The Top 10 Food and Drinks Packaging Companies

Key strategies for market growth and future innovation

Publication Date	June 2007
Publisher	Business Insights
Product Type	Report
Pages	228
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	RBI00145

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Summary

The packaging industry is undergoing fundamental changes. Significant M&A activity is currently occurring in the market as the industry consolidates. In addition, new convenience trends, RFID and non-rigid packaging are driving innovation and NPD, whilst many companies are looking to new markets for growth.

The Top 10 Food and Drinks Packaging Companies: Key strategies for market growth and future innovation is a new report published by Business Insights that analyzes the innovation and growth strategies of the top 10 players in the packaging industry. This report identifies the product areas that the top 10 players are seeking to develop and also highlights the geographical markets where each individual company is looking to grow. It also examines the comparative strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing the world's leading packaging companies.

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Who are the top 10 players in the global food and drinks packaging market and how are they performing?
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How do the leading packaging players compare in terms of market positioning?
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Content

Executive Summary
- Market development
- Tetra Pak
- Amcor
- Owens-Illinois
- Crown Holdings
- Rexam
- Alcan Packaging
- Ball Corporation
- Toyo Seikan Group
- Saint-Gobain
- Alcoa
- Conclusions
Chapter 1 Report introduction
- Introduction
- Methodology
Chapter 2 Market development
- Summary
- Introduction
- The packaging industry continues to consolidate
- Changing preferences for packaging materials
- Plastic packaging
- Glass and metal packaging
- Paper-based packaging
- Convenience is driving change in packaging
- Societal and demographic trends
- Changing retailing patterns
- Innovation is key to packaging
- RFID technology is shaping retail and packaging
- Market trends in drinks packaging
- Industry trends
- Consumer trends
- Market trends in food packaging
- Industry trends
- Consumer trends
- Conclusion
Chapter 3 Tetra Pak
- Summary
- Company information
- History
- Recent financial performance
- Acquisitions and divestments
- Market positioning
- Geographic market position
- Strategies for growth
- Innovation and NPD
- The future of Tetra Pak
- SWOT analysis
- Strengths
- Strong market position
- Weaknesses
- Poor performance in Western Europe
- Opportunities
- Increasing presence in growing economies
- Growing demand for packaged food
- Threats
- Fierce competition in Western Europe in milk packaging segment
Chapter 4 Amcor
- Summary
- Company information
- History
- Recent financial performance
- Acquisitions and divestments
- Market positioning
- PET containers
- Flexible packaging
- Strategies for growth
- Custom beverage packaging
- Eastern Europe
- Restructuring
- Innovation and NPD
- The future of Amcor
- SWOT analysis
- Strengths
- Largest producer of PET containers
- Owner of registered intellectual property
- Weaknesses
- Decline in the profitability
- Weak performance of Amcor Australasia
- Opportunities
- Restructuring of Amcor Fiber Packaging Australasia
- Growing packaging industry in emerging markets
- Threats
- Rising competition
- Increasing energy prices
- Slow economic growth in the US and Europe
Chapter 5 Owens-Illinois
- Summary
- Company information
- History
- Recent financial performance
- Acquisitions and divestments
- Market positioning
- Glass Packaging
- Plastics Packaging
- Strategies for growth
- Emerging markets
- Glass Packaging
- Possible restructuring
- Innovation and NPD
- The future of O-I
- SWOT analysis
- Strengths
- Strong glass business
- Global presence
- Large customer base
- Weaknesses
- Weak financial performance
- Opportunities
- Growing in Asia-Pacific
- Threats
- Liability due to environmental hazards
- Global operational risk
- Increasing energy costs
- Rigid competition
Chapter 6 Crown Holdings
- Summary
- Company information
- History
- Recent financial performance
- Acquisitions and divestments
- Market positioning
- Metal food cans
- Metal drinks cans
- Strategies for growth
- Restructuring
- Innovation and NPD
- The future of Crown
- SWOT analysis
- Strengths
- Strong customer base
- Diversified operations
- Product development capability
- Weaknesses
- High debt burden
- Opportunities
- New production plants
- Positive outlook for specialty drinks cans
- Expanding Indian non-alcoholic drinks market
- Threats
- Intense competition
- Rising raw material prices
- Asbestos liabilities
Chapter 7 Rexam
- Summary
- Company information
- History
- Recent financial performance
- Acquisitions and divestments
- Market positioning
- Beverage cans
- Plastic packaging
- Glass packaging
- Strategies for growth
- Focus on emerging markets
- Focus on high growth product segments
- Beverage cans
- Growth through acquisitions (plastic packaging)
- Innovation and NPD
- The future of Rexam
- SWOT analysis
- Strengths
- Strong market position
- Diversified approach
- Weaknesses
- Decline in profitability
- Weak performance of the UK business
- Opportunities
- Growing rigid plastics packaging market
- Growing packaging industry in emerging markets
- Growing packaging industry
- Threats
- High input costs
- Rigid competition
- Slow economic growth in the US and Europe
- High dependence on key customers
Chapter 8 Alcan Packaging
- Summary
- Company information
- History
- Recent financial performance
- Acquisitions and divestments
- Market positioning
- Strategies for growth
- Innovation and NPD
- The future of Alcan
- SWOT analysis
- Strengths
- Strong market position
- Caters to diversified markets
- Strong geographic presence
- Weaknesses
- Poor operating performance
- Opportunities
- Increasing presence in emerging economies
- Threats
- Rising raw material prices
Chapter 9 Ball Corporation
- Summary
- Company information
- History
- Recent financial performance
- Acquisitions and divestments
- Market positioning
- Metal drinks containers
- Metal food containers
- PET bottles and jars
- Strategies for growth
- Financial objectives
- Metal drinks containers
- Metal food and household packaging
- Plastic packaging
- Innovation and NPD
- The future of Ball
- SWOT analysis
- Strengths
- Leading market position
- Strong financial performance
- Product innovation
- Weaknesses
- Customer concentration
- High inventory levels
- Opportunities
- Growth in plastic packaging
- Booming European market
- Rise in demand for functional food
- Shift in Coca-Cola's focus
- Threats
- Declining demand for metal cans in the US
- Rising raw material prices
- Environmental and safety issues
Chapter 10 Toyo Seikan Group
- Summary
- Company information
- History
- Recent financial performance
- Acquisitions and divestments
- Market positioning
- Strategies for growth
- Innovation and NPD
- The future of Toyo
- SWOT analysis
- Strengths
- Strong market position
- Strong focus on technology
- Weaknesses
- Weak financial performance
- Opportunities
- Recovering Japanese economy
- Growing PET container market
- Growing drinks industry
- Threats
- Increasing input prices
- Rising competition
- Stringent environment protection norms
Chapter 11 Saint-Gobain
- Summary
- Company information
- History
- Recent financial performance
- Acquisitions and divestments
- Market positioning
- Strategies for growth
- The future of Saint-Gobain
- SWOT analysis
- Strengths
- Strong market position
- Growing presence in emerging markets
- Weaknesses
- Concentration of sales in Europe
- Opportunities
- Booming South American wine industry
- Threats
- Rising energy and raw material prices
Chapter 12 Alcoa
- Summary
- Company information
- History
- Recent financial performance
- Acquisitions and divestments
- Market positioning
- Flexible packaging
- Confectionery packaging
- PET and glass closures
- Strategies for growth
- China
- Innovation and bio-based packaging
- Restructuring
- Innovation and NPD
- The future of Alcoa
- SWOT analysis
- Strengths
- Strong market position
- Weaknesses
- Weak operating performance of Packaging and Consumer segment
- Opportunities
- Growing wine closures market
- Threats
- Rising raw material prices
Chapter 13 Companies ranked 11 to 20
- Smurfit Kappa Group
- Company information
- Recent financial performance
- Market positioning and NPD
- Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation
- Company information
- Recent financial performance
- Market positioning and NPD
- Weyerhaeuser
- Company information
- Recent financial performance
- Market positioning and NPD
- Bemis
- Company information
- Recent financial performance
- Market positioning and NPD
- Sealed Air
- Company information
- Recent financial performance
- Market positioning and NPD
- Silgan Holdings
- Company information
- Recent financial performance
- Market positioning and NPD
- DS Smith
- Company information
- Recent financial performance
- Market positioning and NPD
- Pactiv Corporation
- Company information
- Recent financial performance
- Market positioning and NPD
- Sonoco
- Company information
- Recent financial performance
- Market positioning and NPD
- RPC Group
- Company information
- Recent financial performance
- Market positioning and NPD
Chapter 14 Conclusions
- Summary
- Introduction
- Consolidation through mergers and acquisitions
- Convenience is the theme for innovation and NPD
- Asia-Pacific and Eastern Europe as emerging markets
- Technology driven packaging, RFID
- Relative strengths and weaknesses
- Outlook
- Index
List of Figures
- Figure 2.1: Global consumer packaging by geography, 2005
- Figure 2.2: Global consumer packaging by material, 2005
- Figure 2.3: RFID
- Figure 3.4: Packaging machines in operation per market cluster, 2006
- Figure 3.5: Tetra Pak innovative packaging
- Figure 3.6: Tetra Pak SWOT analysis
- Figure 4.7: Amcor financial performance, A$bn, 2003-2006
- Figure 4.8: Global PET market share
- Figure 4.9: Growth of the North American heat set PET market
- Figure 4.10: North American shelf-stable packaging market
- Figure 4.11: Target market of shelf-stable packaging for drinks
- Figure 4.12: Product, Leadership and Innovation process
- Figure 4.13: PowerFlex
- Figure 4.14: Canned Wine
- Figure 4.15: Amcor SWOT analysis
- Figure 5. 16: O-I financial performance, $bn, 2003-2006
- Figure 5.17: Europe and US glass packaging market share, 2006
- Figure 5.18: O-I SWOT analysis
- Figure 6.19: Crown Holdings financial performance, $bn, 2003-2006
- Figure 6.20: Innovative products launched by Crown Holdings
- Figure 6.21: Crown SWOT analysis
- Figure 7.22: Rexam financial performance, m, 2003-2006
- Figure 7.23: Growth in emerging markets and drinks cans
- Figure 7.24: Innovative products launched by Rexam
- Figure 7.25: Rexam SWOT analysis
- Figure 8. 26: Alcan Packaging financial performance, $bn, 2003-2006
- Figure 8.27: Innovations from Alcan
- Figure 8.28: Alcan Packaging SWOT analysis
- Figure 9. 29: Ball financial performance, $bn, 2003-2006
- Figure 9.30: Innovative products from Ball
- Figure 9.31: Ball SWOT analysis
- Figure 10. 32: Toyo financial performance, bn, 2003-2006
- Figure 10. 33: Toyo Business Strategy, 2006-2008
- Figure 10.34: Toyo SWOT analysis
- Figure 11. 35: Saint-Gobain financial performance, €bn, 2003-2006
- Figure 11.36: Saint-Gobain SWOT analysis
- Figure 12. 37: Alcoa financial performance, $bn, 2003-2006
- Figure 12.38: Full Body Shrink Sleeves
- Figure 12.39: Beverage closures market segmentation and Alcoa share
- Figure 12.40: Vino-Seal
- Figure 12.41: Xtra-Lok mini
- Figure 12.42: Invertibles
- Figure 12.43: Alcoa SWOT analysis
- Figure 14.44: The leading food & drinks packaging companies
- Figure 14.45: The leading food & drinks packaging companies
List of Tables
- Table 1.1: Top 10 Rankings according to packaging revenue, $m
- Table 4.2: Amcor financial performance, A$m, 2003-2006
- Table 4.3: Amcor business segment revenues, A$m, 2003-2006
- Table 4.4: Amcor geographical revenues, A$m, 2003-2006
- Table 4.5: Demand for converted flexible packaging in Eastern Europe, €bn, 2000-2010
- Table 4.6: Amcor Flexibles key markets and customers
- Table 5.7: O-I financial performance, $m, 2003-2006
- Table 5.8: O-I business segment revenues, $m, 2003-2006
- Table 5.9: O-I geographical revenues, $m, 2003-2006
- Table 6.10: Crown Holdings financial performance, $m, 2003-2006
- Table 6.11: Crown Holdings business segment revenues, $m, 2003-2006
- Table 6.12: Crown Holdings geographical revenues, $bn, 2003-2006
- Table 7.13: Rexam financial performance, m, 2003-2006
- Table 7.14: Rexam business segment revenues, m, 2003-2006
- Table 7.15: Rexam geographical revenues, m, 2003-2006
- Table 8. 16: Alcan Packaging financial performance, $m, 2003-2006
- Table 8.17: Alcan Packaging business segment revenues, 2003-2006
- Table 8.18: Alcan Packaging geographical revenues, 2003-2006
- Table 9. 19: Ball financial performance, $m, 2003-2006
- Table 9.20: Ball business segment revenues, $m, 2003-2006
- Table 9.21: Ball geographical revenues, $m, 2003-2006
- Table 10. 22: Toyo financial performance, m, 2003-2006
- Table 10.23: Toyo business segment revenues, m, 2005-2006
- Table 11. 24: Saint-Gobain financial performance, €m, 2003-2006
- Table 11.25: Saint-Gobain business segment revenues, €m, 2003-2006
- Table 11.26: Saint-Gobain geographical revenues, €m, 2003-2006
- Table 12. 27: Alcoa financial performance, $m, 2003-2006
- Table 12.28: Alcoa business segment revenues, $m, 2003-2006
- Table 12.29: Alcoa geographical revenues, $m, 2003-2006