Flexible Packaging Leads the Way

Marla Donahue, president of the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), reports that sales of U.S. manufactured flexible packaging reached more than $21 billion in 2004, of which about 75 percent were printed. Preliminary data being compiled by FPA for 2004 is pointing toward revenue growth of close to 4 percent and volume growth in the range of 5 to 6 percent. "The difference between the revenue growth and the volume growth is related to increases in raw materials," says Donahue.