Business Management - Industry Trends

As beer, wine and spirits offerings expand, trend-setting label printers and designers will see on-shelf success.

David Luttenberger of The Mintel Group talks to packagePRINTING about current trends impacting the industry.

TAPPI has announced the winners of its most prestigious awards for 2016, recognizing three leaders in the industry.

DuPont Packaging has assembled a distinguished panel of packaging experts in design, research and manufacturing roles, representing multiple markets around the world, to identify the winners of the coveted DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation.

Komori's drupa 2016 theme of "Open New Pages" highlights the potential available to create new value and richer communications through "connected print" — the integration of Komori's products with the latest technology.

After a highly successful debut in 2015, the Digital Packaging Summit will return to the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2. The invitation-only, hosted summit connects label and folding carton printers and converters with the leading solution providers in digital printing.

The U.S. demand for converted flexible packaging is projected to increase 3.3 percent annually to $20.7 billion in 2019, according to a recent study by The Freedonia Group.

As the world's leading trade fair for print and cross-media solutions, a strong focus at drupa 2016 will be the advances in industrial printing, which includes packaging, glass, decorative printing and more.

Globalization is making a lasting impact on the package printing industry. The upcoming FTA Forum will address these issues with a "Flexo International" session.

Sonoco held the grand opening of its state-of-the-art iPS Studio on Oct. 27, hosting more than 100 guests including state officials, customers and community leaders. The iPS Studio is a research, development and innovation center dedicated to the invention of new packaging solutions.