Flexible Packaging

MARKET MONITOR | Aseptic food-packaging demand up 5.5% a year to $2.3 billion in 2026 Members Public

It’s not just for your grandparents’ shelf-stable chocolate milk anymore. If anything, the applications for aseptic food packaging have grown far and wide since the material-converting method and sterile filling-process technology first became commercial about 75 years ago. Today, everything from cooking stocks and broths to ready-to-eat soups, sauces

Alex Nevels
Converting Quarterly

Shifting markets, broad range of new legislative efforts mean it’s time to “Unite for Flexibles” Members Public

Supply-chain disruptions, workforce and raw-material availability and price were the stories of 2021 and will continue at least through Q2 2022. Much will depend on the prevalence and trajectory of the COVID-19 virus and its variants, which no one can predict; however, consumer habits certainly have changed for good and

Alex Nevels
Converting Quarterly

Role of vacuum coating in sustainable flexible packaging Members Public

Thin films deposited by vacuum coating, with their unusual properties of being extremely thin and relatively impervious to the diffusion of gas, water vapor and aromas, lend themselves to being ideal components for future recyclable packaging. This article will describe the main trend in vacuum deposition, including the development of

Alex Nevels
Converting Quarterly

Attainable Sustainable: Using electron-beam tech in compostable flexible packaging: Part 1 Members Public

Sustainable practices, including material reduction and the use of bio-based, recyclable or compostable materials, are forefront in the minds of both consumers and the packaging industry.

Alex Nevels
Converting Quarterly

Achieving a true circular economy for plastic packaging Members Public

“Sustainable packages” will not solve our plastic waste problem. Empty plastic food packages are a big part of that waste. When today’s bread-bag film reappears in the market as a new bread bag next month, we have an effective “circular” solution. Click the link below to download the rest

Alex Nevels
Converting Quarterly

Special Market Report: Flexible Packaging Members Public

Includes FPA Market Forecast & 2022 Legislative Outlook, circular economy for plastic packaging, role of vacuum coating, and more.

Alex Nevels
Converting Quarterly

Converting Quarterly Q1 2022 Members Public

Issue includes special market report on flexible packaging, basic configurations for drying & curing, and more.

Alex Nevels
Converting Quarterly

Approaching Sustainability of Flexible Packaging in the Circular Economy Members Public

Approaching Sustainability of Flexible Packaging in the Circular Economy presented by Vincent Martinez Sanz

Kevin Lifsey
Sustainability