World demand for protective packaging will rise 7.8 percent per year through 2014. Advances will be stimulated by an upswing in manufacturing activity and the continued proliferation of Internet shopping. The US will remain the largest national market while China grows the fastest.

This study analyzes the $15.3 billion world protective packaging industry. It presents historical demand data for the years 1999, 2004 and 2009, and forecasts for 2014 and 2019 by product (foamed plastics, paperboard protectors, protective mailers), material (paper and paperboard, foamed plastics, plastic films), function (cushioning, blocking and bracing, void-filling, wrapping, insulation), market (manufacturing, Internet and catalogs, retail), world region and for 24 countries.

The study also considers market environment factors, details industry structure, evaluates company market share and profiles 42 industry participants, including Sealed Air, Pregis and Tegrant.

				    TABLE OF CONTENTS

     SECTION									    PAGE

		Introduction							      xi

	I.	Executive Summary						       1

	II.	Market Environment						       4
		General								       4
		World Economic Overview						       5
		   Recent Historical Trends					       6
		   Macroeconomic Outlook					       8
		World Demographic Outlook					      12
		   Population							      12
		   Households							      14
		   Urbanization Patterns					      15
		World Personal Income & Expenditure Trends			      17
		World Manufacturing Outlook					      19
		World Internet & Catalog Sales Outlook				      24
		World Packaging Industry Outlook				      26
		World Corrugated Box Industry Overview				      29
		World Plastic Industry Overview					      32
		Pricing Trends							      34
		Environmental Issues						      37
		Regulatory Considerations					      41

	III.	Overview							      44
		General								      44
		Demand by Region						      45
		Demand by Product						      48
		   Foamed Plastics						      50
		   Paperboard Protectors					      52
		   Protective Mailers						      54
		   Other Protective Packaging					      56
		Demand by Material						      60
		   Paper & Paperboard						      61
		   Foamed Plastics						      62
		   Plastic Films & Other Plastics				      63
		Demand by Function						      63
		   Cushioning							      65
		   Blocking & Bracing						      66
		   Void-Filling							      68
		   Wrapping							      69
		   Insulation							      70
		Demand by Market						      71
		   Manufacturing						      73
		   Internet & Catalogs						      75
		   Retail & Other						      77
		World Production & Trade Overview				      80

	IV.	North America							      83
		General								      83
		Protective Packaging Demand					      84
		United States							      87
		Canada								      94
		Mexico								      98

	V.	Western Europe							     104
		General								     104
		Protective Packaging Demand					     105
		Belgium								     108
		France								     112
		Germany								     116
		Italy								     122
		Netherlands							     126
		Spain								     130
		United Kingdom							     134
		Other Western Europe						     140

	VI.	Asia/Pacific							     146
		General								     146
		Protective Packaging Demand					     148
		Australia							     150
		China								     154
		India								     160
		Indonesia							     165
		Japan								     169
		South Korea							     174
		Taiwan								     178
		Thailand							     183
		Other Asia/Pacific						     187

	VII.	Other Regions							     192
		Central & South America						     192
		   Argentina							     195
		   Brazil							     199
		   Other Central & South America				     203
		Eastern Europe							     207
		   Poland							     210
		   Russia							     214
		   Other Eastern Europe						     218
		Africa/Mideast							     222
		   South Africa							     226
		   Turkey							     230
		   Other Africa/Mideast						     234

	VIII.	Industry Structure						     239
		General								     239
		Market Share							     242
		Acquisitions & Divestitures					     246
		Marketing Strategies						     250
		Channels of Distribution					     251
		Competitive Strategies						     254
		Cooperative Agreements						     257
		Company Profiles						     261
		   ACH Foam Technologies LLC					     262
		   Advanced Protective Packaging Limited			     264
		   BASF SE							     265
		   Bayer AG							     267
		   BayOne Urethane Systems, see Bayer 
		   Broadway Industrial Group Limited				     269
		   Carpenter Company						     270
		   Cascades Incorporated					     272
		   Coldpack SAS							     274
		   Corbi Plastics, see Menasha 
		   CPI Packaging, see Sealed Air 
		   Createc Corporation						     275
		   Foam Fabricators Incorporated				     277
		   FP International, see Free-Flow Packaging International 
		   Free-Flow Packaging International Incorporated		     279
		   FROMM Holding AG						     282
		   Great Northern Corporation					     284
		   Green Light Products Limited					     286
		   Huhtamaki Oyj						     287
		   Illinois Tool Works Incorporated				     289
		   Induspac, see Specialized Packaging Group 
		   INEOS NOVA, see NOVA Chemicals 
		   IntelliPack Asia Pacific Pty Limited				     293
		   IntelliPack Incorporated, see Pregis 
		   International Dunnage Sanayi ve Ticaret AS			     294
		   Ivex Packaging, see Specialized Packaging Group 
		   JMP Holdings Pty Limited					     295
		   Kewell Converters Limited					     297
		   MeadWestvaco Corporation					     298
		   Menasha Corporation						     300
		   Moulded Fibre Technology, see UFP Technologies 
		   Nampak Limited						     302
		   NanoCool, see MeadWestvaco 
		   Nefab AB							     304
		   NOVA Chemicals Corporation					     306
		   ORBIS, see Menasha 
		   ORiON Flexi Pack						     309
		   Packshield Industries					     310
		   Polyair Inter Pack Incorporated				     311
		   Pregis Corporation						     314
		   Protexic Brands, see Tegrant 
		   Ranpak Corporation						     320
		   RAPAC, see Ring Companies
		   Ride Rite, see Illinois Tool Works 
		   Ring Companies						     322
		   Rock-Tenn Company						     323
		   RTS Packaging, see Rock-Tenn and Sonoco Products 
		   Sealed Air Corporation					     327
		   Shanghai Xiangzhi Paper Industry Cooperation Company		     334
		   Sonoco Products Company					     335
		   Specialized Packaging Group LP				     339
		   Stephenson & Lawyer, see UFP Technologies 
		   Storopack Hans Reichenecker GmbH				     343
		   Svenska Cellulosa AB						     346
		   Tegrant Corporation						     350
		   ThermoSafe Brands, see Tegrant 
		   3M Company							     355
		   UFP Technologies Incorporated				     356
		   WineLoc Packaging Products, see ACH Foam Technologies 
		   Zotefoams plc						     359
		Additional Companies Mentioned in the Study			     361


				      LIST OF TABLES

    TABLE NUMBER								    PAGE


		SECTION I -- Executive Summary
		   Summary Table						       3

		SECTION II -- Market Environment
	1	World Gross Domestic Product by Region				      11
	2	World Population by Region					      13
	3	World Households by Region					      15
	4	World Urban Population by Region				      17
	5	World per Capita GDP by Region					      19
	6	World Manufacturing Value Added by Region			      21
	7	World Internet & Catalog Sales by Region			      26
	8	World Corrugated Box Demand by Region				      32
	9	World Plastic Resin Production by Region			      34

		SECTION III -- Overview
	1	World Protective Packaging Demand by Region			      47
	2	World Protective Packaging Demand by Product			      49
	3	World Foamed Plastic Protective Packaging Demand by Region	      52
	4	World Paperboard Protector Demand by Region			      54
	5	World Protective Mailer Demand by Region			      56
	6	World Other Protective Packaging Demand 
		   by Region & Product						      59
	7	World Protective Packaging Demand by Material			      60
	8	World Protective Packaging Demand by Function			      64
	9	World Protective Packaging Demand by Market			      72
	10	World Manufacturing Market for Protective Packaging 
		   by Region							      75
	11	World Internet & Catalog Market for Protective Packaging 
		   by Region							      77
	12	World Retail & Other Markets for Protective Packaging 
		   by Region							      79

		SECTION IV -- North America
	1	North America -- Protective Packaging Market Environment	      84
	2	North America -- Protective Packaging Demand 
		   by Product & Market						      86
	3	United States -- Protective Packaging Market Environment	      89
	4	United States -- Protective Packaging Demand 
		   by Product & Market						      91
	5	Canada -- Protective Packaging Market Environment		      95
	6	Canada -- Protective Packaging Demand by Product & Market	      97
	7	Mexico -- Protective Packaging Market Environment		     100
	8	Mexico -- Protective Packaging Demand by Product & Market	     102

		SECTION V -- Western Europe
	1	Western Europe -- Protective Packaging Market Environment	     105
	2	Western Europe -- Protective Packaging Demand 
		   by Product & Market						     107
	3	Belgium -- Protective Packaging Market Environment		     110
	4	Belgium -- Protective Packaging Demand 
		   by Product & Market						     111
	5	France -- Protective Packaging Market Environment		     113
	6	France -- Protective Packaging Demand by Product & Market	     115
	7	Germany -- Protective Packaging Market Environment		     118
	8	Germany -- Protective Packaging Demand 
		   by Product & Market						     120
	9	Italy -- Protective Packaging Market Environment		     123
	10	Italy -- Protective Packaging Demand by Product & Market	     125
	11	Netherlands -- Protective Packaging Market Environment		     127
	12	Netherlands -- Protective Packaging Demand 
		   by Product & Market						     129
	13	Spain -- Protective Packaging Market Environment		     131
	14	Spain -- Protective Packaging Demand by Product & Market	     133
	15	United Kingdom -- Protective Packaging Market Environment	     136
	16	United Kingdom -- Protective Packaging Demand 
		   by Product & Market						     137
	17	Other Western Europe -- Protective Packaging 
		   Market Environment						     141
	18	Other Western Europe -- Protective Packaging Demand 
		   by Product & Market						     143

		SECTION VI -- Asia/Pacific
	1	Asia/Pacific -- Protective Packaging Market Environment		     148
	2	Asia/Pacific -- Protective Packaging Demand 
		   by Product & Market						     149
	3	Australia -- Protective Packaging Market Environment		     151
	4	Australia -- Protective Packaging Demand 
		   by Product & Market						     153
	5	China -- Protective Packaging Market Environment		     156
	6	China -- Protective Packaging Demand by Product & Market	     159
	7	India -- Protective Packaging Market Environment		     162
	8	India -- Protective Packaging Demand by Product & Market	     164
	9	Indonesia -- Protective Packaging Market Environment		     166
	10	Indonesia -- Protective Packaging Demand 
		   by Product & Market						     168
	11	Japan -- Protective Packaging Market Environment		     171
	12	Japan -- Protective Packaging Demand by Product & Market	     173
	13	South Korea -- Protective Packaging Market Environment		     176
	14	South Korea -- Protective Packaging Demand 
		   by Product & Market						     177
	15	Taiwan -- Protective Packaging Market Environment		     180
	16	Taiwan -- Protective Packaging Demand by Product & Market	     182
	17	Thailand -- Protective Packaging Market Environment		     184
	18	Thailand -- Protective Packaging Demand 
		   by Product & Market						     186
	19	Other Asia/Pacific -- Protective Packaging 
		   Market Environment						     188
	20	Other Asia/Pacific -- Protective Packaging Demand 
		   by Product & Market						     190

		SECTION VII -- Other Regions
	1	Central & South America -- Protective Packaging 
		   Market Environment						     193
	2	Central & South America -- Protective Packaging Demand 
		   by Product & Market						     195
	3	Argentina -- Protective Packaging Market Environment		     197
	4	Argentina -- Protective Packaging Demand 
		   by Product & Market						     198
	5	Brazil -- Protective Packaging Market Environment		     200
	6	Brazil -- Protective Packaging Demand by Product & Market	     202
	7	Other Central & South America -- Protective Packaging 
		   Market Environment						     204
	8	Other Central & South America -- Protective Packaging 
		   Demand by Product & Market					     206
	9	Eastern Europe -- Protective Packaging Market Environment	     208
	10	Eastern Europe -- Protective Packaging Demand 
		   by Product & Market						     210
	11	Poland -- Protective Packaging Market Environment		     212
	12	Poland -- Protective Packaging Demand by Product & Market	     213
	13	Russia -- Protective Packaging Market Environment		     216
	14	Russia -- Protective Packaging Demand by Product & Market	     217
	15	Other Eastern Europe -- Protective Packaging 
		   Market Environment						     220
	16	Other Eastern Europe -- Protective Packaging Demand 
		   by Product & Market						     221
	17	Africa/Mideast -- Protective Packaging Market Environment	     224
	18	Africa/Mideast -- Protective Packaging Demand 
		   by Product & Market						     225
	19	South Africa -- Protective Packaging Market Environment		     227
	20	South Africa -- Protective Packaging Demand 
		   by Product & Market						     229
	21	Turkey -- Protective Packaging Market Environment		     232
	22	Turkey -- Protective Packaging Demand by Product & Market	     233
	23	Other Africa/Mideast -- Protective Packaging 
		   Market Environment						     236
	24	Other Africa/Mideast -- Protective Packaging Demand 
		   by Product & Market						     237

		SECTION VIII -- Industry Structure
	1	Protective Packaging Sales by Company, 2009			     240
	2	Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures				     249
	3	Selected Cooperative Agreements					     259


				      LIST OF CHARTS

    CHART NUMBER								    PAGE

SECTION I -- Executive Summary

		SECTION II -- Market Environment
	1	Protective Packaging Demand/MVA Relationship, 2009		      23

		SECTION III -- Overview
	1	World Protective Packaging Demand by Region, 2009		      48
	2	World Protective Packaging Demand by Product, 2009		      50
	3	World Protective Packaging Demand by Material, 2009		      61
	4	World Protective Packaging Demand by Function, 2009		      65
	5	World Protective Packaging Demand by Market, 2009		      73

		SECTION IV -- North America
	1	North America -- Protective Packaging Demand 
		   by Country, 2009						      87

		SECTION V -- Western Europe
	1	Western Europe -- Protective Packaging Demand 
		   by Country, 2009						     108

		SECTION VI -- Asia/Pacific
	1	Asia/Pacific -- Protective Packaging Demand 
		   by Country, 2009						     150
SECTION VII -- Other Regions

		SECTION VIII -- Industry Structure
	1	World Protective Packaging Market Share, 2009			     243
	2	Protective Packaging Industry Flowchart				     253