Research released by UPM Specialty Materials and Smithers suggests major shifts ahead in food packaging, with fibre-based materials expected to hold the largest share by 2045.

D3800, a compact colour printer for labels and badges, alongside a new Label Boost software suite for its label printers.

Sustainable packaging solutions provider Huhtamaki has appointed Thomas Morin as president, fibre packaging and member of the global executive team.

Packsize has agreed to purchase the packaging operations of Panotec, an Italy-based producer of right-sized packaging machines for both high- and low-automation settings.

Tighter packaging rules and growing EPR schemes are driving interest in the financial benefits of mono-material packaging.

Gerresheimer has recorded a consolidated net loss of €318.7m ($363m) in financial year 2025, versus adjusted net income of €84.3m a year earlier.

CVC Capital Partners has reached an agreement to acquire Clevertech, an Italian maker of industrial automation and packaging systems, from the Reggiani family.

A UK survey of 68,000 people recorded 1.5 million pieces of plastic waste in a week, estimating 82 billion pieces annually, with most coming from food and drink packaging.

International Paper, a sustainable packaging solutions provider, is set to close more plants in the US by the end of the third quarter of 2026.

South Korea’s CJ CheilJedang and Lotte Chemical have entered a memorandum of understanding to work on new food packaging materials intended to improve ease of use and product protection.

The International Dairy Foods Association has called on California’s Packaging Producer Responsibility Advisory Board to approve a proposal to exempt dairy plastics from state recycling targets.

Label manufacturer LOC España has brought in a second BOBST MASTER M5 inline flexo press as it expands output at its plant in Spain.