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Executive Summary

Market Definition

MARKET POSITION

MARKET SECTORS AND TRENDS

Table 1: UK Fibreboard Usage by Market Sector by Volume ( percent), 1996

Table 2: Principal Uses for the Range of Sizes of Drink Cans Produced in the UK

Table 3: UK Plastic Packaging Usage by Market Sector by Volume ( percent), 1996

Table 4: Total Polymer Usage in UK Packaging by Weight ( percent), 1995

Market Size

TOTAL MARKET

Paper and Board

Metal

Plastic

Glass

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Table 5: UK Market by Value for Food and Drink Packaging by Sector (£m), 1993-1996

Table 6: UK Market for Paper and Board Packaging by Value (£m), 1993-1996

Table 7: UK Market for Metal Packaging by Value (£m), 1993-1996

Table 8: The UK Canned Food Market by Volume (000 tonnes), 1991-1995

Table 9: UK Alcoholic and Soft Drink Empty Can Sales (million cans and percent), 1992-1996

Table 10: UK Market for Draught and Packaged Beer by Volume ( percent), 1989-1996

Table 11: UK Packaging Trends for Beer by Volume ( percent), 1985-1995

Table 12: UK Market for Plastic Packaging (£m), 1993-1996

Table 13: UK Manufacturers' Sales of Plastic Packaging Products by Value ( percent), 1995

Table 14: UK Market for Glass Container Sales (£m), 1992-1996

Table 15: International Trade in Paper and Board Packaging (£m), 1993-1995

Table 16: International Trade in Lightweight Metal Packaging (£m), 1993-1995

Table 17: International Trade in Plastic Packaging (£m), 1993-1995

Industry Background

GENERAL PACKAGING

Paper and board

Metal

Plastic

Glass

Table 18: The Main Players in the World's Drink Can Market ( percent of world share), 1996

Table 19: UK Drink Can Manufacturers, 1996

Competitor Analysis

INTRODUCTION

Paper and Board

Metal

Plastics

Glass

Table 20: Leading Companies in the Supply of Paper and Board Packaging in the UK by Turnover (£m), 1995/1996

Table 21: Leading Companies in the Supply of Metal Packaging in the UK by Turnover (£m), 1994/1996

Table 22: Leading Companies in the Supply of Plastic Packaging in the UK by Turnover (£m), 1995/1996

Table 23: Leading Companies in the Supply of Glass Packaging in the UK by Turnover (£m), 1995/1996

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT)

Paper and board

Plastics

Metal

Glass

Buying Behaviour

USES OF PACKAGING

Table 24: Uses of Packaging in the Food and Drink Industry by Type

Outside Suppliers to the Industry

Paper and board suppliers

Metal suppliers

Plastics suppliers

Glass suppliers

Print suppliers

Current Issues

THE EUROPEAN UNION'S Packaging Waste Directive

New product development, choice and impact

Globalisation and exports

Forecasts

FACTORS AFFECTING MARKET

FORECASTS 1997 TO 2000

Table 25: Forecast of the Market for All UK Packaging (£m), 1997-2000

Company Profiles

INTRODUCTION

DEFINITIONS

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Sources

ASSOCIATIONS

PERIODICALS

DIRECTORIES

GENERAL SOURCES

HBI UK INFORMATION SOURCES

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

OTHER SOURCES

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

With a combined turnover of £10.28bn, the supply of packaging is the ninth biggest UK manufacturing industry and provides more than 130,000 direct jobs. As 69.4 percent of all packaging supplies by value were used for food and drink in 1996, trends for these products have a major impact on the packaging industry.

Between 1993 and 1996, the value of packaging for food and drink increased by an average of 6.3 percent per annum. Growth in 1996 was at 5.8 percent, down from a 9.1 percent increase in 1995. This put the value of food and drink packaging up to £7.14bn from £6.75bn.

Packaging is made from paper and board, plastic, metal or glass. In the paper and board sector, the food and drink industry accounts for 57.7 percent of packaging demand. This compares with the industry's 82.7 percent of demand for metal packaging, 72.9 percent of demand for plastic packaging, and 89.5 percent of demand for glass bottles and jars packaging.

Between 1993 and 1996, the demand for paper and board packaging for food and drink increased by 22.2 percent to £2.59bn, equivalent to 36.3 percent of all packaging supplied to the food and drink industry. Comparable growth rates in the metal, plastic and glass sectors were 3.9 percent, 30.9 percent and 26.1 percent respectively.

Metal packaging accounts for 26.2 percent of food and drink packaging compared with 29.7 percent by plastic packaging and 7.8 percent by glass packaging. Despite the inroads that plastic packaging is making in all sectors of the food and drink industry, it is unlikely to topple paper and board from its leading position. The flexibility and range of plastic forms means that plastic can compete in all areas of packaging, but recycling and recovery of plastic is more problematic than for other forms of packaging. The implementation of the European Union (EU) Directive on waste packaging will dampen growth in the plastic sector more than other sectors, but it is still set to grow faster than the paper and board and metal sectors between 1997 and the year 2000. The increasingly upmarket orientation of glass will drive up the value of glass packaging, but not necessarily volumes.

Key Note forecasts that the value of packaging for the food and drink industry will increase by 6 percent between 1997 and the year 2000.

Text © 1997 Key Note

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