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 85 Stories and Links on the Internet below.

Featured Stories
- UW Madison economics impact on the State of Wisconsin
- UW Madison designates 2026 as the year of ai readiness and competency
- Arctic ocean passes point of no return
- What it would take to build US manufacturing might
- US science must innovate or die. US has been a target for funding and intensive regulatory scrutiny
- America’s biggest industries by economic output
- President Trump seeks control of science funding to punish science
- Converted paper products market to reach $863.7 billion
- How Wise Labels helped collect 40,000 pounds of food
- Paper Transport launches same day freight service for Northeast Wisconsin manufacturers
- Tyco agrees to $10 million settlement with Wisconsin over PFAS water contamination
- Countries most Ultra Rich Residents in 2026
- Ramping up manufacturing in America
- The continuing of closure of rural school with declines enrollment and budget cuts in Wisconsin
- Sargento in partnership with UW Madison Center for Dairy Research
- Meijer donates $280,000 to further support Great Lakes plastic cleanup initiative
Packaging
- Molded pulp packaging market size to hit $8.4 billion by 2035
- Stick Packaging Market Size, Trends and Regional Analysis
- Packaging printing market supply chain supply analysis and revenue
- The growing problem of invisible packaging
- American Packaging Corporation highlights recycle ready Packaging Innovations
- Preparing for Extended Producer Responsibility
- Paperization scales up in driving flexible paper packaging innovation
- Paper industry output falls in 2025 while packaging remains strong
- Corrugated Packaging Market Growth Study, Innovative Technology,, Trend Forcast to 2031
Paper
- International Paper to Acquire North Pacific Paper Company
- United States tissue market remain stable with 1 – 1/2% cagr growth
- US Tissue Market forecast 7.1% cagr
- Confectionery brands seek paper packaging Sweet spot.
- Facial tissue market market to reach $16.7 billion
- Georgia-Pacific Announces Plans to Expand Premium Tissue Capacity
Plastics
- US Plastics Industry shows resilience amid energy volatility
- The great Pacific garbage patch so large now home to dozens of life species
- The Tech That Could Turn Plastic Waste into a Trillion Dollar Opportunity
- The EPA Just Added Microplastics to Its Watch List
- Food plastics dominate marine litter
- Goodbye plastic scientists create new super material that could transform modern manufacturing
- New Federal program aims to build first ever-ever tools for detecting microplastics in humans
- Bioplastic market report
- Researchers build a hemp plastic that rivals
- What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
- University of Maryland team nears breakthrough in fight against plastic pollution
- Scientists have discovered that fungus can rapidly break down plastics
- The World produces approximately 460 million tons of plastic every year.
Printing
- Variable Data Printing Market to reach $50.6 billion by 2026
- Ryder opens Indiana distribution center for printing giant Lexmark
- Hamillroad expanded color gamut with Bellissima
- Post Press: Looking to shine in 2024. The latest trends in finishing.
- HP and Sun Chemical collaborate on sustainable packaging
- New Google Al Can Turn Low-Res Images To High Res With Incredible Results
- Rising Print Costs Pressures: What They Mean for You.
- How ai is rapidly transforming print and finishing
Water
- Water is flowing faster and vanishing sooner in the Western US
- Scientists warn that the world’s rivers are running out of oxygen
- Federal drought plan cuts Color River up to 40% for Arizona and California
- ai guardians: Bringing digital innovation and Sustainability for cleaner water
- Scientists drill 1,300 feet and find massive water reservoir in the Atlantic
- Ranked: Countries With the Highest Water Use Per Person
- Victorian fighter fighters restart claims against 3-M
