2008 Hot Markets — Charting Your Course

Packaged foods ($772B, +11 percent; with $11.3B to print, +15 percent) moves up the food chain to Number 4. U.S. bulk and packaged food exports will increase dramatically, and more previously imported foods will be produced domestically. Flexi-film packaging, pressure-sensitive labels, lids, tubs, folding cartons and extruded plastics will wrap up double-digit growth in the next two years.