Package Printing — Packing It In

Good and Bad News

The bad news: Folding cartons are the most natural fit with the capabilities of commercial printers. The good news: The Paperboard Packaging Council reports the industry is experiencing a "robust" recovery in 2004, with shipments up 4.7 percent through June. Further, the folding carton market isn't homogeneous and, in fact, contains pockets of opportunity that commercial printers are finding they can exploit.