Protective Packaging (US industry forecasts for 2012 & 2017)

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT

• General
• Macroeconomic Outlook
• Consumer Income & Spending Trends
• Demographic Trends
• Manufacturing Outlook
• Electronic & Computer Trends
• Appliance Trends
• Retail Sales Outlook
• Internet & Catalog Sales Outlook
• Packaging Industry Outlook
• Box Industry Outlook
• Plastic Resin Outlook
• Foamed Plastic Outlook
• Regulatory Considerations
• Recycling Trends
• Pricing Trends
• International Activity

III. OVERVIEW

• General
• Products
• Materials
• Functions
  • Cushioning
  • Blocking & Bracing
  • Void-Fill
  • Wrapping
  • Insulation
• Markets

IV. FOAMED PLASTIC

• General
• Molded Foam
  • Expanded Polystyrene
    • Materials
    • Applications
    • Producers
  • Polyolefins
    • Materials
    • Applications
    • Producers
  • Polyurethane
    • Materials & Applications
    • Producers
• Foamed-in-Place Polyurethane
  • Materials & Applications
  • Producers
• Polyolefin Rolls

V. OTHER PROTECTIVE PACKAGING

• General
• Protective Mailers
  • Materials & Applications
  • Producers
• Paperboard Protectors
  • Materials & Applications
  • Producers
• Bubble Packaging
  • Materials & Applications
  • Producers
• Insulated Shipping Containers
  • Materials
  • Applications
  • Producers
• Air Pillows
  • Materials & Applications
  • Producers
• Paper Fill
  • Materials & Applications
  • Producers
• Dunnage Bags
  • Materials & Applications
  • Producers
• Loose-Fill
  • Expanded Polystyrene Loose-Fill
  • Degradable Plastic Loose-Fill
  • Users
• Molded Pulp
  • Materials & Applications
  • Producers

VI. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• General
• Market Share
  • Sealed Air
  • Pregis
  • Tegrant
  • Other Leaders
• Acquisitions & Divestitures
• Marketing & Distribution
• Competitive Strategies
• Cooperative Agreements

• COMPANY PROFILES
  • Alcoa Incorporated
  • Alga Plastics Company, see Sealed Air Corporation
  • American Excelsior Company
  • Barnhardt Manufacturing Company
  • BASF AG
  • Bayer AG
  • Besin International BV, see Pregis Corporation
  • Biosphere Industries LLC, see Sealed Air Corporation
  • Buckeye Corrugated Incorporated
  • Caraustar Industries Incorporated
  • Carpenter Company
  • Cellect LLC
  • Cellofoam North America Incorporated
  • Cold Chain Technologies Incorporated
  • Corbi Plastics LLC, see Menasha Corporation
  • Createc Corporation
  • Dow Chemical Company
  • Elwood Packaging Incorporated
  • Foam Fabricators Incorporated
  • FP International Incorporated, see Free-Flow Packaging International Incorporated
  • Free-Flow Packaging International Incorporated
  • Great Northern Corporation
  • Huntsman Corporation
  • Illinois Tool Works Incorporated
  • INEOS NOVA LLC, see NOVA Chemicals Corporation
  • Ivex Packaging LLC
  • KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation
  • Koch Container, see Buckeye Corrugated Incorporated
  • Lewisbins+, see Menasha Corporation
  • Life-Like Products LLC, see Lifoam Industries LLC
  • Lifoam Industries LLC
  • Marko Foam Products Incorporated
  • MeadWestvaco Corporation
  • Menasha Corporation
  • Multi-Wall Packaging Corporation
  • NOVA Chemicals Corporation
  • NanoCool LLC, see MeadWestvaco Corporation
  • Nelipak Holdings BV, see Sealed Air Corporation
  • ORBIS Corporation, see Menasha Corporation
  • Pak-Lite Incorporated
  • Plastilite Corporation
  • Polyair Inter Pack Incorporated
  • Pregis Corporation
  • ProPak Industrial Foam Products, see Lifoam Industries
  • Protexic Brands, see Tegrant Corporation
  • Rank Group Limited
  • Ranpak Corporation
  • RAPAC Incorporated
  • Rock-Tenn Company
  • Rogers Foam Corporation
  • RTS Packaging LLC, see Rock-Tenn Company and Sonoco Products Company
  • SCA Packaging North America, see Tegrant Corporation
  • Sealed Air Corporation
  • Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation
  • Sonoco Products Company
  • Southern Container Corporation, see Rock-Tenn
  • Stephenson & Lawyer Incorporated, see UFP Technologies
  • Storopack Hans Reichenecker GmbH
  • SurePak Incorporated, see RAPAC Incorporated
  • Svenska Cellulosa AB
  • Tech Pak Solutions Incorporated, see Lifoam Industries
  • Tegrant Corporation
  • Tennessee Packaging, see Buckeye Corrugated
  • THARCO
  • ThermoSafe Brands, see Tegrant Corporation
  • 3M Company
  • True Pack Limited
  • UFP Technologies Incorporated

LIST OF TABLES

SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Summary Table

SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT

• 1 Macroeconomic Indicators
• 2 Personal Consumption Expenditures
• 3 Population & Households
• 4 Manufacturers' Shipments
• 5 Electronic & Computer Product Shipments
• 6 Appliance Shipments
• 7 Retail Sales
• 8 Electronic & Mail Order Shopping Sales by Type & Product, 2002 & 2007
• 9 Packaging Supply & Demand
• 10 Corrugated & Paperboard Box Shipments by Type
• 11 Plastic Resin Supply & Demand
• 12 Pricing for Protective Packaging

SECTION III -- OVERVIEW

• 1 Protective Packaging Demand by Product
• 2 Protective Packaging Demand by Material
• 3 Protective Packaging Demand by Function
• 4 Protective Packaging Demand by Market

SECTION IV -- FOAMED PLASTIC

• 1 Foamed Plastic Protective Packaging Demand
• 2 Molded Foam Protective Packaging Demand
• 3 Molded Expanded Polystyrene Protective Packaging Demand
• 4 Molded Polyolefin Protective Packaging Demand
• 5 Molded Polyurethane Protective Packaging Demand
• 6 Foamed-in-Place Polyurethane Protective Packaging Demand
• 7 Polyolefin Roll Protective Packaging Demand

SECTION V -- OTHER PROTECTIVE PACKAGING

• 1 Other Protective Packaging Demand by Type
• 2 Protective Mailer Demand
• 3 Paperboard Protector Demand
• 4 Bubble Packaging Demand
• 5 Insulated Shipping Container Demand
• 6 Air Pillow Demand
• 7 Paper Fill Packaging Demand
• 8 Dunnage Bag Demand
• 9 Loose-Fill Packaging Demand by Type
• 10 Expanded Polystyrene Loose-Fill Packaging Demand
• 11 Degradable Plastic Loose-Fill Packaging Demand
• 12 Loose-Fill Packaging Demand by Use
• 13 Molded Pulp Protective Packaging Demand

SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• 1 US Protective Packaging Sales by Company, 2007
• 2 Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures
• 3 Selected Cooperative Agreements

LIST OF CHARTS

SECTION III -- OVERVIEW

• 1 Protective Packaging Demand by Material, 2007
• 2 Protective Packaging Demand by Function, 2007
• 3 Protective Packaging Demand by Market, 2007

SECTION IV -- FOAMED PLASTIC

• 1 Foamed Plastic Protective Packaging Demand, 2007

SECTION V -- OTHER PROTECTIVE PACKAGING

• 1 Other Protective Packaging Demand by Type, 2007

SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• 1 US Protective Packaging Market Share, 2007
• 2 Protective Packaging Industry Flowchart