Paperboard Packaging Council

The folding carton industry is poised for continued growth as technologies that once would have been considered a pipe dream are taking cartons to the next level.

Brand owners are looking for folding cartons that stop consumers in their tracks, but designing such a carton is no simple task.

In the 2012 PPC Trends Report, RISI predicts that shipments of folding cartons are forecast to grow at a 0.5 percent average annual pace between 2012 and 2016. While modest, growth is steady and forecasted to continue, it is expected that the pharmaceutical industry will offer the greatest opportunity for folding cartons during the next five years.