WHAT TO EXPECT


Immediate Assessment • Flexographers see significant sales growth in 2017—the vast majority expect a 5–10% increases in volume.


• Packaging’s share of print market pegged at over 40% with flexography responsible for 77%.


• Pundits see 5–6% annual growth, 2017–2020.


Short-Term Outlook • Multi-process combination printing, sustainable practices, automated workflows, Lean manufacturing, and food safety guidelines impact production.


• Statistical process control boosts quality while ensuring predictability and repeatability.


Take on Tomorrow • Package printing sales forecast at hundreds of billions of dollars. Most optimistic analysis says 2020 sales will approach $998 billion–$1 trillion.


• Flexography’s share of packaging market is seen at 75%. • Reinvestment is key.


• Focus on training and skills development remains top priority.


Still others were more specific when it came to next steps. “We’re purchasing a digital press.” Someone else hints at migrating increasingly into flexible packaging, shrink sleeves, and high-end wine and spirit labeling. Many, many more voice this pledge,


“We will fill the press we have, then get another.” A final piece of cautionary advice is, “Don’t get caught with outdated software and hardware. Stay on top!”


Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) is a professional society dedicated to bringing all members of the flexographic printing community—printers, suppliers, consumer prod- uct companies, institutions, prepress houses and others— together by providing opportunities for the free exchange of technical ideas, discussion of mutual concerns, and position- ing of flexography as the printing process of choice within the global packaging community. It is a proponent of maintain- ing and advancing quality standards and includes 1,500 member sites employing more than 60,000 individuals.


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