FPA Publishes 2018 Flexible Packaging Industry Report The Flexible Packaging Association’s (FPA) has re- leased its 2018 State of the Flexible Packaging Indus- try Report, which provides industry converters, suppliers, investors, and analysts with insight into the performance (i.e. growth, revenue/volume expecta- tions, profitability, and capital spending) of the U.S. flexible packaging industry over the past year. This source of data and information also examines several other aspects of the U.S. flexible packaging industry including: • Performance (growth, revenue/volume expecta- tions, profitability, and capital spending) • Materials and processes (printing and expected material usage) • End-uses (end-use forecast and U.S. Census Bureau retail segments data) • Structure and consolidation (M&A activity) • Imports and exports (trade outlook) • Industry vision, challenges, and critical issues The total flexible packaging industry is estimated to be approximately $31 billion in annual sales for 2017. The $31 billion includes packaging for retail and institutional food and non-food (including med-
ical and pharmaceutical), industrial materials, shrink and stretch films, retail shopping bags, consumer storage bags, and wraps and trash bags. The focus of this report is on the segment of the in- dustry that adds significant value to the flexible ma- terials, usually by performing multiple processes, such as printing, laminating, coating, extrusion, and bag/pouch manufacturing.This segment of the indus- try is estimated to be about $24.1 billion for 2017, and does not include retail shopping bags, consumer storage bags, or trash bags. Flexible packaging represents approximately 19 per- cent of the total $167 billion U.S. packaging industry, and is the second largest packaging segment behind corrugated paper and just ahead of bottles and mis- cellaneous rigid plastics packaging. Flexible packag- ing’s solid long-term strength, coupled with flexible packaging replacing other packaging formats, resulted in the growth of flexibles from 17 percent in 2000 to the current level of 19 percent in 2017. This year’s State of the Industry Report includes data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2016 Annual Survey of Manufac- tures (ASM) full set of reports for all U.S. NAICS in- dustries. Census Bureau data for 2017 is not expected to become available until late fall 2019 or early 2020.
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· Bobst · Mark Andy
Anderson & Vreeland BST North America
· DuPont
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· Uteco
· Windmoeller & Hoelscher
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