The World Market for Flexible Packaging
Euromonitor International's The World Market for Flexible Packaging market report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at an international level. It provides the latest retail sales data, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be they new product developments, packaging innovations, economic/lifestyle influences, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts illustrate how the market is set to change.
Chapters: 7 | Tables: 11 | Publication date: Jun 2008
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- Get insight into trends in market performance
- Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change
- Identify market and brand leaders and understand the competitive environment
Regional coverage
Western Europe; Eastern Europe; North America; Latin America; Asia-Pacific; Oceania; Africa and the Middle East
Table of contents
EXECUTIVE BRIEFING
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KEY TRENDS AND PROSPECTS
HEADLINES
POUCHES SURGE INTO NEW APPLICATIONS AND REGIONS
Outlook
Impact
OIL AND RAW MATERIALS PRICES ON LONG-TERM UPWARDS TRAJECTORY
Outlook
Impact
INCREASING ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION AND AWARENESS
Outlook
Impact
UNEVEN GLOBAL GROWTH HAS SHIFTED FOCUS
Outlook
Impact
FOCUS ON FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
HEADLINES
TRENDS
PROSPECTS
FOCUS ON STAND-UP POUCHES
HEADLINES
TRENDS
PROSPECTS
REGIONAL MARKET INSIGHT
HEADLINES
FRESH PASTEURISED MILK REPRESENTS HUGE GROWTH FOR FLEXIBLE PLASTIC IN INDIA
ALUMINIUM/ PLASTIC POUCHES SEE MASSIVE GROWTH IN WESTERN EUROPE
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING PERFORMING POORLY IN NORTH AMERICAN FOOD
ASIA-PACIFIC BECOMES A GREATER FOCUS AS VOLUMES EXPLODE
EASTERN EUROPE SEES STRONG GROWTH IN FOOD APPLICATIONS FOR BLISTER AND STRIP PACKS
PLASTIC POUCHES GROW IN NORTH AMERICAN SOFT DRINKS
ALUMINIUM FOIL IS FALLING IN DEVELOPED MARKETS
BRICS (BRAZIL/RUSSIA/INDIA/CHINA)
Overview
Pouches are sealing off more of the market
Flexible plastic increases dominance
Smoking drives flexible packaging growth
Growth in premium packaging threatens flexibles
Baby booming
Factors for success
Summary 1 Brazil: Ranking of Major Flexible Packaging Manufacturers 2007
Summary 2 Russia: Ranking of Major Flexible Packaging Manufacturers 2007
Summary 3 India: Ranking of Major Flexible Packaging Manufacturers 2007
Summary 4 China: Ranking of Major Flexible Packaging Manufacturers 2007
Summary 5 Major Flexible Packaging Players Presence in BRIC 2007 (number of plants)
Prospects
Table 1 BRIC Markets for Flexible packaging: Total retail unit volumes 1998/2006/2011
CORPORATE STRATEGIES
HEADLINES
RIO TINTO SCOOPS ALCAN
FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN CHINA AND INDIA
CONSOLIDATION THROUGHOUT REGIONS DRIVEN BY COST SAVINGS AND ECONOMIES OF SCALE
INNOVATION IS DRIVING GROWTH IN NICHE MATERIALS
MAJOR PLAYERS’ COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE
Comparative Sales Performance
Table 2 Leading Flexible Packaging Players: Sales Development 2006/2007
MAJOR PLAYERS BY REGION
North America
Asia-Pacific
Europe
Summary 6 Major Flexible Packaging Manufacturers 2007
Summary 7 Top Three Flexible Packaging Manufacturers by Region 2007
STRATEGIC ACTIVITY
Merger & Acquisition Activity
Refocusing of activities/divestments
Summary 8 Flexible Packaging: Merger & Acquisition Activity 2007-2008
OUTLOOK
GROWTH FOR POUCHES IN SINGLE SERVE AND SHARE PACKS
STRONG GROWTH FOR FLEXIBLE PLASTIC IN IMPULSE PRODUCTS AND BOOMING IN BABY FOOD
ALUMINIUM FOIL BENEFITS FROM PREMIUM SNACKING TRENDS
TOBACCO GROWTH WILL BE THE KEY DRIVER FOR FUTURE FLEXIBLE PAPER GROWTH
FLEXIBLE ALUMINIUM/PLASTIC WILL GROW IN BEVERAGES
SMOKING AND PET OWNERSHIP TO DRIVE FLEXIBLE ALUMINIUM/PAPER
FLEXIBLE PAPER/PLASTIC WILL SHOW INCREASES IN ASIAN BATH AND SHOWER PRODUCTS
BLISTER AND STRIP PACKS TO PERFORM WELL IN NON-FOOD AREAS
Summary 9 Growth Potential in Flexible Packaging by End-use Application 2006-2011