IFCA: Packaging industry focuses on sustainability beyond biodegradability

The panel discussion on Navigating the Packaging World: What to Expect in 2025, held on the sidelines of the IFCA annual awards, provided a forward-looking roadmap for the packaging industry in 2025. Industry leaders discussed critical themes such as sustainability, factory innovations, digital printing disruptions, and the entry of newspaper majors into packaging. Some of the key takeaways from the discussion were the emphasis on multi-dimensional sustainability, factory innovations enhancing efficiencies, and digital printing disruption that has enabled personalisation and agility.