2025 Packaging Industry Review: Three Major Trends Define the Industry's Course in 2026
After a year of growth in smart and bio-based packaging, the packaging industry enters 2026 under pressure from regulation and sustainability. The packaging trends of 2026 are being defined by the
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Influencing packaging trends for 2026 and beyond
Entering 2026 and beyond, packaging trends will reflect broader shifts around sustainability, technology, and business-driven regulations. Ongoing pressure from regulators, consumers, and environmenta
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The packaging industry development in 2025 welcomes a new breakthrough
The packaging industry in 2025 is witnessing an innovation wave that integrates sustainability, smart technology, and design efficiency. As global companies face increasing environmental pressures
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Pantone reveals 2026 Color of the Year; white hue chosen for the first time in 27 years
Every year, the authoritative institution Pantone, renowned globally for its specialized development and research of colors, selects a color through the Color of the Year project to express the curren
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Lego has moved most of its packaging lines from plastic bags to paper bags.
The Danish-headquartered Lego Group has flipped more than half of its packaging lines from single-use plastic bags to paper packaging as part of its ongoing push for sustainable packaging. 56% of its
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Aluminum prices soaring impact global packaging supply chain
US premium for imported aluminum hits record high, causing a ripple effect across the global packaging industry, as manufacturers grapple with the rising cost of aluminum packaging materials. With
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Why a unified packaging standard is still out of reach
Efforts to establish a unified packaging standard have been ongoing for decades, yet the world still lacks a single, coherent set of rules about how products should be labeled, recycled and displayed.
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These trends may define the future decade of the packaging printing industry.
The packaging printing industry is at a critical juncture. Over the next decade, its development will be shaped by several powerful forces: technological disruption, the urgent need for sustainability
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Frankfurt Book Fair opens; China's pavilion offers a rich program of activities
The 77th Frankfurt Book Fair opened on the evening of the 14th in the exhibition center of Frankfurt, Germany, with more than 4,000 publishers from 92 countries and regions participating. This year
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