The market is forecast to grow at an annual average rate of 3% reaching $248 billion in 2020. Flexible packaging has been one of the fastest growing packaging sectors over the past 10 years, thanks to increased consumer focus on convenience and sustainability, and this rapid development will continue to accelerate, the report has found.

The top five disruptive technologies in flexible packaging are forecast to be intelligent (smart) packaging, recyclability, packaging openability, biobased polymers and digital printing, according to a new market report by Smithers Pira.

We’re rolling out the red carpet for the inaugural class of our virtual Hall of Fame, celebrating the most influential innovations in the history of flexible packaging

Flexible Packaging presents our third annual listing of the Top 25 converters of flexible packaging in North America. Success can be measured in a number of different ways, especially in business. Converters of flexible packaging find success in meeting or exceeding expectations, be they in organizational, operational, managerial or financial. When measuring success across an entire industry, maybe the most fair way is to look at the bottom line: sales. So again this year, Flexible Packaging brings you our list of the Top 25 Converters of flexible packaging, based on 2006 sales figures.

Convenience is king with respect to consumers’ wants and needs from food packaging. Flexible packaging manufacturers have delivered, but today’s consumers demand even more from the films and pouches found on store shelves.

At Drupa 2016, leading Mexican paper and packaging manufacturer, Grupo Gondi, signed a very large deal with BOBST and BHS Corrugated for the supply of eleven new production lines.

The first Asian Conference of the BOBST and Partners’ 2014 World Roadshow went with a bang in August 2014 in Indonesia.

In the first quarter of 2014, German machine manufacturer, Windmoeller & Hoelscher sold its 300th MIRAFLEX press to U.S. customer Multifilm Packaging.

Russia has huge potential. It also pertains to new investments in the packaging industry. This is what Eric Pavone, Business Director of BOBST Business Unit Web-fed, thinks, and an interview with him Unipack.Ru offers to its readers.