The Flexible Packaging Association’s (FPA) 2020 State of the Flexible Packaging Industry Report provides industry converters, suppliers, investors and analysts with insight into the performance (i.e. growth, revenue/volume expectations, profitability and capital spending) of the U.S. flexible packaging industry over the past year.

With the pandemic upending holiday trends, DS Smith released a new survey that shows retailers and supply chains need to be prepared for a rush of online shopping and high consumer demand for effective packaging. 

Packaging Strategies spoke with Jeff Wooster, global sustainability director for Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics, on the transition to a pouch for Kellogg's sub-brand Kashi and its Bear Naked Granola line.

Hoffmann Neopac has been recognized by the Hungarian Association of Packaging & Materials Handling for a sustainable tube solution developed by Neopac for a plant-based facial scrub from Hungarian beauty company Manna.

Berlin Packaging has acquired Consolidated Bottle Corporation, a leading packaging supplier in Canada, which significantly expands Berlin Packaging’s footprint in Canada. Following the acquisition, the company will be known as Consolidated Bottle Corporation, a  Berlin Packaging company.

Coca-Cola is working to create a bottle made 100% from paper — an innovative packaging technology that may help the beverage brand to achieve a World Without Waste. The goal is to collect and recycle a bottle or can for every one we sell by 2030, while also substantially reducing its use of virgin packaging materials and only using packaging materials that are 100% recyclable.

There were 27 winners, including six student award winners, selected as recipients of a 2020 AmeriStar Package Award, one of the packaging industry’s most prestigious design awards programs,produced by IoPP, The Institute of Packaging Professionals.