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packaging market: world and Brazil
Table 1.5
Industrial segment shares: Plastics,
Cellulose, Metals, Glass and Others
Global share in value by material (US$ billion)
Material 2010
Value
Share
%
2015
Value*
Share
% CAGR
Paper & board 209 31% 254 30% 3.2%
Plastics 142 21% 203 24% 6.2%
Flexibles 128 19% 169 20% 4.7%
Metals 101 15% 118 14% 2.6%
Glass 47 7% 51 6% 1.2%
Other 41 6% 42% 5% 0.7%
TOTAL 675 845 3.8%
*Estimate
CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate
Source: MARKET..., 2008
Table 1.6
Share of industrial segments:
Brazil x World
Share - Value (US$)
Material
BRAZIL% GLOBAL %*
2009 2009
Paper & board 26% 32%
Plastics 27% 23%
Flexibles 22% 20%
Metals 19% 16%
Glass 6% 8%
*Adjusted percentages
Source: DATAMARK
1.2 PACKAGING SECTOR IN BRAZIL
Industrial companies
Table 1.8 shows the largest packaging companies
in the world and identifies those with operations in
Brazil. In the country (Table 1.9), note that seven out of
ten of the largest companies are Brazilian.
Table 1.7
Number of companies and share in
the total industry – Brazil
Operation Number of companies
Rigid plastics 220
Flexibles 200
Plastic films 180
Paperboard 70
Corrugated board 60
Metal packaging 38
Caps 12
Aseptic cartons 2
Source: DATAMARK
The data available from trade associations and
other recognized organizations shows 782 companies
in the packaging sector working in Brazil. The sample
covers, approximately, 70% of the market, includes
registered companies (Table 1.7). The majority are
companies in the plastics segment.
Datamark’s classification for the companies
shown in Table 1.7 is:
• Rigid plastics: converters of blown and/or injected rigid
plastic packaging.
• Flexibles: converters of laminated and/or co-extruded
packaging.
• Plastic films: converters of monolayer plastic
films (more “commoditized” products with less
differentiation)
• Paperboard: Includes integrated converters of cartons
and other paperboard packaging and also the
principal printing companies.
• Corrugated board: manufacturers of corrugated board
packaging/sheet (includes ABPO associates and an
estimate of non-associated players).