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http://dx.doi.org/10.20909/kopast.2016.22.3.135

Outline of Korean Packaging Industry  

Kang, Dong Ho (Korea Packaging Center, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology)
Hwang, Sung Wook (Korea Packaging Center, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology)
Shim, Jin Kie (Korea Packaging Center, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology)
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KOREAN JOURNAL OF PACKAGING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY / v.22, no.3, 2016 , pp. 135-142 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper describes an overview of the packaging industry in Korea. Packaging plays an important role to connect the dot between primary and secondary industry. Moreover, it performs the visual merchandising of product, resulting in synergetic effect with quality of merchandise. As more convergence of primary and secondary industry accelerates, packaging industry became more competitive as well as critical area. Korea Packaging Center (KOPACK) in Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) has conducted the national market survey of packaging industry since 2010, biannually. Firstly, Korea packaging industry was categorized. For defining the Korea packaging industry, Korea Standard Industry Code (KSIC) is used to divide the group into wood, paper, plastic, glass, metal and packaging machinery. Based on these categories, the market size was estimated with survey of 2,180 packaging companies. In this study, the results of this survey are summarized, and the key trends of each category are described.
Keywords
Korea packaging industry; Descriptive statistics; Trend;
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