Alive 'N Kickin': The State-of-the-lndustry in 2013

摘要

Flexible packaging converters today face a myriad of challenges: eco-friendly designs, raw materials price swings, new flexographic printing and process technologies, labor shortages, demanding customers, ferocious competitors, both domestic and foreign...enough to make the squeamish sit on the sidelines. I always tell people that, if they are still in business in 2013: "Congratulations!" Many companies did not make it, either due to buyouts, mergers, losing major customers or succession issues. Now, the challenge is designing the company to be more nimble and agile, running at a lower cost, being more responsive and more competitive in its chosen market segments.