Global Pouch Forum: The Gateway to Innovations in Flexible Packaging

By Brad Addington, Chief Editor, Packaging Strategies Magazine

Global Pouch Forum is once again on the horizon. Taking place May 27-29 in Clearwater Beach, Florida, Global Pouch Forum is the go-to annual event for those who develop, supply, buy, or recommend pouches, films, and the machinery that powers them. 

Attendees will have the opportunity to: learn about current and emerging innovations in the flexible packaging market; network with industry leaders; and discover new opportunities for the use of pouch packaging across many categories of consumer packaged goods (CPGs).

The keynote session, “A Flexible Packaging Roadmap to Successfully Navigating EPR,” will feature panelists addressing regulatory changes, alignment with advanced recycling, and policy implementation for converters of flexible packaging and the brand owners on the front lines facing the new sustainability climate for the global consumer packaged goods industry.

Join Packaging Strategies Magazine at Global Pouch Forum, May 27-29, in Clearwater Beach, FL // Image courtesy of BNP Media/Ray's Photographs

Of course, Packaging Strategies and Global Pouch Forum are looking forward to presenting AeroFlexx with this year’s Steve Fairfield Memorial Award for Flexible Packaging Innovation. Sponsored by Skjodt-Barrett Foods, the award annually honors a top innovation or innovator in flexible packaging.

AeroFlexx challenges CPG brand owners to reimagine the possibilities for liquid products, offering one flexible package that replaces the traditional bottle, closure, and label. AeroFlexx combines a bottle’s structural integrity with the benefits of flexible packaging, achieving significant sustainability outcomes for CPG brands and the planet while solving some of the limitations of conventional packaging.

Keeping with historical precedent, this year’s Global Pouch Forum features a stellar lineup of presenters and presentations, including: 

• Dan Felton, President and CEO of the Flexible Packaging Association, who will address “The State of Flexible Packaging” during Thursday’s general session.
• Latricia Fry of Inteplast Group, who will present a Converter’s Perspective on “Driving Sustainability in Flexible Packaging.”
• Rodrigo Castaneda of TIPA Compostable Packaging, who will present a Converter’s Perspective on “Convenience and On-the-Go—Why Compostable Packaging is the Solution.”
• Haley Rapp and Astrid Torres of TOPPAN Packaging Americas, who will present a Converter’s Perspective on “Developing, Scaling, and Validating Monomaterial Pouches for a Circular Economy.”
• Kevin Kelly of Emerald Packaging, who will present an Innovation Spotlight on “PCR Resin Use in Potato Bag Packaging.”

To register for Global Pouch Forum and learn more about the event, visit www.packagingstrategies.com/global-pouch-forum