Business Management - Industry Trends
As the print industry continues to consolidate, PRINTING United offers suppliers and attendees access to the complete packaging, graphic and visual communications markets.
According to the Paperboard Packaging Council’s (PPC) recent Trends: 2017 Industry Outlook and Market Data Report, U.S. folding carton shipments will grow at a 0.4% annual rate over the next five years, reaching a value of $9.6 billion.
At the recent Digital Packaging Summit, representatives of three prominent converters spoke candidly about their experiences with digital printing technology and the impact it has had on their respective businesses.
The third annual Digital Packaging Summit kicked off on Monday night with a keynote presentation that addressed the impact digital will have across the four varying packaging segments. Jennifer Dochstader and David Walsh of LPC, Inc., and the co-chairs of the event, led the presentation.
What a dazzling showcase the 2017 SGIA Expo was.
At the SGIA Expo, Rebecca McConnell of Fujifilm held a session called “Inkjet and Corrugated: Innovative and Untraditional Solutions.”
The 74th annual North American Paperboard Packaging Competition, hosted by the Paperboard Packaging Council, highlighted some of the best examples of paperboard packaging design and production, from graphics to structural innovation.
Brandtjen & Kluge will be participating in the Digital Packaging Summit 2017, October 23-25, taking place at Ponte Vedra Inn & Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Michael Aumann, Kluge CEO, states that Kluge will be highlighting many of the products it launched during Print 17.
The Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) Board of Directors has announced that SGIA, the home to professionals in the industrial, graphic, garment, textile, electronics, packaging and commercial printing communities, and NAPCO Media, a business-to-business media company, have entered a partnership. The platform — PRINTING United, the next evolution of printing expositions in North America — combines the largest printing trade show in North America with the leading producer of multi-channel content for the print community.