Nirav Desai, Contributing writer

Here’s a story that happened this summer. A crate of avocados traveled from California to British Columbia. Upon receiving the shipment, the distributor realized the whole crate of fruit was rotten and completely unsellable.

With the breadth of films available for flexible packaging, printers and converters are reaching new heights in both printing quality and capabilities.

When major coffee manufacturers introduced single-serve coffee pods a few years ago, they probably weren’t bargaining for national news coverage and contentious debates.