US Produce Packaging Market

US Produce Packaging Market

US demand to approach $4.7 billion in 2012
Demand for produce packaging is projected to approach $4.7 billion in 2012. Growth will be fueled by increased produce production, favorable demographic trends, growth in consumer spending, trends toward healthier eating and rising demand for fresh-cut produce, which offers convenience and tends to use more value-added packaging than bulk produce. Produce packaging demand will be stimulated by a number of other trends, such as retailers’ desires to control labor costs through the use of displayready containers, which require less direct handling than traditional containers or bulk produce.

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INTRODUCTION

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT

General

Demographic Trends

Macroeconomic Environment

Consumer Income & Spending

Retail Trends

Food Industry Overview

Fresh Produce Industry Trends

Production Trends

Vegetables

Fruit

Shipping & Distribution Trends

Fresh-Cut Produce Trends

Salad

Vegetables

Fruit

Food Packaging Industry Overview

Raw Material Trends

Technology Overview

Pricing Trends

Environmental Issues

Regulatory Considerations

III. PACKAGING TYPES

General

Corrugated Boxes

Corrugated Common Footprint Boxes

Producers

Bags & Liners

Plastic

Applications

Producers

Mesh

Paper & Textile

Plastic Containers

Clamshells

Tubs, Cups & Bowls

Other

Trays

Other

Plastic Film

Reusable Plastic Containers

Wood Crates

Foam Boxes

All Other

IV. APPLICATIONS

General

Bulk

Ready-To-Eat

Vegetables

Potatoes

Lettuce

Tomatoes

Onions

Carrots

Cabbage

Celery

Other

Fruit

Berries

Apples

Melons

Citrus Fruit

Grapes

Other

Salads

Conventional

Specialty Mix

Cryovac Incorporated, see Sealed Air Corporation

Deluxe Packages

Diversapack LLC, see Printpack Incorporated

Dolco Packaging, see Tekni-Plex Incorporated

DuPont (EI) de Nemours

Earthcycle Packaging Limited

Emerald Packaging Incorporated

Georgia-Pacific LLC, see Koch Industries Incorporated

Honeywell International Incorporated

IFCO Systems NV

Indian Valley Industries Incorporated

Innovia Films Limited

International Paper Company

IPL Incorporated

Keyes Packaging Group Incorporated

Koch Industries Incorporated

Landec Corporation

Leucadia National Corporation

Menasha Corporation

Norampac Incorporated, see Cascades Incorporated

ORBIS Corporation, see Menasha Corporation

Pacific Agricultural Packaging

Packaging Corporation of America

Pactiv Corporation

Peninsula Packaging Company

Pliant Corporation

Printpack Incorporated

PWP Industries

Rehrig Pacific Company

Reusable Container Company LLC, see IFCO Systems

Reynolds Packaging Group

Rio Tinto Group

Sacramento Bag Manufacturing Company

Sambrailo Packaging

Schoeller Arca Systems Group BV

Sealed Air Corporation

LIST OF TABLES

SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Summary Table

SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT

1 Population & Households

2 Macroeconomic Indicators

3 Personal Consumption Expenditures

4 Retail Sales

5 Food Shipments

6 Fresh Produce Supply & Demand

7 Fresh Vegetable Supply & Demand

8 Fresh Fruit Supply & Demand

9 Fresh-Cut Produce Sales

10 Food Packaging Demand

11 Produce Packaging Prices

SECTION III -- PACKAGING TYPES

1 Produce Packaging Demand by Type & Form

2 Corrugated Box Demand in Produce Packaging

3 Bag & Liner Demand in Produce Packaging

4 Plastic Bag & Liner Demand in Produce Packaging

5 Mesh Bag Demand in Produce Packaging

6 Paper & Textile Bag Demand in Produce Packaging

7 Plastic Container Demand in Produce Packaging

8 Clamshell Demand in Produce Packaging

9 Tub, Cup & Bowl Demand in Produce Packaging

10 Other Plastic Container Demand in Produce Packaging

11 Tray Demand in Produce Packaging

12 Other Produce Packaging Demand

SECTION IV -- APPLICATIONS

1 Produce Packaging Demand by Application & Format

2 Fresh Vegetable Packaging Demand by Type & Format

3 Potato Packaging Demand

4 Lettuce Packaging Demand

5 Tomato Packaging Demand

6 Onion Packaging Demand

7 Carrot Packaging Demand

LIST OF CHARTS

SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT

1 Produce Industry Flow Chart

SECTION III -- PACKAGING TYPES

1 Produce Packaging Demand by Type, 2007

2 Bag & Liner Demand in Produce Packaging, 2007

SECTION IV -- APPLICATIONS

1 Produce Packaging Demand by Application, 2007

2 Fresh Vegetable Packaging Demand by Type, 2007

3 Fresh Fruit Packaging Demand by Type, 2007

SECTION V -- END USERS

1 Produce Packaging Demand by End User, 2007

SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

1 US Produce Packaging Market Share, 2007

 
 

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More Details

Corrugated boxes to remain largest type, plastic containers to lead gains
Corrugated boxes will remain the leading produce packaging product type through 2012. While box demand will increase at a slower than average pace, advances will be driven by the expanded prevalence of more costly box types such as modular boxes, white-top linerboard boxes and moisture-resistant recyclable boxes.

Plastic containers will experience the fastest gains, resulting from continued favorable increases in berry production and expanding applications for clamshells, bowls and other plastic containers in other produce uses, especially readyto- eat, fresh-cut produce.

Bag and liner demand is expected to increase nearly in line with the overall produce packaging average, decelerating from the 2002-2007 pace as the salad market becomes more mature and plastic material price increases become more moderate. The growing prevalence of value-added modified atmosphere packaging films, offering extended shelf life for bags of ready-to-eat produce, will stimulate gains. Demand for mesh, and paper and textile bags will climb more slowly due to greater maturity and competition from plastic bags.

Though reduced in-store repackaging of produce will constrain tray demand, the popularity of precut vegetables packaged in microwaveable trays with self-venting films will provide a growth niche. Growing demand for environmentally friendly packaging will fuel opportunities for trays made from biodegradable and compostable materials.

Reusable plastic containers (RPCs) will log above-average growth, though advances will level off from the 2002- 2007 pace based on the increased supply of existing RPCs. Although they carry only a fraction of US produce volume, RPCs have gained a visible presence in the shipping and display of fresh produce as a result of usage by Wal-Mart and a handful of other supermarket chains. Also moderating gains will be the wellestablished position of corrugated containers and the reluctance of retailers to make the capital investment required to accommodate RPCs.

Study coverage
This new Freedonia industry study, Produce Packaging, is priced at $4600. It presents historical demand data (1997, 2002 and 2007) plus forecasts for fresh produce packaging through 2012 and 2017 by packaging product type, application and end user. The study also considers market environment factors, evaluates company market share and profiles 40+ industry competitors, including Bemis, Georgia-Pacific and International Paper.