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Flexible Packaging Wrap That Blog

How Converters Can Maintain Market Share

Paul Gaster
August 15, 2017

PCI Wood Mackenzie recently published a study on the North American converted flexible packaging market, which estimated sales in the United States, Canada and Mexico at $23.5 billion in 2016, growing by 4.5 percent in value terms during the year. 


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Industry Insights: Films

North American BOPET Film Industry Expands

Paul Gaster
May 31, 2013
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Over the last fifteen years four companies have remained at the forefront of BOPET film production in the US and, in fact, globally – DuPont-Teijin, Toray, Mitsubishi and SKC.
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Private Equity Reshaping the Flexible Packaging Industry

Paul Gaster
March 15, 2013
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The past ten years has seen significant industry consolidation in the world flexible packaging market, especially at the local and regional level.


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