Market research on the packaging industry. Standardised and cross...
Market research on the packaging industry. Standardised and cross-comparable statistics including total market sizes, market shares, industry trends.
As the number of consumers dining at home increased during lockdown, meal kit producers experienced a surge in demand. As a result, packaging unit volumes of folding cartons and flexible plastic used in dinner mixes recorded explosive growth in 2020.…
With consumers spending more time at home than usual in 2020, they were increasingly turning to home cooking due to the various COVID-19 restrictions, including foodservice closures. The outbreak of COVID-19 also increased consumer interest in health…
The COVID-19 pandemic was beneficial for sales of ready meals in the Philippines during 2020 as the imposition of quarantine lockdowns and the strict approach taken to social distancing and home seclusion meant that many consumers spent much of their…
Sauces, dressing and condiments as a whole as well as most of the product areas within it saw a spike in demand in 2020, when the pandemic hit the country, followed by slower growth in 2021, but generally only moving back into line with the positive…
The briefing examines how the rubber and plastic industry is performing globally and in the largest countries in terms of output. The report provides data for production, market size, imports, exports, industry costs, industry profitability and…
Even before the onset of COVID-19, the review period had seen strong growth in demand for ready meals packaging, but the pandemic added impetus to this trend in 2020. With consumers spending more time at home during the year, they ate more meals…
There was a sharp acceleration in the rate of growth in demand for sauces, dressings and condiments packaging during 2020, as consumers spent more time at home and prepared and ate more meals and snacks there. There was particularly strong growth in…
Demand for ready meals packaging was expanding rapidly in Romania during the review period, prior to the onset of pandemic. Urbanisation was the main driver of this growth, as accelerating lifestyles meant that many consumers had less time to prepare…
In 2020, demand for ready-to-cook frozen products in ready meals increased as the country entered a national lockdown period in the first half of the year. At this point, many consumers entered home seclusion to protect themselves and others from the…
COVID-19 led to an acceleration in demand growth for sauces, dressings and condiments packaging in Romania during 2020, as consumers spent more time at home and prepared and ate more meals there. On the other hand, the closure of horeca…
As the trend to consume healthy food gained ground in 2020, consumers looked for easy-to-cook/-prepare and healthy dishes, which resulted in increasing consumption of salads. As a result, the packaging unit volumes of PET bottles in salad dressings…
The COVID-19 pandemic was positive for sales of ready meals in Singapore during 2020 and the uplift seen in sales of ready meals had positive implications for ready meals packaging as well. The main factor supporting rising demand for ready meals was…
2020 saw strong growth in sauces, dressings and condiments packaging as demand for many of these products spiked due to the huge shift towards preparing meals from scratch at home, rather than dining out in consumer foodservice outlets. The harsh…
Frozen ready meals was the main winner during the pandemic, recording strong double-digit percentage growth in its packaging unit volumes in both 2020 and 2021. This boosted the packaging unit volumes of folding cartons in these years, given it is…
There was a modest acceleration in the rate of unit volume growth in sauces, dressings and condiments packaging during 2020. With South Africa enforcing one of the strictest lockdowns in the world in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, many…
This report analyses global production, consumption and prices of aluminium. While leading aluminium production giant, China, is struggling with looming energy crisis and disruptions in supply of raw materials, global production of aluminium is set…
With many consumers spending more time at home due to the pandemic, the home cooking trend was bolstered in 2020. This led to a decline in ready meals packaging volumes in 2019-2020 as more people cooked from scratch. In 2021, the home cooking trend…
2020 saw a surge in demand for ready meals packaging, as fears of supply chain disruption led consumers to stockpile ready meals, with frozen ready meals in paper-based cartons proving to be particularly popular. Frozen pizza was also a standout…
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the consumption of sauces, dressings and condiments in Thailand was minimal, as many of these products are used in small quantities in cooking and to accompany meals, and because they can therefore be used for a…
COVID-19 resulted in a sharp increase in demand for sauces, dressings and condiments packaging during 2020, particularly for rigid plastic and glass, which account for the bulk of packaging units for these products. Rigid plastic dominates packaging…