Flexible Packaging?A Bright Prospect

Besides pouches, interest in flexible packaging is escalating as a slow, but proactive movement of folding carton and rigid packaging companies begin to investigate the assets of the substrate group. Two main areas where rigid packaging can't compete with flexible packaging, and where flexible packaging offers dramatic monetary savings, is warehousing and transportation. For example, one truckload of flexible packaging (pre-made pouches or rollstock) can equal 25 truckloads of rigid packaging, Calamusa said. "Companies are realizing that logistics can offer substantial cost savings and added benefits to their total cost structure, and they are beginning to take these savings seriously."