Protective Film and Packaging Solutions The Printpack Way with David McLain

Print Pack is a converter that makes various forms of plastic films. They are well known for their shelf-stable goods, which make them a popular choice among many industries. They also manufacture their own line of films and polymers to meet customer demands for specialty items. With their expansive product offering, they can ensure customers get exactly what they need when it comes to protective film and packaging materials.

On this episode, we'll talk about:

• Printpack and what are the core competencies specialties?
• What drew David to packaging?
• Sustainability at Printpack.
• What have been some of the fundamental objectives or goals from a sustainable basis that they have kind of put their flag on? Which one is the most important to focus on out of those three?
• the downside is what is captured, that most of the flexible packaging is never going to be recycled if any of it.
• what are some of the things that David wish people knew about flexible packaging?
• What are his thoughts on EPR in general? Extended producer responsibility?
• seeing the complexities from individual states coming up with programs of this EPR and how do they navigate those waters? And every state has their own kind of set of rules.
• Shifting a little bit over to supply chain. We've gone through COVID it was crazy. Lead times, machines down, finding people to even run. The machines were tough. What does he see now? What's next for the world in terms of production, manufacturing, and packaging in general?
• Does he think lead times are going to get extended out again or it's just the industry kind of resetting, kind of like an active recovery type of thing? Like we got to keep moving and recover at the same time?

Dave graduated from Virginia Tech in 2000 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and spent five years in the automotive industry. He began his career in packaging with Printpack's Rigid Division in 2004 as Maintenance Manager and eventually served as Plant Manager for two rigid facilities. He then relocated to China and Thailand, and is now based in Atlanta at Printpack's global headquarters. He spent several years in Marketing and Sales focused on Printpack's PE business and Sustainability, and is a member of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition's Executive Committee and the Plastics Industry Association's Sustainability Advisory Board. He now leads Printpack's efforts to help customers realize a more sustainable future.

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