Business Management - Industry Trends

In a heartbreaking case out of Florida, a 15-year-old girl with a peanut allergy died after accidentally ingesting a cookie containing peanut ingredients. The incident has since sparked debate over whether food products containing known allergens should adjust the packaging to make these warnings more clear.

Chris Curran of NAPCO Media is working on the front lines to help build PRINTING United, which is a new trade show event that will attract attendees from all printing market segments including garment, graphics, packaging, commercial and industrial. In this article, Chris shares his journey in the printing industry and why PRINTING United is a reflection of the natural evolution of his profession.

INX International announced it will bring the full scope of its product range to PRINTING United, the joint venture of SGIA and NAPCO Media, which spans all segments of the graphic communications value chain.

It wasn't long ago that customized packaging was outside the realm of possibility for many small brands, primarily due to limitations in traditional printing technology. However, with digital printing, the benefits of customization in packaging have been realized in both small and large brand campaigns.

The SGIA/NAPCO Media partnership provided the tools to create something credible and strategic. PRINTING United is that something.

With its convenience factors, sustainability attributes, strong graphics, and new market opportunities, flexible packaging has emerged as one of the fastest growing segments of the packaging industry. In our latest State of the Industry report, packagePRINTING explores the latest flexible packaging opportunities that package printers need to know.

Windmoeller & Hoelscher joined CEFLEX in May of this year, joining the collaborative project carried out by European companies that represent the entire flexible packaging value chain. CEFLEX aims to find better system design solutions by 2025.

PRINTING United is more than just one more trade show. It’s a strategic response to market needs.

Last week, five judges with industry expertise spanning multiple segments of the package printing industry visited packagePRINTING's Philadelphia headquarters to judge the 32nd annual packagePRINTING Excellence Awards. Take a look at this glimpse of the day's events and be sure to check out our August issue to see which entries took home prizes!

Welcome to the final edition of the Road Map of Progress series, which reveals insights that our reporter Patrick Henry learned from subject matter experts in each packaging segment. This week, Mark Mazur, consultant; chair of the FIRST committee, Flexographic Technical Association, discusses progress in flexible packaging.