Packaging has many roles in the life of a product, and those roles have had an influence on the quality—and quantity—of material used to package a product. Rightsizing packaging has to take into consideration a number of factors, including: Branding and billboarding Shelf appeal Product protection Ease of product access...
Consumers buy food products every day, but rarely realize how much trust is required in the transaction. With a rash of recalls in recent months, earning and retaining consumer trust is more important than ever. People will never stop buying food—it’s a necessity. But manufacturers who maintain food quality across the entire...
Batavia, IL. – December 06, 2018: Eagle Flexible Packaging announced today that it has achieved the highest level of certification for the SQF Edition 8, the SQF Food Safety Code for Manufacture of Food Packaging and the SQF Quality Code. SQFI (Safe Quality Food Institute) has created a Quality Program for...
Are you and your consumers speaking the same language about sustainability? Research indicates that how brands and consumers each define, categorize, and value sustainability can be very different. It can be challenging to communicate to your audience not only what you mean by “sustainable,” but how it can benefit them—across...
Flexible packaging is convenient and beneficial in many formats, and across various industries, as shown in the new pouch packaging study released by the Freedonia Group. But one of the fastest growing segments is small pouch packaging—particularly in candy and healthy snack foods. Nuts, dried fruits, and other snackable items drive...
As the cannabis market expands across the country in response to medical and recreational use legislation, a growing number of entrepreneurs are setting up shop. The highly regulated cannabis market poses a number of challenges that can sink a seller if they aren’t careful to comply. Regulations aren’t limited to...
The flexible packaging industry is one that needs to remain, shall we say, flexible! Shifting consumer and manufacturing trends significantly impact packaging innovation and its supply chain. These are some of the biggest commercial factors affecting flexible packaging. Sustainability and Plastics Reduction Consumers are increasingly avoiding plastics, perceiving them to be...
Soaps and detergents have long been delivered in rigid packaging, as if only hard plastics could contain the fancy liquids and gels that make water “wetter.” But there is a better way (for so many reasons): flexible packaging. Nothing makes a consumer more aware of how unwieldy traditional soap packaging is than...
Every year, hundreds of prescription drugs are approved by the FDA to go to market, and those new drugs can be protected by numerous patents—keeping the manufacturing and profitability internal to the company owning those patents. While these new medicines are launched, dozens of other drugs’ patents expire each year,...
Eagle Flexible, an innovative printer and converter of flexible packaging to support the product needs of numerous manufacturers, is excited to exhibit at PACK EXPO International, October 14-17 in Chicago. The event takes place in the award-winning McCormick Place convention center, just minutes from downtown. Our broad product line—including specialization in...