Vienna, Austria-based converting giant Constantia Flexibles has won two prestigious WorldStar Global Packaging Awards 2025 for its EcoPeelCover and EcoLamHighPlus in the Packaging Materials and Components category. The awards, organized by the World Packaging Organisation (WPO), are regarded as the highest benchmark in the industry. This year, over 550 entries were evaluated by … [Read more...] about Constantia Flexibles takes home two prestigious WorldStar Global Packaging Awards 2025
Flexible Packaging
Five Star Holding acquires Anduro Manufacturing
Five Star Holding, a leader in sustainable packaging, has acquired Anduro Manufacturing, a converter of flexible packaging, including laminated woven sacks for pet food, animal nutrition, and other consumer-product companies in the US and Latin America. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition of Anduro allows Five Star to provide unmatched supply reliability … [Read more...] about Five Star Holding acquires Anduro Manufacturing
Attainable sustainable: Using electron-beam tech in compostable flexible packaging: Part 1
By Sage M. Schissel, Ph.D., applications specialist, PCT EB and Integration, LLC Sustainable practices, including material reduction and the use of bio-based, recyclable or compostable materials, are forefront in the minds of both consumers and the packaging industry. This especially is true for flexible packaging, which traditionally has consisted of multilayer, … [Read more...] about Attainable sustainable: Using electron-beam tech in compostable flexible packaging: Part 1
Metallized-PE films: Challenges & opportunities to meeting market needs for recyclable, high-barrier flexible packaging
By Dante Ferrari, president, Celplast Metallized Products, Ltd., and Zheng Tian, Ph.D., scientist, Flexible Products Group (FPG), Applied Materials, North America Currently, the only path to have flexible packaging recycled in North America is via Store Drop-Off programs, which require these packages to be predominantly based on polyethylene (PE). For many barrier … [Read more...] about Metallized-PE films: Challenges & opportunities to meeting market needs for recyclable, high-barrier flexible packaging
Role of vacuum coating in sustainable flexible packaging
By Fabiano Rimediotti, senior technologist; and Raffaele Guadagno, process & technology specialist, Nordmeccanica-Vacuum Div. Thin films deposited by vacuum coating, with their unusual properties of being extremely thin and relatively impervious to the diffusion of gas, water vapor and aromas, lend themselves to being ideal components for future recyclable packaging. … [Read more...] about Role of vacuum coating in sustainable flexible packaging