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Source: FPA • flexpack.org


Other

15%

Glass

3%

Misc. Rigid Plastics & Bottles

15%

Metal Cans

10%

Flexible

19%

Paperboard

14%

Corrugated

24%

Total: $183 Billion

Total U.S. Packaging Market % Breakdown by Segment

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Leading at 24%, corrugated packaging growth due to e-commerce demand and developments in digital printing technologies.

Coming in second with at 19%, the US flexible packaging industry is witnessing a healthy growth, as the industry is able to implement innovative solutions for the many packaging challenges it faced. According to the Flexible Packaging Association, brand owners are taking on films, pouches, and bags as a go-to packaging solution, acknowledgements in part to extensive acceptance by American consumers.

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