Folding Cartons: Fighting on Several Fronts

His comments provide a summary view of the market/business climate faced by companies in the folding carton packaging industry. The Freedonia Group, in its study titled “Corrugated & Paperboard Boxes” released in November 2005, projects the demand for corrugated and paperboard boxes to increase 2.1 percent per year to more than $34 billion in 2009. Specifically for folding cartons, it sees more modest increases through 2009 as this packaging medium faces “intense competition from alternative packaging.” However, Freedonia believes the folding cartons segment “will benefit from advances in printing and paperboard graphics capabilities, as well as a positive environmental image.”