State of the Industry: Global Consolidation in Packaging

If the effects of consolidation can have such a significant impact on the industry's largest and strongest companies in such a short time span, it highlights the importance of having a clearly defined, concrete growth strategy in place for future survival. In fact, further analysis of surviving companies points to a clear correlation between survival and global consolidators access to private equity funding. Proactive "institutionalization" of corporate practices is essential for packaging industry participants of all sizes to thrive in today's competitive market place. pP