Japan-based KANEBO has chosen Eastman’s Cristal One IM812 specialty PET resin for the overcap of its Generating Essentials treatment lotion.

Cascades has reported net earnings of C$21m ($14.9m) in Q2 2026, compared with a net loss of C$3m in the same quarter of 2025.

For SMEs, expanding EPR schemes and stricter PPWR rules are turning packaging data into a critical compliance challenge.

Sitma has launched FlatPack, an automated wrapping system using paper for furniture panels, intended to serve as primary packaging in industrial production and to replace plastic-based wrapping.

Go-Pak Group has introduced Clarity, a collection of transparent cups for cold drinks made from recycled polyethylene terephthalate.

PFAS phase-out is reshaping food packaging, but proving replacement materials can perform at scale is the real challenge.

Key Container Corporation, a corrugated box producer, has set up an advisory board made up of four executives from the packaging sector as it prepares for its next stage of expansion.

Zeus Packaging plans to consolidate part of its UK manufacturing volumes to Progroup’s Ellesmere Port facility under a long-term alliance.

Sonoco Products Company has brought its global consumer packaging activities under one management set-up, with Ernest Haynes taking charge as president of Global Consumer Packaging.

Mondi has introduced a packaging format that pairs a corrugated outer carton with recyclable flexible packaging marked by laser.

UFlex has started operations at its first WPP bag manufacturing site outside India, with a new facility in Mexico.

As the FDA continues reviewing phthalates used in food-contact materials, packaging companies should prepare for possible future regulatory changes.