Flexible packaging suppliers need urgent, workable and homogeneous implementation guidance to ensure PPWR integrity
Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE) reiterates its strong opposition to any attempt to reopen or delay Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR), following recent calls from parts of industry to postpone its application and review key provisions.
Rising raw material costs and geopolitical tensions impact the markets for flexible packaging materials
Prices for flexible packaging materials increased almost across the board in the first quarter of 2026 compared with the previous quarter.
Flexible packaging materials: Price adjustments continue in the fourth quarter of 2025
The markets for flexible packaging materials recorded further price adjustments in the fourth quarter of 2025.
Flexible Packaging Europe welcomes decision of the European Commission to defend the integrity of PPWR under the Environmental Omnibus
FPE welcomes the European Commission’s choice not to reopen Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR) under the Environmental Omnibus
Leaders of the Flexible Packaging Industry to Meet in Düsseldorf in May 2026
Registration now open for the 4th Global Flexible Packaging Executive Forum at interpack!
Flexible packaging materials: minor price declines in Q3 of 2025
The markets for flexible packaging materials recorded some minor price decreases across the substrates in the third quarter of 2025. Aluminium foil (7 micron) showed particularly pronounced reductions, alongside BOPA, BOPP and BOPET films. While one-side coated paper (60 g/m²) remained stable, HDPE and LDPE continued the weaker trends seen during the first half of the year.