The Top 10 Food and Drinks Packaging Companies: Key strategies for market growth and future innovation

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

• Market development
• Tetra Pak
• Amcor
• Owens-Illinois
• Crown Holdings
• Rexam
• Alcan Packaging
• Ball Corporation
• Toyo Seikan Group
• Saint-Gobain
• Alcoa
• Conclusions

Chapter 1 Report introduction

• Introduction
• Methodology

Chapter 2 Market development

• Summary
• Introduction
• The packaging industry continues to consolidate
• Changing preferences for packaging materials
• Plastic packaging
• Glass and metal packaging
• Paper-based packaging
• Convenience is driving change in packaging
• Societal and demographic trends
• Changing retailing patterns
• Innovation is key to packaging
• RFID technology is shaping retail and packaging
• Market trends in drinks packaging
• Industry trends
• Consumer trends
• Market trends in food packaging
• Industry trends
• Consumer trends
• Conclusion

Chapter 3 Tetra Pak

• Summary
• Company information
• History
• Recent financial performance
• Acquisitions and divestments
• Market positioning
• Geographic market position
• Strategies for growth
• Innovation and NPD
• The future of Tetra Pak
• SWOT analysis
• Strengths
  • Strong market position
• Weaknesses
  • Poor performance in Western Europe
• Opportunities
  • Increasing presence in growing economies
  • Growing demand for packaged food
• Threats
  • Fierce competition in Western Europe in milk packaging segment

Chapter 4 Amcor

• Summary
• Company information
• History
• Recent financial performance
• Acquisitions and divestments
• Market positioning
• PET containers
• Flexible packaging
• Strategies for growth
• Custom beverage packaging
• Eastern Europe
• Restructuring
• Innovation and NPD
• The future of Amcor
• SWOT analysis
• Strengths
  • Largest producer of PET containers
  • Owner of registered intellectual property
• Weaknesses
  • Decline in the profitability
  • Weak performance of Amcor Australasia
• Opportunities
  • Restructuring of Amcor Fiber Packaging Australasia
  • Growing packaging industry in emerging markets
• Threats
  • Rising competition
  • Increasing energy prices
  • Slow economic growth in the US and Europe

Chapter 5 Owens-Illinois

• Summary
• Company information
• History
• Recent financial performance
• Acquisitions and divestments
• Market positioning
• Glass Packaging
• Plastics Packaging
• Strategies for growth
• Emerging markets
• Glass Packaging
• Possible restructuring
• Innovation and NPD
• The future of O-I
• SWOT analysis
• Strengths
  • Strong glass business
  • Global presence
  • Large customer base
• Weaknesses
  • Weak financial performance
• Opportunities
  • Growing in Asia-Pacific
• Threats
  • Liability due to environmental hazards
  • Global operational risk
  • Increasing energy costs
  • Rigid competition

Chapter 6 Crown Holdings

• Summary
• Company information
• History
• Recent financial performance
• Acquisitions and divestments
• Market positioning
• Metal food cans
• Metal drinks cans
• Strategies for growth
• Restructuring
• Innovation and NPD
• The future of Crown
• SWOT analysis
• Strengths
  • Strong customer base
  • Diversified operations
  • Product development capability
• Weaknesses
  • High debt burden
• Opportunities
  • New production plants
  • Positive outlook for specialty drinks cans
  • Expanding Indian non-alcoholic drinks market
• Threats
  • Intense competition
  • Rising raw material prices
  • Asbestos liabilities

Chapter 7 Rexam

• Summary
• Company information
• History
• Recent financial performance
• Acquisitions and divestments
• Market positioning
• Beverage cans
• Plastic packaging
• Glass packaging
• Strategies for growth
• Focus on emerging markets
• Focus on high growth product segments
• Beverage cans
• Growth through acquisitions (plastic packaging)
• Innovation and NPD
• The future of Rexam
• SWOT analysis
• Strengths
  • Strong market position
  • Diversified approach
• Weaknesses
  • Decline in profitability
  • Weak performance of the UK business
• Opportunities
  • Growing rigid plastics packaging market
  • Growing packaging industry in emerging markets
  • Growing packaging industry
• Threats
  • High input costs
  • Rigid competition
  • Slow economic growth in the US and Europe
  • High dependence on key customers

Chapter 8 Alcan Packaging

• Summary
• Company information
• History
• Recent financial performance
• Acquisitions and divestments
• Market positioning
• Strategies for growth
• Innovation and NPD
• The future of Alcan
• SWOT analysis
• Strengths
  • Strong market position
  • Caters to diversified markets
  • Strong geographic presence
• Weaknesses
  • Poor operating performance
• Opportunities
  • Increasing presence in emerging economies
• Threats
  • Rising raw material prices

Chapter 9 Ball Corporation

• Summary
• Company information
• History
• Recent financial performance
• Acquisitions and divestments
• Market positioning
• Metal drinks containers
• Metal food containers
• PET bottles and jars
• Strategies for growth
• Financial objectives
• Metal drinks containers
• Metal food and household packaging
• Plastic packaging
• Innovation and NPD
• The future of Ball
• SWOT analysis
• Strengths
  • Leading market position
  • Strong financial performance
  • Product innovation
• Weaknesses
  • Customer concentration
  • High inventory levels
• Opportunities
  • Growth in plastic packaging
  • Booming European market
  • Rise in demand for functional food
  • Shift in Coca-Cola' s focus
• Threats
  • Declining demand for metal cans in the US
  • Rising raw material prices
  • Environmental and safety issues

Chapter 10 Toyo Seikan Group

• Summary
• Company information
• History
• Recent financial performance
• Acquisitions and divestments
• Market positioning
• Strategies for growth
• Innovation and NPD
• The future of Toyo
• SWOT analysis
• Strengths
  • Strong market position
  • Strong focus on technology
• Weaknesses
  • Weak financial performance
• Opportunities
  • Recovering Japanese economy
  • Growing PET container market
  • Growing drinks industry
• Threats
  • Increasing input prices
  • Rising competition
  • Stringent environment protection norms

Chapter 11 Saint-Gobain

• Summary
• Company information
• History
• Recent financial performance
• Acquisitions and divestments
• Market positioning
• Strategies for growth
• The future of Saint-Gobain
• SWOT analysis
• Strengths
  • Strong market position
  • Growing presence in emerging markets
• Weaknesses
  • Concentration of sales in Europe
• Opportunities
  • Booming South American wine industry
• Threats
  • Rising energy and raw material prices

Chapter 12 Alcoa

• Summary
• Company information
• History
• Recent financial performance
• Acquisitions and divestments
• Market positioning
• Flexible packaging
• Confectionery packaging
• PET and glass closures
• Strategies for growth
• China
• Innovation and bio-based packaging
• Restructuring
• Innovation and NPD
• The future of Alcoa
• SWOT analysis
• Strengths
  • Strong market position
• Weaknesses
  • Weak operating performance of Packaging and Consumer segment
• Opportunities
  • Growing wine closures market
• Threats
  • Rising raw material prices

Chapter 13 Companies ranked 11 to 20

• Smurfit Kappa Group
• Company information
• Recent financial performance
• Market positioning and NPD
• Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation
• Company information
• Recent financial performance
• Market positioning and NPD
• Weyerhaeuser
• Company information
• Recent financial performance
• Market positioning and NPD
• Bemis
• Company information
• Recent financial performance
• Market positioning and NPD
• Sealed Air
• Company information
• Recent financial performance
• Market positioning and NPD
• Silgan Holdings
• Company information
• Recent financial performance
• Market positioning and NPD
• DS Smith
• Company information
• Recent financial performance
• Market positioning and NPD
• Pactiv Corporation
• Company information
• Recent financial performance
• Market positioning and NPD
• Sonoco
• Company information
• Recent financial performance
• Market positioning and NPD
• RPC Group
• Company information
• Recent financial performance
• Market positioning and NPD

Chapter 14 Conclusions

• Summary
• Introduction
• Consolidation through mergers and acquisitions
• Convenience is the theme for innovation and NPD
• Asia-Pacific and Eastern Europe as emerging markets
• Technology driven packaging, RFID
• Relative strengths and weaknesses
• Outlook
• Index

List of Figures

• Figure 2.1: Global consumer packaging by geography, 2005
• Figure 2.2: Global consumer packaging by material, 2005
• Figure 2.3: RFID
• Figure 3.4: Packaging machines in operation per market cluster, 2006
• Figure 3.5: Tetra Pak innovative packaging
• Figure 3.6: Tetra Pak SWOT analysis
• Figure 4.7: Amcor financial performance, A$bn, 2003-2006
• Figure 4.8: Global PET market share
• Figure 4.9: Growth of the North American heat set PET market
• Figure 4.10: North American shelf-stable packaging market
• Figure 4.11: Target market of shelf-stable packaging for drinks
• Figure 4.12: Product, Leadership and Innovation process
• Figure 4.13: PowerFlex
• Figure 4.14: Canned Wine
• Figure 4.15: Amcor SWOT analysis
• Figure 5.16: O-I financial performance, $bn, 2003-2006
• Figure 5.17: Europe and US glass packaging market share, 2006
• Figure 5.18: O-I SWOT analysis
• Figure 6.19: Crown Holdings financial performance, $bn, 2003-2006
• Figure 6.20: Innovative products launched by Crown Holdings
• Figure 6.21: Crown SWOT analysis
• Figure 7.22: Rexam financial performance, £m, 2003-2006
• Figure 7.23: Growth in emerging markets and drinks cans
• Figure 7.24: Innovative products launched by Rexam
• Figure 7.25: Rexam SWOT analysis
• Figure 8.26: Alcan Packaging financial performance, $bn, 2003-2006
• Figure 8.27: Innovations from Alcan
• Figure 8.28: Alcan Packaging SWOT analysis
• Figure 9.29: Ball financial performance, $bn, 2003-2006
• Figure 9.30: Innovative products from Ball
• Figure 9.31: Ball SWOT analysis
• Figure 10.32: Toyo financial performance, ¥bn, 2003-2006
• Figure 10.33: Toyo Business Strategy, 2006-2008
• Figure 10.34: Toyo SWOT analysis
• Figure 11.35: Saint-Gobain financial performance, €bn, 2003-2006
• Figure 11.36: Saint-Gobain SWOT analysis
• Figure 12.37: Alcoa financial performance, $bn, 2003-2006
• Figure 12.38: Full Body Shrink Sleeves
• Figure 12.39: Beverage closures market segmentation and Alcoa share
• Figure 12.40: Vino-Seal
• Figure 12.41: Xtra-Lok mini
• Figure 12.42: Invertibles
• Figure 12.43: Alcoa SWOT analysis
• Figure 14.44: The leading food & drinks packaging companies
• Figure 14.45: The leading food & drinks packaging companies

List of Tables

• Table 1.1: Top 10 Rankings according to packaging revenue, $m
• Table 4.2: Amcor financial performance, A$m, 2003-2006
• Table 4.3: Amcor business segment revenues, A$m, 2003-2006
• Table 4.4: Amcor geographical revenues, A$m, 2003-2006
• Table 4.5: Demand for converted flexible packaging in Eastern Europe, €bn, 2000-2010
• Table 4.6: Amcor Flexibles key markets and customers
• Table 5.7: O-I financial performance, $m, 2003-2006
• Table 5.8: O-I business segment revenues, $m, 2003-2006
• Table 5.9: O-I geographical revenues, $m, 2003-2006
• Table 6.10: Crown Holdings financial performance, $m, 2003-2006
• Table 6.11: Crown Holdings business segment revenues, $m, 2003-2006
• Table 6.12: Crown Holdings geographical revenues, $bn, 2003-2006
• Table 7.13: Rexam financial performance, £m, 2003-2006
• Table 7.14: Rexam business segment revenues, £m, 2003-2006
• Table 7.15: Rexam geographical revenues, £m, 2003-2006
• Table 8.16: Alcan Packaging financial performance, $m, 2003-2006
• Table 8.17: Alcan Packaging business segment revenues, 2003-2006
• Table 8.18: Alcan Packaging geographical revenues, 2003-2006
• Table 9.19: Ball financial performance, $m, 2003-2006
• Table 9.20: Ball business segment revenues, $m, 2003-2006
• Table 9.21: Ball geographical revenues, $m, 2003-2006
• Table 10.22: Toyo financial performance, £m, 2003-2006
• Table 10.23: Toyo business segment revenues, £m, 2005-2006
• Table 11.24: Saint-Gobain financial performance, €m, 2003-2006
• Table 11.25: Saint-Gobain business segment revenues, €m, 2003-2006
• Table 11.26: Saint-Gobain geographical revenues, €m, 2003-2006
• Table 12.27: Alcoa financial performance, $m, 2003-2006
• Table 12.28: Alcoa business segment revenues, $m, 2003-2006
• Table 12.29: Alcoa geographical revenues, $m, 2003-2006