Breaking News in Flexible Packaging June 2022

If you’re interested in an informative and fast read on flexible packaging, this is for you — a curated compilation of newsbites drawn from Twitter. 

These include pouches, bags, films, and other types of flexibles from stakeholders in this market and from the Twitter feeds of sister publications Packaging Digest and PlasticsToday for June 2022. Click here to view the latest flexible packaging news.

Kao’s change from plastic box to Mondo pouch and paper carton cuts products’ plastic use 80%, carbon footprint 65%.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö’s new heat-sealed paper solution can replace plastic film.

The "RE: Mono" product from Australia is recyclable, flexible packaging of 83% recycled materials with a 57% reduced environmental footprint compared to virgin plastic packaging.

FPA student awards reveal clever revisions of flexible packaging.

FPA’s buyer’s guide is available.

ExxonMobil introduces metallocene linear low-density polyethylene (mLLDPE) for packaging, agricultural, and industrial applications.

Sealed Air goes big in smart-packaging connected flexible packaging.

Pilot scale R&D creates a better, more sustainable biopolymer cellulose film with food packaging potential.

Branded bioplastic PLA cling wrap from Bonnie’s Bio for home use.

As with everything, films have seen sharp price increases, too.

Pregis invests in advanced film technology.

Laser coding on a biopolymer compostable film provides a readable “label” for bagged food.

How store brands can incorporate sustainable flexible packaging.

Restaurant chain adapts cellulose film for take-out packaging.

Update on Digimarc’s digital watermarks in the sortation of flexible plastic packaging in Canada.

Dow expands flexible packaging recycling initiative – Project REFLEX – into new markets in Africa.

RPM Raflatac introduces Ocean Action labels made from ocean-bound plastic.

Investment made for new flexible film recycling plant in Minnesota.

Transparent and sustainable cellulose film can replace plastic packaging for foods.

Penrhos Spirits 2.5-L pouches offered for three products.

EPac Flexibles to open third facility in Canada.

Has Tipa solved a flexible packaging dilemma?

Flex-pack specialist Scholle IPN’s $31 million plant expansion in VA.

Collaboration yields stand-up pouch with PCR.

If you'd like to see more, check out Breaking News in Flexible Packaging May 2022.