{"id":23517,"date":"2025-11-20T16:19:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T22:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hofferplastics.com\/?p=23517"},"modified":"2025-11-20T16:56:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T22:56:00","slug":"advancing-a-circular-future-through-flexible-packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hofferplastics.com\/engineering-expertise\/advancing-a-circular-future-through-flexible-packaging\/","title":{"rendered":"Advancing a Circular Future Through Flexible Packaging"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hofferplastics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hoffer70th-1766-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"hoffer70th-1766 (1)\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1707\" width=\"2560\" title=\"hoffer70th-1766 (1)\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\r\n\t<p>For decades, plastics followed a predictable path from production to landfill. Today, forward-thinking companies are charting a different course &#8211; one where circularity guides the process. By designing products for durability, repairability and recyclability, businesses are keeping materials in use longer and reducing waste.<\/p>\r\n<p>In this feature article in Sustainable Packaging News, Hoffer Plastics senior product manager John Strubulis highlights four ways flexible packaging can strengthen a circular economy. This includes critical considerations for choosing the right cap and spout. These components may be small, but they have a big impact on a package&#8217;s recyclability. From material alignment to performance requirements, Strubulis shows how innovation in fitment design is helping brands close the loop and keep valuable resources in circulation.<\/p>\r\n<p>Discover how Hoffer is developing solutions that support circularity while maintaining the performance, safety and convenience consumers expect.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/spnews.com\/four-ways-flexible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hofferplastics.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/bb-plugin\/img\/pixel.png\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medical Design Briefs sat down with Hoffer Plastics director of engineering, Brian Beringer, to discuss the critical role micromolding plays in medical device manufacturing. 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