Matt Reynolds

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TrendsLogistics/Supply ChainFour brand-side leaders share how tariffs are reshaping packaging equipment investment and what they expect from their OEM partners. Jun 3, 2025“We may get money tomorrow,” said French, “and when the equipment shows up in two years, we’ll have to ask for additional funds to cover the tariff. But the desire is not to fund what you’re not exactly sure of.

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TrendsPackage DesignMars is discovering much of its packaging may be over-engineered with unnecessary features, so as it adapts to EPR regulations and sustainability goals, it's exploring simpler, more recyclable materials like paper-based wrappers for shorter shelf-life products. Jun 3, 2025Matt ReynoldsMars has been getting a lot of ink in PW lately. Despite not being likely to meet its ambitious 2025 Ellen MacArthur goals, the brand owner has earned some recognition.

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FlexiblesKraft Heinz crowned Kalpana Systems—a Dutch technologist behind a ‘thin film with the precision of a single atom’—as the winner of Rethinking Materials’ recent Global Innovation Challenge. The emerging tech delivers advanced oxygen and moisture barriers to otherwise recyclable paper or mono-PE, without impacting recyclability. Jun 3, 2025(from left) Linda Roman, Kim Bertens, John Ryan, and Edgar Castro-Aguirre, all of Kraft Heinz. (speaking) Sandra Wiegman, Kalpana Systems.

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Sustainable PackagingRecyclingMars' material science lead Eric Klingen, packaging supplier Atlantic Packaging, and venture capital Safer Made weigh in on what’s next for materials, considerations for human health and safety, and paths to circularity at Rethinking Materials today.

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Sustainable PackagingRecyclingToday at Rethink Materials, we sat down with Roger Wright. He has valuable advice for brands on their design for recyclability projects, given he's the Waste Strategy & Packaging manager at Biffa, the UK's largest Waste Management company. May 14, 2025Biffa has over 100 facilities all over the UK to support the sustainable processing of waste through recycling.