May 2021 – Corrugated Packaging

The demand for corrugated packaging material has increased each year by roughly 3.5%, since 2018. And this upward trend is expected to continue. These gains contradict those who had predicted a slight global slowdown in corrugated consumption just a year or so ago. They didn’t foresee the explosion in e-commerce trade & the forward-thinking in the digital-print technologies. The result: an increased demand for corrugated packaging. In this video, Sarah Scudder Mark Oser, Dana Welder, Tim Mages, Cory Connors, Brian Gately discuss: 1) Are you getting what you expect from the supplier? 2) Are the boxes you are buying spec'd optimally for your actual requirements? 3) Why are all the price increases happening? Are there shortages in the market? 4) How can we, the buyers, generate savings on corrugated with all the price increases? 5) Do you see flexible packaging as a competitor to corrugate or a compliment to corrugate? Are there opportunities where they could work together in a manner that reduces the overall packaging footprint? === Video Highlights === 00:01 Introduction to RSN and Sarah Scudder 01:27 Guest Introductions & Sharing Favorite Corrugated Packaging Stories 13:32 What is Corrugated Packaging? 22:53 What should people do in regards to spec'ing and how to work with suppliers? 44:23 Is flexible packaging a competitor to corrugated packaging?