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Paper-based packaging – in combination with suitable coatings – can offer the required barrier and heat-seal functionality needed for many packaging applications.

Bioplastic will serve as a sustainable alternative to single-use materials.

CJ Biomaterials and NatureWorks will develop sustainable materials solutions based on CJ Biomaterials’ PHACT PHA and NatureWorks’ Ingeo PLA technologies.

WM and Dow have introduced a rollout of a major residential plastic film recycling program in the U.S.

Materials science company VOID Technologies has achieved Critical Guidance Recognition from the Association of Plastics Recyclers (APR) for its proprietary VO+ PE Masterbatch Technology, confirming its compatibility with PE film recycling in the U.S. 

Jan Eisby, CSO at surface treatment pioneer Vetaphone A/S, discusses with Packaging Strategies the effect of time on a substrate’s retained dyne level and how it ultimately determines the self-life of a product.

MBOLD coalition catalyzes new ecosystem to support a circular economy for flexible packaging and films in the Upper Midwest.

The 15^th anniversary of the show is the biggest yet.