Beverage Packaging in Spain
Euromonitor International's Beverage Packaging in Spain offers insight into the market at a national level. It provides analysis of the packaging trends in each beverage sector (alcoholic drinks, hot drinks and soft drinks) and monitors market performance by pack type including industry penetration levels, end-use applications and potential growth categories. Five year forecasts illustrate how the market is set to change.
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Chapters: 9 | Tables: 24 | Publication date: Jan 2007
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Table of contents
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Spanish market: growth of economic activity
Traditional packaging continues to dominate
Two different channels
2. BEVERAGE PACKAGING TRENDS
2.1 MARKET COMPOSITION AND PERFORMANCE
Glass bottles penetrates the Spanish beverage market
PET bottles continues to growYet some issues remain unresolved
Metal beverage cans can
Liquid cartons stay healthy
and stable despite threats from PET
Flexible aluminium/plastic comfortable within hot drinks
Table 1 Beverage Packaging by Pack Type 2005
Chart 1 Beverage Packaging by Pack Type: % Breakdown 2005
2.2 ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
No doubt – glass bottles is the hero in alcoholic drinks
Metal beverage cans continues the race in beer
PET bottles saw the light in beer and FABs
New developments in off-trade beer
Bag-in-box and brick-shape liquid cartons – alliance in low quality wine and spirits
Regulations prevent packaging innovations in spirits
Table 2 On-trade vs Off-trade Alcoholic Drinks Packaging by Pack Type 2005
Chart 2 Total Alcoholic Drinks Packaging by Pack Type: % Growth 2004/2005
2.3 SOFT DRINKS
Soft drinks more healthy
PET bottles continues its expansion quest
Growing demand for functional drinks favours metal beverage cans
Carbonates look for new face
backed by multipack sales
Table 3 On-trade vs Off-trade Soft Drinks Packaging by Pack Type 2005
Chart 3 Total Soft Drinks Packaging by Pack Type: % Growth 2004/2005
2.4 HOT DRINKS
Discrete growth with dependence on chocolate-based drinks
Coffee sticks with standard packaging
Healthy use of folding cartons in tea
Plastic jars reliant on other hot drinks
Metal tins resists obvious decline
Table 4 Off-trade Hot Drinks Packaging by Pack Type 2005
Chart 4 Off-trade Hot Drinks Packaging by Pack Type: % Breakdown 2005
Chart 5 Off-trade Hot Drinks Packaging by Pack Type: % Growth 2004/2005
2.5 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTS
Increasing health & wellness trend drove innovations
Instant coffee – convenience drives innovation
New developments in glass bottles for water
New developments in metal beverage cans for soft drinks
Technology helps
Summary 1 New Beverage Packaging Developments 2005/2006
2.6 RETURNABLE VS NON-RETURNABLE
2.7 THE GIFT MARKET IN ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
Promotions with little future
2.8 TOTAL BEVERAGE PACKAGING FUTURE PERFORMANCE
PET's expansion to go against glass bottles
Glass bottles to rely on alcoholic drinks to stay in control
Metal beverage cans set to continue consolidation
No further variations in liquid cartons
Metal tins surrenders to folding cartons in hot drinks
Chart 6 Forecast Total Sales of Beverage Packaging by Pack Type: % Growth 2005-2010
2.9 POTENTIAL GROWTH CATEGORIES
PET bottles: high expectations in fruit/vegetable juice
New sizes in water
Metal beverage cans: the individual option
New packaging for new product concepts
Pouches in the Spanish market
Summary 2 Growth Potential in Beverage Packaging by Pack Type and Size 2005-2010
2.10 UNPACKAGED BEVERAGES
Unpackaged beverages in Spain are marginal
3. RIGID PLASTIC PACKAGING TRENDS
3.1 PERFORMANCE
Rigid plastic enjoys good performance thanks to PET
Table 5 Rigid Plastic Packaging by Pack Type and by End-use Application 2005
3.2 PET BOTTLES VS HDPE/OTHER PLASTIC BOTTLES
PET bottles no doubt the bread winner of rigid plastic family
Table 6 PET Bottles vs HDPE/Other Plastic Bottles 1998/2005/2010
3.3 MAJOR END-USE APPLICATIONS FOR PET BOTTLES
Bottled water and carbonates the leaders of the pack
Functional drinks and RTD tea – room for further expansion
Attempted expansion in alcoholic drinks is welcome
Table 7 PET Bottle Packaging by Major End-use Application
3.4 FUTURE PERFORMANCE
PET bottles is most popular beverage packaging
Plastic jars mainly used in chocolate-based hot drinks
Table 8 Forecast Consumption of Rigid Plastic Packaging by Pack Type: 2005-2010
Chart 7 Forecast Consumption of Rigid Plastic Packaging by Pack Type:% Growth 2005-2010
3.5 POTENTIAL GROWTH CATEGORIES
Fruit/vegetable juice consumption rising
The packages price trends to equalise
The future: PLA plastics
Summary 3 Growth Potential in Rigid Plastic Packaging by End-use Application 2005/2010
4. METAL PACKAGING TRENDS
4.1 PERFORMANCE
Metal beverage cans shows good growth
Metal bottles remains marginal, metal tins decreases
Chart 8 Historic Growth of Metal Beverage Cans by End-use Application 2004/2005
4.2 FUTURE PERFORMANCE
Metal packaging reduced to cans and kegs
Factors in favour of metal beverage cans
Factors against metal beverage cans
Table 9 Forecast Metal Packaging by End-use Application: 2005-2010
4.3 POTENTIAL GROWTH CATEGORIES
Beverage cans in functional drinks
Cans expected to continue to prevail in beer
Summary 4 Growth Potential in Metal Packaging by End-use Application 2005-2010
5. FLEXIBLE PACKAGING TRENDS
5.1 PERFORMANCE
Flexible packaging mainly used in fresh coffee
Table 10 Growth of Flexible Packaging by Pack Type 1998-2005 and 2005-2010
5.2 POUCHES
Pouches mainly for fresh coffee beans
Table 11 Performance of Pouches by End-use Application: 2005/2010
5.3 POTENTIAL GROWTH CATEGORIES
Fresh coffee almost exclusively in flexible packaging
The new specialities: instant coffee
Flexible packaging also introduced in tea
Summary 5 Growth Potential in Flexible Packaging by End-use Application: 2005-2010
6. GLASS PACKAGING TRENDS
6.1 PERFORMANCE
Wine and spirits loyal to glass
Beer refuses to give up on glass
Glass declined in some corners of soft drinks
Table 12 Glass Beverage Packaging by Pack Type and by End-use Application 2005
6.2 FUTURE PERFORMANCE
Wine and spirits will remain true to glass bottles
On-the-go consumption rallies against glass packaging
Table 13 Forecast Consumption of Glass Packaging: 2005-2010
6.3 POTENTIAL GROWTH CATEGORIES
Premium and foreign beer
Summary 6 Growth Potential in Glass Packaging by End-use Application 2005-2010
7. LIQUID CARTON PACKAGING TRENDS
7.1 INDUSTRY PENETRATION
Liquid cartons: basically fruit/vegetable juice
Lower quality wine: good performance for brick-shape liquid cartons
Nominal presence in the rest of soft drinks
Table 14 Liquid Carton Packaging by Pack Type and by End-use Application 2005
7.2 PERFORMANCE
Fruit/vegetable juice sees further expansion of gable-top liquid cartons
Liquid carton packaging in wine
7.3 POTENTIAL GROWTH CATEGORIES
New closure feature in brick-shape liquid cartons
Family vs on-the-go consumption
Summary 7 Growth Potential in Liquid Carton Packaging by End-use Application 2005-2010
8. MULTIPACK PACKAGING TRENDS
8.1 INDUSTRY PENETRATION
Important sales of multipack packaging
Multipack carbonates for cans and bottles
Multipacks of bottled water replace large plastic packaging
Multipack beer: cans and bottles
Multipack for wine: premium sales
Table 15 Penetration of Multipacks by Pack Type 2005
8.2 KEY TRENDS IN MULTIPACKS
The expansion of multipack
Carton multipacks continue to use glass bottles
Plastic rim applied carriers for metal beverage cans
8.3 POTENTIAL GROWTH CATEGORIES
Bottled water, beer, functional drinks and RTD tea: all potential growth areas
Shrink wrap, plastic rim applied carriers and fully enclosed carton
Summary 8 Growth Potential of Multipacks by End-use Application 2005-2010
9. BEVERAGES CLOSURES
Closures for liquid cartons
New closure for big sizes of bottled water
Sports caps for individual formats
Plastic screw closures for spirits
Metal crowns: the closure for individual glass bottles
Marginal plastic overcaps
Glass wine glass bottles loyal to cork
Table 16 Beverages Closures 2005