Flexibles
News and analysis on the latest innovations, trends and developments in flexible packaging – from sustainability to functionality and more.
Vellamo partners with UPM Raflatac on wood-based clear plastic label material
Finnish mineral water producer Vellamo’s bottles will feature UPM Raflatac’s Forest Film product – reportedly the world’s first
First Mile and Fashion for Good team up on closed-loop fashion waste scheme
Recycling company First Mile has joined forces with a global sustainable fashion innovation platform, Fashion for Good, in a new
Plastopil launches ready to recycle flexible packaging solutions
Plastopil has launched a ready-to-recycle flexible packaging range designed to meet demanding recycling regulations. Based on the concept
Primitives uses nature as the inspiration for its sensing, compostable thin film material
A San-Francisco start-up, Primitives Biodesign, claims to have developed the first compostable bioplastic product with inbuilt sensing functionality.
Adding value to polymers
How do we determine the value of polymers in a vast global marketplace, and with a balancing act between developing
EMSUR joins CEFLEX initiative
EMSUR has become the most recent member of CEFLEX, a consortium of European companies that promotes the circularity of flexible
A look back at an innovative quarter for UFlex
UFlex, a multinational flexible packaging company, announced a range of sustainability, engineering, aesthetic, and anti-counterfeiting innovations in Q3 of
Updated FPE study 'confirms role of flexible packaging in preventing waste'
A recently updated and extended study by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (ifeu), commissioned by Flexible Packaging Europe
Zanders launches “100% natural” barrier paper for food packaging
Zanders' new Zanbarrier NGR product reportedly offers a 100% natural barrier against oil and grease without the use of
BASF and Fabbri Group join forces on compostable cling film for fresh-food packaging
BASF and Fabbri Group say that their new compostable cling film based on BASF’s ecovio product is the “ideal
Researching the impact of ocean plastics
eXXpedition is an all-female sailing voyage and scientific research mission with a goal to research the impact of plastic
Avery Dennison announces "first-ever" recycled polypropylene label material
Avery Dennison has taken an important step towards supplying a recycled polypropylene (rPP) label material, collaborating with SABIC in the