GBIG News
Get links to the latest news, events, stories, and interviews from our 5P news members. Our goal is to remind the decision-makers in Wisconsin of the importance of our industry both historically, and more importantly, into the future.
Read the latest 90 Stories and Links on the Internet below.

Events
- Join Green Bay Innovation Group sponsor for the Wisconsin Drives Manufacturing Summit
- New North registration now open New North Summit June 9th at Lambeau Field
- Attend IDDBA Orlando June 7 – 9 with over 10,000 attendees
- NEWMA: The Future of Work Summitt: Employee Retention on April 14th.
- Wisconsin Paper Council Annual Meeting on June 16th at Lambeau Field
- Infoflex – Milwaukee 4-27 to 2-29
Featured Stories
- ai is growing and UW Madison wants to help you understand it
- Ahlstrom publishes it’s Sustainability Report
- Georgia-Pacific names David Duncan as President and CEO
- Walmart e-commerce surpasses $150 billion
- Sofidel to invest $775 million to expand in US tissue production
- Wisconsin outlines steps to cut landfill food waste
- Manpower Wisconsin issues ai tech challenge for startups
- Michigan student falls in love with Wisconsin and water science at UW Madison
- Facing water bankruptcy head on in the food and beverage industry
- Facial wipes market to reach 4.4 billion led by Wisconsin based Rockline Industries
- State pfas legislation in 2026 hundreds of bills across 23 states
- Barry-Wehmiller announces passing of Chairman Bob Chapman
- Milwaukee Printer Elizabeth Rees Chasing Paper is making wallpaper cool again
- A recap of the global paper industry and the Wisconsin Paper Industry
- Nonwovens Industry act approved by US Senate
- No one wanted to redevelop this Janesville polluted property. Then came AI
- China shifts gears to be the engine of global factory lowering tariffs while US increased tariffs
Packaging
- Frozen food packaging machines market driven by automation to combat labor shortages
- Minimalist product packaging of famous brands
- Sustainability remains one of the most discussed topics in labels and packaging
- Offset Printing Printing for Packaging Market Size hits $8.5 billion.
- Paper Packaging Market set to reach $566 billion by 2033 amid global sustainability push
- Forest ai packaging platform launch to speed packaging chats and sales
- Veritiv and Packsize expand partnership to accelerate automated right sized packaging solutions
- The State of folding cartons today and what’s ahead
- Global Packaging Trends moved market
- 13 North America Packaging companies announce expansions
- Scientists create reversible glue that could revolutionize packaging
- Amcor unveils lightweight unipak for the dairy efficiency
- Paper slitting machine market to reach $975.2 million by 2033 driven by paper and packaging
AI
- Strategically building an ai powered future in commercial printing
- How ai will continue to be a force for change in the business landscape
- Signs of an ai driven productively boom
- Generative ai changes how employees spend their time
- How ai will continue to be a force for change in the business landscape
- Token economies, physical AI, and beyond
- An expert assesses how far this revolution still has to run in ai
- The new ai cold war how US, China, and Europe are redrawing global tech power
- ai infrastructure open source and what’s changing
Manufacturing
- North Americans Manufacturing Moment Why Mexico is the next decade game changer
- 4 Manufacturing trends in 2026
- MIT future manufacturing how to solve US productivity paradox and tariffs had a negative effect
- Why physical ai is becoming more a manufacturing next advantage
- Future manufacturing: How to solve US productivity
PFAS
- DNR Secretary says work ongoing to set up programs to address pfas
- New Hampshire debates sludge use on agricultural land
- scientists may have discovered a water filter to remove pfas
- Nonwovens expands pfas free story care range to meet global demand
- Data shows water systems with high pfas count in New Mexico writes new roles for pfas
- Top lawyers working both Sides on pfas
- What is the difference between microplastics and pfas
Forestry
- Scientists sound alarm over Europe’s forests at risk
- Fourteen Wisconsin communities receive $50k in tree planting grants
- Fast growing trees are taking the forests
- Brazilian state plants 2 million trees transforming entire landscapes
- Thinning a forest could get you more drinking water
- Study finds deforestation account for major Amazon rainfall decline
Members
- Stokerga 30 new customer in 180 days built from zero infrastructure
- Domino launches direct to box inkjet printer
- Fyter Tech: Women woven into manufacturing
- Ingredion partners with Shiru on ai driven protein discovery
- Cornerstone has record setting year in 2025
- STOKE RGA; 50 New Customers and No Sales Representatives
- Eagle Performance Plastic expansion
- Norkol: The Evolution of Paper and the future of the paper industry
- Qcomp glass handling robotics guide
