Co-packers are rapidly becoming a preferred strategic solution that allows food and beverage manufacturers to focus on core competencies while achieving the market customization they require.
Whether that need is for primary, secondary or display packaging, co-packing operations are providing services that range from graphics and structural design services to logistics management. That need has blossomed into a US contract packaging marketplace estimated at between $17.5 and $21.5 billion and growing at 15 to 20 percent annually, according to Contract Packaging: Strategic Opportunities & Profit Potential, a new research report from Packaging Strategies.