Hot Markets for 2005 -- Remaining Opportunities

Mouthful of Opportunity

Packaged foods ($625B, +5 percent; with $8.5B to print, +8 percent) at Number 8 is the most appetizing category for wide-format flexo and litho packaging plants. Pet foods ($10B, +18 percent), fresh packaged products ($212B, +9 percent) and dry foods, snacks and confections ($155B, +5 percent) are leading the way with brand extensions like M'azing (M&Ms in a chocolate bar) from Masterfoods USA.