- Flexible Packaging

• Generally, flexible packaging is classified by materials or products.

By Materials

• Paper
• Plastic bags/Sheets/wraps
• Aluminum foil

By Products

• Bags - Plastic and Paper
  • Paper Bags/ Wax Paper
  • Sandwich/Freezer/Food Storage Bags
• Converted aluminum foil products

• Overall, flexible packaging expects to reach $26.57 billion by 2010 in the United States.
• The largest market for flexible packaging is food (retail and institutional), accounting for over 57 percent of shipments.

- Why use flexible packaging?

• Save Energy
• Less packaging material is used at source than using rigid packaging, such as plastic food containers. Environmental organizations and state governments recommended using recyclable materials and reducing layers of packaging when designing and manufacturing products.
• Rising raw materials cost has been a challenge to all food packaging products, such as petrochemical-based products, pulp paper, aluminum, as well as transportation costs. By utilizing packaging with lighter weight and less raw materials, it will reduce cost of production and transportation tremendously.