Abhishek Muralidharan and Noel D cunha look at the packaging trends in India and how the industry is trying to cope with the pandemic blues
Kirit Modi of Indian Corrugated Case Manufacturers Association (ICCMA) cautioned the delegates during a webinar by saying, China is the X factor in 2021. His rationale, China is the largest consumer and importer of containerboard in the world; it is the largest exporter of manufactured goods, which need packaging. Modi is quite right. China is the first nation to recover from the virus impact and notch a positive GDP. How 2021 unfolds for the corrugation industry (and indeed packaging) will depend on this X factor.