8 NOVEMBER 2023OPINIONMark Ushpol currently serves as Executive Vice President for Ahlstrom's Food & Consumer Packaging Division, globally manufacturing fiber-based packaging and processing papers that serve multiple sectors in the food industry worldwide. Ushpol has more than twenty years of experience in the paper and packaging industry and is specifically motivated by Ahlstrom's current leading position in the sustainable packaging space.How is paper playing a role in the movement towards more sustainable packaging?Paper is an ideal material for flexible packaging applications, and already has a broad field-of-use from good flexibility and folding characteristics to printability. Paper is easily sealable and glueable and it laminates well to other structures. In addition, paper functions effectively through challenging converting processes and we continue to By Mark Ushpol, Executive Vice President Food and Consumer Packaging, AhlstromPAPER PACKAGING PROVIDING MORE "PURPOSE" FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE WORLDMark Ushpol
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