Lawn, Garden & Agricultural Packaging

INTRODUCTION ix

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1

II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT 4

• General 4
• Macroeconomic Outlook 5
• Demographic Trends 8
• Consumer Income & Spending Trends 10
• Housing Outlook 12
• Nonresidential Building Stock Trends 14
• Packaging Industry Overview 16
• Consumables Industry Overview 19
• Pricing Trends 21
• Environmental & Regulatory Issues 24
• Recycling Issues 27

III. MARKETS 30

• General 30
• Agriculture 33
• Agriculture Outlook 33
• Packaging Demand 35
• Consumer Products 39
• Consumer Gardening & Consumables Outlook 40
• Packaging Demand 43
• Professional Products 47
• Lawn Care Industry Outlook 48
• Packaging Demand 50

IV. APPLICATIONS 54

• General 54
• Fertilizers 57
• Fertilizer Outlook 57
• Packaging Demand 60
• Pesticides 63
• Pesticide Outlook 64
• Packaging Demand 66
• Seeds 70
• Seeds Outlook 71
• Packaging Demand 73
• Growing Media 76
• Growing Media Outlook 77
• Packaging Demand 78
• Mulch 80
• Mulch Outlook 80
• Packaging Demand 82
• Other 83

V. PACKAGING PRODUCTS 85

• General 85
• Bags & Sacks 88
• Paper 89
• Plastic 92
• Plastic Bottles 95
• Bulk Packaging 98
• Intermediate Bulk Containers 101
• Drums 103
• Other 106
• Pouches 109
• Other 112
• Labels 113
• Paperboard Boxes 115
• Metal Containers 116
• Caps & Closures 117
• All Other 119

VI. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 122

• General 122
• Market Share 125
• Bemis 126
• Exopack 127
• Greif 127
• Hood 128
• Smurfit-Stone 128
• Acquisitions & Divestitures 129
• Competitive Strategies 132
• Cooperative Agreements 133
• Manufacturing 135
• Marketing & Distribution 137
• Company Profiles 139
• American Flange & Manufacturing Company, see
• Greif Brothers Corporation
• American Packaging Corporation 140
• Americomm Label Systems, see WS Packaging Group
• Incorporated
• Atlas Bag Company, see Tyco International Incorporated
• B.A.G. Corporation 142
• Bemis Company Incorporated 143
• Blake Printery, see WS Packaging Group Incorporated
• CCL Industries Incorporated 146
• Chem-Tainer Industries Incorporated 147
• Consolidated Container Company LLC 148
• Continental Bag Company, see Langston Companies
• Incorporated
• Crown Cork & Seal Company Incorporated 150
• Exopack LLC 151
• Georgia-Pacific Corporation 153
• Graphic Packaging International Corporation 154
• Greif Brothers Corporation 156
• Hayes Manufacturing Group Incorporated, see
• Sonoco Products Company
• Hedwin Corporation, see Solvay SA
• Hood Companies 160
• Hoover Materials Handling Group Incorporated 161
• Illinois Tool Works Incorporated 164
• International Paper Company 166
• Intertape Polymer Group Incorporated 167
• ITW Auto-Sleeve, see Illinois Tool Works Incorporated
• Label Art Incorporated, see WS Packaging Incorporated
• Langston Companies Incorporated 168
• Liquid Container/Plaxicon Company 170
• Ludlow FIBC, see Tyco International Limited
• Nordenia International AG 171
• North America Packaging Corporation 172
• North State Flexibles LLC, see NS Packaging LLC
• NS Packaging LLC 174
• Owens-Illinois Incorporated 175
• Plassein International 178
• Plastipak Holdings Incorporated 179
• Pretium Packaging LLC 181
• Printpack Incorporated 182
• PVC Container Corporation 183
• Rexam plc 184
• Rieke Packaging Systems, see TriMas Corporation
• Ring Container Technologies 186
• Russell-Stanley Holdings Incorporated 187
• Saint-Gobain 189
• Schuetz-Werke GmbH & Company KGaA 191
• Silgan Holdings Incorporated 193
• Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation 195
• Snyder Industries Incorporated 196
• Solvay SA 197
• Sonoco Products Company 199
• Southcorp Packaging USA Incorporated, see North
• America Packaging Corporation
• Tri-Sure Closures North America, see Greif Brothers
• Corporation
• TriMas Corporation 200
• Trinity Packaging Corporation 201
• Tyco International Limited 202
• Valeron Strength Films, see Illinois Tool Works
• Incorporated
• Van Leer Flexibles LP, see Illinois Tool Works
• Incorporated
• Van Leer Industrial Packaging, see Greif Brothers
• Corporation
• Weyerhaeuser Company 204
• WS Packaging Group Incorporated 205
• Zeller Plastik Incorporated, see Crown Cork & Seal
• Company Incorporated
• Additional Companies in the Lawn, Garden & Agricultural
• Packaging Market 207

Summary Table 3

1 Macroeconomic Indicators 8

2 Population & Household Trends 10

3 Consumer Income & Spending 12

4 Households, Housing Stock & Housing Starts 14

5 Nonresidential Building Stock & Floor Space 16

6 Packaging Shipments 19

7 Consumables Supply & Demand 21

8 Lawn, Garden & Agricultural Packaging Prices 24

1 Lawn, Garden & Agricultural Packaging Demand 32

2 Agricultural Indicators 35

3 Agricultural Product Packaging Demand 39

4 Consumer Gardening Indicators 43

5 Consumer Lawn & Garden Packaging Demand 47

6 Lawn Care Industry Indicators 50

7 Professional Lawn & Garden Packaging Demand 53

1 Lawn, Garden & Agricultural Packaging Demand by Application 56

2 Fertilizer Supply & Demand 59

3 Fertilizer Packaging Demand 63

4 Pesticide Supply & Demand 66

5 Pesticide Packaging Demand 70

6 Seed Supply & Demand 73

7 Seed Packaging Demand 76

8 Growing Media Supply & Demand 78

9 Growing Media Packaging Demand 79

10 Packaged Mulch Shipments 81

11 Mulch Packaging Demand 83

12 Other Lawn, Garden & Agricultural Products Packaging Demand 84

1 Lawn, Garden & Agricultural Packaging Demand by Type 87

2 Bags & Sacks Used in Lawn, Garden & Agricultural Packaging 89

3 Paper Bags Used in Lawn, Garden & Agricultural Packaging 91

4 Plastic Bags Used in Lawn, Garden & Agricultural Packaging 95

5 Plastic Bottles Used in Lawn, Garden & Agricultural Packaging 98

6 Bulk Packaging Demand in Lawn, Garden & Agricultural Markets 100

7 IBCs Used in Lawn, Garden & Agricultural Packaging 103

8 Drums Used in Lawn, Garden & Agricultural Packaging 106

9 Other Bulk Lawn, Garden & Agricultural Packaging 109

10 Pouches Used in Lawn, Garden & Agricultural Packaging 112

11 Other Lawn, Garden & Agricultural Packaging 113

1 US Agricultural & Lawn & Garden Packaging Sales by Company, 2001 124

2 Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures 131

3 Selected Cooperative Agreements 135

1 Lawn, Garden & Agricultural Packaging Demand by Market, 2001 32

1 Lawn, Garden & Agricultural Packaging Demand by Application, 2001 56

1 Lawn, Garden & Agricultural Packaging Demand by Type, 2001 87

1 US Lawn, Garden & Agricultural Packaging Market Share, 2001 126