Business Management - Industry Trends

Avery Dennison has sponsored a study conducted by Package InSight that tracked how label materials impact purchase decisions in the ever-expanding craft beer industry.

As product SKUs and more ambitious design/paper usage continues to grow, Chicago will respond in kind.

The 29th annual packagePRINTING Excellence Awards featured a very impressive first, second and third place entry.

Sonoco has announced that it will raise the price for all paperboard tubes and cores by 6 percent to 8 percent, effective with shipments in the United States and Canada beginning September 14, 2015.

In a joint project with packaging manufacturer Edelmann, Schreiner MediPharm has developed an innovative solution that makes important product information accessible on the exterior of folding cartons.

MarketsandMarkets released a report that estimates the global package printing market will reach reach $587.19 billion by 2020.

Current and future trends in flexography in the United States is the topic of recent research released by PRIMIR. The organization has published "U.S. Market Trends for Flexographic Printing," which was authored by Freedonia Custom Research.

InfoTrends has recently published its latest "Color Digital Label and Packaging Presses Market Forecast: 2014-2019." This report forecasts the market for production level color digital presses designed to print packaging applications in industrial settings in process colors, including labels, folding cartons, and flexible packaging.

According to a new report by Canadean, an estimated 786 billion units of flexible packaging will be consumed within global retail food markets in 2018.

Steve Voorhees, CEO of WestRock, will deliver a keynote speech at the Paperboard Packaging Council’s Fall Meeting on Oct. 8 in Indianapolis.