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 92 Stories and Links on the Internet below.
Events
- Register for Appvion thermal school
- Great Lakes Logging & Equipment Expo September 10 & 11 in Green Bay
- UW Stout: Make48 continues its 2026 where innovation takes center stage
- University Wisconsin Wi Drives events
- Breakfast Briefing Series: Pay Transparency 2.0: Navigating Pay Equity, AI Disclosure & the Next Wave of Compliance
Featured Stories
- MIT initiative for New Manufacturing builds momentum
- APC Wisconsin highlights recycle ready packaging innovations
- Folding cartons future food chain who rules when short runs dominate
- Flexible packaging market to hit USD $320.57 billion
- Inland Label & Marketing – Neenah joins DNR’S Green Tier Program
- 42 year study tracks how forever chemicals move through the Great Lakes
- True North Collective Monona, WI study confirms bio-based materials offer lower climate footprint
- Federal science agencies facing a generational loss under Trump
- US label market forecast reach $232 billion
- Megatrends poised to reshape North American Packaging Market
- Top 20 Graphic Design Trends For 2026
- Resetting costs competitiveness in Pulp and Paper Packaging
- Tom Boldt retires after 3 decades as CEO Board Chairman of Boldt
- Brady Corporation names Vineet Nargolwala CEO
- UW Stout polytechnic wins international taga student choice award
- Belmark Inc. breaks ground on new Family Center in De Pere
- Pulp and Paper giant APRIL adds major deforesters as suppliers
- MIT initiative for new manufacturing builds momentum
- 10 Best Places to Retire in the Great Lakes – Ashland and Sheboygan, WI one and two
- Circulate products and materials
- Georgia-Pacific receives recognition for its industrial safety and innovation initiatives
- Placon celebrates 60 years of packaging innovation in Madison
- Utah and 16 other states challenge California’s strict plastics Recycling Law
- WTCS celebrates Aspen prize finalist Chippewa Valley Technical College Wisconsin
- 17 States sue to block California’s sweeping plastics law
- Producer deadlines approach as epr lawsuits loom
AI
- How ai is Changing the Needs and Value of Finance Leaders and Their Teams
- Stanford merges ai & data center
- Real-world evidence shows generative AI is making human creative output more uniform
- 8 lessons from ai leaders in the printing industry
- Managers are struggling to keep up with ai productivity boom
- ai workforce is more productive less social interaction
Packaging
- Corrugated packaging market growth study innovative technology forecast to 2031
- Lavazza coffee pods no packaging
- Flexible plastic packaging market worth $281.20 billion by 2031
- Packaging containerboard market set for strong growth
- epr threat how new packaging could devastate produce margins
- Bio based packaging goes mainstream
- Dairy packaging trends sustainability automation and smart machinery
- Why production lines will define next stage in corrugated growth
- Total US packaging papers and specialty packaging shipments increased 12% in May 2026
PFAS
- State bans on pfas have made a difference
- Forever chemicals could affect children for generations
- 5 ways to reduce everyday exposure to ‘forever chemicals ‘
- pfas bans Massachusetts legistators forever chemicals in food packaging
- PFAS were added to pizza box for decades because of a carbon-fluorine bond
- pfas levels drop by more than 90% in Carolina
- Scientists just found a hidden weakness in forever chemicals
- pfas behavior in the environment
- pfas in dairy farming
Printing
- New Google Al Can Turn Low-Res Images To High Res With Incredible Results
- Finat releases half-yearly market trends report having Supply Chain Issues
- Ries Graphics -Wholesale Magazine & Periodical Printer in Wisconsin
- Five Signs Those Anti-Paper Studies May Be Bogus…And How to Spot Them
- Using Print to Reach Younger Consumers
- Digital Printing BOOM
Members
- Appvion: How We Innovate
- Ingredion strikes a deal to buy Taye Lyle for $3.6 billion
- Ahlstrom advances renewal gas agenda
- Boldt: UW Stout polytechnic construction camp introduces young students to careers
- Pixelle commitment to sustainability
- JP Morgan: Eye on the Market
- Ahlstrom Rhinelander mill awards scholarship to local seniors
- Fytertech announces acquisition of Spikleen to further strengthen local service to Canadian market
- Ahlstrom continues to support Unicef’s education work collective impact
