Article: Packaging industry struggles to fund R&D; U.S. suppliers pushed to innovate, meet sustainability requirements.(News)(Company overview)

Byline: Dan Hockensmith

Here's a snapshot of the packaging industry in 2008: innovative, increasingly global, working toward a shared vision of sustainability - and strapped for cash.

More than 20 speakers - including representatives from Kraft Foods Inc. and Procter & Gamble Co. - shared their views on the changing landscape, focusing on such issues as packaging innovation and supplier-manufacturer relationships, at the Packaging Strategies Summit Meeting 2008. The event took place March 12-14 in Fort Lauderdale.

Keynote speaker Robert Barnden, global leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers of New York, said the Big Four auditor's annual global CEO ...

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