Packaura
/ July 5, 2026
This week’s packaging industry news spans coast-to-coast regulatory deadlines, the steepest paperboard price cycle in years, and a new wave of biobased material breakthroughs. New rules in Virginia, California, Connecticut, and Washington all snapped into effect on July 1, while the EU’s sweeping PPWR looms
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Packaura
/ June 28, 2026
Packaging industry news moved fast this week, with a wave of U.S. facility expansions, breakthrough post-consumer recycled film content, landmark federal legislation, and a pair of imminent regulatory deadlines forcing brands to act before summer ends. Here is your complete packaging industry news roundup for
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Packaura
/ June 14, 2026
Packaging industry news this week hit hard across M&A, materials, and regulation — from New York’s EPR bill stalling for a third consecutive year and Berlin Packaging’s O.Berk acquisition reshaping the distribution landscape, to a resealable aluminum can system advancing toward pilot scale and twin
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Packaura
/ June 13, 2026
EU PPWR compliance transforms how brands selling into the European Union design, source, and report packaging through 2030 and beyond. The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, finalized in 2025, replaces the prior PPWD directive with binding regulation that applies uniformly across all member states. From
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Packaura
/ May 31, 2026
Packaging news hit a pivotal stretch in the final week of May 2026, with a fatal mill explosion threatening premium paperboard supply, Maine’s PFAS ban taking effect, and producers nationwide scrambling to meet the biggest packaging news EPR reporting deadline in U.S. history. Here is
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Packaura
/ April 12, 2026
Packaging industry news April 2026 is headlined this week by ProAmpac completing its $1.5B acquisition of TC Transcontinental, the EU PPWR guidance update, and new bio-based polymer innovations hitting the market. Here’s what every packaging professional needs to know. Sustainable Packaging & Materials Bio-Based Polymer
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