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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.
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Featured Stories
- How to address the coming global water crisis
- Fiber based subscription box mailers market
- On-site 3D Printing Cuts Costs are Georgia-Pacific facilities
- UW Madison aimed at transforming science and energy with ai
- How can the public sector meet AI moment?
- WEDC Celebrate Investments in Hundreds of Wisconsin Businesses and Nonprofits
- U.S. Endowment for Forestry, Community release market plan in Madison, WI
- Paul Ziemnisky Named IDDBA President and CEO
- Why Gardeners Are Using Saving Cardboard Boxes
- The Truth about Sustainable Forests
- Graphic Design Trends Every Designer Should Try
- United Airlines says goodbye to 250 million plastic cups with new paper design
- Sonoco Aligns Global Consumer Business Under Single Leadership Structure
- Sweden imported nearly three million tonnes of other countries garbage in a single year and got paid for it
- Kimberly-Clark prepares US $1.9 billion reorganization
- Kimberly-Clark turns away from natural trees to make toilet paper
- KDV Label in Waukesha opens new 117,000 square feet facility
- PG appoints Shailesh Jejurikar as Chairman of the Board
- PFAS and EPR reshape waste and recycling policy
- UW Madison College of Engineering welcomes nearly 1,700 students
- US House subcommittee advances Pack Act to standard claims
Tariffs
- Toilet prices could double due to Trumps tariffs on Canada
- AF&PA Statement on U.S.-Canada Trade Discussions
- Canada’s largest export market, the USA
- Toilet Paper May Get More Expensive and Less Soft as Trade War Escalates
- ND Paper: Maines remaining Paper Mills race to survive with tariffs on Canada
- Developer restarts pulp and paper mill. Ontario forest industry faces unprecedented challenges due to Trumps tariffs
- Consumables in general saw price increases due to tariffs in inks
- Wood: Tariffs a net negative for US Plastics Industry
- Canada Tariffs target US Paper and Tissue Products With Duties to to 50%
- Senator Baldwin calls out Trumps trade war hitting Wisconsin Dairy and Paper industries
- Tariffs hit tissue aisle over US – Canada Tariffs war
Packaging
- Automation, Cost Pressure and Sustainability Reshape Retail Packaging
- Paper based frozen food packaging markets growing at 6.3% cagr
- A minimalist product packaging of famous brands
- Water based barrier coating market worth $1.97 billion
- Packaging regulations is here to stay assessing the impact on Manufacturing and steps to prepare
- Shifting the cost of packaging waste to companies could encourage greener packaging if states are aligned
- Amcor: Refill packaging innovation demand for convenience and material reduction
AI
- The Future of Financial with ai
- The 2026 process automation guide: Setting the right policies with ai
- Productivity is booming – but ai may not be the reason
- How ai shortens research and innovation
- ai is becoming the co-agent for food scientists
- How ai is closing the gap between design and development
- Hybrid ai design wins consumer preference
- How small businesses can put ai to work right now
- How Duke University is working to make ai more sustainable
- ai will reshape skills more than eliminate jobs
Forest
- How many trees are there in the United States
- The biggest national forests in the United States
- The largest forest in the World
- The World’s Biggest Lumber Producers
- The trees of the Amazon pump staggering amounts of moisture into the air that they create invisible rivers in the sky traveling thousand of kilometers
- Proposed repeal of roadless rule could open up Michigan national forests to logging
- Conservation easement approved 1,200 acres in Northern Wisconsin
- Trump’s rollback forest protection threatens extinction of species
Plastic
- 15 Top Recycling companies in plastic recycling
- Top thermoformed plastic companies
- How local action can inspire the next phase of plastics treaty negotiations
- University of Colorado: Scientists finally find a way yo recycle plastic indefinitely
- Plastic pollution in Agriculture is the focus of emerging research
- Definition of polymers and plastics
- Plastic industry helps power $1.1 trillion in economic output supporting 5 million jobs
Members
- BW Converting gives converters new route to resealable pet food packaging
- Quick Turnaround Builds Trust and Volume for Pet Pad Partnership- BiOrgin
- Midland: How much paper was recycled in 2025
- Primient says intimate care safety hinges on formulation, not ingredients
- Ahlstrom: Safe and Sustainable by Design
- Norkol: What extended producer responsibility means for your packaging strategy
- Sun Chemical unveils new HP primer technology
- Hoffman: Proactive decisions about expanding services
- BiOrgin: Wax Paper Guide for Converters: How to Choose Dry vs Wet Wax Paper for Food Packaging
- Totani: Bakpac at Bakers has installed two new Totani automatic spout inserters
- Anderson-Vreeland launches innovative advantage liquid resin laboratory
- Wisconsin Plastics is an idea company
- McClone Insurance: Regional benefits deal signals broader squeeze on independents
- Provident adds Jay Engels to technical sales team
