Meeting consumer demands for convenience continues to be a strong driver for existing and new packaging technologies. Meanwhile, sustainability remains top-of-mind for manufacturers and their suppliers, which reflects growing consumer awareness of and preference for sustainable products and packaging. Other market sectors like healthcare are looking to packaging to improve patient safety and enable more effective drug delivery.
As the packaging industry gears up for the upcoming PACK EXPO East 2020 (March 3-5; Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia), we spoke to several key thought leaders to glean perspectives on marketplace trends. Their views offer insights on a number of trends facing global consumer products companies, equipment manufacturers, OEM suppliers and everyone in between.