Europe dominates the global cheese market, with a share of nearly 50%. Rising cheese consumption, an increasing variety of product formats, and new regulatory requirements are driving demand for packaging that protects cheese as a natural product while combining material efficiency, processability, and recyclability. This makes it increasingly important for manufacturers and packers to take a holistic view of the entire system – from the product and packaging to machinery, logistics, retail, and consumer use.

Company completes sale to employees, marking a new chapter in its 50-year history.

BLAIRSTOWN, NJ – James Alexander Corporation (JAC), a leading manufacturer of innovative dispensing and packaging solutions, today announced that the company has transitioned to 100% employee ownership through its Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), effective immediately.

East Dorset, VT, September 23, 2026 — Engineered Printing Solutions (EPS) has been chosen by Epson as its North American partner for the CONTOURJET, a new robotic direct-to-object (DTO) digital printing platform designed to print exceptionally high-quality graphics directly onto complex three-dimensional objects.

Specialty papermaker and flexible packaging company Rapids Paper + Packaging announced the commercial expansion of its ECOVA portfolio. The portfolio consists of heat-sealable and functional barrier paper packaging solutions, giving brands new opportunities to reduce plastic across a range of flexible packaging applications.

Since the partners joined forces last year, Aliplast has collected Cantina Pizzolato’s plastic waste and recycled it into a raw material for use in new production cycles.

In 2025, 91.7% of Cantina Pizzolato’s waste was sent for recycling, with the winery supplying 19,810kg of plastic film – as well as 1,801kg managed through the local collection service.

Brazilian researchers have developed a biodegradable, starch-based sensor that changes color when moisture enters food packaging. With the addition of cobalt chloride, the sensor changes from blue to pink as moisture levels rise and back to blue as they fall. Consumers and manufacturers could use it to monitor the quality and crispness of foods such as cookies with the naked eye or a cellphone camera, without complex equipment.

V-Shapes, a player in snap and squeeze mono-dose packaging solutions, is bringing its unit-dose packaging technology to brands looking to enhance customer experience, differentiate products, respond to changing consumption habits, and capture new market demand. The Italian packaging technology company has engineered a sustainable sachet alternative that moves beyond conventional tear-off pouches - combining an intuitive snap fold squeeze packaging opening with controlled dispensing packaging in a compact, portable pack. 

Pyramid Technoplast has received an amended Consolidated Consent and Authorisation (CCA) from the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB), enabling the Company to receive, collect, store, transport and recycle industrial packaging waste generated by other companies, including empty barrels, containers and liners contaminated with hazardous chemicals/wastes.

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