Frozen Food Packaging

US demand for frozen food packaging will grow 4.1 percent annually through 2011. Gains will be driven by heightened demand for convenience-type foods, along with the prevalence of microwave ovens. Meat, poultry and seafood and frozen specialties applications will remain dominant and post above-average growth.

This study analyzes the $5.2 billion US frozen food packaging industry. It presents historical demand data for the years 1996, 2001 and 2006, and forecasts for 2011 and 2016 by application (e.g., meat, poultry and seafood; frozen specialties; fruit and vegetables; ice cream; baked goods); and product (e.g., folding cartons, corrugated boxes, sleeves, bags, tubs and cups, trays, wrap, pouches).

The study also considers market environment factors, evaluates company market share and profiles 37 leading competitors including Huhtamaki, Rock-Tenn, Bemis, Graphic Packaging, Altivity Packaging, Smurfit-Stone Container, Printpack, Sealed Air, Rio Tinto Group, and Weyerhaeuser.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION PAGE INTRODUCTION viii I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT 4 General 4 Demographic Trends 5 Macroeconomic Outlook 9 Consumer Spending Outlook 13 Retail Sales Outlook 16 Food Industry Outlook 20 Frozen Food Industry Outlook 22 Foodservice Industry Outlook 25 Packaging Industry Outlook 27 Pricing Trends 31 Environmental & Regulatory Issues 33 III. APPLICATIONS 36 General 36 Meat, Poultry & Seafood 39 Frozen Meat, Poultry & Seafood Outlook 39 Packaging Demand 41 Poultry 44 Meat 48 Seafood 51 Frozen Specialties 55 Frozen Specialties Outlook 56 Packaging Demand 58 Entrees & Dinners 61 Pizza 64 Other Specialties 66 Fruit & Vegetables 70 Frozen Fruit & Vegetable Outlook 71 Packaging Demand 73 Vegetables 74 Fruit & Juice 79 Ice Cream 83 Ice Cream Outlook 84 Packaging Demand 85 Baked Goods 91 Frozen Baked Goods Outlook 91 Packaging Demand 93 Other 97 IV. PACKAGING PRODUCTS 101 General 101 Boxes 104 Folding Cartons 108 Corrugated 110 Sleeves 112 Bags 113 Tubs & Cups 118 Trays 121 Wrap 125 Pouches 129 Other 135 Plastic Containers 136 Aluminum Foil Containers 138 Gabletop Cartons 139 All Other 140 Materials & Formats 141 V. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 146 General 146 Market Share 149 Huhtamaki 151 Rock-Tenn 152 Bemis 152 Graphic Packaging 152 Altivity Packaging 153 Smurfit-Stone Container 154 Printpack 154 Sealed Air 155 Rio Tinto Group 155 Weyerhaeuser 156 Acquisitions & Divestitures 157 Competitive Strategies 162 Marketing & Distribution 165 Cooperative Agreements 167 Company Profiles 169 AEP Industries Incorporated 170 Alcan Incorporated, see Rio Tinto Group Alcoa Incorporated 172 Altivity Packaging LLC 174 American Packaging Corporation 176 Ampac Packaging LLC 178 Anchor Packaging Company 179 Associated Packaging Technologies 181 Bemis Company Incorporated 182 Berry Plastics Group Incorporated 185 Blue Ridge Paper Products Incorporated, see Carter Holt Harvey Limited Caraustar Industries Incorporated 187 Carter Holt Harvey Limited 189 Cello-Foil Holding Corporation, see Exopack Holding Clear Pack Company, see Sonoco Products Company CM Packaging 191 Cryovac Incorporated, see Sealed Air Corporation Curwood Incorporated, see Bemis Company Incorporated Diversapack LLC, see Printpack Incorporated Evergreen Packaging Group, see Carter Holt Harvey Limited and International Paper Company Excelsior Packaging Group Incorporated 193 Exopack Holding Corporation 194 Floeter Flexible Packaging Group, see Ampac Packaging LLC Gage Industries Incorporated 196 Georgia-Pacific Corporation, see Koch Industries Glopak Incorporated, see Hood Companies Graphic Packaging Corporation 197 Grupo Industrial Pl stico SA de CV, see Printpack Healthy FX International Corporation 200 Hindalco Industries Limited 201 Hood Companies 203 Huhtamaki Oyj 204 International Paper Company 206 Koch Industries Incorporated 208 LINPAC Group Limited 210 Liqui-Box Corporation, see Exopack Holding MeadWestvaco Corporation 212 Menasha Corporation 214 Milprint Incorporated, see Bemis Company Mohawk Northern Plastics Incorporated, see Ampac Packaging Mullinix Packages Incorporated 215 Newspring Industrial Corporation, see Pactiv Novelis Incorporated, see Hindalco Industries Limited Pactiv Corporation 216 Pliant Corporation 219 Premier Boxboard Limited LLC, see Caraustar Industries Presto Products Company, see Alcoa Incorporated Printpack Incorporated 221 Reynolds Food Packaging LLC, see Alcoa Incorporated Rio Tinto Group 223 Rock-Tenn Company 225 Sealed Air Corporation 228 Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation 230 Solo Cup Company 232 Sonoco Products Company 235 Stone Plastics Incorporated, see CM Packaging Weyerhaeuser Company 236 Wilkinson Industries Incorporated 239 LIST OF TABLES TABLE NUMBER PAGE SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Summary Table 3 SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT 1 Population & Households 8 2 Macroeconomic Indicators 13 3 Consumer Income & Spending 16 4 Retail Sales 19 5 Food Shipments 21 6 Frozen Food Shipments 24 7 Foodservice Revenues by Establishment Type 27 8 Packaging Supply & Demand 30 9 Selected Frozen Food Packaging Prices 33 SECTION III -- APPLICATIONS 1 Frozen Food Packaging Demand by Application 38 2 Frozen Meat, Poultry & Seafood Shipments 41 3 Frozen Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging Demand 43 4 Frozen Poultry Packaging Demand by Type 47 5 Frozen Meat Packaging Demand by Type 50 6 Frozen Seafood Packaging Demand by Type 54 7 Frozen Specialties Shipments 58 8 Frozen Specialties Packaging Demand 60 9 Frozen Entree & Dinner Packaging Demand by Type 63 10 Frozen Pizza Packaging Demand by Type 66 11 Other Frozen Specialties Packaging Demand by Type 69 12 Frozen Fruit & Vegetable Shipments 73 13 Frozen Fruit & Vegetable Packaging Demand 74 14 Frozen Vegetable Packaging Demand by Product & Type 78 15 Frozen Fruit & Juice Packaging Demand by Product & Type 82 16 Ice Cream & Other Frozen Dessert Shipments 85 17 Ice Cream & Other Frozen Dessert Packaging Demand by Product & Type 90 18 Frozen Baked Goods Shipments 93 19 Frozen Baked Goods Packaging Demand by Type 96 20 Other Frozen Food Packaging Demand by Type 100 SECTION IV -- PACKAGING PRODUCTS 1 Frozen Food Packaging Demand by Type 103 2 Box Demand in Frozen Food Packaging by Type & Application 107 3 Bag Demand in Frozen Food Packaging by Type & Application 117 4 Tub & Cup Demand in Frozen Food Packaging by Type & Application 121 5 Tray Demand in Frozen Food Packaging by Type & Application 125 6 Wrap Demand in Frozen Food Packaging 129 7 Pouch Demand in Frozen Food Packaging 134 8 Other Frozen Food Packaging Demand by Type & Application 136 9 Frozen Food Packaging by Material & Format 144 SECTION V -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 1 US Frozen Food Packaging Sales by Company, 2006 148 2 Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures 160 3 Selected Cooperative Agreements 168 LIST OF CHARTS CHART NUMBER PAGE SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT 1 Frozen Food Shipments by Type, 2006 25 SECTION III -- APPLICATIONS 1 Frozen Food Packaging Demand by Application, 2006 38 2 Frozen Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging Demand by Product, 2006 43 3 Frozen Poultry Packaging Demand by Type, 2006 48 4 Frozen Meat Packaging Demand by Type, 2006 51 5 Frozen Seafood Packaging Demand by Type, 2006 55 6 Frozen Specialties Packaging Demand by Product, 2006 60 7 Frozen Entree & Dinner Packaging Demand by Type, 2006 64 8 Other Frozen Specialties Packaging Demand by Type, 2006 70 9 Frozen Vegetable Packaging Demand by Type, 2006 79 10 Frozen Fruit & Juice Packaging Demand by Type, 2006 83 11 Ice Cream & Other Frozen Dessert Packaging Demand by Type, 2006 91 12 Frozen Baked Goods Packaging Demand by Type, 2006 97 SECTION IV -- PACKAGING PRODUCTS 1 Frozen Food Packaging Demand by Type, 2006 104 2 Box Demand in Frozen Food Packaging by Application, 2006 108 3 Bag Demand in Frozen Food Packaging by Application, 2006 118 4 Frozen Food Packaging Demand by Material, 1996-2016 145 SECTION V -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 1 US Frozen Food Packaging Market Share, 2006 151

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1 INTRODUCTION

2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Table | FROZEN FOOD PACKAGING DEMAND (million dollars) 2001 - 2016

3 MARKET ENVIRONMENT

3.1 General

3.2 Demographic Trends

Table | POPULATION & HOUSEHOLDS (million persons) 1996 - 2016

3.3 Macroeconomic Outlook

Table | MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS 1996 - 2016

3.4 Consumer Spending Outlook

Table | CONSUMER INCOME & SPENDING (billion dollars) 1996 - 2016

3.5 Retail Sales Outlook

Table | RETAIL SALES (billion dollars) 1996 - 2016

3.6 Food Industry Outlook

Table | FOOD SHIPMENTS (billion dollars) 1996 - 2016

3.7 Frozen Food Industry Outlook

Table | FROZEN FOOD SHIPMENTS (billion dollars) 1996 - 2016

3.8 Foodservice Industry Outlook

Table | FOODSERVICE REVENUES BY ESTABLISHMENT TYPE (billion dollars) 1996 - 2016

3.9 Packaging Industry Outlook

Table | PACKAGING SUPPLY & DEMAND (billion dollars) 1996 - 2016

3.10 Pricing Trends

Table | SELECTED FROZEN FOOD PACKAGING PRICES (cents per unit) 1996 - 2016

3.11 Environmental & Regulatory Issues

4 APPLICATIONS

4.1 General

Table | FROZEN FOOD PACKAGING DEMAND BY APPLICATION (million dollars) 1996 - 2016

4.2 Meat, Poultry & Seafood

4.2.1 Frozen Meat, Poultry & Seafood - Outlook

Table | FROZEN MEAT, POULTRY & SEAFOOD SHIPMENTS (billion dollars) 1996 - 2016

4.2.2 Packaging Demand

Table | FROZEN MEAT, POULTRY & SEAFOOD PACKAGING DEMAND (million dollars) 1996 - 2016

Table | FROZEN POULTRY PACKAGING DEMAND BY TYPE (million dollars) 1996 - 2016

Table | FROZEN MEAT PACKAGING DEMAND BY TYPE (million dollars) 1996 - 2016

Table | FROZEN SEAFOOD PACKAGING DEMAND BY TYPE (million dollars) 1996 - 2016

4.3 Frozen Specialties

4.3.1 Frozen Specialties Outlook

Table | FROZEN SPECIALTIES SHIPMENTS (billion dollars) 1996 - 2016

4.3.2 Packaging Demand

Table | FROZEN SPECIALTIES PACKAGING DEMAND (million dollars) 1996 - 2016

Table | FROZEN ENTREE & DINNER PACKAGING DEMAND BY TYPE (million dollars) 1996 - 2016

Table | FROZEN PIZZA PACKAGING DEMAND BY TYPE (million dollars) 1996 - 2016

Table | OTHER FROZEN SPECIALTIES PACKAGING DEMAND BY TYPE (million dollars) 1996 - 2016

4.4 Fruit & Vegetables

4.4.1 Frozen Fruit & Vegetable Outlook

Table | FROZEN FRUIT & VEGETABLE SHIPMENTS (billion dollars) 1996 - 2016

4.4.2 Packaging Demand

Table | FROZEN FRUIT & VEGETABLE PACKAGING DEMAND (million dollars) 1996 - 2016

Table | FROZEN VEGETABLE PACKAGING DEMAND BY PRODUCT & TYPE (million dollars) 1996 - 2016

Table | FROZEN FRUIT & JUICE PACKAGING DEMAND BY PRODUCT & TYPE (million dollars) 1996 - 2016

4.5 Ice Cream

4.5.1 Ice Cream Outlook

Table | ICE CREAM & OTHER FROZEN DESSERT SHIPMENTS (billion dollars) 1996 - 2016

4.5.2 Packaging Demand

Table | ICE CREAM & OTHER FROZEN DESSERT PACKAGING DEMAND BY PRODUCT & TYPE (million dollars) 1996 - 2016

4.6 Baked Goods

4.6.1 Frozen Baked Goods Outlook

Table | FROZEN BAKED GOODS SHIPMENTS (billion dollars) 1996 - 2016

4.6.2 Packaging Demand

Table | FROZEN BAKED GOODS PACKAGING DEMAND BY TYPE (million dollars) 1996 - 2016

4.7 Other

Table | OTHER FROZEN FOOD PACKAGING DEMAND BY TYPE (million dollars) 1996 - 2016

5 PACKAGING PRODUCTS

5.1 General

Table | FROZEN FOOD PACKAGING DEMAND BY TYPE (million dollars) 1996 - 2016

5.2 Boxes

Table | BOX DEMAND IN FROZEN FOOD PACKAGING BY TYPE & APPLICATION (million dollars) 1996 - 2016

5.2.1 Folding Cartons

5.2.2 Corrugated

5.2.3 Sleeves

5.3 Bags

Table | BAG DEMAND IN FROZEN FOOD PACKAGING BY TYPE & APPLICATION (million dollars) 1996 - 2016

5.4 Tubs & Cups

Table | TUB & CUP DEMAND IN FROZEN FOOD PACKAGING BY TYPE & APPLICATION (million dollars) 1996 - 2016

5.5 Trays

Table | TRAY DEMAND IN FROZEN FOOD PACKAGING BY TYPE & APPLICATION (million dollars) 1996 - 2016

5.6 Wrap