The packaging industry outlook for 2025
At the start of 2025, the packaging industry landscape has already shifted significantly: major players in the paper and plastics sectors have joined forces with key competitors through a series of large-scale mergers and acquisitions; President Trump seeks to reshape relations with trading partners; and U.S. producers will, for the first time, face compliance obligations under packaging EPR programs in multiple states simultaneously. This article further explores core topics such as annual M&A decisions, factors influencing EPR policy development, sustainable investments, and changes in target timelines.
The packaging landscape is already changing in 2025: A recent wave of mega-acquisitions means the industry’s largest companies in paper and plastic have joined up with some of their biggest competitors, President Donald Trump aims to reshape relationships with trading partners, and for the first time in the U.S. producers will be on the hook for requirements in multiple states’ packaging EPR programs.
Read more about what’s in store for M&A decisions this year, factors impacting future extended producer responsibility policymaking, a changing timeline around sustainability investments and goals, and other key issues.
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