Sustainable packaging materials are reshaping how brands and machine builders work together, but cost and performance risk still slow the shift. That is the central finding of The New Material World: Packaging’s Path Toward Sustainability 2025, a research report from PMMI, the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. As end users move toward more sustainable materials, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are adapting their machinery to deliver innovative solutions without compromising performance.
Europe dominates the global cheese market, with a share of nearly 50%. Rising cheese consumption, an increasing variety of product formats, and new regulatory requirements are driving demand for packaging that protects cheese as a natural product while combining material efficiency, processability, and recyclability. This makes it increasingly important for manufacturers and packers to take a holistic view of the entire system – from the product and packaging to machinery, logistics, retail, and consumer use.
A 216-page manual and an 11-sheet Excel calculator that take a US manufacturer from an empty spreadsheet to a documented packaging carbon footprint, using eGRID subregions and other public data.
PACK EXPO International 2026 runs Oct 18–21 in Chicago: 48,000 professionals, automation, AI, robotics, sustainability and 150+ free education sessions.
Elisabeth Skoda – editor at large at Packaging Europe The last in-person drupa took place seven years ago, and the packaging industry and the world have changed dramatically since then. A pandemic, a global economic crisis, a war in Europe, and the ever more obvious effects of global heating becoming clearer have changed the industry …
WorldPressOnline First Call – 9th August 2018 – RPC Design has created a unique grading system that provides an easy visual guide to the sustainability credentials of each new pack it creates.
The Innovation Stage at PACK EXPO Las Vegas and, the co-located, Healthcare Packaging EXPO (Sept. 25–27; Las Vegas Convention Center) will feature 46 Innovation Stage sessions across four stages, featuring new technology and advances from all segments of the packaging and processing market.
