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Reportlinker Adds US Food Containers Market: Rigid & Flexible Report

Posted on: Thursday, 1 October 2009, 12:40 CDT

NEW YORK, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue.

US Food Containers Market: Rigid & Flexible

http://www.reportlinker.com/p0119413/US-Food-Containers-Market-Rigid--Flexible.html

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.

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

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