What The Future Holds For Packaging BY BILL MADL
Board Converting NEWS INTERNET DIRECTORY
When anyone considers what the future might hold for packaging, it’s always prudent to see where packaging was yesterday and where it is today, including all positives and areas of improvement needed. There are many ob- vious trends taking place today that a reliable and astute packaging supplier can learn from, and that can help pre- dict the trajectory of the field. Here are five keys trends and areas where I see the future of packaging heading:
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• E-commerce • Sustainability
• Design concepts • Personalization • Manufacturing and delivery E-commerce
Let’s start with the boom of e-commerce and how that will impact the future of packaging. With the routine growth of e-commerce, led by the king of e-commerce, Amazon, and further driven by COVID-19 and how that limited the ability of consumers to visit brick and mortar stores, e-commerce is growing dramatically and setting the stage where consumers now look to shop online. E-commerce companies are targeting consumer brands and analyzing consumer behaviors to drive their products. Giant e-commerce companies like Amazon will continue to focus on reducing waste, eliminating packaging where applicable, and delivering a sustainable, eco-friendly pack- age to their consumers. Additionally, packaging will need to continue to deliver an unboxing experience for consum- ers through protection, safety, elimination of waste, and focusing on brand awareness. Sustainability Sustainability is the biggest trend taking place today within packaging. Not only will this trend continue as con- sumers show they are willing to pay more for an eco-friend- ly package, but companies like Amazon are setting stan- dards for sustainability and charging penalties when not adhered to. Going forward, reflecting a commitment to the environ- ment, packaging suppliers will minimize waste, maximize use of recycled materials, and focus on packaging that re- duces the carbon footprint and energy needed to manu- facture and ship their products. Packaging suppliers will deliver packaging made from natural starches, utilizing vegetable and algae-based ma- terials that are edible or dissolvable. Consider laundry and dishwashing detergents and the trend in dissolvable pack- aging going on there. Consumers and consumer products companies will finally begin to pick materials that are truly sustainable based on material contents and recycled con- tent. CONTINUED ON PAGE 38
KIWIPLAN www.kiwiplan.com
Kiwiplan - premier worldwide software provider of enter- prise-wide, fully automatic solutions specifically for the cor- rugating and packaging industries. Kiwiplan’s Total Solution delivers comprehensive, seamless real-time flow of infor- mation from sales order management to dynamic total plant scheduling and inventory control through shipping.
MAROTECH INC. www.marotech.com
Manufacturer of Marotape®, Marotape®Plus, Marotape® FPT and MaroString™; hot melt coated tapes and strings used for reinforcement and easy-open features for pack- aging. Marotech Inc. also manufactures state-of-the-art dispensing and tape placement equipments to optimize the productivity of applying hot melt coated tapes in pack- aging.
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