Food and beverage packaging is one of the most significant components of the packaging market, for which the U.S. is the largest global market. Growth of food and beverage packaging is approximately 3% annually, with the market is being driven by important innovations and technological developments. Packaging for foods and beverages is primarily designed to preserve and protect the contents; secondarily, it serves as a marketing tool to attract consumers. Today’s innovations add a new dimension-environmental concern. Once thought of as only recycling, sustainability refers the entire life cycle of products. Considerations of packaging’s sustainability include analysis of source materials, the manufacturing/production processes and technologies, transportation and distribution, and end-of-life scenarios. Sustainability is a relatively new issue for the industry, in which key players acknowledge being in the early stages of the learning curve. At the same time sustainability policies are nearly universal among packaging companies, which are sensitive to the environmental, economic, regulatory, and public image aspects of the issue. Methodology The information in this report is based on both primary and secondary research. Primary research entailed in-depth interviews with industry executives and analysts to obtain information on new product trends, industry influences, marketing programs, and technological innovations. Secondary research entailed data gathering from government sources, trade associations, business journals, transcripts, company literature and websites, and research reports. Shipment statistics were derived from the U.S. Census of Manufacturers and the Annual Survey of Manufactures, estimated and forecasted by SBI. Price trends were tracked from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index. Additional information was derived from data provided by Datamonitor’s Productscan. The consumer demographics analysis was developed using data from Simmons Market Research Bureau’s (New York, NY) summer 2008 consumer survey. What You’ll Get in This Report Sustainable ("Green") Packaging Market for Food and Beverage Worldwide, 2nd Edition makes important predictions and recommendations regarding the future of this market, and pinpoints ways current and prospective marketers can capitalize on current trends and spearhead new ones. No other market research report provides both the comprehensive analysis and extensive data that Sustainable ("Green") Packaging Market for Food and Beverage Worldwide, 2nd Edition offers. Sustainable ("Green") Packaging Market for Food and Beverage Worldwide, 2nd Edition includes the following five packaging material categories:
The report presents industry historical statistics (2003-2008) and forecasts to 2013 for sustainable food and beverage packaging production for both the U.S. and international markets. It also includes data on global municipal waste production and recovery data. The report identifies key drivers of and trends affecting the marketplace, discusses marketing and distribution challenges, profiles major manufacturers, and examines end user attitudes and behaviors. Plus, you’ll benefit from extensive data, presented in easy-to-read and practical charts, tables and graphs. How You’ll Benefit From This Report If your company is involved with the packaging industry, you will find this report invaluable as it provides or uses these products, you will find this report invaluable, as it provides a comprehensive package of information and insight about sustainability issues not offered in any other single source. You will gain a thorough understanding of the current market for sustainable packaging in the food and beverage industry, as well as projected market demand and trends through 2013. This report will help:
About the Author Mary Hopkins (Berwyn, PA) has been in market research for more than 25 years, as analyst, instructor, and manager. She has written several bestselling reports for SBI.
Market Insights: A Selection From The Report The Sustainable Packaging Coalition uses the following criteria to describe sustainable packaging:
Sustainability Issues All-New Report from SBI Examines Gains in Worldwide Food and Beverage Sustainable Packaging Market New York, April 7, 2009 - New SBI market research report Sustainable (“Green”) Packaging Market for Food and Beverage Worldwide, 2nd Edition examines the many gains that have been made in the food and beverage sustainable packaging markets since SBI reported on it in 2006. Completely updated, this new report’s features include international and U.S. market data history (2004-2008) and forecasts 2009-2013 and valuable primary research including interviews with corporate representatives, association executives, and editors of industry publications, which adds insight and intelligence unavailable in any other report. This new SBI report presents total market size and growth, shipments, imports and exports of food and beverage packaging by category (paper, plastic, metal, glass, and flexible); economic trends; industry trends and factors for growth; overview of marketing and promotion opportunities; profiles of leading manufacturers/marketers in each packaging category; data on global municipal waste production and recovery data; and marketing and distribution challenges. The extensive data is augmented by practical, easy-to-read charts, tables and graphs. Demand for sustainability is one of the most significant drivers for environmental efforts and innovations in the food and beverage packaging industry, particularly during this economic downturn due to economic benefits to companies. Wal-Mart and other major retailers have developed standards and requirements for their suppliers which not only highlight environmental concerns, help control product, energy, and waste disposal costs. Sustainable (“Green”) Packaging Market for Food and Beverage Worldwide, 2nd Edition details activity involving one of the most important innovations in the sustainable packaging industry today: biodegradable plastics; analyzes the fastest growing food and beverage packaging material, flexible, which is projected to grow 6% (CAGR) over the next five years; and examines how foreign regulations are significantly influencing U.S. companies’ adoption of sustainable policies and practices. About SBI
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