Consumers, manufacturers and brand owners require a lot from packaging. We need packages to promote and protect products; provide necessary ingredient, instruction and safety information; and enhance supply chain efficiency to ensure products reach consumers while maintaining the highest safety and quality standards.
Over the last decade, as sustainability has become a priority, we have asked even more of our packaging materials. Companies are spending more on packaging made of sustainable materials, including recycled corrugated cardboard, high-density polyethylene (rHDPE) and recycled polyethylene (rPET) film, according to the 2017 PMMI State of the Industry U.S. Packaging Machinery Report produced by PMMI, the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.