Packaging

Pactiv Evergreen settles for $6.25M over 2023 North Carolina mill closure

The restitution amount is more than half of what Pactiv Evergreen received from the state in grants for the site. The company is “pleased...

Minnesota taps Circular Action Alliance for EPR program

Producers must register in Minnesota later this year. The CEO of CAA says the producer responsibility organization’s work in other states “enables us to immediately find...

Sealed Air ousts another CEO

Patrick Kivits held the role for less than eight months. Sealed Air recently reorganized into food and protective packaging verticals. Source: https://www.packagingdive.com/news/sealed-air-ceo-patrick-kivits-departs/740176/

Trump orders reciprocal tariffs on all countries

“In other words, they charge us a tax or tariff, and we charge them the exact same tax,” President Donald Trump said Thursday. Source: https://www.packagingdive.com/news/trump-reciprocal-tariffs/740127/

International Paper to close 4 facilities, affecting 674 employees

Different types of facilities across four states will shut down by the end of April. One closure will remove 800,000 tons of containerboard capacity from IP’s...

Food Packaging Predictions 2025: What the Industry Experts Say About Paper Straws?

Paper straws have become a leading solution, but are they the future of food packaging? Unlike paper straws, plastic counterparts have been under fire for...

10 manufacturers invest millions in packaging, rPET expansions

The lion’s share of recently announced investments will occur in the central United States, including for International Paper, Genpak, Eagle Flexible Packaging and Premier...

Driver Damian Hill lends a helping hand

Driver Damian Hill was recently featured in an article in the Tideland News for his big heart and willingness to help customers on his...

Smurfit Westrock balances closures, investments in ‘transformation’ year

The company also is assessing the potential impacts of new tariffs and eyeing other pricing models, executives said on an earnings call. Source: https://www.packagingdive.com/news/smurfit-westrock-q4-2024-earnings-streamline-box-tariff/739864/

Tariffs could alter packaging mix, Coca-Cola says

The beverage giant may shift some product sold in aluminum cans to PET bottles if input costs rise in light of new tariffs, said CEO James...

Metal packaging manufacturers raise red flags over new tariffs

Both packaging and “consumer prices will go up” as manufacturers pass down increased costs, said Can Manufacturers Institute President Robert Budway. Source: https://www.packagingdive.com/news/metal-tariffs-aluminum-steel-trump-can-makers/739753/

Ball, Crown, O-I talk beverage market, 2025 consumer concerns

Customers’ portfolio diversity, the spending strength of end consumers, and competition between glass and cans were discussion points during recent earnings calls. Source: https://www.packagingdive.com/news/packaging-earnings-beverage-market-trends-ball-crown-oi/739689/

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