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Packaging Outlook 2018

March 13, 2018

In this month’s special report, Packaging Strategies approached industry experts to provide their outlook for segments of the packaging market.

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Packaging Outlook 2018: Consumer Trends Affect Packaging

This report is an excerpt from the 2018 Packaging Outlook Report, featured in Packaging Strategies NEWS.

Matthew Lindsay

March 1, 2018

Consumer preferences are changing and e-commerce is growing, lowering the barrier to entry for new players. As a result, CPGs are striving to maintain market share and drive sales.

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Packaging Outlook 2018: Glass Packaging Overview

This report is an excerpt from the 2018 Packaging Outlook Report, featured in Packaging Strategies NEWS.

Lynn Bragg

March 1, 2018

The glass container industry’s key indicators in North America generally remained stable in 2017, with opportunities for growth in 2018 in the premium and craft spirits and wine segments, food, and non-alcoholic beverages.

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Packaging Outlook 2018: Metal Cans Packaging Overview

This report is an excerpt from the 2018 Packaging Outlook Report, featured in Packaging Strategies NEWS.

Sherrie Rosenblatt

March 1, 2018

The manufacturers of steel cans are quietly reaching a new milestone in response to consumer preference for new can linings.

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Packaging Outlook 2018: Paperboard Packaging Overview

This report is an excerpt from the 2018 Packaging Outlook Report, featured in Packaging Strategies NEWS.

Greg Kishbaugh

March 1, 2018

One of the cornerstones of the folding carton industry, and a reason for its continued stability, is the fact that most paper-based packaging is used for consumer staples.

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Packaging Outlook 2018: Flexible Packaging Overview

This report is an excerpt from the 2018 Packaging Outlook Report, featured in Packaging Strategies NEWS.

Danny Beard

March 1, 2018

The global flexible packaging industry enjoyed a strong year in 2017 with a sales growth rate once again significantly higher than U.S. GDP. All segments of the flexible packaging industry took part in this growth, but growth for value-added flexible packaging was even higher.

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Packaging Outlook 2018: Fundamentals Drive Packaging Innovation

This report is an excerpt from the 2018 Packaging Outlook Report, featured in Packaging Strategies NEWS.

Sean Riley

March 1, 2018

The recent series of Vision 2025 focus groups conducted by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, captured an increasingly popular sentiment throughout the packaging community.

White Lily specialty flours are sold in a reclosable box pouch

PS News Special Report: Pouch Review

Pouches Can Be Functional and Strategic

June 30, 2016

Freedonia Group predicts pouches will be a $10bn U.S. industry in 2020.

Special report: Global Pouch Forum preview

Understanding traceability in the food supply chain

A guidance document on the best practices in food traceability

April 13, 2016

Tejas Bhatt discusses the Institute of Food Technologists' guidance document on best practices in food traceability for bakery, dairy, meat and poultry, processed foods, produce, and seafood.

Charles Gross is an analyst with Morningstar

Special Report: Performance Review

Mixed Year Financially for U.S. Packaging Companies

March 31, 2016

In Packaging Strategies News’ analysis of the 16 in our group, sales growth averaged only 1.8% for the year.

The Coca-Cola Company Rolls Out 100% rPET 20-oz Bottles Nationwide

Mondelēz partners with Amcor to use recycled packaging for Cadbury sharing bars

Phenix Label Unveils Innovative Tear-Away Label for Improved RFID Scanning

Events

February 19, 2025

Converters Expo South

Converters Expo South is a one-day expo that unites converters of paper, film, plastics, and nonwovens with industry buyers, specialists, and suppliers. Join us in Greenville, South Carolina – for a day of education and connection with industry peers. Find new manufacturing and production partners, check out the latest converting technology and equipment, network with like-minded professionals, and more!

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May 20, 2025

Converters Expo

The Converters Expo brings together converters of paper, film, plastics, and nonwovens with industry buyers, specialists, and suppliers. Join us at Lambeau Field for a day of education and connection with industry peers. Find new manufacturing partners, discover the most up-to-date testing and prototyping equipment, network with like-minded industry professionals, and learn the latest in printing and packaging.

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