DC Velocity: Strong demand, rising costs affect packaging strategies

“To a large degree, these price increases [we are seeing] are self-inflicted by the industry because [shippers] are using large packages, usually too large,” says Packsize Executive Chairman Hanko Kiessner. “What would happen to the market if every package was sized right? We could save 30% of the total demand for packaging material—in this case, paper.” Read the full article here.