Green for the environment – while keeping budgets in the black. Corrugated packaging is lightweight, lowering shipping costs while providing maximum product protection. Custom package designs also can work for both shipping and point of sale display, reducing materials use and lowering production costs.
Businesses worldwide rely on corrugated packaging: In 2008, the industry produced more than 374.2 billion square feet of materials, translating to more than 40 billion packages for safe shipment of food, clothing and durable goods to millions of customers around the world.
Corrugated is cost-effective and reliable, while attracting eco-conscious customers who prefer to choose sustainably packaged products. It's the responsible choice that pays off.
Corrugated Packaging & Displays
For the corrugated packaging and displays industry, digital printing represents new challenges and opportunities to exploit. Well established and conservative, the corrugated industry has for many years faced difficulties in responding to short-run production job demands due to high pre-press and set-up costs. In times of economic sluggishness and reduced consumer spending, marketers of consumer products find themselves in an on-going struggle to make a difference in a very competitive market. They must now actively seek new niche markets and put forth attractive promotions & campaigns. To achieve this, marketers need a flexible, cost effective, high-quality printing solution for the Packaging and POP displays they produce. For the converters, it is an opportunity to provide their customers with a very wide array of products, while manufacturing and selling high added-value products that generate increased revenues. In this view, short digital jobs for test marketing purposes can successfully lead to large long-term orders.
