Opportunity’s Still Knocking

At Bemis Company, flexible packaging accounted for $3.2 billion in net sales during 2008, about 84 percent of the company’s total net sales. “This has been a demanding year for our flexible packaging business,” says Bemis President and CEO Henry Theisen. “We recorded improved sales volumes in several of our key markets, including packaging for meat and cheese, dairy and liquids, and medical markets. The benefits of this sales growth were offset by declines in sales volume for protective display films as well as packaging for industrial, confectionery, snack, pet food, and multipacks markets.”