Sustainable packaging, which means replacing plastic with paper wherever possible, is not just a question of material availability. While flexible packaging paper may well be threatening to displace plastic packaging, both materials still have to share the same machines for the time being. Questions concerning changeover times and even machine conversions and, above all, process reliability in processing are therefore of primary importance for machine operators. Eckard Kallies, Head of the Flexible Packaging Paper Division at the Koehler Paper Group, explains: "We know just how much pressure the consumer is exerting when it comes to greater sustainability. As a supplier to the packaging industry, we have therefore entered into a strategic partnership with Syntegon, a globally leading processing and packaging technology provider. Although people are demanding to see an instant revolution in terms of greater sustainability, this is only possible by taking an evolutionary path. To ensure that we move step by step in the right direction, Syntegon and the Koehler Paper Group are strategically combining their knowledge."

The price of polyethylene (PE) is rising. Drastically. After years marked by oversupply and softer demand for PE, the market is now facing sharp, rapid price increases – with more increases on the horizon. For operations that rely heavily on stretch film, these increases can quickly turn into six- or seven-figure cost overruns. But rising material prices don’t have to mean rising spend, at least in your stretch wrapping operation. Atlantic Packaging’s MUST Stretch Film Management System was built for moments like this. Its designed to help manufacturers and distributors stay ahead of market swings by optimizing how much film they use, how their equipment performs, and how their stretch wrapping systems are managed day to day. At a time when packaging costs are climbing by 30% or more, MUST can help offset those increases by attacking the real driver of spend: usage inefficiency.

O-I Glass, Inc. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Paddock Enterprises, LLC, has emerged from Chapter 11 protection, following affirmation by the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware on June 22, 2022, of an order confirming Paddock’s Plan of Reorganization. The Plan was previously confirmed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on May 26, 2022. Paddock emerges from Chapter 11 having achieved a final and fair resolution of its asbestos-related legacy liabilities under the Plan. “Paddock’s Chapter 11 process has been completed in a manner that provides finality for the company and, importantly, fair and equitable resolution for claimants,” said Andres Lopez, CEO of O-I Glass.