Introduction

Containers & Packaging in Belgium industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market share, market size (value and volume 2006-10, and forecast to 2015). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Belgium containers & packaging market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

*The containers and packaging market consists of packaging made of paper and card, plastic, metal and glass. It does not include packaging that is used only for transportation purposes such as wooden crates, pallets, steel drums etc. The market is valued at manufacturers selling prices (MSP), while market volumes represent consumption. Any currency conversions used in this report have been calculated using constant 2010 annual average exchange rates.

*The Belgian containers & packaging market had total revenue of $3,987 million in 2010, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.7% between 2006 and 2010.

*Market consumption volumes increased with a CAGR of 0.7% between 2006-2010, to reach a total of 2.2 million units in 2010.

*The performance of the market is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 2% for the five-year period 2010 - 2015, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $4,400.2 million by the end of 2015.

Features

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Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the Belgium economy

Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the Belgium containers & packaging market by value in 2010?

What will be the size of the Belgium containers & packaging market in 2015?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the Belgium containers & packaging market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

Who are the top competitiors in Belgiums containers & packaging market?

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
MARKET OVERVIEW 7
Market definition 7
Research highlights 8
Market analysis 9
MARKET VALUE 10
MARKET VOLUME 11
MARKET SEGMENTATION I 12
MARKET SEGMENTATION II 13
MARKET SHARE 14
FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 15
Summary 15
Buyer power 16
Supplier power 18
New entrants 19
Substitutes 20
Rivalry 21
LEADING COMPANIES 22
Crown Holdings, Inc. 22
Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget 26
VPK Packaging Group NV 30
MARKET FORECASTS 34
Market value forecast 34
Market volume forecast 35
MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS 36
APPENDIX 38
Methodology 38
Industry associations 39
Related Datamonitor research 39
Disclaimer 40
ABOUT DATAMONITOR 41
Premium Reports 41
Summary Reports 41
Datamonitor consulting 41

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Belgium containers and packaging market value: $ million, 2006–10 10
Table 2: Belgium containers and packaging market volume: million units, 2006–10 11
Table 3: Belgium containers and packaging market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 12
Table 4: Belgium containers and packaging market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 13
Table 5: Belgium containers and packaging market share: % share, by value, 2010 14
Table 6: Crown Holdings, Inc.: key facts 22
Table 7: Crown Holdings, Inc.: key financials ($) 23
Table 8: Crown Holdings, Inc.: key financial ratios 24
Table 9: Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget: key facts 26
Table 10: Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget: key financials ($) 28
Table 11: Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget: key financials (SEK) 28
Table 12: Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget: key financial ratios 28
Table 13: VPK Packaging Group NV: key facts 30
Table 14: VPK Packaging Group NV: key financials ($) 31
Table 15: VPK Packaging Group NV: key financials (€) 31
Table 16: VPK Packaging Group NV: key financial ratios 32
Table 17: Belgium containers and packaging market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 34
Table 18: Belgium containers and packaging market volume forecast: million units, 2010–15 35
Table 19: Belgium size of population (million), 2006–10 36
Table 20: Belgium gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10 36
Table 21: Belgium gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10 36
Table 22: Belgium inflation, 2006–10 37
Table 23: Belgium consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10 37
Table 24: Belgium exchange rate, 2006–10 37

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Belgium containers and packaging market value: $ million, 2006–10 10
Figure 2: Belgium containers and packaging market volume: million units, 2006–10 11
Figure 3: Belgium containers and packaging market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 12
Figure 4: Belgium containers and packaging market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 13
Figure 5: Belgium containers and packaging market share: % share, by value, 2010 14
Figure 6: Forces driving competition in the containers and packaging market in Belgium, 2010 15
Figure 7: Drivers of buyer power in the containers and packaging market in Belgium, 2010 16
Figure 8: Drivers of supplier power in the containers and packaging market in Belgium, 2010 18
Figure 9: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the containers and packaging market in Belgium, 2010 19
Figure 10: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the containers and packaging market in Belgium, 2010 20
Figure 11: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the containers and packaging market in Belgium, 2010 21
Figure 12: Crown Holdings, Inc.: revenues & profitability 24
Figure 13: Crown Holdings, Inc.: assets & liabilities 25
Figure 14: Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget: revenues & profitability 29
Figure 15: Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget: assets & liabilities 29
Figure 16: VPK Packaging Group NV: revenues & profitability 32
Figure 17: VPK Packaging Group NV: assets & liabilities 33
Figure 18: Belgium containers and packaging market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 34
Figure 19: Belgium containers and packaging market volume forecast: million units, 2010–15 35