Playing it Prudently

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA)'s 2001 Outlook Survey bears more uplifting data, reporting shipment values rose 3.6 percent in 2000 to an estimated $19 billion. A further 3.5 percent increase is projected for 2001, which would push values to $19.7 billion. Further, respondents to packagePRINTING's Top Flexible Packaging Converters Survey reported an average annual profit growth rate of 12.5 percent.