US demand for food containers is forecast to increase three percent annually through 2015. Plastic containers and bags and pouches will be the fastest growing segments, continuing to supplant paperboard, metal and glass containers. Best market prospects include frozen specialties, snack foods, dairy products, and sauces and condiments.

This study analyzes the $23 billion US rigid and flexible food container industry. It presents historical demand data for the years 2000, 2005 and 2010, and forecasts for 2015 and 2020 by type (e.g., bags and pouches, paperboard containers, metal containers, plastic containers, glass containers) and market (e.g., fruits and vegetables, grain mill products, dairy products, meat and related products, baked goods, sauces and condiments, snack foods, candy and confections).

The study also considers market environment factors, details industry structure, evaluates company market share and profiles 33 industry competitors, including Silgan, Bemis and Graphic Packaging.

				    TABLE OF CONTENTS

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		INTRODUCTION	                                                    xiii

	I.	EXECUTIVE SUMMARY						       1

	II.	MARKET ENVIRONMENT						       4
		General								       4
		Macroeconomic Outlook						       5
		Demographic Trends						       8
		Consumer Income & Spending Trends				      12
		Retail Sales Outlook						      15
		Food Industry Overview						      17
		   Consumer Preferences						      21
		   Distribution Trends						      23
		Packaging Trends						      25
		   Paper							      27
		   Plastic							      28
		   Metal							      29
		   Glass & Wood							      30
		Competitive Packaging Forms & Materials				      30
		Pricing Trends							      32
		   Plastic							      35
		   Bags & Pouches						      36
		   Paperboard							      38
		   Metal							      39
		   Glass							      40
		Environmental & Regulatory Issues				      40
		   Recycling							      42
		   Degradable Materials						      45
		   Non-Biodegradable Bioplastics				      48
		International Activity & Foreign Trade				      49

	III.	FOOD CONTAINER MARKETS						      52
		General								      52
		Fruits & Vegetables						      54
		   Fruit & Vegetable Outlook					      55
		   Container Trends						      56
		      Processed Fruits & Vegetables				      57
		      Fresh Produce						      61
		Grain Mill Products						      65
		   Grain Mill Product Outlook					      66
		   Container Trends						      67
		      Pet Food							      68
			Rigid Containers					      70
			Bags & Pouches						      72
		      Other Grain Mill Products					      74
		Dairy Products							      77
		   Dairy Product Outlook					      77
		   Container Trends						      79
		      Rigid Containers						      81
		      Bags & Pouches						      84
		Meat & Related Products						      85
		   Meat & Related Product Outlook				      85
		   Container Trends						      88
		      Meat, Poultry & Seafood					      89
			Bags & Pouches						      90
			Rigid Containers					      92
		      Egg Cartons						      95
		Baked Goods							      98
		   Baked Goods Outlook						      99
		   Container Trends						     100
		Sauces & Condiments						     104
		   Sauce & Condiment Outlook					     105
		   Container Trends						     106
		      Rigid Containers						     107
		      Bags & Pouches						     110
		Snack Foods							     112
		   Snack Food Outlook						     112
		   Container Trends						     114
		Candy & Confections						     118
		   Candy & Confection Outlook					     119
		   Container Trends						     120
		      Bags & Pouches						     122
		      Rigid Containers						     123
		Frozen Specialties						     125
		   Frozen Specialties Outlook					     126
		   Container Trends						     129
		Other Foods							     133
		   Other Foods Outlook						     134
		   Container Trends						     136
		      Soups & Canned Specialties				     137
		      Coffee & Tea						     140
			Rigid Containers					     142
			Bags & Pouches						     145
		      Fats & Oils						     146
		      Baby Food							     148
		      All Other Foods						     151

	IV.	CONTAINER OVERVIEW						     156
		General								     156
		Container Demand						     158

	V.	BAGS & POUCHES							     163
		General								     163
		Product Types							     165
		Plastic Bags & Pouches						     167
		   Pouches							     168
		      Definition						     170
		      Applications						     171
		      Producers							     175
		   Bags & Sacks							     177
		      Applications						     178
		      Producers							     180
		Paper Bags & Pouches						     182
		   Applications							     185
		   Producers							     187
		Markets								     189

	VI.	PAPERBOARD FOOD CONTAINERS					     199
		General								     199
		Paperboard Boxes & Cartons					     201
		   Folding Cartons						     203
		      Applications						     205
		      Producers							     208
		   Other Boxes & Cartons					     208
		      Gabletop Cartons						     209
		      Set-Up Boxes						     211
		      Aseptic Cartons						     213
		Other Paperboard Containers					     216
		   Nonfolding Sanitary Containers				     218
		   Composite Cans						     221
		   Molded Pulp Egg Cartons					     225
		Markets								     227

	VII.	METAL FOOD CONTAINERS						     234
		General								     234
		Container Types & Materials					     237
		   Steel & Bi-Metal Cans					     239
		   Aluminum Cans						     240
		   Aerosol Cans							     241
		Captive & Merchant Production					     243
		Markets								     245

	VIII.	PLASTIC FOOD CONTAINERS						     253
		General								     253
		Plastic Bottles & Jars						     256
		   Bottles							     257
		   Jars								     262
		   Resins							     265
		   Producers							     267
		Plastic Tubs, Cups & Bowls					     268
		   Resins							     273
		   Producers							     276
		Plastic Egg Cartons						     277
		Other Plastic Food Containers					     280
		   Cans								     281
		   Squeeze Tubes & All Other					     283
		Markets								     285
		Resins								     295
		   High Density Polyethylene					     297
		   Polyethylene Terephthalate					     298
		   Polypropylene						     300
		   Polystyrene							     301
		   Other							     302

	IX.	GLASS FOOD CONTAINERS						     305
		General								     305
		Competitive Factors						     308
		Glass Jars							     310
		Glass Bottles							     314

	X.	INDUSTRY STRUCTURE						     317
		General								     317
		Market Share							     321
		   Bags & Pouches						     327
		   Paperboard Containers					     329
		   Metal Containers						     331
		   Plastic Containers						     332
		   Glass Containers						     334
		Acquisitions & Divestitures					     335
		Product Manufacturing & Development				     339
		Marketing Strategies						     343
		Channels of Distribution					     344
		Competitive Strategies						     345
		Cooperative Agreements						     347
		Company Profiles						     350
		   Alcan Packaging Food Americas, see Bemis
		   Amcor Limited						     351
		   Ampac Packaging LLC						     354
		   Anchor Glass Container Corporation				     356
		   Associated Packaging Technologies, see Sonoco Products
		   BagcraftPapercon, see Packaging Dynamics
		   Ball Corporation						     358
		   Bemis Company Incorporated					     360
		   Berry Plastics Corporation					     366
		   Caraustar Industries Incorporated				     370
		   Consolidated Container Company LLC				     372
		   Constar International Incorporated				     373
		   Crown Holdings Incorporated					     375
		   Cryovac, see Sealed Air
		   Curwood, see Bemis
		   Dolco Packaging, see Tekni-Plex
		   Evergreen Packaging, see Reynolds Group Holdings
		   Exopack Holding Corporation					     377
		   Fold-Pak, see Rock-Tenn
		   Graham Packaging Company Incorporated			     380
		   Graphic Packaging Holding Company				     383
		   Hood Companies						     387
		   Huhtamaki Oyj						     389
		   Liquid Container, see Graham Packaging
		   Manchester Industries, see PaperWorks Industries
		   MeadWestvaco Corporation					     392
		   Milprint, see Bemis
		   Owens-Illinois Group Incorporated				     394
		   Packaging Dynamics Corporation				     395
		   Pactiv, see Reynolds Group Holdings
		   PaperWorks Industries Incorporated				     397
		   Plastipak Holdings Incorporated				     399
		   Pliant, see Berry Plastics
		   Pohlig Brothers, see Rock-Tenn
		   Polytainers Limited						     400
		   Printpack Incorporated					     402
		   PWP Industries, see Reynolds Group Holdings
		   Reynolds Group Holdings Limited				     404
		   Ring Companies						     414
		   Rio Tinto Group						     415
		   Rock-Tenn Company						     416
		   Rosmar Packaging, see PaperWorks Industries
		   RTS Packaging, see Rock-Tenn and Sonoco Products
		   Saint-Gobain							     421
		   Sealed Air Corporation					     423
		   SIG Combibloc Group, see Reynolds Group Holdings
		   Silgan Holdings Incorporated					     426
		   Solvay Paperboard, see Rock-Tenn
		   Sonoco Products Company					     429
		   Superfos Packaging, see Berry Plastics
		   Tekni-Plex Incorporated					     433
		   Tetra Laval International SA					     434
		   Thilmany Papers, see Packaging Dynamics
		   Wihuri Oy							     436
		   Winpak, see Wihuri
		Additional Companies in the Food Container Industry		     439


				      LIST OF TABLES

    TABLE NUMBER								    PAGE


		SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
		Summary Table							       3

		SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
	1	Macroeconomic Indicators					       8
	2	Population & Households						      12
	3	Personal Consumption Expenditures				      14
	4	Retail Sales							      17
	5	Food Shipments							      20
	6	Packaging Supply & Demand					      27
	7	Food Container Prices						      35

		SECTION III -- FOOD CONTAINER MARKETS
	1	Food Container Demand by Market					      53
	2	Fruit & Vegetable Shipments					      56
	3	Fruit & Vegetable Container Demand by Application		      57
	4	Processed Fruit & Vegetable Container Demand by Material
		   & Type							      61
	5	Fresh Produce Container Demand by Material & Type		      65
	6	Grain Mill Product Shipments					      67
	7	Grain Mill Product Container Demand by Application		      68
	8	Pet Food Container Demand by Material				      70
	9	Other Grain Mill Product Container Demand by Material		      76
	10	Dairy Product Shipments						      79
	11	Dairy Product Container Demand by Material			      81
	12	Meat & Related Product Shipments				      88
	13	Meat & Related Product Container Demand by Application		      89
	14	Meat, Poultry & Seafood Container Demand by Material		      90
	15	Egg Carton Demand by Material					      98
	16	Baked Goods Shipments						     100
	17	Baked Goods Container Demand by Material			     104
	18	Sauce & Condiment Shipments					     106
	19	Sauce & Condiment Container Demand by Material			     107
	20	Snack Food Shipments						     114
	21	Snack Food Container Demand by Material				     118
	22	Candy & Confection Shipments					     120
	23	Candy & Confection Container Demand by Material			     122
	24	Frozen Specialties Shipments					     128
	25	Frozen Specialties Container Demand by Material			     133
	26	Other Food Shipments						     136
	27	Other Food Container Demand by Market				     137
	28	Soups & Canned Specialties Container Demand by Material		     140
	29	Coffee & Tea Container Demand by Material			     142
	30	Fats & Oils Container Demand by Material			     148
	31	Baby Food Container Demand by Material				     151
	32	All Other Food Container Demand by Material			     155

		SECTION IV -- CONTAINER OVERVIEW
	1	Food Container Demand by Type					     161

		SECTION V -- BAGS & POUCHES
	1	Bag & Pouch Demand in Food Applications by Material
		   & Type							     165
	2	Plastic Bag & Pouch Demand in Food Applications by Type		     168
	3	Paper Bag & Pouch Demand in Food Applications by Type		     185
	4	Bag & Pouch Demand in Food Applications by Market		     190

		SECTION VI -- PAPERBOARD FOOD CONTAINERS
	1	Paperboard Food Container Demand by Type			     201
	2	Paperboard Box & Carton Demand in Food Applications
		   by Type							     203
	3	Folding Carton Demand in Food Applications			     205
	4	Other Box & Carton Demand in Food Applications by Type		     209
	5	Gabletop Carton Demand in Food Applications			     211
	6	Set-Up Box Demand in Food Applications				     213
	7	Aseptic Carton Demand in Food Applications			     216
	8	Other Paperboard Food Container Demand by Type			     217
	9	Nonfolding Sanitary Food Container Demand			     221
	10	Composite Can Demand in Food Applications			     224
	11	Molded Pulp Egg Carton Demand					     226
	12	Paperboard Food Container Demand by Market			     228

		SECTION VII -- METAL FOOD CONTAINERS
	1	Metal Food Container Demand by Type				     237
	2	Metal Food Container Demand by Source of Production		     245
	3	Metal Food Container Demand by Market				     247

		SECTION VIII -- PLASTIC FOOD CONTAINERS
	1	Plastic Food Container Demand by Type				     255
	2	Plastic Food Bottle & Jar Demand				     257
	3	Plastic Food Bottle Demand					     261
	4	Plastic Food Jar Demand						     264
	5	Plastic Tub, Cup & Bowl Demand in Food Applications		     272
	6	Plastic Egg Carton Demand					     279
	7	Other Plastic Food Container Demand by Type & Resin		     281
	8	Plastic Food Container Demand by Market				     287
	9	Plastic Food Container Demand by Resin				     296

		SECTION IX -- GLASS FOOD CONTAINERS
	1	Glass Food Container Demand by Type				     308
	2	Glass Food Jar Demand by Market					     313
	3	Glass Bottle Demand by Market					     316

		SECTION X -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
	1	US Food Container Sales by Company, 2010			     319
	2	Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures				     338
	3	Selected Cooperative Agreements					     349

				      LIST OF CHARTS

    CHART NUMBER								    PAGE

		SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
	1	Food Shipments, 2010						      21

		SECTION III -- FOOD CONTAINER MARKETS
	1	Food Container Demand by Market, 2010				      54

		SECTION IV -- CONTAINER OVERVIEW
	1	Food Container Demand by Type, 2010: Units Versus Value		     162

		SECTION V -- BAGS & POUCHES
	1	Bag & Pouch Demand in Food Applications by Market, 2010		     191

		SECTION VI -- PAPERBOARD FOOD CONTAINERS
	1	Other Paperboard Food Container Demand by Type, 2010		     217
	2	Paperboard Food Container Demand by Market, 2010		     229

		SECTION VII -- METAL FOOD CONTAINERS
	1	Metal Food Container Demand by Market, 2010			     248

		SECTION VIII -- PLASTIC FOOD CONTAINERS
	1	Plastic Food Container Demand by Type, 2010			     256
	2	Plastic Food Bottle Demand by Resin, 2010			     262
	3	Plastic Food Jar Demand by Resin, 2010				     265
	4	Plastic Tub, Cup & Bowl Demand by Resin, 2010			     273
	5	Plastic Food Container Demand by Market, 2010			     288
	6	Plastic Food Container Demand by Resin, 2010			     297

		SECTION IX -- GLASS FOOD CONTAINERS
	1	Glass Food Jar Demand by Market, 2010				     314

		SECTION X -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
	1	US Food Container Market Share by Company, 2010			     323
	2	Food Bag & Pouch Market Share by Company, 2010			     329
	3	Paperboard Food Container Market Share by Company, 2010		     331
	4	Metal Food Container Market Share by Company, 2010		     332
	5	Plastic Food Container Market Share by Company, 2010		     334
	6	Glass Food Container Market Share by Company, 2010		     335