Global demand for Point-of-Use (POU) systems is expected to grow 9.3% per year through 2025 to $17.2 billion.

Expanding agricultural output and shifts in crop mix will bolster growth in the global agricultural pesticides market through 2025, according to a new Freedonia Group analysis.

In most global markets, particularly in lower income countries, concerns about insects and other pests as disease vectors will be a major driver of demand for household pesticides through 2025.

Decades of herbicide overapplication in nearly every major market have contributed to the proliferation of weed populations that are highly resistant to herbicides, including glyphosate, the dominant herbicide active ingredient.

The US is by far the largest market for consumer pesticides, and is expected to account for one-third of total growth in the $6.5 billion global consumer pesticide market through 2025, according to a new Freedonia Group study.

Associated Materials, a leading US manufacturer and distributor of vinyl windows, vinyl and aluminum siding, and other plastic building product, announced recently that it was being purchased by SVP Global, a private equity firm.

Among unit dose pharmaceutical packaging products, blister packaging will lead the global market in value terms based on solid oral dose applications, while prefillable syringes and parenteral vials will see the fastest growth.

Western Europe generates the most demand for vaccine packaging among global regions, reflecting the production activities of companies such as BioNTech, GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi, and Pfizer.

Glass vials will be among the most used types of vaccine packaging due to their low cost, strong barrier properties, and breadth of applications served.

Mature pharmaceutical markets will continue to drive unit dose packaging sales through 2025, finds a new Freedonia Group analysis.