Paperboard packaging has always been the mainstay for manufacturers of food. These beautifully designed boxes and cartons line the aisle of retail outlets around the world. They work hard at catching the eye and boosting sales of the products they contain. However, paperboard packaging companies need to face any future challenges coming their way.
Paperboard
Paperboard can be single or multi-ply. This will depend on its intended application. Its advantages lie in its surface that provides the ideal canvas for high quality printing. This results in it acting as the excellent receptacle for branding messages. At the same time, it is highly recyclable when compared to the options.
Major Markets
The largest market using paperboard for their packaging is the food industry. This has been valid for many decades. The majority of packaging sales are in:
* Cereal boxes
* Dry food mixes
* Frozen food cartons
* Snack boxes
The paperboard packaging industry is also strong in the multi-pack and club store-size containers markets.
Trends for Paperboard Packaging Companies
Over the decades, technology has produced a variety of laudable advantages. The latest innovations have introduced, and continue to advance, production methods that are faster, cleaner and more exact. The latest trends lean towards the accomplishment of specific goals. These include consumer-oriented as well as industrial preferences such as
* Sustainability: Government agencies, consumers and companies are looking for better ways to ensure the paper products they produce are environmentally sustainable
* Versatility: Companies want packaging that can be utilized in more than one way effectively
* Consumer Preference: The consumer has an important say in not only how packaging looks, but also its function and its impact environmentally. Consumers are more educated than ever before. They are also more worried about the impact both the contents and the packaging have on their children’s habits and the environment they live in now and in the future
The result is growth projections for paperboard packaging companies into the 2020s and beyond.
