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Featured Stories
- Forestry products week in Wisconsin
- Amazon/Menasha packaging tout anti counterfeiting codes
- Warmer weather is leading to vanishing winters in North America’s Great Lakes
- Navigating sustainability in print and packaging
- Ohio has invested millions in wetlands runoff and a study says it’s working
- Loggers owned cooperative dedicates former wood chip mill
- Wisconsin 4th Best Place to Live
- How China is reshaping advanced manufacturing
- UW Madison rises to 36th overall 12th among Publics in US rankings
- ALDI products will soon have a new look
- The Rise and Unraveling of America’s science pact is uncertain
- Forestry Revitalization Act up for public comment this week spending $210 million in public funds
- 100 employees laid off at Sheridan in Random Lake, WI
- 14 year old – girl invents solution to remove dangerous substance playing our drinking water
- Eco-friendly Innovations reshape global food packaging market by 2033
- How demand for wood fiber feedstock has changed in the USA using more OCC.
- Navigating packaging epr mandates a strategy for producers
- Sofidel strengthens US presence with new production capacity
- Folded carton demand forecast to reach 631 million tons by 2030
- Winning in Sustainable Packaging in 2025: Bringing it all together
- Proampac acquires International Papers bag converting operations
- The economic impact of the Trump administration policies reducing America’s workforce by 15.7 million workers
- GBD details strategy for Roger’s film recycling plant turnaround
- WEDC: Tariffs cause companies to consider relocating, halt growth, experts say
- Plastics Releases Global Trends Report, US Plastics Remains Driver of Global Economic Growth.
- The power of diversification Color Ink in Wisconsin success story
- Great Lakes Timber Professionals aims to strengthens our state’s forests
- Sustainability legislation drives packaging innovation for recycling
- New logistics hub in Mexico expands Ahlstrom’s global footprint
- Trump DOW confirms it’s canceling over $700 million in Manufacturing Grants
- DNR seeking public comment on Green Tier application for Inland Packaging
- Wisconsin Paper Council raises concerns on bill to ban foreign adversary land ownership
Packaging
- Global virgin paper packaging market sustainable packaging driving growth
- Concerns for packaging and human health
- More than half of food packaging can be replaced
- US packaging papers & specialty packaging shipments up 9% in September
- Proctor and Gamble on track for 2030 flexible packaging goals
- A Minimalist Approach To Product Packaging
Plastics
- This 22 year inventor turns plastic into fuel
- Plastic want to be alive but it is killing the planet
- Scientists create biodegradable plastic stronger than PET
- Microplastics could be alternating our brain function
- Michigan steps up scrutiny of microplastic pollution in state waters
- Forests are raining plastic new study reveals shocking pollution
- Hidden plastic graveyard uncovered in the deep Mediterranean Sea
- Microplastics problem 4 solutions cities and states are trying
- We have been recycling wrong scientists dissolve plastic with solvents while AI exposes our 9 recycling failure
- Energy Breakthrough converts plastic waste into clean fuels
- Interesting engineering at Georgia Tech mechanical plastic recycling
- Scientists confirm microplastics in milk and cheese
- Polypropylene market to reach $192 billion amid automotive and packaging demand
- The disturbing truth about America’s recycling crisis
Printing
- What are the types of printing inks that are available?
- Screen releases high speed inkjet systems for flexible packaging
- Paper Products and a Variety of Printing Tips
- Advancement in printing technology in labels propel growth in pharmaceutical labeling sector
- 3 inkjet strategies for Offset Printers
- Printing Processes Alive and Well
- Book Manufacturing in turmoil in 2025
Paper
- Hardwood pulp market growth through sustainability
- Kraft paper market to reach $25 billion by 2032 driven by sustainability at a 4.2% cagr
- Pulp Market forecast from 2025 – 2035 with growth at 4.2% cagr
- North America paper and paperboard market set for growth
- Green chemistry in paper production innovations that reduce water and energy consumption
- Kitchen towel market to reach $6.98 billion by 2032 growing at a 6.2 % cagr
- Tissue paper Converting Machine market set to expand with automation and smart technologies
- Paper based consumer bags market grows at 5.2% cagr
- Global tissue paper market growth at 5% cagr through 2033
Corrugated
AI
- How ai can help people thrive not just be more productive workplace wellness success
- How ai boom is transforming education in 2025
- ai could erase 100 million jobs
- ai students resistance
- CIO’S to redefine it roles for the future
- What is next for ai researchers – Nvidia, Apple, Google, and Stanford envision next leap forward
- Academic warns companies making big mistake human touch with ai














