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With consumers demanding convenient packaging that matches their on-the-go lifestyles and environmental values, stand-up pouches are rising to the challenge.

Consumers are increasingly seeking out products from craft, boutique and artisanal brands, whose packaging needs tend to differ from their larger CPG counterparts.

Among printers and converters, the definition of “short run” depends on whom you ask and what they’re producing. A high-margin opportunity to differentiate themselves from competitors with short-run output is what they all share.

Based on interviews with three packaging experts, we've compiled a list of five key packaging design trends that could impact the industry in 2019.

The way consumers interact with products and packaging is constantly changing, and packaging must evolve to keep up.

In a rapidly changing industry, there are common traits and strategies that can be found among printers and converters at the forefront.

Built in or added on, systems that enable a press’s basic functions or extend its capabilities are must-have components for truly competitive performance.

Workforce development has been among the top challenges in the package printing industry in recent years. It’s important to understand why this is, and what can be done about it.

Joel Carmany, the 2018 packagePRINTING TLMI Converter of the Year, has led Consolidated Label from humble beginnings to extraordinary heights, while striving to give back to the industry.

The superb quality and the automated workflows of packaging and label production wouldn’t be possible without high-performance prepress applications.