Folding Cartons: Fighting on Several Fronts

The folding carton packaging market is working through some challenging times. Integrated companies and converters/printers alike are dealing with such issues as rising energy costs, overcapacity, overseas competition, and alternative packaging solutions.

Despite these challenges, or more appropriately, because of them, industry players are circling the wagons, focusing on the strengths of their product attributes and making the difficult decisions required to consolidate and reduce costs.