (@MichaelPaneth) March 28, 2023
Panasonic’s BEYOLEX is a thermoset stretch film polymer substrate for the growing printed electronics (PE) market.
Graphene-enhanced polyethylene increases film performance and sustainability via PlasticsToday.
Graphene-enhanced polyethylene increases film performance and sustainability: Graphene-enhanced polyethylene masterbatch offers greater strength through thinner films to reduce costs, increase sustainability and increase flexible packaging properties. pic.twitter.com/mOpOgyXXty
— Online Packaging Marketplace (@OpenPackaginNet) March 27, 2023
Coors-icles, Coors Light’s beer-flavored ice creams, are packaged in 2-ounce bags available nationwide during the March Madness basketball season.
Manroland Goss develops a biodegradable barrier for packaged food.
The UV stabilized film market, valued at USD 33 billion in 2022, is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5% through 2030.
Taghleef Industries offers a recyclable film solution for individually wrapped cheese slices.
Guidance for inks to support the recyclability of flexible packaging.
Introducing the HP Indigo 200K digital press for flexible packaging today.
All Koehler Paper fast food barrier paper packaging now free of acrylates
The pressure sensitive label market is growing at 3.75% per year.
Fujifilm announces Jet Press FP790 digital inkjet water-based flexible packaging solution.
Material flow analysis modeling assesses how much chemical recycling can contribute to plastic waste recycling in Europe.
Total Energies, Colines partners to create recyclable packaging without laminate
Edible food packaging offers food for thought.
A reminder from Plastics Recyclers Europe that, for recyclable circularity, monomaterial is the way to go.
Parkside launches new recyclable monopolymer laminate film.
Innovia Films breaks ground on a new facility in Germany.
Coors Light introduces beer-flavored Coors-icles.
The world’s first compostable pallet wrap is made from food waste.
We have officially launched our world’s first compostable pallet wrap, made from food waste. Thank you for your patience as we worked to manufacture something that will change the global packaging industry forever. Head over to to learn more! pic.twitter.com/fGOE7zgnm9
— Great Wrap (@great_wrap) March 15, 2023
Trends in nanocomposite packaging films.
We are pleased to share our latest article published in IET Nanobiotechnology from Wiley#nanomaterial
Recent trends in nanocomposite packaging films using biopolymers generated from waste: industrial symbiosis and its implication in sustainability
— Tabarak Malik (@Prof_Tabarak) March 13, 2023
The effect of flexible packaging on the PCR on the topic at the Plastics Recycling Conference this week.
Citeo in France announces the chemical recycling of flexible polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) packaging at scale.
Illinois-based PPC Flexible Packaging expands into Israel.
ProAmpac partners with FirstWave Innovations to bring contract and low-order aseptic bags to market.
Nescafe launches new low-cost replacement bags.
NuZee’s film sealing breakthrough for flexible packaging eliminates one-way plastic degassing valves for packaged coffee.
Charter Next Generation, Revolution Sustainable Solutions collaborate to drive adoption of post-consumer recycled LLDPE for food and flexible packaging applications.
PepsiCo to test new paper-based multipack packaging for Walker Crips.
Award winner Alliance Nextek Ltd. is tackling a key barrier to plastic circularity with COtooCLEAN, a waterless cleaning process that decontaminates post-consumer flexible packaging to achieve food grade recycled materials. Note: Content on foot.
Antalis UK’s Master Performance range of hand blown stretch film is now exempt from plastic packaging tax thanks to 30% recycled content.
Constantia Flexibles to acquire Drukpol Flexo.
Up to £250,000 from the Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging Program will fund projects that develop innovative ideas to help with the collection of flexible plastic packaging waste from households.
Mura Technology’s advanced supercritical water recycling process turns rigid, flexible, multi-layer and post-consumer plastics into high-performance raw materials.
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