GBIG News
Get links to the latest news, events, stories, and interviews from our 5P news sponsors. 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 80 Stories and Links on the Internet below.
Featured Stories
- Sofidel paper manufacturer sees room for expansion and beyond
- EPA Finalizes national drinking water standards
- Is hemp the next sustainable medium for packaging?
- In Barron County WI burning trash powers bulbs and cheesemakers
- Biden administration sets first national standards for forever chemicals in drinking water
- Plastic to paper switch brings complications in packaging.
- The Dismantling of the American Timber Industry Logging Sector
- Judge approves historica $12.5 settlement with 3M over pfas
- Evers veto Republican sponsored pfas bill
- US limits pfas in tap water for the first time.
- Myplas new film recycling facility in financial trouble in Minnesota
- pfas alternatives looking more attractive for food packaging
- Forest products Industry gathers for spring celebration hosted by the Great Lakes Timber Professional Association.
- UW Stevens Point alumni named head of Wisconsin Wildlife Federation.
- UW Madison Master Degree in Education ranked number 1 by US News. Why is Wisconsin losing teachers at an alarming rate?
- International Paper Announces agreement to acquire DS Smith.
Events
- The New North Summit June 6, 2024 a can’t miss event.
- Greater Green Bay Chamber tour of the Mulva Center after hours.
- Wisconsin Sustainability ESG Summit in Appleton May 2, 2024
- Fox Cities Chamber 2024 May Pulse CEO Breakfast
- St. Norberts College: CEO Breakfast with Barb LaMue New North, Inc.
- Greater Green Bay Chamber: Build Up Showcase on May 9, 2024
- UWSP: Forestry Management for Wildlife Certification of Birds
Pfas
- Health Department says 22 Minnesota water systems above Federal limits for pfas
- pfas affected water systems in Marinette to receive $750 million in settlement with Tyco Fire Products
- Trump appointees barred staff warning senate of pfas about loopholes.
- Novel hydrogel to remove microplastics
- pfas forever chemicals to officially be removed from food packaging
- The worry about pfas goes back to the 1960’s.
- Evers not ruling out legal challenge to force release $125MM to address pfas
Paper
- SAPPI Announces price increases for Coated and Uncoated Printing Papers
- The push for more recycled content paper for packaging grades.
- Proctor and Gamble profits pop despite China sales
- Paper Cup acceptance low despite mill capacity to reduce them.
- Ahlstrom and Istiuto Stampa develop a compostable butter and margarine packaging
- Survey shows paper based packaging better for the environment than other packaging materials
Design
- Print Typography report 2024 circus of type
- Spectratek Technologies is the industry leader in Holographic Diffraction and Decorative Films.
- 23 social media ideas to keep your brand’s fresh
- Building your social media marketing strategy
- Bottling the Secret Sauce: Brands Share Insights of Closing the Intention-Action Gap
- Designers pick their favorite packaging from 2023
Forestry
- Top countries by forest growth since 2001 with China leading the way.
- India lost 233 million hectares of tree cover since 2020.
- We found vast numbers of ghost roads used to crack open pristine rainforests.
- Historic Investment Planting trees in urban areas
- Logging and Road Construction continue to fuel forest loss in Papua New Guinea
- Forest conservation efforts in Peru are failing across the board in the Amazon region with large losses of forests.
- What happens when Agriculture replaces Forestry
- Sweden’s old growth vast forests are being chopped down faster than the Amazon
Plastic
- Non-Profit group surpasses major milestone removing 15 millions of plastic from the ocean.
- Plastics found in every human placenta
- Groundbreaking New York law on single use plastics band.
- Teaching nature to break down chemical bonds
- Canada’s New Plastic Ban Could Drive Renewed Interest in the P & P Industry
- Nations spar over how to cut plastic pollution
Sponsors
- Appvion: What is Thermal Paper and how does it work!
- Box Latch Products now available on Walmart.com. Congratulations:
- Fiberglass Solutions a ALL STAR in 2024 in fiberglass.
- First Business Bank giving back to our communities is our DNA
- Forever chemicals no more with Wisconsin firm works to remediate pfas – Orion Technologies
- Who is ECO3: A global supplier to the Graphics Arts Industry
- First Business Bank: A guide to succession planning
- Wikoff Color receives ecovadis Bronze metal
