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Many pouched products are packaged on form-fill-seal equipment

Form-fill-seal continues its advance

Hallie Forcinio

July 15, 2016

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Consumers and brand owners favor flexible packaging, particularly pouches, for meat, poultry and seafood products.

Flexible packaging is becoming increasingly common in the food segment and even the beverage segment

Guest Commentary

Flexible: The new package of choice

The growth of pouches and bags has form/fill/seal machinery growth outpacing the rest of the industry.

Sean Riley

July 13, 2016

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The market for flexible packaging continues to increase at the expense of rigid packaging, directly driving growth in the form/fill/seal (FFS) machinery category

Vision guided robotic case packing of flexible bags

Industry News

April 11, 2016

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Package styles that can be handled include pillow bags, stand-up (quad type or doyen) resealable pouches and more.

Packaging Trends

The 4 trends driving the flexible packaging market

January 14, 2016

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The global market for flexible packaging is forecast to grow at an annual average rate of 3.4 percent over the next five years, and is expected to reach $248 billion by 2020.

Packaging Tech

Barrier films look to add value

Chip Bolton

November 17, 2015

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There are so many barrier films in today’s marketplace and so many players marketing them, I wonder if the playing field is in danger of becoming flat and the products commoditized?

PMMI’s Jorge Izquierdo on Pack Expo, new research

October 28, 2015

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The National Provisioner’s Editor-in-chief, Andy Hanacek, sits down with Jorge Izquierdo of PMMI for a Q&A at Pack Expo.

State of the Industry

State of Packaging: Global growth ahead for flexible packaging

October 8, 2015

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Global demand for flexible packaging is projected to reach $210 billion in 2015, and forecast to grow at an annual average rate of 3 percent, reaching $248 billion in 2020, according to a new market report by Smithers Pira.

Guest Commentary

Flexible packaging: beautiful, protective, sustainable, smart

Tom Egan

June 23, 2015

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The U.S. meat market was valued at approximately $68 billion in 2013 and is projected to reach $84 billion by 2018, according to Canadean’s 2015 “Consumer and Market Insights: Meat Market in the U.S.” report.

Growing demand for pouches

Emily Park

May 20, 2015

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Global demand for pouches is projected to rise 6.2 percent annually to $37.3 billion in 2018.

Films flip the script

Flexible packaging for protein products is making a comeback, propelled by perceptions of freshness.

Hallie Forcinio

November 11, 2014

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Flexible packaging for meat, poultry and seafood was valued at $1.9 billion in 2013 in the United States and is growing about 1 percent per year, according to “North American Flexible Packaging Market to 2018,” a report published by PCI Films Consulting, Ltd.