US food container demand to reach $25 billion in 2013 US food container demand is projected to reach $25 billion in 2013. Gains will be based on an expanding population base, real growth (albeit decelerated) in disposable personal income, smaller household sizes, consumer demand for foods offering a combination of convenience and value, and trends toward value-added packaging providing enhanced freshness protection ...
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US food container demand to reach $25 billion in 2013
US food container demand is projected to reach $25 billion in 2013. Gains will be based on an expanding population base, real growth (albeit decelerated) in disposable personal income, smaller household sizes, consumer demand for foods offering a combination of convenience and value, and trends toward value-added packaging providing enhanced freshness protection and convenience of use. Unit expansion will be aided by the growing popularity of single-serving packaging, such as plastic cups and pouches, in an increasing range of applications, with such formats increasingly chosen to meet consumer demand for food products offering convenience and portability.
Plastic food containers to grow the fastest
Plastic containers, and bags and pouches will experience the fastest growth among food container types, often supplanting paperboard, metal and glass containers. Plastic container advances in the US will be attributable to performance advantages over glass, metal and paperboard alternatives, as well as improved resin and processing technologies. While rapid price increases in recent years have reduced plastic’s cost advantage versus paper, metal and glass, plastic containers have a well-entrenched market position and their excellent product protection qualities will sustain continued opportunities. Opportunities for bags and pouches will be the result of cost and performance advantages that will enable continued inroads into rigid packaging applications. Moreover, the source reduction advantages of flexible packaging such as bags and pouches will support gains as brand owners seek to enhance the environmental friendliness of their packaging. Though expected to grow more slowly, paperboard food container demand will be aided by heightened demand for recycled content packaging and the promotion of paper as a renewable resource as part of efforts to “go green” in packaging. In addition, aseptic cartons will log robust gains in soups and canned specialties, and sauces and condiments, often at the expense of metal cans. Greater use of metal food cans with differentiating features, such as easyopening and/or resealable tops and nontraditional can types, such as retortable aluminum bowls and shaped cans, is anticipated. Moreover, cans will remain an important segment of the food container mix due to their long shelf life and the economic advantages of canned items in controlling food expenditures. Glass container demand is expected to continue to decline as a result of further inroads by plastic and flexible containers. Nonetheless, glass’ high quality image will enable it to remain an important part of the container mix in certain markets.
Frozen specialties, sauces and condiments among best market opportunities
Markets expected to post above-average growth include frozen specialties, sauces and condiments, snack food, dairy products, fruit and vegetables, and meat and related products. Advances in these markets will reflect favorable shipment growth and/or an increased presence of convenience-oriented products.
Study coverage
This new industry study, Food Containers, presents historical demand data (1998, 2003, 2008) plus forecasts for 2013 and 2018 by product and market.The study also considers market environment factors, evaluates company market share and profiles 37 industry competitors.
Food Industry in the United States
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION xi
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1
II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT 4
General 4
Macroeconomic Outlook 5
Demographic Trends 9
Consumer Income & Spending Trends 12
Retail Sales Outlook 14
Food Industry Overview 17
Consumer Preferences 20
Distribution Trends 22
Packaging Industry Overview 24
Competitive Packaging Forms & Materials 28
Pricing Trends 29
Plastic 32
Bags & Pouches 33
Paperboard 35
Metal 36
Glass 37
Environmental & Regulatory Issues 37
Recycling 39
Biodegradable Materials 43
International Activity & Foreign Trade 45
III. FOOD CONTAINER MARKETS 48
General 48
Fruits & Vegetables 50
Fruit & Vegetable Outlook 51
Container Trends 52
Grain Mill Products 57
Grain Mill Product Outlook 58
Container Trends 60
Pet Food 61
Other Grain Mill Products 66
Dairy Products 69
Dairy Product Outlook 70
Container Trends 72
Baked Goods 77
Baked Goods Outlook 77
Container Trends 79
Meat & Related Products 82
Meat & Related Product Outlook 83
Container Trends 85
Meat, Poultry & Seafood 86
Egg Cartons 92
Sauces & Condiments 94
Sauce & Condiment Outlook 95
Container Trends 96
Snack Foods 100
Snack Food Outlook 101
Container Trends 103
Candy & Confections 106
Candy & Confection Outlook 107
Container Trends 108
Frozen Specialties 114
Frozen Specialties Outlook 114
Container Trends 116
Other Foods 120
Other Foods Outlook 120
Container Trends 123
Soups & Canned Specialties 124
Coffee & Tea 127
Fats & Oils 132
Baby Food 134
All Other Food 137
IV. CONTAINER OVERVIEW 141
General 141
Container Demand 143
V. BAGS & POUCHES 147
General 147
Plastic Bags & Pouches 151
Pouches 152
Definition 154
Applications 155
Producers 159
Bags 161
Applications 161
Producers 163
Paper Bags & Pouches 165
Applications 167
Producers 169
Markets 171
VI. PAPERBOARD FOOD CONTAINERS 180
General 180
Paperboard Boxes & Cartons 182
Folding Cartons 184
Applications 185
Producers 188
Other Boxes & Cartons 189
Gabletop Cartons 190
Set-Up Boxes 193
Aseptic Cartons 194
Other Paperboard Containers 197
Nonfolding Sanitary Containers 199
Composite Cans 201
Molded Pulp Egg Cartons 204
Markets 206
VII. METAL FOOD CONTAINERS 213
General 213
Container Types & Materials 216
Steel & Bi-Metal Cans 218
Aluminum Cans 219
Aerosol Cans 220
Captive & Merchant Production 222
Markets 225
VIII. PLASTIC FOOD CONTAINERS 232
General 232
Plastic Bottles & Jars 235
Bottles 236
Jars 241
Resins 245
Producers 246
Plastic Tubs & Cups 248
Resins 253
Producers 255
Plastic Egg Cartons 256
Other Plastic Food Containers 258
Cans 259
Squeeze Tubes & Other 261
Markets 263
Resins 272
Polyethylene Terephthalate 274
High Density Polyethylene 276
Polypropylene 277
Polystyrene 278
Other 279
IX. GLASS FOOD CONTAINERS 282
General 282
Competitive Factors 285
Glass Jars 287
Glass Bottles 290
X. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 292
General 292
Market Share 297
Bags & Pouches 303
Paperboard Containers 305
Metal Containers 307
Plastic Containers 308
Glass Containers 310
Acquisitions & Divestitures 311
Product Manufacturing & Development 316
Marketing Strategies 319
Channels of Distribution 320
Competitive Strategies 321
Cooperative Agreements 323
Company Profiles 325
Alcan Packaging, see Rio Tinto
Amcor Limited 326
Ampac Packaging LLC 328
Anchor Glass Container Corporation 331
BagcraftPapercon, see Packaging Dynamics
Ball Corporation 332
Bemis Company Incorporated 334
Berry Plastics Corporation 338
Captive Holding Incorporated, see Berry Plastics
Caraustar Industries Incorporated 341
Carter Holt Harvey Limited 343
Consolidated Container Company LLC 345
Constar International Incorporated 346
Crown Holdings Incorporated 348
Cryovac Incorporated, see Sealed Air
Curwood Incorporated, see Bemis
Dolco Packaging, see Tekni-Plex
Evergreen Packaging Group, see Carter Holt Harvey
Exopack Holding Corporation 349
Floeter Flexible Packaging Group, see Ampac Packaging
Fold-Pak LLC, see Rock-Tenn
Graham Packaging Holdings Company 352
Graphic Packaging Holding Company 354
Hood Companies 358
Huhtamaki Oyj 360
Liquid Container LP 363
MeadWestvaco Corporation 364
Milprint Incorporated, see Bemis
Newspring Industrial Corporation, see Pactiv
Owens-Illinois Group Incorporated 366
Packaging Dynamics Corporation 367
Pactiv Corporation 368
Plastipak Holdings Incorporated 371
Pliant Corporation 372
Pohlig Brothers Incorporated, see Rock-Tenn
Polytainers Limited 374
Prairie Packaging Incorporated, see Pactiv
Printpack Incorporated 375
Reynolds Packaging Group 377
Ring Container Technologies 380
Rio Tinto Group 382
Rock-Tenn Company 384
RTS Packaging LLC, see Rock-Tenn and Sonoco Products
Saint-Gobain 388
Sealed Air Corporation 389
Setco LLC, see Berry Plastics
SIG Holding Limited 392
Silgan Holdings Incorporated 394
Solvay Paperboard LLC, see Rock-Tenn
Sonoco Products Company 396
Southern Container Corporation, see Rock-Tenn
Tekni-Plex Incorporated 399
Tetra Laval International SA 400
Tubed Products LLC, see Berry Plastics
Walsroder Packaging LLC, see Wihuri
Wihuri Oy 402
LIST OF TABLES
SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Summary Table 3
SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
1 Macroeconomic Indicators 9
2 Population & Households 12
3 Personal Consumption Expenditures 14
4 Retail Sales 16
5 Food Shipments 19
6 Packaging Shipments 27
7 Food Container Prices 32
SECTION III -- FOOD CONTAINER MARKETS
1 Food Container Demand by Market 49
2 Fruit & Vegetable Shipments 52
3 Fruit & Vegetable Container Demand by Material 53
4 Grain Mill Product Shipments 59
5 Grain Mill Product Container Demand by Application 60
6 Pet Food Container Demand by Material 62
7 Other Grain Mill Product Container Demand by Material 69
8 Dairy Product Shipments 72
9 Dairy Product Container Demand by Material 73
10 Baked Goods Shipments 78
11 Baked Goods Container Demand by Material 82
12 Meat & Related Product Shipments 85
13 Meat & Related Product Container Demand by Application 86
14 Meat, Poultry & Seafood Container Demand by Material 87
15 Egg Carton Demand by Material 94
16 Sauce & Condiment Shipments 96
17 Sauce & Condiment Container Demand by Material 100
18 Snack Food Shipments 102
19 Snack Food Container Demand by Material 106
20 Candy & Confection Shipments 108
21 Candy & Confection Container Demand by Material 110
22 Frozen Specialties Shipments 116
23 Frozen Specialties Container Demand by Material 119
24 Other Food Shipments 122
25 Other Food Container Demand by Market 123
26 Soups & Canned Specialties Container Demand
by Material 127
27 Coffee & Tea Container Demand by Material 129
28 Fats & Oils Container Demand by Material 134
29 Baby Food Container Demand by Material 137
30 All Other Food Container Demand by Material 140
SECTION IV -- CONTAINER OVERVIEW
1 Food Container Demand by Type 145
SECTION V -- BAGS & POUCHES
1 Bag & Pouch Demand in Food Applications
by Material & Type 150
2 Plastic Bag & Pouch Demand in Food Applications by Type 152
3 Paper Bag & Pouch Demand in Food Applications by Type 167
4 Bag & Pouch Demand in Food Applications by Market 172
SECTION VI -- PAPERBOARD FOOD CONTAINERS
1 Paperboard Food Container Demand by Type 182
2 Paperboard Box & Carton Demand in Food Applications
by Type 183
3 Folding Carton Demand in Food Applications 185
4 Other Box & Carton Demand in Food Applications by Type 190
5 Gabletop Carton Demand in Food Applications 192
6 Set-Up Box Demand in Food Applications 194
7 Aseptic Carton Demand in Food Applications 197
8 Other Paperboard Food Container Demand by Type 198
9 Nonfolding Sanitary Food Container Demand 201
10 Composite Can Demand in Food Applications 204
11 Molded Pulp Egg Carton Demand 206
12 Paperboard Food Container Demand by Market 207
SECTION VII -- METAL FOOD CONTAINERS
1 Metal Food Container Demand by Type 216
2 Metal Food Container Demand by Source of Production 225
3 Metal Food Container Demand by Market 226
SECTION VIII -- PLASTIC FOOD CONTAINERS
1 Plastic Food Container Demand by Type 234
2 Plastic Food Bottle & Jar Demand 236
3 Plastic Food Bottle Demand 240
4 Plastic Food Jar Demand 244
5 Plastic Tub & Cup Demand in Food Applications 252
6 Plastic Egg Carton Demand 258
7 Other Plastic Food Container Demand by Type & Resin 259
8 Plastic Container Demand by Market 265
9 Plastic Food Container Demand by Resin 273
SECTION IX -- GLASS FOOD CONTAINERS
1 Glass Food Container Demand by Type 284
2 Glass Food Jar Demand by Market 289
3 Glass Food Bottle Demand by Market 291
SECTION X -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
1 US Food Container Sales by Company, 2008 294
2 Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures 314
3 Selected Cooperative Agreements 324
LIST OF CHARTS
SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
1 Food Shipments, 2008 20
SECTION III -- FOOD CONTAINER MARKETS
1 Food Container Demand by Market, 2008 50
SECTION IV -- CONTAINER OVERVIEW
1 Food Container Demand by Type, 2008: Units Versus Value 146
SECTION V -- BAGS & POUCHES
1 Bag & Pouch Demand by Market, 2008 173
SECTION VI -- PAPERBOARD FOOD CONTAINERS
1 Other Paperboard Food Container Demand by Type, 2008 198
2 Paperboard Food Container Demand by Market, 2008 208
SECTION VII -- METAL FOOD CONTAINERS
1 Metal Food Container Demand by Market, 2008 227
SECTION VIII -- PLASTIC FOOD CONTAINERS
1 Plastic Food Container Demand by Type, 2008 234
2 Plastic Food Bottle Demand by Resin, 2008 241
3 Plastic Food Jar Demand by Resin, 2008 245
4 Plastic Tub & Cup Demand by Resin, 2008 253
5 Plastic Food Container Demand by Market, 2008 266
6 Plastic Food Container Demand by Resin, 2008 274
SECTION IX -- GLASS FOOD CONTAINERS
1 Glass Food Jar Demand by Market, 2008 290
SECTION X -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
1 US Food Container Market Share, 2008 299
2 Food Bag & Pouch Market Share, 2008 305
3 Paperboard Food Container Market Share, 2008 307
4 Metal Food Container Market Share, 2008 308
5 Plastic Food Container Market Share, 2008 310
6 Glass Food Container Market Share, 2008 311
- Publication date: May 2009
- Report price: $ 4 800
