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Deep Dive2024 packaging trends by the numbers
These are some of the stats illustrating key storylines this year in policy and regulation, M&A activity, manufacturing, pricing, recycling, sustainability goals and more.
By Katie Pyzyk , Maria Rachal • Dec. 20, 2024 -
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2025 containerboard outlook: Price increases, index exits and tariff threats
Trends such as price hikes are expected to carry over into the new year, along with the addition of new hot topics like tariffs, say analysts from RaboResearch and Bloomberg Intelligence.
By Katie Pyzyk • Dec. 17, 2024 -
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Deep DiveThe packaging workforce grew for a decade. Labor shortages and COVID-19 changed that.
The top 12 publicly traded U.S. packaging manufacturers by revenue collectively have more employees than they did a decade ago. Mergers and acquisitions heavily influenced the numbers, but that’s not the only factor.
By Katie Pyzyk • Dec. 11, 2024 -
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Trump calls for 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico
The president-elect also called for additional 10% tariffs on imports from China as part of his Day 1 White House plans.
By Philip Neuffer • Nov. 26, 2024 -
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Packaging converters, brands support EPR as global plastic pollution negotiations near finish line
“These outcomes will have significant downstream impacts on plastic packaging producers and brands,” potentially driving new regulations and investments, said U.S. Plastics Pact CEO Jonathan Quinn.
By Maria Rachal • Nov. 25, 2024 -
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Q&ADHL ramps up automation, sustainability efforts in changing packaging marketplace
Alicemarie Geoffrion, president of packaging at DHL Supply Chain, North America, discusses assisting customers with packaging customization and reusables. Plus, she gives an outlook for the holiday shipping season.
By Katie Pyzyk • Nov. 20, 2024 -
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Trump’s tariffs: How manufacturers can prepare
Front-loading commodity imports could be a temporary solution, but diversified sourcing will be critical for the long term, experts say.
By Kate Magill • Nov. 14, 2024 -
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The dual case for reusable transport packaging
Adopting reusables across the supply chain presents not just sustainability benefits, but also cost savings, according to speakers at Pack Expo International.
By Katie Pyzyk • Nov. 14, 2024 -
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Packaging manufacturers share insights from Q3
Recent earnings calls revealed some notable changes at packaging manufacturers. Follow the latest from Pactiv Evergreen, Clearwater Paper, Sonoco, Amcor, International Paper, Smurfit Westrock and more.
By Packaging Dive Staff • Updated Nov. 12, 2024 -
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International Paper cuts 674 jobs amid strategic review of global cellulose fibers
The news of a South Carolina pulp mill closure brings IP’s announced layoffs in October to more than 1,500. A potential sale of the broader GCF business is now under consideration.
By Maria Rachal • Oct. 31, 2024 -
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Is the fiber packaging M&A surge done? Probably not.
M&A activity is expected to influence companies’ commercial approaches for the next five to 10 years, according to conference speakers from Wells Fargo, Bloomberg and Hudson Windsor.
By Katie Pyzyk • Oct. 28, 2024 -
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Biden-Harris administration opens tariff exclusion process for some manufacturers
The deadline to submit exclusion requests to the USTR is March 31, 2025.
By Kate Magill • Oct. 24, 2024 -
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O-I Glass shuttering Ohio innovation center, Illinois plant: reports
The company has teased multiple closures since Gordon Hardie took over as CEO but previously had shared few specifics on locations.
By Maria Rachal • Oct. 24, 2024 -
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Election 2024: The outlook for packaging and manufacturing policy
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump differ on environmental regulations, manufacturing, energy and ESG policies. What could a Trump or Harris presidency mean for the packaging industry?
By Maria Rachal , Katie Pyzyk , Cole Rosengren • Oct. 23, 2024 -
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Sprouts expands reusable packaging partnership with IFCO
The specialty grocer has piloted reusable containers for fresh produce items packed in high-humidity environments as a way to replace single-use corrugated and wax-corrugated boxes.
By Peyton Bigora • Oct. 21, 2024 -
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Brands make packaging design changes for e-commerce compatibility
Pandemic-related and sustainability trends, along with Amazon's requirements, are among the factors prompting Clorox, Mars Wrigley and Nestlé to tweak product packaging designs they use for e-commerce.
By Katie Pyzyk • Oct. 10, 2024 -
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Packaging trade shows to watch in 2025
Mark your calendar: These U.S. conferences and events will cover timely trends in sustainable packaging design, recycling technologies, regional market trends, substrate evolutions, automation and more.
By Packaging Dive Staff • Oct. 1, 2024 -
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Q&AWhat’s next for product certification amid concerns about PFAS and toxics in plastic
Lagging regulation and a potential “toxic treadmill” with recycled content are viewed as just some of today’s pressing challenges. Clean Production Action Executive Director Mark Rossi reflects on two decades of change in the field.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 30, 2024 -
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Insights from the 2024 Packaging Recycling Summit
AI applications, recycled plastic supply and demand, and how brands are thinking about extended producer responsibility were among the topics Packaging Dive covered from this year’s event in California.
By Katie Pyzyk • Sept. 27, 2024 -
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New molded fiber company will use industrial hemp as main feedstock
Renw seeks to minimize reliance on forestry assets in packaging by expanding the growth of industrial hemp, which will be used as a feedstock at the company’s molded fiber production facilities.
By Katie Pyzyk • Sept. 25, 2024 -
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Thermoform reclamation rises along with rPET demand
As one speaker at the Packaging Recycling Summit called thermoforms an “untapped source” for reclaimed PET, Rumpke Waste & Recycling plans to begin accepting the containers in curbside recycling.
By Katie Pyzyk • Sept. 24, 2024 -
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MRF and mill advances expected to fuel North American recovered fiber demand, Fastmarkets says
Analysts highlighted tight OCC and mixed paper supply, as well as ongoing demand from mills willing to pay for cleaner recovered paper material from higher-tech MRFs, during a recent webinar.
By Megan Quinn • Sept. 13, 2024 -
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As Amazon and others nix air pillows, packaging manufacturers diversify to cushion the blow
Packaging companies are having to adapt to keep up as e-commerce expands and protective packaging trends shift. Retailers are trying new void fill materials, rightsizing packages and more.
By Shefali Kapadia • Sept. 10, 2024 -
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O-I Glass, spirits industry partner for Kentucky’s first dedicated glass recycling program
O-I Glass will purchase cullet from the new program run by workforce development nonprofit Workwell Industries. The glass comes from distilleries in the region that also invested in the project.
By Megan Quinn • Sept. 9, 2024 -
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5 stats on plastics recycling and ‘circularity’ investments
In new reports this summer, various groups shared updated data on where plastics transformation investments are being allocated, how recycling and recycled content use are evolving, and more.
By Maria Rachal • Aug. 21, 2024
