INTERNET SALES BENEFITS PROTECTIVE PACKAGING

Expanding Internet and mail order catalog sales will help protective packaging demand increase nearly 5% annually to $3 billion in 2006. That’s according to The Freedonia Group, a Cleveland-based market research firm.

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Demand for foamed and plastic protective packaging will expand, especially for products such as electronics and instrumentation.

Protective mailer demand will rise 4.7% per year, while inflatable bag demand will grow at a double-digit pace. These and other related trends are presented in Protective Packaging, a 170-page study available for $3꺜. Call 440/684-9600 for details, or visit www.freedonia group.com.

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Perfect Pallets Acquires PDQ Plastics’ Pallet Molds

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Foam Fabricators Announces Strategic Investment in Rational Packaging

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HP Introduces Molded Fiber Tooling Solution

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Considering Packaging Robotics? Read This First

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The PFAS story keeps developing, and isn’t over yet.

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Climate Change Interest Isn’t Ideology, It’s Economics

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Innovative, Sustainable Strapping Band

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Beer Cans' Premium Foil Lidding Adds Billboard Space While Appealing to Post-COVID Consumer

Romanian lager Albacher doesn't mention the pandemic specifically, but the timing of its new foil lidding, which adds billboard space and ensures a clean beer can surface, is fortuitous considering an increasingly safety-conscious consumer base.

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Pregis Donates Insulated Packaging to Chicago Food Pantry

Pregis recently donated more than 5,000 Penguin Pack insulated box liners to Lakeview Pantry, Chicago’s largest food pantry.

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Nestable Pallets

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Dover to Acquire Systech International, a Leading Provider of Serialization, Traceability and Anti-Counterfeiting Solutions

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Embossed Induction Seal Closure Liners

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Wax Replacement Protective Packaging

DS Smith's Greencoat is a coated, water-resistant packaging solution that provides the same performance characteristics as wax-coated boxes but is 100% recyclable.

Although 30% smaller than the former Jenny Craig shipper, the new box provides the same number of food items.

Jenny Craig Trims the Excess from its Meal Delivery Packaging

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Greif: Barrier protection technology

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Selig: Foam liner

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