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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 88 Stories and Links on the Internet below.

Events
- Wisconsin Economic Summit October 15-16 LaCrosse
- First Business presents Manufacturing Expo October 30th.
- NEW MANUFACTURING ALLIANCE: Join us at the Meyer Theater October 1
- Maxcess: Overcoming Nonwovens Converting Challenges
- Explore emerging Trends in 2024 with Appvion October 17th.
- UW Madison sustainability symposium.
- UW Stevens Point Forestry Workshop training power of partnerships
Featured Stories
- Dan Felton new Executive Director for the Flexible Packaging Association
- Total US Packaging and Specialty Papers increased 12% in August.
- PFAS in Lake Superior Top Issue
- Saw Mills and Paper Mills shut down and the hidden costs especially to small communities.
- Twin Rivers Paper Manufacturing receives State Tax credit. Wisconsin needs to continue supporting the Paper Industry.
- Arandell Corporation Completes acquisition of Maple Grove facilities in Minnesota
- Comparing the US and China on 8 measures of power.
- Rigid plastic packaging market size is set to grow at 6.01 CAGR through 2028.
- Toilet paper market is projected to grow expeditiously by 2028
- The fastest growing jobs in the USA 2023-2033
- How Coding Can Help To Clean Up Our Oceans
- Kimberly-Clark celebrates 100 years of Kleenex with a tour at the mill plant in Neenah
- Suzano completes Acquisition of Pine Bluff Mill
- The USA economy grew faster then other wealthy world economies.
- Southern Wisconsin could become a Nuclear Fusion mecca
- Wausau Coated Products Promotes Adam Frey to Vice President Converters Direct
Packaging
- Flexible packaging market growing at a 4.8% CAGR through 2027. Wisconsin leads the USA in flexible packaging.
- Transformation of Labels and Packaging
- Planters Peanuts with HP Digital Press
- Molded fiber for plastic replacement growth market potential
- How Sonoco tracks measurement recycled content packaging
- Koehler introduces flexible paper for packaging for tea.
Manufacturing
- Federal Reserve cut in interest rate on Manufacturing
- The Top Ten Economies where manufacturing is most important.
- Ten Top Manufacturing countries in the world.
- The Restoring Renaissance is the future of US Manufacturing
- How Smart Manufacturing will change fashion
- How Foreign Investment is boosting US Manufacturing
- We need a swift end to the strike to support US Manufacturing. The USA needs to rebuild our Paper and Pulp Industries.
PM2.5
- PM.25: EPA limits for fine particulate matter emissions rattle packaging industry.
- Thailand’s pm.25 misses the forests for the Trees on the country’s pollution problem.
- EPA limits particulate matter emissions for packaging, paper, plastics and glass.
- Chicago ranked 2nd for worst air pollution among major US Cities in 2023
- pm2.5: 10 most polluted cities
- Industry CEOS warn of dire economic economic consequences from proposed naags standards especially for the Paper & Forestry Industries.
- These are the 21 Most Polluted Cities in the USA with none in Wisconsin.
- PM2.5 Trends show decline .
Education
Water
- Will we have to pump the Great Lakes to California to feed the nation.
- Supreme Court has narrowed the gap protecting clean water.
- Why isn’t Colorado snowpack ending up in the Colorado River
- Groundwater levels are falling worldwide and there are solutions
- Drinkable water scarcity out of thin air
- Researchers stunned ancient Lake returns in California.
- Lake Superior is currently at record warmth and will it freeze over again in our lifetimes.
Sponsors
- ark data centers talk about manufacturing Wisconsin expansion
- EDL double tight wrapping machine Coolest thing in Wisconsin
- Imaginasium – Grow Your Lead Generation with Results.
- Robinson: Modular tooling in manufacturing supports efficiencies
- ark data centers reliable cloud services
- A tour of Sustana and Rolland Paper
- EMT International demonstrating direct mail digital finishing line.
- eco3 process free printing plate