Freedonia Focus Reports World Collection

World

Protective Packaging
September 2012

World Overview and Forecasts Demand by Product | Demand by Market

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Industry Structure Industry Composition | Industry Leaders | Additional Companies Cited Resources www.freedoniafocus.com

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Regional Trends and Forecasts Regional Demand Overview | North America | Western Europe | Asia/Pacific Other Regions

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WORLD PROTECTIVE PACKAGING

ABOUT THIS REPORT

Sources
World Protective Packaging is based on a comprehensive industry study published by The Freedonia Group in September 2012. Reported findings represent the synthesis and analysis of data from various primary, secondary, macroeconomic, and demographic sources including: firms participating in the industry government/public agencies national, regional, and international non-governmental organizations trade associations and their publications the business and trade press The Freedonia Group Consensus Forecasts dated June 2012 the findings of other industry studies by The Freedonia Group. Specific sources are listed in the Resources section of this publication for reference and to facilitate further research.

Scope & Method

The product scope of World Protective Packaging is defined as those products that are used for cushioning, blocking and bracing, void-fill, wrapping, and insulating their contents. Total product demand is provided in US dollars at the manufacturers level and segmented in terms of: foamed plastics paperboard protectors protective mailers other protective packaging such as bubble packaging, insulated shipping containers, paper fill materials, air pillows, dunnage bags, loose-fill, and molded pulp.

Excluded from the scope of this report are active insulated shipping containers employing electricity or other power sources to maintain a temperature-controlled environment inside an insulated enclosure. Total demand is also segmented in terms of market by: manufacturing Internet and catalogs retail and other markets such as moving and relocating activities.

2012 by The Freedonia Group, Inc.

WORLD PROTECTIVE PACKAGING Additionally, total demand and the various segments are provided by region: North America Western Europe Asia/Pacific other regions. Total demand and the various regional and product segments are sized at fiveyear intervals for historical years 2006 and 2011 with a forecast to 2016. Forecasts emanate from the identification and analysis of pertinent statistical relationships and other historical trends/events as well as their expected progression/impact over the forecast period. Five-year compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) are provided to illustrate product trends between reported years and to facilitate comparisons among the various segments. Demand forecasts are the illustration of underlying trends extrapolated to a particular year. To recognize such trends and for the sake of brevity, CAGRs may be expressed as annual growth in the narrative of this report. However, as historical trends may demonstrate, demand in any given year, including a forecast year, may exhibit volatility and depart from the underlying trend. Demand in US dollars reflects local-currency inflation from reported year to reported year, but rates of exchange between local currencies and the US dollar are held constant in all reported periods, that is, at an average-annual exchange rate calculated for the base year of 2011.

Industry Codes
The topic of this report is related to the following industry codes: NAICS/SCIAN 2007 SIC
North American Industry Classification System
322212 326140 326150 326199 Folding Paperboard Box Mfg Polystyrene Foam Product Mfg Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Mfg All Other Plastics Product Mfg

Standard Industry Codes

2657 3086 3089 Folding Paperboard Boxes, Including Sanitary Plastics Foam Products Plastics Products, NEC

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2012 by The Freedonia Group, Inc.