
A guidance to support the environmental assessment of flexible packaging solutions from a life cycle thinking perspective has just been provided by the European flexible packaging industry. It was elaborated by the environmental sustainability consultancy Quantis in collaboration with experts from six European flexible packaging converting companies and the association Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE) and its content is publicly available.
Read more … FPE publishes guidance for life cycle assessment of flexible packaging
The members of Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE) met for their annual summer conference in June, this time in Copenhagen. After an economically challenging 2023, the industry is cautiously optimistic about the future and is forecasting moderate growth for 2024.
Read more … Flexible packaging manufacturers are optimistic for the future
Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE), the association of flexible packaging manufacturers, is organising the first "European FlexPack Summit" for 2025.
Read more … First "European Flexpack Summit" to take place in early 2025
Shipping disruptions in the Red Sea have had a significant impact on supply chains, leading to increased prices of European flexible packaging materials in the first quarter of the year.
Today, the European Parliament approved the provisional EU agreement on the Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR). Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE), representing flexible packaging suppliers across materials, welcomes this important step forward in the legislative process.
Although destocking ends in Q4 2023 demand is stabilising in 2024. The final three
months of 2023 saw a mixed set of results in prices for the basket of flexible packaging
materials used to assess markets across Europe.
Read more … Prices of flexible packaging materials in Europe steady on high levels in Q4 2023