Voice of the packaging industry: Flexible Packaging

Sixty packaging engineering professionals from material suppliers and equipment manufacturers were questioned for the “2019 Flexible Packaging Market Assessment” by PMMI Business Intelligence. Here’s what some of them had to say about today’s Flexible Packaging industry.

Voice of the packaging industry: Flexible Packaging
Voice of the packaging industry: Flexible Packaging

Trends

“Recycling trends are still pretty popular right now. Some vendors are trying to make laminations with the same type of material, so you can recycle more easily. At least once a year, customers ask about this.” - Packaging Engineer, Health & Personal Care Company

“Most retailers want to get away from pegs that they used to use for the pouches and just go with retail-ready trays.” - Director of Engineer, Food Company

“All SUP are now in a shelf-ready package; the shelf-ready aspect really helps. I like this trend because it involves less handling of the product and provides more control in how it is presented. We have an opportunity to build more of our brand, and it is much less work theoretically for everyone at the store.” - Senior Project Engineer, Beverage Manufacturer

“The fastest growth for flexible packaging is in the dog food industry. They have been using high quality paper bags for a long time. They are moving really fast toward plastic flexible packages apparently to get better barrier properties, and maybe to look more visually appealing to consumers.” - Packaging Engineer Manager, Cereal Manufacturer

“The industry is now gearing towards on-the-go packaging, user convenience, smaller pack sizes, and easy-opening feature.” - Packaging Engineer, Food Manufacturer

“Serialization has been a hot topic, particularly in my industry. Another is RFID, where they are able to scan and get data for all inventory items in the system immediately. I would envision this to continue to evolve and improve in the coming years.” - Packaging Engineer, Pharmaceutical Company

“Pouches are really dominating. We use the pouches for both foodservice and consumer products.”- VP of Engineering, Large Food Company

“I see companies using the film itself for the reclose feature. Flexible has also done this with cookies (like Oreos). The flexible film has the reclose feature and this also shows tamper evidence That’s pretty clever.” - Director of Engineering, Large CPG Company

“I’ve seen that consumers want something with freshness that is conveyed into their product. They want new and fresh somehow indicated in the products their buying and flexible packaging allows for that.” - Director of Engineering, Large Food Company

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