Building on its theme covering the evolution of pouches, the 2019 Global Pouch Forum announces an agenda featuring presentations focused on innovation, sustainability and developing markets, such as the burgeoning cannabis industry. 

Packaging challenges from two separate companies converged to drive Toray to develop a new portfolio of flexible packaging innovations — Torayfan Over-the-Mountain BOPP films. 

A flexible drink pouch has a number of significant environmental benefits over a glass bottle, a format thought by many consumers to be more sustainable.

ProAmpac joins Petfood Forum 2019 with a comprehensive portfolio of products, including recyclable and sustainable packaging opportunities.

Amcor has launched AmLite Ultra Recyclable, its first packaging product made from the more sustainable high-barrier polyolefin film that the company announced in 2018.

For product and brand managers responsible for food and beverage packaging, 2018 marked an increased focus on reducing single-use plastics. In the past year, more than 250 companies signed the MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy Global Commitment to reduce or eliminate single-use plastics.

Avery Dennison has some ambitious sustainability goals it wants to hit by 2025. It wants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 3 percent year-over-year, go up to 95 percent landfill-free, eliminate 70 percent of matrix and liner, and source film and chemicals more responsibly, among others.