As the saying goes, you only get one chance to make a first impression. In the packaging world, flexible packaging is considered by many to be the optimal way for a company to put its best foot forward.
Necessity for lightweight and easy to carry products will drive the spout liquid pouch packaging market size. Improved consumer experience accompanied by ease in consumption and stain-free properties will support growth.
Any trip to the supermarket reveals the latest trend in flexible packaging: stand-up pouches. Aisles are swelling with SUPs as big brands like M&M/Mars, Hershey, Kellogg’s and General Mills switch from lay-flat bags or bag-in-box to stand-up pouches.
Bemis recently launched its latest innovation, Encore ultra-clear recyclable film. The technology combines readily recyclable material with transparency.
ProAmpac has acquired Gateway Packaging Co., a flexible packaging and technical products company headquartered in White House, Tenn. Gateway is one of the largest pet food packaging manufacturers in North America, offering multi-wall bags, stand-up pouches, small- and large-format quad-seal bags, box pouches, roll stock, treat bags and hybrid bags.
Elif’s new Elif2Pouch pre-made pouch solution combines sustainability, convenience, performance and cost-efficiency. The company claims its neo-eco packaging solution is the next step in how sustainability is addressed in packaging innovation.
Stand-up pouches(SUPs) is now one of the fastest growing flexible packaging formats with global demand expected to pass 90 billion units in 2017, according to a report from AMI. The favorable development of the total supply chain cost of stand-up pouches and their stronger proposition to promote sustainability compared with rigid packaging alternatives will continue to be the key drivers of demand.
