Mixed Bag (Top Flexible Packagers Survey)

packagePRINTING's annual ranking balances converters' conservative business outlook with clear evidence of growth.

by Susan Friedman, Editor

Here's the financial low-down: Of the nearly $12 billion in collective sales reported for 2000 by the flexible packaging converters listed below, 75 percent is concentrated in the top ten companies' revenues. Overall, 2000 profit margins for the segment averaged 7.75 percent, with a high of 20 percent and a low of zero percent reported. Annual growth rates for the past year averaged 12.5 percent.