Industry Spotlight

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Paper shipping sacks make perfect sense.

Made from a sustainable and renewable resource, the papers used in the construction of shipping sacks provide packaging designers with a wide range of desirable properties for the safe, durable, efficient and economical packaging of agricultural, industrial, construction and consumer goods and materials.

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3.3 billion paper shipping sacks were used in the U.S. in 2017

The paper shipping sack and consumer bag industry has emerged into a billion dollar a year industry with shipments of over three billion sacks annually.

Learn about the industry, member benefits and more.

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Industry Overview

Paper shipping sacks are used to package a wide variety of food, agricultural building material and industrial purpose products.

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Member Benefits

If your company is involved in the multiwall paper shipping sack industry, you need to be a PSSMA member.

Recycling Paper Sacks

Do you package or receive food products in paper shipping sacks? Recycle them! It’s easy!

See all the latest PSSMA news.

PSSMA Announces 2018 Safety Award Winners

May 28, 2019

COOPERSBURG, PA (May 28, 2019) – The Paper Shipping Sack Manufacturers’ Association (PSSMA) has announced the winners of its Safety Awards Program for 2018. The paper shipping sack manufacturing plants that achieved the best annual safety experience in 2018 in the...

Paper Shipping Sack Manufacturers’ Association Expands Membership

Nov 27, 2018

Industry Milestones Recognized at 2018 Annual Meeting COOPERSBURG, PA (November 27, 2018) – The Paper Shipping Sack Manufacturers’ Association (PSSMA) announces the expansion of its regular membership, and for the first time, invites all manufacturers of paper sacks...

Use of Recycling Logo Expands to 27 Million Paper Shipping Sacks

Oct 22, 2018

COOPERSBURG, PA (October 22, 2018) – The Paper Shipping Sack Manufacturers’ Association (PSSMA) has learned that over 27 million sacks produced by its member companies are now printed with the special recycling emblem, which was developed to encourage end-user recovery of qualified paper shipping sacks (also known as multiwall sacks) with corrugated.