The booming Indian economy and a flourishing organised retail have raised the expectations that consumption of corrugated packaging will begin to expand again as the number and volume of goods packaged in corrugated increases. MNCs are demanding corrugated boxes of international standards and the pattern of buying the packaging is changing.
Prices of corrugated sheet and converted boxes have remained low due to the over-capacity, manual operations and low productivity. Besides, transport constraints and high freight costs have meant that small to medium sized corrugated box plants are located near the customers.
The over 4,000 corrugated board and sheet plants are highly labour-intensive, employing over half a million people – both directly and indirectly. The industry is converting about 2 million tons of Kraft paper into corrugated boxes. Factories are spreadout in all parts of India, even in the remote industrially backward areas.
This present scenario is already being challenged by the sweeping changes that are beginning to take shape. More and more in-line automatic plants are being set up, as corrugated box makers gear up to meet the new demands for high precision boxes with attractive graphics and large integrated production capacities.
Disclaimer:
It has come to our notice that fictitious solicitations are circulated by the name of the FCBM President on the
Internet by fake email ID.
The purpose of these announcements is to obtain privileged information from individuals, or to induce people to make
fraudulent payments. The matter has been referred to appropriate authorities for investigation and necessary
actions.
Should you have any doubts about the authenticity of an email communication purportedly from, for, or on behalf of
FCBM President, please send us an email query on admin@fcbm.org before taking any further action in
relation to the correspondence.