Packaging Insights reviews 2025: Tougher regulations, tariff uncertainty & greenwashing lawsuits
As another eventful year in the packaging industry comes to an end, we look back at the biggest events and highlights of 2025. The EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) entered into...
Premium luxury packaging: Aligning brand experience, performance and sustainability
Premium luxury packaging is increasingly balancing visual appeal, tactile quality, and functionality while meeting logistical and sustainability requirements. From e-commerce to festive gifting and...
ProAmpac to acquire TC Transcontinental Packaging for US$1.51B
ProAmpac is purchasing TC Transcontinental Packaging (TCP) from TC Transcontinental. The acquisition is said to expand ProAmpac’s global footprint in sustainable packaging and material science...
Carbios and Wankai partner on major PET biorecycling expansion in Asia
Carbios and Wankai New Materials (Wankai) are partnering to build and run a PET biorecycling plant in China. The construction value is estimated at €115 million (US$134 million). The companies signed...
November in review: Sealed Air’s US$10.3B buyout, UK pEPR shake-up, high-profile lawsuits
Last month, Sealed Air entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by funds affiliated with CD&R for US$10.3 billion. The UK government introduced draft amendments to the country’s packaging...
Smart software and data tools power efficient, compliant and sustainable packaging production
Emerging technologies aim to reduce packaging waste, meet tightening regulatory demands, unify fragmented data, and support the shift toward automated, AI-ready, resource-efficient production...
Greiner Packaging highlights PPWR-ready solutions at Future Packaging Day 2025
Greiner Packaging is building a packaging portfolio that will be ready when market demand and regulatory clarity converge, according to Jörg Sabo, global director for Marketing & Innovation at...
Sealed Air’s US$10B buyout: How private ownership could reshape the packaging leader
Sealed Air has entered into a definitive agreement in which it will be acquired by funds affiliated with CD&R. The private investment firm will purchase the food and protective packaging giant for...
