Datamonitor's Containers & Packaging Global Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the containers & packaging industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies. This incisive report provides expert analysis on a global, regional and country basis.

Scope of the Report

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of the industry's prospects, competitive landscape and profiles of the leading companies

* Covers Global, European, Asia-Pacific & 11 individual country markets

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

Highlights

The global containers and packaging market generated total revenues of $389.3 billion in 2006, this representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.1% for the five-year period spanning 2002-2006.

Market consumption volumes increased with a CAGR of 2.7% between 2002-2006, to reach a total of 249.8 million tonnes in 2006.

The performance of the market is forecast to follow a similar pattern, with an anticipated CAGR of 3% for the five-year period 2006-2011 expected to drive the market to a value of $450.3 billion by the end of 2011.

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Definition

The containers and packaging market consists of packaging made of paper and card, plastic, metal, glass and related packaging materials. The market is valued at manufacturers' selling price (MSP), while market volumes represent consumption. Any currency conversions used in this report have been calculated using constant 2005 annual average exchange rates.

For the purposes of this report, Europe consists of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Russia.

Asia-Pacific consists of Australia, China, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan.

The Americas comprises Brazil, Mexico, Canada, and the US.

The global market comprises Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the Americas.