Most Packagers Changed Pack Source to Fight Market Challenges, Survey Finds

Current market challenges have brought on major changes and innovations in the packaging industry, an RRD survey said. 62% moved toward more diversification of suppliers.

Casey Flanagan, Associate Editor

Jul 28, 2022

Supply chain disruptions and rising costs have necessitated changes across several industries, and packaging is no exception.

Nine out of 10 packaging decision makers changed how their packaging is sourced as a result of recent global supply chain disruptions, according to a survey for R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company’s 2022 Unpackaging Reality Report.

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