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UPM tests starch barriers

Piotr Wnuk — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:15:03 +0000

UPM, Ingredion and Paramelt have co-created a paper-based food packaging structure with a plant-based starch grease barrier that has passed Part 1 recyclability testing at Western Michigan University.

The structure is based on UPM Solide Lucent 78 gsm paper, and the three companies also worked with UPM Asendo 65 gsm paper. Ingredion contributed its starch-based barrier coatings, which show promise for improving grease resistance, and Paramelt added its bio-based heat-seal and barrier coatings. The aim was to understand how complementary technologies from across the value chain can work together in paper packaging for demanding food applications.

'Expanding the range of paper-based packaging options available to converters and brand owners requires innovation across the value chain. This collaboration with Ingredion and Paramelt demonstrates how complementary technologies can help broaden the possibilities of paper-based packaging for food applications in the Americas and globally,' said Sarah Dembroski, sales director, packaging papers Americas at UPM Specialty Materials.

'By combining Ingredion's plant-based starch barrier coatings with UPM's Specialty Materials substrates and Paramelt's heat-seal coatings, we have demonstrated a paper-based packaging structure that supports the transition to more sustainable food packaging. This collaboration highlights how complementary technologies can help accelerate the adoption of renewable, fiber-based packaging,' noted Anand Sundararaman, project leader, sustainable packaging coating applications at Ingredion.

'At Paramelt, we believe the future of packaging lies in combining renewable materials with high-performance functionality. By bringing our expertise in bio-based heat-seal and barrier coatings together with UPM's advanced paper substrates and Ingredion's starch-based technologies, we have created a compelling structure that helps brand owners meet both performance and sustainability objectives,' added Neill Dutton, research and innovation director at Paramelt.

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Fujifilm partners with ePac Flexible Packaging

Selah Zighelboim — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:35:50 +0000

Fujifilm has announced a global strategic alliance with ePac Flexible Packaging, a digital flexible packaging company. At the heart of the new partnership is the Fujifilm J Press FP790. The relationship between the two companies underlines Fujifilm’s commitment to bringing digital flexible packaging into mainstream printing.

The partnership with Fujifilm, and the technology of the Fujifilm J Press FP790, will enable ePac to continue to deliver value across every stage of a brand's growth. The initial J Press FP790 deployment begins in North America, with a press installation at ePac’s new facility in Phoenix, Arizona, to be followed with a planned fleet expansion across ePac's global network in future phases.

'ePac was founded on the belief that digital printing would redefine the global flexible packaging market,' said Parag Patel, president of Shared Services at ePac Flexible Packaging. 'By continuing to integrate leading-edge assets into our fleet, we are significantly increasing our capacity and capability to handle larger run lengths efficiently. ePac has always been focused on helping brands grow through professional packaging, and as they scale, their needs evolve. Incorporating this technology gives brand owners of all sizes the continued agility of digital while providing a true end-to-end scaling solution for flexible packaging.'

'This alliance brings together two powerhouses dedicated to the digital transformation of global packaging,' said Osamu Nakashima, corporate vice president of Fujifilm Business Innovation Corporation. 'We’ve put huge emphasis on digital packaging in the latest developments to our portfolio, and our flagship J Press FP790 is engineered specifically to transform flexible packaging manufacturing. ePac's forward-thinking model makes them the ideal global strategic partner to demonstrate its power.'

The Fujifilm J Press FP790 is purpose-built for high-volume flexible packaging, delivering quality graphics, color consistency and support for recyclable material structures. It delivers pristine 1,200 X 1,200 DPI resolution, covering over 90 percent of the Pantone color gamut, while using eco-friendly, food-safe water-based inks. It will enable ePac to increase throughput while preserving its short-run, on-demand capabilities, which have become critical for modern brands that need to remain nimble to remain competitive in today’s market.

Through this alliance, Fujifilm and ePac are well-positioned to support both emerging and established brands seeking shorter lead times, localized production and scalable packaging aligned with evolving market demands.

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W&H introduces Oneflex CI flexo press

Will Drysdale — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:35:14 +0000

Windmöller and Hölscher (W&H) has introduced Oneflex, a modular central impression (CI) flexographic press for flexible packaging, offering production speeds of up to 600m/min and printing widths of up to 1,650mm.

Available with eight or 10 color decks, the press features a newly developed print deck designed to improve print stability. Its modular architecture allows printers to configure the machine around their production requirements.

According to W&H, Oneflex brings a format range to this segment that was previously available only in its premium machine portfolio. The design also focuses on improved accessibility, simplified handling and easier operation.

Holger Kreilkamp, director of product management at W&H, said: ‘ONEFLEX is not just another CI flexo press. It is a new machine that brings key strengths of W&H CI flexo technology together in one machine.’

He added: ‘The new print deck, the modular architecture and the operator-focused design are all built around what printers need in daily production: stable print quality, high output, easier operation and the flexibility to meet changing production requirements.’

Safety was another development priority. W&H describes Oneflex as its safest CI flexo press to date, combining advanced safety features with an operator-oriented layout and improved access.

The company will also offer Oneflex Ultimate, a higher-performance configuration with production speeds of up to 700m/min, an extended repeat length, enhanced print stability and additional technologies.

Oneflex will be officially presented at Pack Expo International in Chicago, US, on October 18, 2026.

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Tyler launches My Pouch

Piotr Wnuk — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 01:47:35 +0000

UK flexible packaging manufacturer Tyler Packaging has launched My Pouch by Tyler, a digital packaging website that lets start-ups and small businesses design and order custom printed pouches from 500 units, with dispatch 10 to 15 working days after artwork approval.

Customers select a product, build the pouch in an online configurator and upload their artwork, and the printed pouches are then produced and delivered. Tyler says the process involves no lengthy back-and-forth, no complicated quoting and no hidden setup charges.

My Pouch products are printed digitally only, so buyers avoid the costs of plates, cylinders and setup ahead of production. Tyler says traditional packaging often means ordering thousands of pouches upfront, paying origination costs and waiting weeks for delivery, which ties up cash and storage space and leaves businesses exposed if a recipe, design or regulation changes. Brands can instead order only what they need and reorder online.

Variable data printing lets brands print multiple designs, flavors or variations within a single order, and personalize individual pouches with unique names, codes or messages. Tyler says this supports limited editions, seasonal ranges, promotions and personalized gifting at no extra setup cost. The company developed the website after seeing growing demand from start-ups and smaller brands whose volumes did not suit traditional production.

'Great products deserve great packaging, whatever the order size. We wanted to make custom packaging as easy as it should be. My Pouch's simplified three-step process means less money tied up in stock and more freedom to grow at their own pace, reordering whenever they're ready. Features like variable data printing also give smaller brands the same creative options as the bigger players too. It's ABC, easy as 1, 2, 3, and we can't wait to see what brands create with it,' said Adam Kay, director at Tyler Packaging.

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FPA launches Brand Owner Council

Selah Zighelboim — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:56:35 +0000

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) has formed its new Brand Owner Council and welcomed its inaugural members: Kraft Heinz, PepsiCo and Procter & Gamble. The council will bring together brand owners, converters and suppliers to address shared challenges and advance innovation across the flexible packaging value chain.

The Brand Owner Council is a new membership category within FPA designed to give brand owners a direct voice in shaping the future of flexible packaging. The council will create opportunities for shared learning among brand owners, flexible packaging converters, suppliers and policymakers on the issues that most directly impact packaging innovation, sustainability and business growth.

As consumer expectations, sustainability goals and regulatory requirements continue to evolve, flexible packaging remains at the forefront of packaging innovation. Offering one of the most resource-efficient packaging formats and among the lowest carbon footprints of major packaging options, flexible packaging plays a critical role in helping companies meet both environmental and performance objectives.

The Brand Owner Council was established to strengthen engagement across the packaging value chain, giving industry leaders a platform to share insights, address emerging challenges and identify opportunities to advance the use and performance of flexible packaging. Key areas of focus include helping to advance flexible packaging circularity, design innovation, and sustainability initiatives; supporting consumer education on the environmental benefits and circularity potential of flexible packaging; and integrating a collective brand owner perspective to elevate and strengthen FPA's advocacy and public policy efforts.

'The launch of the Brand Owner Council marks an important milestone for FPA and the flexible packaging industry,' said Dan Felton, FPA president and CEO. 'By bringing together leading consumer brands with packaging manufacturers and suppliers, we are creating a powerful forum for thought leadership that will help drive innovation, support sustainability goals and better position the industry for future growth.'

FPA expects the Brand Owner Council to continue growing as additional companies join the effort to advance packaging innovation, accelerate sustainability progress and strengthen collaboration across the flexible packaging value chain.

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Lappí grows beyond labels

Akanksha Meena — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 07:57:00 +0000

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Lappí grows beyond labels

Spanish converter Lappí Labels and Flexible Packaging has an ambitious growth strategy focused on targeted acquisitions and buoyed by artificial intelligence.

Flexible packaging was never part of the original plan for Spanish converting group, Lappí Labels and Flexible Packaging. But opportunity has an interesting way of presenting itself.

As customer needs evolved, Lappí began to view flexible packaging not as an additional product line, but as a strategic response to market shifts. Today, the group is pursuing targeted acquisitions in flexible packaging that add specialist capabilities, capacity and market access.

Lappí’s most recent acquisition in July 2026 of Alempack in Portugal further expanded its footprint in the Iberian Peninsula and strengthened the company’s offerings for flexible packaging in the fast-moving commercial goods market.

The Alempack acquisition was the third of its kind for Lappí. It followed acquisitions of Gráfica Calipolense in 2019 and the Portuguese companies CPM-Penta in 2023, acquisitions that allowed Lappí to double its size and strengthen its presence in the region.

‘With the incorporation of Alempack, we give continuity to a way of growing that we are very clear about in Lappí Labels and Flexible Packaging: integrate solid companies with complementary capabilities and teams that reinforce our industrial project,’ says CEO Antonio Lappí Perea. ‘This is the third acquisition we have made in just over two years. Each of the companies that have joined has contributed to expanding our capabilities, our knowledge of the market and our industrial presence.’

Each of the companies that have joined has contributed to expanding our capabilities, our knowledge of the market and our industrial presence

For a company like Lappí Labels and Flexible Packaging, acquiring an established flexible packaging company often makes far more business sense than building a greenfield operation.

With these acquisitions, Lappí gains immediate access to specialist capacity, experienced teams and established customer relationships that would take years to build organically. It also created opportunities to serve customers across both labels and flexible packaging.

Lappí is now made up of six companies, seven manufacturing facilities and more than 390 employees across Spain and Portugal.

Alempack, which employs more than 40 people, will enable the group to double its flexible packaging business. Lappí is expected to reach estimated organic sales of 74M USD (65M EUR) in 2026, and is planning two more acquisitions this year.

History

The move into flexible packaging may seem like a significant shift for a company that’s regarded as one of Spain’s established label converting groups, but Lappí has always embraced opportunities rather than standing still.

And, really, if we look back at the company history, Lappí didn’t set out to be a label supplier either. But through a series of strategic shifts, acquisitions and investments, it has set the course for Lappí Labels and Flexible Packaging into one of the leading label and now flexible packaging groups in the Iberian Peninsula.

The company’s origins date back to 1959 when it began as Lappí Industrias Graficas, a commercial printer. In the 1970s, Lappí Perea’s father recognized the potential in the label space and secured the wet glue label business of an important bottled water brand in Spain. The customer helped propel Lappí firmly into the label space.

In 1990, the company expanded again by adding self-adhesive labels, which eventually became a major part of its business. Under the leadership of Lappí Perea, who joined the company in 1997, Lappí (then called Grupo Lappí) ramped up investment in shrink sleeve and wraparound label technology. Lappí Perea led the company through a series of acquisitions in the mid-2000s.

Juan Lappí Moreno

Investment from private equity group Diana Capital in 2017 supported the new stage of growth, while the Lappí family continued to lead the day-to-day operations.

Headquartered in Seville, Lappí Labels and Flexible Packaging has seven production locations in Barcelona, Madrid and across Portugal, with approximately 60,000sqm of manufacturing space.

Lappí Perea is joined by his children, Carmen Lappí Moreno and Juan Lappí Moreno, who represent the third generation of the family business; a legacy that is not lost on either of them. Both of them have had successful careers outside of the industry before joining Lappí.

Juan Lappí Moreno says: ‘I always say that my grandpa was the entrepreneur. He started with the crazy idea. My father took us to another level, and we, as the third generation, have to maintain this legacy.

Your surname doesn’t guarantee you a seat as an executive of the company; you have to try your best, and you have to work as much as you can to preserve that legacy.’

Technology, end uses Lappí’s product portfolio represents a wide range of labels and packaging for consumer package goods and industrial end-use segments, including pressure-sensitive, wet-glue and wraparound labels, shrink sleeves and flexible packaging. Carmen

Start where it really hurts, do it properly, and then scale, learn, measure, govern and test

Lappí Moreno describes the company as ‘label generalists,’ but is more targeted when it comes to flexible packaging.

‘In labels, you can go to a very broad market, and we have,’ she says. ‘We do beer labels, pet food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage. But in flexible packaging, it’s better to focus on segments and applications.’

Lappí’s manufacturing platform has evolved alongside the group’s growth and today combines a broad range of printing, converting and finishing technologies.

Its capabilities include gravure printing, full HD and CI flexography, sheet-fed and rotary offset and digital printing for both labels and flexible packaging, supported by different web widths, and UV, conventional and solvent-based drying systems. These are complemented by advanced converting, automation and value-added finishing technology.

Antonio Lappí Perea and Carmen Lappí Moreno

The group’s technology base includes equipment from HP, Heidelberg, Nilpeter, MPS, Miyakoshi, Omet and Windmöller & Hölscher. This combination of production processes enables Lappí to manufacture a comprehensive portfolio, including pressure-sensitive, wet-glue and wraparound labels, shrink sleeves and flexible packaging. Its flexible packaging portfolio includes complex printed reel films, flowpack applications, lidding films, stand-up pouches, vacuum pouches, shrink pouches and other packaging structures.

The availability of multiple technologies and production routes allows Lappí’s technical teams to assess each project based on material selection, print quality, functional requirements, run length and converting needs before assigning it to the most appropriate process and manufacturing site.

This industrial base is supported by Lappí’s sustained investment policy.

The company allocates approximately five to six percent of annual revenue to capital expenditure.

Artificial intelligence

As a company that has long prided itself on innovation and adaptation, it’s no surprise that Lappí is further along than most when it comes to one of today’s defining technologies: artificial intelligence.

Lappí’s open-arm embrace of AI means the company is embedding it into its culture and building the digital foundations needed to scale, while at the same time preserving its customer and employee centric focus.

Lappí has appointed Carmen Lappí Moreno to lead AI adoption across the company. She encourages AI experimentation, and is using it to improve processes and reduce manual work. (See boxout)

‘We have always understood that growth is not only about expanding capacity, technology or markets, but about building a company prepared for the future while remaining faithful to the values and industrial discipline that have brought us to where we are today,’ Lappí Perea says.

‘AI is another step in that evolution. Not as an end in itself, but as a tool that will help us improve, make better decisions and continue building a stronger, more competitive and future-ready company.’

Carmen Lappí Moreno has established a dedicated committee of AI ‘champion users’, whose aim is to focus on practical use cases, while managing cultural shifts in the workforce. The goal, leadership says, is to enhance productivity, not replace people.

‘I think that AI is about redefining the work and the skills of the people doing it,’ she says. ‘Our focus is not on removing people, but how we can sell more, produce more, and be better.’

Carmen Lappí Moreno

Carmen Lappí Moreno spoke at Finat’s European Label Forum in Seville this spring and described how any AI project at Lappí gets off the ground. Before embarking on any proposed AI project, the project must answer a key question. ‘Does it help us work better, and what impact will it have on how we compete?’ she explains. ‘We prioritize based on impact and feasibility.’

For businesses exploring AI in their companies, her advice was simple: ‘Start where it really hurts, do it properly, and then scale, learn, measure, govern and test.’

Lappí’s expansion into flexible packaging and its early embrace of AI are rooted in the same philosophy: staying ahead of change rather than reacting to it. Whether the company is broadening its portfolio to meet evolving customer needs or leveraging AI to make its people and processes more efficient, the company continues to invest with the future in mind.

AI agent transforms order entry

For Lappí Labels and Flexible Packaging, order intake was once viewed as a largely labor-intensive administrative process. Not anymore, thanks to an AI-powered agent developed in-house.

Nearly all of Lappí’s orders come via email and often in inconsistent formats, such as PDFs, Excel files or even text messages. This variability creates opportunities for human error.

The company’s head of AI, Carmen Lappí Moreno, says that roughly 10 percent of its orders contain some type of mistake that could lead to production issues, incorrect quantities or additional work.

The AI agent created by Lappí reads incoming orders, validates the information, applies customer-specific knowledge and predefined business rules, and converts unstructured data into reliable, structured information for the production system.

Importantly, the system is designed with what Carmen Lappí Moreno calls ‘human in the loop’, meaning its AI agent can still verify missing information or inconsistencies and flag the issue for human review rather than simply making assumptions. The goal here is not to replace employees, but to allow them to focus on higher-value tasks outside routine order processing.

The result is improved data quality, fewer errors reaching production and a more efficient process that gives Lappí a clearer view of customer behavior and business trends.

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Loupe India presents flex pack opportunities

Selah Zighelboim — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:50:08 +0000

Andy Thomas-Emans, strategic director at Loupe Global (formerly Labelexpo Global Series), looks at the growth of narrow/mid-web flexible packaging technology at Loupe India 2026 (formerly Labelexpo India) and the opportunities it presents to label converters.

Short-run flexible packaging technology has firmly established itself alongside the core labels element of Loupe India 2026. This closely follows the trend seen at Labelexpo shows over the last 12 years and at the recent Loupe Americas 2026 (formerly Labelexpo Americas) show.

Loupe India 2026 demonstrates how narrow and mid-web technology developed for label production is being used to convert flexible packaging materials. By flexible packaging, we mean primarily shrink sleeves and pouches, as well as films for form-fill-seal, stickpacks and sachets.

The growth of flexible packaging at Labelexpo, now Loupe, follows the development of wider digital and in-line flexo presses. In-line flexo presses configured for flexible packaging are typically in the 26in/670mm width range, while the HP Indigo 200K is 30in/762mm wide. Flexible packaging is still feasible on narrower web presses, but the larger format size of flexible packs compared to labels does favor the wider web width.

Flexo presses printing flexible packaging will often be configured with extended drier stations to handle water-based coatings and may also include in-line lamination modules.

More commonly, lamination is handled off-line, and at Labelexpo, now Loupe shows, we have seen the development of mid-web width laminators to cover this growing market. In some cases, laminators have been fitted with digital embellishment units to allow tactile finishes to be applied.

Label converters can apply their existing skillsets in digital and in-line flexo/offset label printing to flexible packaging. The big knowledge gap that needs to be filled is in materials. Unlike labels, flexible packaging is the direct product container, so the label converter must understand factors including barrier properties, migration regulations, the properties of different multi-lamination layers, sealing properties and web tension.

But the effort is worth it. Label converters have been able to create entirely new businesses in short- run, value-added flexible packaging that fully complements, and indeed strengthens, their label business.

Using their agile mentality, label converters can offer a niche service where wide-web flexible packaging converters struggle to compete: short-run, multi-SKU, customized, value-added, short lead-time, rapid response.

Loupe India 2026 is where this technology can be seen in action.

India is one of the fastest-growing global packaging markets, helped by rising consumer spending power, high-paced industrialization and the expansion of e-commerce.

India’s annual flexible packaging output is well over 5 million tons, consisting overwhelmingly of commodity film produced at a low unit cost on wide-web gravure and CI flexo presses.

But in today’s fast-paced consumer environment, packaging requirements have become more fragmented across food, personal care, healthcare and online retail. Today, the ability to switch quickly and efficiently between formats and specifications can be more important than pure output.

This is particularly the case with the rise of ‘challenger’ brands onto the Indian consumer market, where the requirement is for eye-catching designs, innovative formats and short runs matched by short lead times. This is the perfect territory for label converters adopting flexible packaging on mid-web flexo or digital presses.

Continuing innovation in coating technologies gives label converters additional opportunities for differentiation. Specialist films now offer, for example, better barrier protection without adding more lamination layers, design for recycling and greater use of post-consumer recycled content.

Building technical depth around niche applications presents the opportunity for success in a sector still dominated by commodity films.

Flexible packaging is already strongly embedded at Loupe India 2026.

Suppliers of shrink sleeve and flexible packaging films at the show include Addon Filmtech, Cosmo Films, Chiripal Poly Films and Prakash Shrink Pack.

UPM promotes its fiber-based flexible packaging materials alongside its labels portfolio, including the latest developments in barrier coated materials.

Siegwerk recently developed a high-barrier mono-layer PP pouch solution with Enplanter. This technology won the Labels & Labeling Sustainability award at the recent Loupe Americas 2026 show.

There are also a range of converting machinery suppliers at the show including DCM showcasing its shrink sleeve converting and flexible packaging laminating equipment.

Many of the press suppliers at Loupe India 2026 have machines in their production programs specified for flexible packaging, and some will be demonstrating flexible packaging printing on the show floor.

Multitec has helped pioneer mid-web printing of flexible packaging both in India and in international markets centered around its S3S 670mm/26in-wide press, which will be exhibited at Loupe India 2026 in an 8-color configuration. Its narrower-web machines are also flexpack-capable, with an 8-color 430mm-wide S2 on the show floor printing both labels and unsupported film materials.

Multitec CEO Amit Ahuja said: 'The flexible packaging market in India is entering an interesting phase. Volumes continue to grow, but at the same time the nature of the job is changing. Brand owners are introducing more SKUs, changing designs more frequently and looking for faster turnaround. This is creating a growing requirement for shorter and medium-length production runs alongside the traditional long-run business.

'Gravure and CI flexo will continue to have an important place in flexible packaging, particularly for long-run production. But there is now a growing space between conventional long-run production and digital, and I believe highly automated mid-web in-line flexo has a very strong role to play in that space.'

Webtech demonstrates its 720mm-wide Aeroflex S5 quad servo sleeve press, specifically engineered for the flexible packaging industry at Loupe India 2026. The company also shows its 520mm-wide Aeroflex S4 full servo sleeve press, printing both labels and flexible packaging applications.

Other flexo press manufacturers with flexible packaging capable machines in their programs include Wanjie India, a joint venture between Wanjie and Ahmedabad-based Bipiin Offset. The company has developed a 560mm-wide press, the WJPS Advanced 560, a shaftless intermittent roll-to-roll offset press engineered for both labels and flexible packaging.

NBG has a wide-web (over 1 meter) in-line press in its portfolio dedicated to flexible packaging as well as mono cartons and board. The Printers House also manufactures presses specified for flexible packaging.

Spande has the well-established AC-series mid-web press in its product portfolio, in widths from 700-900mm.

Omet is well known for its flexible packaging capable presses, including the long-established mid-web Varyflex V2 and the 26in XFlex X7.

On the digital side, HP Indigo has developed its 200K press specifically for flexible packaging and shrink sleeves, and at Loupe India 2026 will demonstrate a narrow-web HP Indigo 6K+ printing both labels and flexible packaging.

Flint Group Digital Xeikon now has the capability to print flexible packaging materials using its TX500 equipped with Titon toner technology on the TX500 press.

In addition to these manufacturers, the show floor at Loupe India 2026 is packed with suppliers of a wide range of consumables directly applicable to flexible packaging, such as inks and coatings, plates and anilox and testing equipment.

Although labels remain at the core of Loupe India 2026, there is no doubt that mid-web flexible packaging will continue to develop as a fantastic growth opportunity for label converters.

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Eco Flexibles has been awarded AA+ certification, the highest grade possible, following an unannounced BRCGS Packaging Materials audit that found only one minor non-conformance report during the auditor's time on-site.

The rating is an upgrade from the AA certification Eco Flexibles achieved in 2025. Under the BRCGS Packaging Materials Issue 7 standard, AA+ certification can only be attained through an unannounced audit, a mandatory audit that takes place every three years to ensure high standards are maintained.

'We welcomed an unannounced audit because we know the standards our team operates to. We see it every day. It's fantastic to see their hard work and commitment to excellence rewarded with the highest possible BRCGS certification. It's great news for us, but even better news for our customers, who know they are in the safest hands,' said David Smith, general manager at Eco Flexibles. 'We aren't resting on our laurels, though. We've already started working on the feedback from our audit to aim even higher and pass our next audit with no NCRs.'

The AA+ rating is the latest in a year when Eco Flexibles has received awards and recognition across the packaging industry for its flexible packaging innovations.

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