Sweet and savoury in the packaging focus: consumers and experts show clear preferences
Flexible packaging for chocolate and snacks impresses with its functionality, familiarity and suitability for everyday use.
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Flexible Packaging Materials: Price Trends Remain Volatile in Q2 2025
While prices for one-side coated paper (60 g/m²) increased by 2% compared to Q1 2025, confirming the upward trend, other materials experienced slight price declines: aluminium foil (7 micron) fell by 4%, BOPA film (15 micron) by 1%, and PET film (12 micron) by 2% compared to the previous quarter.
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Karri Koskela elected as new Chair of Flexible Packaging Europe
At the FPE Summer Conference, which took place in Ljubljana at end of June 2025, Karri Koskela, CEO of Wipak, was unanimously elected as the new Chair of the European association Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE). He succeeds Jakob A. Mosser, who has held the position with great commitment over the past five years. At the same time, Michele Guala was re-elected as Vice-Chair.
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Flexible packaging material markets see price volatility continuing into Q1 2025
The mixed bag of price fluctuations seen at the end of 2024 continued into the first three months of 2025. Polyethylene led the way in price increases as both HDPE and LDPE price increased by 3% and 4% respectively vs. Q4 2024, taking them to levels not seen since early 2023.
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Mixed picture for flexible packaging materials prices as 2024 ends
Prices of the basket of flexible packaging materials varied in the final quarter of 2024 as raw material cost fluctuations, supply chain issues and market uncertainty for some materials all had an effect.
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New survey shows: Flexible packaging convinces European consumers with protection and sustainability
The results of a recent consumer survey on the use of flexible packaging commissioned by Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE) reveal some interesting results. The representative survey was conducted by the global market research institute Censuswide in the six major European markets of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Great Britain and Poland in 2024 and recorded the responses of a total of 6,000 consumers.