Craft beer has revolutionized the industry and is moving out of microbreweries and into the main market. According to the Brewers Association, there were over 3,200 brewers in the United States as of November 2014.

According to a recent study from Freedonia (freedoniagroup.com), the US demand for pet food is expected to rise close to 4% annually through 2018.

Adhesives that don’t do their job can create a sticky situation for packagers, retails and consumers, or, in some cases, a less than sticky situation. Adhesives that fail can lead to product loss, shipping problems, equipment slow-downs and consumer complaints.

Craft beer has revolutionized the industry and is moving out of microbreweries and into the main market. According to the Brewers Association, there were over 3,200 brewers in the United States as of November 2014.

With the advent of checkout machines and reusable shopping bags, it’s less common to hear the cashier ask “paper or plastic?”

Getting three square meals a day has become, well, a bit square. Hectic schedules, commutes, conflicting family schedules, pressing to-do lists and ever-buzzing phones have most consumers too busy to eat, let alone cook.

According to the Flexible Packaging Association, the U.S. flexible packaging industry grew 2.8% to $27.2 billion in annual sales, but we don’t need statistics to see that flexible packaging is on a roller coaster that only goes up.

“Eat your fruits and vegetables,” says every mother everywhere. In fact, that resounding admonition has been echoed by parents, teachers, nutritionists, doctors and even governments for decades.

Faster. Better. More versatile. These themes come up in packaging machinery as often as androids and space ships zoom through science fiction.