Expert's Opinion

Packaging Material May Reach $1 Trillion in 2020

Market share of rigid plastic, flexible packaging expected to grow.

Booming global demand will drive expansion in the world packaging market through 2020, according to analysis from Smithers Pira.   In our report, The Future of Global Packaging to 2020, Smithers Pira data charts how a market value forecast at $839 billion in 2015 will undergo year-on-year growth at 3.5%, reaching $998 million in 2020.   Expansion will not be uniform, however. Emerging countries will expand beyond the market average, creating new opportunities for material suppliers and conve...

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