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2014-2019 Global High Barrier Packaging Film Market Sales Data Analysis
Smithers Pira Company released a market survey report in 2014 shows that the global high barrier packaging film market develops rapidly with a great sustained demand, 2014 high barrier packaging film global sales about 1 million 760 thousand tons, with sales of $15 billion 900 million. The next 5 years, the global high barrier packaging film market will continue to maintain a steady growth. The average annual compound growth rate will remain at 5%, sales in 2019 is expected to reach 2 million 240 thousand tons, sales volume is more than $20 billion.
The high barrier packaging film in this survey refers to the soft packaging film that thickness less than 250μm, the oxygen transmission rate is less than 5cm3/m2/d(thickness 25μm). The report pointed out that with the economic development and people's lifestyle changes, consumers put forward higher requirements on quality and safety while purchasing products. Therefore, the protective packaging materials must to have higher requirements for high barrier packaging materials, the market demand continues to grow, especially in the food and beverage products, perishable or ineffective drugs, the packaging demand is particularly strong.
At the same time, the plastic film used in the packaging industry is more and more widely with its advantages like light transparent, moisture resistance of oxygen, good air tightness, resistance, smooth surface, etc., . In order to make the plastic soft packing to replace metal cans, glass bottles or other hard packaging purposes, it is necessary to use high barrier materials. Therefore, high barrier packaging film becomes an important development direction in the field of soft package, a variety of high barrier packaging film have been published. These high barrier packaging film has a strong barrier to gas and water vapor, to inside products (especially food) to guarantee, preservation, protection and prolong flavor the shelf life, and can reduce the use of preservatives. Just to think, if there is no high barrier packaging film, the food, beverage, pharmaceutical and other products in the processing, transportation, storage, sales, consumption of each link is very easy to spoilage, will cause extremely large waste. Therefore, high barrier packaging film also plays a positive role in saving resources and reduce waste .
High barrier packaging film is mainly applied to 6 kinds of soft packaging: plastic bags, pouches (including cooking and cooking type), cover material and molding material, wrapping film, blister packaging material. The plastic bag is the main kind of high barrier flexible packaging, in 2014 global high barrier packaging film sales accounted for more than 50%; the cover material and molding material in the second row. The next 5 years, independent bag will become the fastest growing category of high barrier packaging; average cover material and molding the substrate growth rate will exceed the global high barrier packaging film market; and wrap film growth rate is relatively low, mainly because of its slow growth rate in some main application areas (such as baking and fast food) .
(Source: Innovative Film Solutions)
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