Package Printing — Packing It In

Flexible packaging is widely predicted to have a bright outlook, with double-digit growth, due in large part to expanding use of pouches for food products. Too bad this printing is done via flexography.

The folding carton market is bearing the brunt of that shift to alternative packaging, while also facing foreign competition. Speaking at the Print Outlook 04 conference, Newth Morris III, president of Dixie Printing and Packaging, reported he had seen the number of folding carton shops in the Baltimore area drop from 15 down to two in recent years. "Prices haven't gone up in the past three years," he added.