What’s the Next Move

In fact, as we are already seeing—particularly in China and other parts of Southeast Asia—local entrepreneurs are already replicating the capabilities of their western counterparts in the packaging-print market. Locally-manufactured printing presses, packaging substrates, inks, and other ancillaries are already being used—at prices which render the products from developed markets often uncompetitive. Indeed, there is evidence that package printers in countries like China are actually competing in North American markets for business—and winning not only on cost, but with a quality product.