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Business factors stir the packaging stew

How does packaging fit into an ever-changing business climate that includes an uneven job outlook, record-high gas prices, and global complexities?

Filling your car at the gas pump is becoming more painful every week. So is paying for a flight. Yet, for many packaging professionals, international travel is an important responsibility. Despite the soaring ticket prices, and the technological advances that enable global communication from our electronic device of choice, we continue to travel.

That's understandable as we pursue new business opportunities in different global markets, and establish and/or maintain business contacts that make the packaging world go around. We seek out knowledge about new technologies at events that don’t occur every year, such as Pharmapack Europe in Paris, this week’s Anuga FoodTec in Cologne, or Achema 2012 in June in Frankfurt.

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