State of the Flexible Packaging Industry

With the relatively recent emphasis on sustainability throughout the entire supply chain, rigid containers and even other packaging configurations have found themselves in the crosshairs of change stemming from the use of flexible plastic materials. The Freedonia Group in its report, Plastic Film to 2016, says, "Advances will reflect the performance and source-reduction advantages of plastic film over other packaging materials and opportunities in film products such as pouches for drugs and medical products, and in modified atmosphere packaging for food."