First, the collapse in transportation costs has
stretched value chains across sometimes dozens of countries, so that most trade consists of intermediate goods, not finished goods.
Not exact matches
Today, many firms typically participate in the production of a given manufactured product, trading all along the
value chain that
stretches from raw materials to finished good.
Here the latest innovations in the plastic packaging
value chain were on display for you — from raw materials, preform manufacture,
stretch blow - moulding technology, filling systems and closure production to labelling, recycling and accessories.