Carving out specialties within strategic market segments — specifically those that require a supplier to do a little bit more to solve packaging challenges. That’s the mindset that Polymer Packaging has taken over its 29-year span to become a successful mid-sized converter.

Fast lead times. Emphasis on customer service. Short to medium runs. No red tape. Those are just four of the pillars that have made Sixto Packaging a staple in the South Florida economy — and packaging community as a whole – for the past 45-plus years.

The Panama Canal is a 48-mile-wide engineering marvel that connects the Atlantic (via the Caribbean) and Pacific Oceans. So just what the heck does it have to do with flexible packaging?

Preview three of the biggest shows in the flexible packaging industry, coming up in September.

Another week, another favorable report on the outlook of flexible packaging.

According to a report from Mesirow Financial Investment Banking, 2014 was the biggest year of mergers and acquisitions in the packaging industry this side of the great recession – reaching a post-recession high of $29.9 billion.

 With close to 600 attendees, the 2015 Global Pouch Forum – held from June 10-12 at the InterContinental Miami – was the largest to date in 18 years of the event. It kicked off June 10 with the TAPPI PLACE Flexible Packaging Symposium and pre-conference tour of Karlville’s Miami headquarters and technology center, and continued with education session and networking. Here’s a look at some of the conversation on Twitter from #GPF: 

The shift from rigid to flexible packaging is on – and has been on for some time.