Packaging market research (page 9 of 17)

Stand-up pouches demonstrated dynamic growth practically in all categories of hot drinks, having been supported by demand for more economic products in terms of deteriorating consumers’ incomes. The m...

The energy drinks category continues to be one of the most dynamic soft drinks categories. It registered introduction of new brands and experiments with packaging in 2010. Economy PET bottles attract ...

From 2008, Spain’s previously healthy economy suffered from a sharp rise in unemployment, caused by the fall of the country’s economy, which continued in 2010 and into 2011. The slowdown in the econom...

Alcoholic drinks packaging remains stable, with metal beverage cans and glass bottles dominating the landscape with a combined share of over 95% in unit volume terms. According to trade sources, deman...

Overall, packaging demand for hot drinks is very stable. Few changes have occurred in terms of packaging type, share and unit size. The market is very competitive, battling against both soft drinks an...

Rigid plastic remains the most important packaging type in soft drinks and continued to achieve healthy growth in 2011. PET bottles, primarily 600ml, are the most common packaging type and are popular...

Size reduction was widely conducted by food and drink manufacturers to pass on inflation pressures to consumers in China in 2011. Soft drinks, alcoholic drinks and hot drinks all experienced this tren...

Convenient packaging has become the primary concern of hot drinks companies in China throughout 2011 along with the rapid growth of instant hot drinks, especially coffee. Nestlé has launched single-us...

In 2011 a food scandal erupted in Taiwan over the use of DEHP as a clouding agent in some beverages, leading to a number of products from Taiwan being banned in China. The chemical has been liked to d...

Alcoholic drinks consumption in Indonesia continues to be driven by foreign tourists and expatriates. In a predominantly Muslim country, only a minority of consumers are open to alcoholic drinks consu...

Coffee continues to drive the retail volume sales of hot drinks with manufacturers investing heavily in promotion and advertising. The consumer interest in coffee is high, while tea is mainly served b...

Soft drinks packaging remains the major contributor to beverage packaging in terms of total unit volume sales. In addition, soft drinks packaging is the most dynamic, accounting for the most new produ...

Although Japan was hit by the Tohoku Earthquake in 2011, alcoholic drinks packaging recorded growth, albeit marginal, in total unit volume sales to reach 21.1 billion units. The economic recovery in 2...

Compared to soft drinks, hot drinks was impacted less by the Tohoku Earthquake in 2011. However, the plants of some companies, such as Ajinomoto General Foods Inc (AGF), were damaged. AGF’s Tohoku pla...

Although the difficult employment situation and appreciation of the yen continued, the Japanese economy gradually showed sigs of recovery in 2010. Also, the heat wave in summer in 2010 encouraged the ...

As the economy started to recover, this had a direct impact on alcoholic drinks consumption, particularly during seasonal occasions such as at New Year. Many marketing programmes were launched by the ...

In the hot drinks market flexible plastic is increasingly replacing traditional pack types, mainly glass, with stand-up refill pouches becoming particularly popular for roasted and ground as well as i...

Glass packaging continued to face strong competition from PET bottles due to the latter format’s cheaper price, lack of fragility, lighter weight etc. Many soft drinks players are willing to shift to ...

The overall alcoholic beverages packaging market grew by close to 1% in 2011 – to 7.6 billion units which compares to a current value CAGR of 3% recorded during the review period. Canada has recently ...

Overall hot drinks packaging in Canada grew by 2% in 2011 in unit volume terms, over the previous year. The highest growth rate within this category was fresh coffee, which grew by 4% in terms of tota...

In terms of unit volume of packaging, soft drinks consists mainly of metal and rigid plastic (45% and 33% respectively), with the metal beverage can and the PET bottle vying for first place in terms o...

The rapid rise in the consumption of alcoholic drinks in India continued in 2011, leading to double-digit total volume sales in beer, whiskies, white rum and vodka. The strong increase in alcoholic dr...

Hot drinks in India is dominated by tea. The penetration of smaller packs and sachets has helped flexible packaging to remain the dominant pack type across hot drinks in India....

In 2011, the rise in demand for soft drinks packaging was led by fast growing categories, including healthier beverages:100% juice, nectars, etc. There is a shift from carbonates to healthier beverage...

Increasing health-consciousness of the population drove demand for healthier soft drinks categories like 100% juice, nectars and mineral water. During the two years of the review period, and as a resu...

Growing health consciousness of the Hungarian population has resulted in shifting consumer preference from less healthy product categories like coffee to healthier hot drinks like tea and decaffeinate...

The Spanish economy continued to struggle over 2010 and into 2011, with an on-going real GDP decline and growth in unemployment, which hampered consumer confidence and spending. Economic uncertainty w...

Shrinking disposable income level of the Hungarian population due to the financial crisis is reflected in the declining consumption volume of non-essential products like alcoholic drinks. The volume o...

In 2010 and 2011 Spanish consumers became more conscious about their health, and increasingly concerned about their physical appearance. People practised more sport, and society as a whole was more co...

Synopsis beverage consumption data by packaging type, material and individual pack size including forecasts to 2016 (Asia Aggregate) Summary Extracted from Canadean’s Global Packaging Service, the As...