| ient times, the main function of packaging was | | | | Major sectors likely to influence the Packaging |
| confined to the containment, like water bag | | | | Industry at least for the next decade, are as |
| (made of animal skin) used to store water. But | | | | follows:a. Electronic Business Processing.b. |
| today, the key purpose of the packaging is about | | | | Convenience Packaging.c. Supply Chain |
| the protection, transportation and conveyance of | | | | Management.d. Marketabilitye. Other benefits like |
| goods to the final destination of consumption. The | | | | Labeling, Tamper Evidence, Freshness.f. |
| size of the packaging industry in India is | | | | Environment-Friendly |
| approximately of USD 14.7 billion and is expected | | | | Corrugated packaging is also termed as |
| to grow by 15 percent annually. The reasons that | | | | convenience packaging. It serves more than |
| have given substantial impetus to the industry | | | | beyond the key purpose of preserving and |
| include tremendous rise in the retail sector of the | | | | protecting the products. Some of the benefits it |
| country, improving lifestyle of middle income | | | | provides are as follows:a. Consumers want |
| group and rapid growth in exports that demands | | | | expediently packed products that are easy to |
| for excellent packaging standards to cater to the | | | | open.b. For retailers, this form of packaging is |
| international market's needs. These demands are | | | | utilized as a dispenser, a marketing tool, with easy |
| fulfilled by corrugated box packaging industry in | | | | to display feature.c. Corrugated boxes also serve |
| India. | | | | as shipping container. |
| Factors contributing to the growth of Indian | | | | Today, the use of good quality corrugated boxes |
| Corrugated Industry- | | | | is preferred highly in every sector, whether it's |
| With the increasing consumption of corrugated | | | | Pharmaceuticals, electronics or anything else. It is |
| boxes all across the country and in overseas | | | | believed that if corrugated boxes cannot stand |
| from over the last decade, the industry | | | | with the transportation risks, no other form of |
| experienced a sudden growth. The production of | | | | packaging material can compensate for the |
| corrugated box per day per single facer has | | | | products damage. Its capability to present the |
| increased to 2724 from 1387 kgs. Following are | | | | products an attractive and influencing appearance |
| the factors leading to the growth of the | | | | is its main feature. India is becoming global player |
| industry'a. Process Food Industryb. Electronic | | | | in the corrugated packaging scenario, after |
| Industryc. Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Packingd. | | | | Pharma and Process Food Industry. |
| Consumer Durables | | | | |