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U.S. demand for aseptic packaging to exceed $5 billion in 2015
January 9, 2012
Demand for aseptic
packaging in the US
is projected to expand 8% per year to $5.1 billion in 2015, well above the
overall packaging average. Growth will be driven by drug sterility
requirements and ambient distribution and storage advantages for food and
beverages. The shelf stability of
aseptic packaging will fuel rapid growth in dairy-based beverages and other
dairy products as it enables these perishable products to move through the supply
chain unrefrigerated. Advances will be
moderated by the high capital investment of aseptic processing equipment and
the reluctance of food and beverage firms to shift away from highly efficient
hot-fill and retort processing operations.
These and other trends are presented in Aseptic Packaging, a new
study from The Freedonia Group, Inc.,(www.freedoniagroup.com) a
Cleveland-based industry market research firm.
Pharmaceuticals were the largest aseptic packaging market in 2010, accounting for 64% of the total. Opportunities will be driven by preferences among health care providers for unit-dose delivery formats.
Growth for aseptic packaging in the beverage market will be restrained by the maturity of the fruit beverage market, expectation among U.S. consumers for chilled milk and competition from hot-fill packaging, which has a well-established base. Gains in the food market will be driven by shelf-stability advantages, as well as by expanding applications in liquid, low-particulate and pumpable foods, often via the replacement of metal cans and glass jars.
Pharmaceuticals were the largest aseptic packaging market in 2010, accounting for 64% of the total. Opportunities will be driven by preferences among health care providers for unit-dose delivery formats.
Growth for aseptic packaging in the beverage market will be restrained by the maturity of the fruit beverage market, expectation among U.S. consumers for chilled milk and competition from hot-fill packaging, which has a well-established base. Gains in the food market will be driven by shelf-stability advantages, as well as by expanding applications in liquid, low-particulate and pumpable foods, often via the replacement of metal cans and glass jars.