In this interview, Palouse Fiber Packaging CEO Kyler Lovgren explains how molded fiber could help businesses remain compliant as a patchwork of state-level packaging regulations crop up.

The Washington State-based startup recently announced the public availability of their new 4-cup carriers, made using wheat straw pulp. 

Eco-Products was recognized for creating a superior method of printing on molded fiber products, and Vegware earned its award for bringing to market a fiber-based cutlery solution that is compostable.

Molpack has successfully deployed HP's Molded Fiber Advanced Tooling Solution at its factory in Guatemala to manufacture fruit trays as well as other commodity products, made from recycled paper.

Since 1992, Tek Pak has provided the medical, electronics, and consumer markets with quick-turn rapid prototyping and short- to long-run production thermoforming.

While responding to consumer and regulatory demands for more sustainable packaging is certainly one of the biggest challenges facing the industry, the good news is that there is no single solution but rather a plethora of routes to a circular economy.

Crafted from unbleached bamboo fiber, the 100% compostable clamshells are free of PFAs, wax, and plastic linings, making them a sustainable choice for foodservice packaging. 

Scheduled to commence operations in 2024, the 200,000-square-foot plant comes on the heels of three major acquisitions in the specialty molded fiber solutions space, and marks the company’s eighth such manufacturing facility.

A glue-free label solution, Molded Fiber Labeling involves 100% mono-material packaging that can be fully recycled or composted.

The plant-based fiber tray to package the GilletteLabs Razor with Exfoliating Bar, makes Gillette the first brand to implement Footprint’s new color-based molded fiber in its packaging.