Introduction

Global Containers & Packaging 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 Global 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 global containers & packaging market had total revenue of $490,931.3 million in 2010, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3% between 2006 and 2010.

*Market consumption volumes increased with a CAGR of 1.3% between 2006-2010, to reach a total of 265.5 million units in 2010.

*The performance of the market is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 4% for the five-year period 2010 - 2015, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $596,828.8 million by the end of 2015.

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Key Questions Answered

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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
Amcor Limited 22
International Paper Company 26
Smurfit Kappa Group Plc 30
Tetra Laval Group 34
MARKET FORECASTS 36
Market value forecast 36
Market volume forecast 37
APPENDIX 38
Methodology 38
Industry associations 39
Related Datamonitor research 39
Disclaimer 41
ABOUT DATAMONITOR 42
Premium Reports 42
Summary Reports 42
Datamonitor consulting 42

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Global containers and packaging market value: $ billion, 2006–10 10
Table 2: Global containers and packaging market volume: million units, 2006–10 11
Table 3: Global containers and packaging market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 12
Table 4: Global containers and packaging market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 13
Table 5: Global containers and packaging market share: % share, by value, 2010 14
Table 6: Amcor Limited: key facts 22
Table 7: Amcor Limited: key financials ($) 23
Table 8: Amcor Limited: key financials (A$) 24
Table 9: Amcor Limited: key financial ratios 24
Table 10: International Paper Company: key facts 26
Table 11: International Paper Company: key financials ($) 28
Table 12: International Paper Company: key financial ratios 28
Table 13: Smurfit Kappa Group Plc: key facts 30
Table 14: Smurfit Kappa Group Plc: key financials ($) 31
Table 15: Smurfit Kappa Group Plc: key financials (€) 32
Table 16: Smurfit Kappa Group Plc: key financial ratios 32
Table 17: Tetra Laval Group: key facts 34
Table 18: Global containers and packaging market value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15 36
Table 19: Global containers and packaging market volume forecast: million units, 2010–15 37

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Global containers and packaging market value: $ billion, 2006–10 10
Figure 2: Global containers and packaging market volume: million units, 2006–10 11
Figure 3: Global containers and packaging market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 12
Figure 4: Global containers and packaging market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 13
Figure 5: Global containers and packaging market share: % share, by value, 2010 14
Figure 6: Forces driving competition in the global containers and packaging market, 2010 15
Figure 7: Drivers of buyer power in the global containers and packaging market, 2010 16
Figure 8: Drivers of supplier power in the global containers and packaging market, 2010 18
Figure 9: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the global containers and packaging market, 2010 19
Figure 10: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the global containers and packaging market, 2010 20
Figure 11: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the global containers and packaging market, 2010 21
Figure 12: Amcor Limited: revenues & profitability 25
Figure 13: Amcor Limited: assets & liabilities 25
Figure 14: International Paper Company: revenues & profitability 29
Figure 15: International Paper Company: assets & liabilities 29
Figure 16: Smurfit Kappa Group Plc: revenues & profitability 33
Figure 17: Smurfit Kappa Group Plc: assets & liabilities 33
Figure 18: Global containers and packaging market value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15 36
Figure 19: Global containers and packaging market volume forecast: million units, 2010–15 37