Plastics packaging: from self-heating tea containers to cases for self-destructing DVDs:...

Plastics continue making strides against paperboard, glass, and other traditional packaging materials. Even the venerable coffee can is being replaced by a plastic canister, improved materials, processing and converting machine advances, production line-speed increases, innovative packaging technologies, and demand for increased product visibility are driving the growth of plastics in nearly all packaging markets.

According to business researchers at the Freedonia Group, demand for plastics packaging will increase even more rapidly based on good opportunities for both f