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US Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging Market

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US demand to increase 3.5% yearly through 2013

Demand for meat, poultry and seafood packaging is expected to increase 3.5 percent annually to $9.2 billion in 2013. Gains will be driven by an expansion in meat, poultry and seafood production, as well as the continuing shift to case-ready packaging by many retailers as a means to reduce in-store labor costs. Case-ready packaging typically employs higher cost trays and high barrier films, thus boosting value gains. Packaging demand will also be supported by changes in packaging practices, such as the increasing prevalence of meat and poultry items in smaller, more convenient sizes and the expanding range of products that are further processed. These products, which typically use more packaging relative to their volume than larger unprocessed items, will continue to be favored by consumers looking for foods that are easy and quick to prepare, and easy to store.

Flexible packaging demand to outpace rigid packaging

Flexible packaging demand will outpace rigid packaging, advancing at a 4.4 percent annual pace to $4 billion in 2013. Growth will be driven by favorable prospects for high barrier film and pouches. High barrier film demand will be aided by the rising percentage of meat in case-ready packaging, which requires value-added materials to extend shelf life and otherwise protect the contents during shipping and handling. Healthy gains for pouches will result from further penetration of retort pouches into traditional can applications, as well as continued inroads by stand-up pouches in frozen meat, poultry and seafood applications due to pouches' high visual appeal and ability to be displayed vertically in upright freezer cases.

Plastic containers, trays to lead gains in rigid packaging

Below-average gains for rigid packaging will reflect maturity in the large corrugated box segment and declines in the metal can segment. However, gains will be supported by healthy growth for plastic containers and trays. Plastic container advances will benefit from the increasing presence of prepared meat and poultry items in grocery stores, warehouse clubs and other retail establishments as a result of heightened consumer demand for convenience foods that require little or no preparation. Tray demand will be boosted by increasing use of case-ready packaging, much of which relies upon foam and higher value rigid barrier trays. Demand for packaging accessories such as labels will be bolstered by regulations requiring country-of-origin labels on a wide range of meat and seafood items. Poultry applications to offer best opportunities Poultry applications will log slightly above-average advances, benefitting from poultry's lower cost than beef, favorable nutritional profile and versatility. In addition, the continued popularity of ready-to-eat poultry items such as rotisserie chickens will support gains. Although meat applications will be limited to some extent by concerns over fat and cholesterol intake, demand will be aided by the continued importance of red meat as a main dish in the foodservice sector and the increasing share of caseready meats in retail establishments. Seafood applications, while substantially smaller than meat and poultry, will be bolstered by seafood's perceived health benefits and revised government nutritional recommendations promoting seafood consumption.

Study coverage

This new industry study, Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging, presents historical demand data (1998, 2003 and 2008) plus forecasts for 2013 and 2018 by technology and raw material, product, application and market. The study also considers market environment factors, evaluates company market share and profiles industry competitors.

INTRODUCTION ix

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1

II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT 4

General 4

Macroeconomic Outlook 5

Demographic & Household Trends 11

Consumer Income & Spending 14

Food Industry Overview 16

Meat, Poultry & Seafood Industry Overview 18

Meat 21

Poultry 25

Seafood 27

Packaging Industry Overview 30

Regulatory & Related Issues 34

Pricing Trends 38

International Activity 42

III. TECHNOLOGY & RAW MATERIALS 45

Technologies 45

Case-Ready 47

Systems 49

Producers 52

Modified Atmosphere Packaging 52

Vacuum Packaging 55

Retort Packaging 58

Active & Intelligent Packaging 62

Moisture Control Packaging 63

Smart Labels 64

Other 66

Raw Materials 68

Plastic 69

Paper 72

Metal 75

Other 76

IV. PRODUCTS 78

General 78

Rigid Packaging 80

Boxes 83

Corrugated Boxes 86

Folding Cartons 90

Trays 91

Plastic Containers 96

Cans 100

Sleeves 105

Other 107

Flexible Packaging 110

Plastic Film 112

High Barrier 116

Other 118

Bags 119

Types 121

Producers 124

Pouches 125

Applications 127

Producers 129

Paper & Foil 130

Packaging Accessories 132

Labels 133

Interactive Labels 136

Label Producers 138

Other 139

V. APPLICATIONS & MARKETS 143

Applications 143

Meat 146

Rigid Packaging 149

Flexible Packaging 151

Packaging Accessories 153

Poultry 155

Rigid Packaging 157

Flexible Packaging 161

Packaging Accessories 164

Seafood 165

Rigid Packaging 167

Flexible Packaging 169

Packaging Accessories 171

Markets 171

Fresh & Frozen 174

Rigid Packaging 177

Flexible Packaging 178

Packaging Accessories 180

Processed 181

Rigid Packaging 185

Flexible Packaging 187

Packaging Accessories 189

Ready-to-Eat 190

Rigid Packaging 192

Flexible Packaging 193

Packaging Accessories 194

VI. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 195

General 195

Market Share 199

Sealed Air 200

International Paper 201

Bemis 202

Smurfit-Stone Container 203

Alcan Packaging 204

Georgia-Pacific 204

Acquisitions & Divestitures 205

Competitive Strategies 209

Manufacturing 212

Marketing & Distribution 214

Cooperative Agreements 216

Company Profiles 219

AEP Industries Incorporated 220

Alcan Packaging, see Rio Tinto Group

Altivity Packaging, see Graphic Packaging Holding

Anchor Packaging Company 221

Associated Packaging Technologies 222

Ball Corporation 223

Bemis Company Incorporated 224

Berry Plastics Corporation 227

Bomarko Incorporated 229

Conwed Plastics, see Leucadia National

Crockett Container, see Temple-Inland

Crown Holdings Incorporated 230

Cryovac, see Sealed Air

Curwood, see Bemis

Diamant Art Corporation 231

Dolco Packaging, see Tekni-Plex

Dow Chemical Company 232

DuPont (EI) de Nemours 234

Eastman Chemical Company 236

Exopack Holding Corporation 237

Exxon Mobil Corporation 238

Fold-Pak, see Rock-Tenn

Genpak, see Pattison (Jim) Group

Georgia-Pacific, see Koch Industries

Graphic Packaging Holding Company 240

Honeywell International Incorporated 242

Impress Group BV 243

InterFlex Group Incorporated 244

International Paper Company 245

Kloeckner Pentaplast Group 247

Koch Industries Incorporated 248

Leucadia National Corporation 250

MACtac, see Bemis

MeadWestvaco Corporation 251

Milprint, see Bemis

Newspring Industrial, see Pactiv

Oracle Packaging Incorporated 252

Packaging Corporation of America 253

Pactiv Corporation 254

Pattison (Jim) Group 255

Pliant Corporation 257

Pohlig Brothers, see Rock-Tenn

Presto Products, see Reynolds Packaging Group

Printpack Incorporated 258

Reynolds Packaging Group 260

Rio Tinto Group 262

Robbie Manufacturing Incorporated 263

Rock-Tenn Company 265

Sealed Air Corporation 268

Silgan Holdings Incorporated 271

Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation 273

Southern Container, see Rock-Tenn

Tekni-Plex Incorporated 274

Temple-Inland Incorporated 275

Vector Packaging Incorporated 276

Walsroder Packaging, see Wihuri

Weyerhaeuser Company 277

Wihuri Oy 278

Other Companies Mentioned in Study 281

LIST OF TABLES

SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Summary Table 3

SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT

1 Macroeconomic Indicators 10

2 Population & Households 14

3 Personal Consumption Expenditures 16

4 Food Shipments 18

5 Meat, Poultry & Seafood Consumption 21

6 Meat Shipments 25

7 Poultry Shipments 27

8 Seafood Supply & Demand 30

9 Packaging Supply & Demand 34

10 Prices for Selected Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging 42

SECTION III -- TECHNOLOGY & RAW MATERIALS

1 Case-Ready Packaging Demand in Meat, Poultry

& Seafood Packaging 49

2 Modified Atmosphere Packaging Demand in Meat, Poultry

& Seafood Packaging 55

3 Vacuum Packaging Demand in Meat, Poultry

& Seafood Packaging 58

4 Retort Packaging Demand in Meat, Poultry

& Seafood Packaging 61

5 Active & Intelligent Packaging Demand in Meat, Poultry

& Seafood Packaging 63

SECTION IV -- PRODUCTS

1 Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging Demand by Type 80

2 Rigid Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging Demand by Type 82

3 Box Demand in Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging 86

4 Tray Demand in Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging 96

5 Plastic Container Demand in Meat, Poultry

& Seafood Packaging 100

6 Metal Can Demand in Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging 104

7 Paperboard Sleeve Demand in Meat, Poultry

& Seafood Packaging 107

8 Other Rigid Container Demand in Meat, Poultry

& Seafood Packaging 109

9 Flexible Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging Demand by Type 111

10 Plastic Film Demand in Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging 116

11 Bag Demand in Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging 121

12 Pouch Demand in Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging 127

13 Paper & Foil Demand in Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging 132

14 Packaging Accessories Demand in Meat, Poultry

& Seafood Packaging 133

15 Label Demand in Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging 136

16 Other Packaging Accessory Demand in Meat, Poultry

& Seafood Packaging 142

SECTION V -- APPLICATIONS & MARKETS

1 Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging Demand by Application 145

2 Meat Packaging Demand by Type & Market 148

3 Poultry Packaging Demand by Type & Market 156

4 Seafood Packaging Demand by Type & Market 166

5 Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging Demand by Market 173

6 Fresh & Frozen Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging Demand 176

7 Processed Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging Demand 184

8 Ready-to-Eat Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging Demand 191

SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

1 US Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging Sales

by Company, 2008 197

2 Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures 208

3 Selected Cooperative Agreements 218

LIST OF CHARTS

SECTION III -- TECHNOLOGY & RAW MATERIALS

1 Packaging Technologies as a Percentage of Meat, Poultry

& Seafood Packaging, 1998-2018 46

SECTION IV -- PRODUCTS

1 Rigid Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging Demand, 2008 83

2 Flexible Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging Demand, 2008 112

SECTION V -- APPLICATIONS & MARKETS

1 Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging Demand

by Application, 2008 145

2 Meat Packaging Demand by Type, 2008 149

3 Poultry Packaging Demand by Type, 2008 157

4 Seafood Packaging Demand by Type, 2008 167

5 Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging Demand

by Market, 2008 174

6 Fresh & Frozen Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging

Demand by Type, 2008 177

7 Processed Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging

Demand by Type, 2008 185

8 Ready-to-Eat Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging

Demand by Type, 2008 192

SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

1 US Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging Market Share, 2008 200

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