World Beer Containers with Forecasts to 2005 and 2010

World Beer Containers with forecasts to 2005 and 2010

New study finds:

• World demand for beer containers will grow 2.9 percent per annum to 315 billion units in 2005, with the average container size edging slightly higher

• Reversing recent trends, glass beer bottles will log slightly faster gains than metal cans, despite the fact that cans will continue to supplant glass in most countries.

• Six firms -- Anheuser-Busch, Ball, Crown Cork & Seal, Owens-Illinois, Rexam and Saint-Gobain -- supplied 39 percent of the world's beer containers in 2000 Study Publication Date: May 2001 Freedonia Industry Study #1416 Price: $4,400 Pages: 327 World Beer Containers

World Beer Containers, a new study from The Freedonia Group, provides you with an in-depth analysis of the major trends in the world market for beer containers and the outlook for product segments and major markets -- critical information to help you with strategic planning.

This brochure gives you an indication of the scope, depth and value of Freedonia's new study, World Beer Containers. Ordering information is included on the back page of the brochure.

Brochure Table of Contents

Study Highlights ...... 2 Study Table of Contents and List of Tables and Charts ...... 4 Sample Pages and Tables from: Market Environment...... 6 Market Overview ...... 7 Supply and Demand by Country & Region ...... 8 Market Share ...... 9 Company Profiles ...... 10 List of Companies Profiled ...... 11 Forecasting Methodology ...... 12 About the Company ...... 13 Advantages of Freedonia Reports ...... 13 About Our Customers ...... 14 Related Studies ...... 15 Ordering Information...... 16 Study Highlights

• World demand for beer containers will grow 2.9 percent per annum to 315 billion units in 2005, with the average container size edging slightly higher.

• Factors contributing to beer market growth will include favorable demographic trends in North America, greater interest in beer as opposed to traditional alcoholic beverage among women and young urban consumers in developing countries, and maintaining evidence that moderate beer consumption may offer positive health benefits.

• Beer container demand will rise fastest in the developing regions of Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia, which will account for the vast majority of the world's beer market growth in the new decade.

• Reversing recent trends, glass beer bottles will log slightly faster gains than metal cans, despite the fact that cans will continue to supplant glass in most countries.

• Plastics will represent the fastest growing segment of the beer packaging industry, capturing three-to-four percent of the world market by the middle of the new decade and finding use in most major beer producing countries.

• Six firms -- Anheuser-Busch, Ball, Crown Cork & * Excluded from the scope of the study are bulk containers (e.g., Seal, Owens-Illinois, Rexam and Saint-Gobain -- barrels, casks and kegs) and secondary containers (e.g., beverage supplied 39 percent of the world's beer containers in carriers and corrugated boxes). 2000.

World Beer Containers #1416 Freedonia Industry Study 2 Study Highlights World Beer Container Demand by Type, 2000 Versus 2005

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World Beer Containers Demand % Annual Growth Item 1995 2000 2005 2010 00/90 05/00

Population (mil persons) 5266 6058 6424 6795 1.4 1.2 liters per capita 21.4 22.9 24.9 27.3 0.7 1.7

Beer Production (bil liters) 112.8 138.7 159.8Sample 185.5 Table 2.1 2.9 % packaged 81.8 85.6 86.0 86.4 -- --

Packaged Beer Production (bil liters) 92.3 118.8 137.5 160.3 2.6 3.0 liters/container 0.43 0.43 0.44 0.44 -- --

Beer Container Demand (bil units) 214.4 273.9 315.3 364.6 2.5 2.9 Cans 59.4 76.7 85.7 96.6 2.6 2.2 Bottles: 155.0 197.2 229.6 268.0 2.4 3.1 Glass 155.0 196.1 219.9 246.0 2.4 2.3 Plastic neg 1.0 9.7 22.0 -- 57.5

World Beer Containers #1416 Order form on last page 3 Table of Contents I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Summary Table ...... 3

Tables and Charts are featured for each region and II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT country. Historical data and forecasts are presented General ...... 4 for 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010. World Economic Overview ...... 5 Recent Economic Performance ...... 5 Macroeconomic Outlook ...... 8 Table - World GDP by Region ...... 9 For each country/region, the following are given: World Population Overview ...... 9 Population (mil persons) Table - World Population by Region ...... 11 $ GDP per capita World Beverage Consumption Trends ...... 12 Gross Domestic Product World Beer Market Outlook ...... 13 General ...... 13 ltrs beer/capita ltrs beer/000$ GDP Table - World Beer Production ...... 15 Regional Outlook ...... 15 Beer Consumption Table - World Beer Production by Region ...... 16 Chart - World Beer Production by Region ...... 17 net exports World Packaging Outlook ...... 17 Beer Production Environmental & Regulatory Overview ...... 20 % packaged III. CONTAINER TYPES & MATERIALS Packaged Beer Production (mil liters) General ...... 24 liters/container Table - World Beer Container Demand by Type ...... 26 Beer Container Demand Chart - World Beer Container Demand by Material ...... 26 Cans Bottles ...... 27 Bottles: Table - World Beer Bottle Demand Glass by Region & Material ...... 28 Plastic Glass ...... 28 Plastic ...... 31 Table - Major Plastic Beer Bottle Technologies, 2000 .... 33 Cans ...... 34 Beer Can Demand by Region ...... 35 Table - World Beer Can Demand by Region ...... 36 Beer Can Demand by Material ...... 37 Table - World Beer Can Demand by Material ...... 37 Aluminum ...... 37 Steel ...... 38

IV. REGIONAL OVERVIEW Table - World Beer Container Demand by Region ...... 42 Chart - World Beer Container Demand by Region, 2000 ... 42

World Beer Containers #1416 Freedonia Industry Study 4 Market Environment

V. NORTH AMERICA Chart - Eastern Europe -- General ...... 43 Beer Container Demand by Country, 2000 ...... 162 Brewing Outlook ...... 44 Czech Republic ...... 163 Container Outlook ...... 46 Poland ...... 168 Chart - North America -- Russia ...... 173 Beer Container Demand by Country, 2000 ...... 48 Other Eastern Europe ...... 181 United States ...... 48 Canada ...... 56 IX. AFRICA/MIDEAST Mexico ...... 62 General ...... 186 Brewing Outlook ...... 187 VI. LATIN AMERICA Container Outlook ...... 188 General ...... 70 South Africa ...... 189 Brewing Outlook ...... 71 Other Africa/Mideast ...... 195 Container Outlook ...... 73 Chart - Latin America -- X. ASIA/PACIFIC Beer Container Demand by Country, 2000 ...... 76 General ...... 200 Argentina ...... 77 Brewing Outlook ...... 201 Brazil ...... 82 Container Outlook ...... 204 Colombia ...... 89 Chart - Asia/Pacific -- Venezuela ...... 94 Beer Container Demand by Country, 2000 ...... 206 Other Latin America ...... 99 Australia ...... 206 China ...... 212 VII. WESTERN EUROPE Japan ...... 220 General ...... 105 Philippines ...... 228 Brewing Outlook ...... 106 South Korea ...... 233 Container Outlook ...... 109 Other Asia/Pacific ...... 237 Chart - Western Europe -- Beer Container Demand by Country, 2000 ...... 112 XI. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE Industry Participants ...... 113 General ...... 244 Belgium ...... 113 Market Share ...... 245 France ...... 118 Beer ...... 245 Germany ...... 123 Chart - World Beer Market Share, 2000 ...... 247 Italy ...... 130 Containers ...... 247 Netherlands ...... 134 Chart - World Beer Container Market Share, 2000 ... 249 Spain ...... 138 Container Market Leaders ...... 250 United Kingdom ...... 143 Marketing & Distribution ...... 255 Other Western Europe ...... 150 Mergers & Acquisitions ...... 257 Table - Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures ...... 259 VIII. EASTERN EUROPE Cooperative Agreements ...... 262 General ...... 157 Table - Selected Cooperative Agreements ...... 264 Brewing Outlook ...... 158 Integration Strategies ...... 267 Container Outlook ...... 160 Company Profiles ...... 269-327

World Beer Containers #1416 Order form on last page 5 Market Environment

The Market Environment Section discusses key indicators that drive demand for beer containers, including demographic and social trends and Freedonia’s uniquely developed macroeconomic indicators. MARKET ENVIRONMENT

This information provides you with an World Beer Market Outlook - General understanding and an analysis of the climate in which the global beer The world beer market is forecast to expand at an annual pace of almost three percent through 2005 to 160 billion liters, an acceleration from the 1990s average container industry operates and helps pace. While population growthSAMPLE will account PAGE for roughly 40 percent of the gains, you build your market strategy to beer demand will rise on a per capita basis, approaching 25 liters. sustain long-term growth. Factors supporting rising beer demand will include:

• economic recovery in the developing world, which will raise personal incomes and make packaged beverages like beer affordable to a broader range of consumers

• a growing preference for beer over traditional alcoholic beverages (including home-brewed beers, which are not included in totals for present purposes), especially among younger urban consumers who associate beer with an affluent Western lifestyle

• the expansion of brewing capacity and improvements in beer quality and distribution systems in the developing world, aided by investments by and partnerships with large Western brewers

• heavy investment in marketing and brand building by major brewers

• a rising social acceptance of beer drinking by women, especially in the developing world

• the gradual urbanization of the world population, which will make beer readily

World Beer Containers #1416 Freedonia Industry Study 6 Container Types & Materials

This Section highlights the key issues CONTAINER TYPES & MATERIALS that have affected the global beer containers market over the past ten years and summarizes contributing Bottles - Plastic

growth factors. The advent of plastic beer bottles in recent years has represented the first major advance in beer packaging since the entrance of the two-piece aluminum can over three decades ago. Aside from a few traditional two-liter PET bottles lacking This information helps you: barrier treatments and used to package beer for quick consumption, plastic beer bottles began to find use in the beer packaging market only in the mid-to-late • Focus your sales and marketing 1990s, and, as of 2000, accounted for less than one percent of the world beer efforts on high growth areas. container market. They will log tremendous gains in the coming years, however, with demand expected to increase tenfoldSAMPLE by 2005, approaching PAGE ten billion units.

• Propose new areas for development Gains will be based on the numerous advantages which have already allowed plastics to supplant glass in a wide range of packaging applications. Specifically, plastics offer many of the same qualities as glass -- clarity, design flexibility, a smooth texture and the ability to be resealed -- while also avoiding the major shortcom- ings. These include relatively high weight (and hence shipping costs) and susceptibility to breakage.

The development of plastic beer bottles has been slowed by the fact that the major bottling resins (polyethylene terephthalate, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene) used to package drinks like soft drinks, milk and water lack the barrier qualities necessary for use with beer. As a result, the shelf life of beer in plastics is World Beerunacceptably Can Demand short. In recentby Region years, however, advances in PET barrier properties, as well(billion as the units)development of new high barrier resins (e.g., PEN) and coatings, have gone a long way toward alleviating these problems. As a result, over the past Item several years, plastic1990 bottles 1995 have been 2000 tested 2005and commercialized 2010 in more than 15 markets worldwide. World Beer Can Demand 59.4 65.8 76.7 85.7 96.6 Such advances proceeded apace in 1999 and 2000, with resin and packaging North Americacompanies churning 41.6 out new37.6 materialsSAMPLE 35.7 designed 35.0 TABLEto lower 34.0the cost and/or improve Latin Americathe effectiveness 0.6 or plastic 3.3beer bottles. 7.8 Examples 11.2 include 14.7 Western Europe 8.8 11.3 13.9 14.7 15.4 Eastern Europe 0.2 0.5 1.7 3.4 5.3 Africa/Mideast 1.1 1.8 2.3 3.0 3.9 Asia/Pacific: 7.2 11.3 15.3 18.5 23.4 China 0.2 0.8 1.3 2.9 6.2 Japan 5.4 8.0 10.2 10.4 10.5 Other 1.6 2.5 3.8 5.2 6.8 © Copyright by The Freedonia Group, Inc.

World Beer Containers #1416 Order form on last page 7 Supply & Demand by Country & Region

These Sections analyze supply and demand trends and consider the ASIA/PACIFIC threats and opportunities in each Australia - Container Outlook country and region.

A rather high share (23 percent in 2000) by regional standards of the beer produced in Australia is sold unpackaged, either in bulk or draught form, reflecting theSAMPLE nation’s advanced PAGE state of development and Western cultural influences. However, the share packaged has risen in recent years, a trend which accelerated with the passage of the new Goods and Services Tax in July 2000. The tax was skewed in favor of packaged beers, raising their prices an average of three percent while pushing draught beer prices up almost ten percent. As a result, draught beer demand showed a significant fall-off in late 2000 and early 2001. While revision of the tax increase is expected to remedy the discrepancy, the share of beer packaging in Australia will continue to rise. Indeed, in 2000, SWAN DRAUGHT, the most popular tap beer in Western Australia, was introduced for the first time in packaged form in both cans and glass “stubbie” bottles. As a result, packaged beer production will edge up a bit, hovering over Russia - Beer Production1.3 billion& Consumption liters. However, beer container demand will hold steady through (million liters)2005, hovering just below 3.7 billion units, as the proliferation of plastic bottles raises the average container size.

Item 1990Glass beer 1995 bottles 2000accounted 2005for two-thirds 2010 of the beer packaging mix in Australia in 2000, although their share has fallen over the past several decades with the spread of cans and the introduction of plastics. At the same time, one-trip bottles Population (mil persons) 148.1 148.1 145.9 144.0 142.6 have largely supplanted the traditional returnable types since the early 1980s, as $ GDP per capita 5830 3790 3930 4810 5860 Venezuela - Beer Container Demand by Type Gross Domestic Product (bil US98$) 864the consolidation 561 of 573 beer production 692 facilities 836 (increasing interstate trade) and the simultaneous development of (million mass-market units) distribution channels have reduced the ltrs beer/capita 21.0viability 14.9 of bottle collection 36.5 systems. 53.5 Through 66.6 2005, demand for all glass beer bottles is expected to fall over one percent per annum to 2.3 billion, as plastic beer ltrs beer/000$ GDP Item 3.60 3.92 9.28 11.131990 11.36 1995 2000 2005 2010 bottles gain distribution outside of niche venues such as beaches and sporting Beer Consumption 3110events. 2200 Nevertheless, 5320 glass 7700bottles will 9500 continue to account for over 60 percent of Packaged Beerthe Production beer container (mil market, liters) with demand1100 spurred 1594 by the growing 1760 popularity 1985 of 2240 net exports -10 -200 -20 -225 -275 liters/containerpremium beers. 0.72 0.56SAMPLE 0.52 TABLE 0.50 0.48

Beer Production Beer Container3100 Demand 2000 5300 74751529 9225 2830 3380 3990 4650 % packaged Cans19.4 60.0 65.1 63.5 254 61.8 605 830 1040 1300 Bottles: 1275 2225 2550 2950 3350 Packaged Beer Production Glass 600 1200 3450 47501275 5700 2225 2550 2850 3125 Plastic neg neg neg 100 225 © Copyright by The Freedonia Group, Inc.

World Beer Containers #1416 Freedonia Industry Study 8 Market Share Sample page from Freedonia Industry Study

Gain#1111 a better World global Security understanding Products of & Sys- yourtems competition and analyze your company's position in the industry with information about: MARKET SHARE & COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES • market share - beer Integration Strategies - containers A number of beer container manufacturers and end users have pursued vertical integration strategies in order to gain marketing and technological advantages and • container market leaders better control of costs and raw materials. Such strategies have also permitted these companies to improve quality control, enhance product differentiation, improve • mergers & acquisitions their ability to forecast cost and demand fluctuations, and to assure an adequate and reliable supply of raw materials and/or finished products (i.e., containers). SAMPLE PAGE

• cooperative agreements Both upstream (i.e., backward) and downstream (i.e., forward) vertical integration are employed to varying degrees in the beer container industry. Upstream • marketing & distribution integration into raw materials procurement or production helps lower manufacturing costs, as well as securing reliable supplies of quality feedstocks. However, Reynolds Metals and Pechiney, two of the best examples of vertically integrated • integration strategies can and cansheet production, both divested their canmaking operations in the late 1990s. By contrast, many of the large glass bottle manufacturers (e.g., Grupo Modelo and Owens-Illinois) continue to own supplies of one or all of the raw materials necessary to make glass.

A few beer container producers are also integrated upstream in that they produce container manufacturing machinery and filling equipment. For instance, Crown Cork & Seal builds filling, packaging and handling machinery for aluminum and steel cans.

The industry also exhibits a fair degree of downstream or forward integration, by which brewing companies obtain a portion of their container requirements from captive operations. Examples include Anheuser-Busch (metal cans and, as of 2001, glass bottles), Asahi (glass and metal), Coors (metal and glass via joint ventures), FEMSA (glass and metal), Kirin (glass), Modelo (glass and metal), San

World Beer Containers #1416 Order form on last page 9 Company Profiles

The profiles section analyzes 36 companies active in the world beer containers industry. These profiles represent a sampling or cross-section of the types of companies involved in COMPANY PROFILES the industry. Nampak Limited Nampak Centre Divisions, subsidiaries, joint 114 Dennis Road 2196 Sandton ventures, etc., are discussed under South Africa appropriate parent companies. 27-11-719-6300

Sources for profiles included: Nampak is Africa’s leading manufacturer and marketer of packaging products. In addition, the Company is a major producer of credit, global systems for mobile communication and smart cards. The Company’s activities comprise 20 divisions • Information provided by which are organized into four primary groups: Metals, Plastics, Paper and Other. key staff members in the Revenues for Nampak in FY 2000 were $1.4 billion ($1.2 billion to South Africa; respective companies $43 million to the rest of Africa;SAMPLE and $227 millionPAGE to Europe). The Company employs 15,560.

• Annual reports The Company participates in the global beer containers market through its Metals and Other segments. The Metals segment participates in the beer container industry through its Bevcan subsidiary (South Africa). Bevcan manufactures • 10-K reports tinplate beverage cans and aluminum ends for beer, cider, soft drinks, fruit juices and wine. The Company is the largest producer of tinplate beverage cans in South Africa Cans are available in 200-milliliter (ml), 340-ml and 450-ml sizes. As of • Security analysts reports 1999, the company had the capacity to produce three billion cans annually at four facilities in Cape Town, Springs, Rosslyn and Durban, South Africa. The cans are • Corporate product literature offered in more than 500 designs. Among beers packaged in Bevcan’s aluminum containers is the CASTLE LAGER brand made by South African Breweries plc (United Kingdom). Bevcan is also involved in recycling used steel beverage cans through its Collect-A-Can joint venture with Iscor Limited (Pretoria, South Africa). The company had revenues of $201 million in FY 2000.

Nampak’s MB Glass subsidiary (South Africa) offers glass bottles for packaging beer, alcoholic fruit beverages, wine, spirits, carbonated soft drinks, condiments

World Beer Containers #1416 Freedonia Industry Study 10 Companies Profiled Allianz AG Nampak Limited AV Packaging GmbH Bevcan Continental Can MB Glass Schmalbach-Lubeca Plastic Containers USA Nihon Yamamura Glass Company Limited Amcor Limited Yamamura Glass Company Limited CNC Containers Corporation Owens-Illinois Incorporated Anheuser-Busch Companies Incorporated Cia Manufacturera de Vidrio del Peru Limitada SA Longhorn Glass Corporation LP Compania Nacional de Vidrios SA Metal Container Corporation Continental PET Technologies Asahi Breweries Limited Rocky Mountain Bottle Company Ball Corporation Philip Morris Companies Incorporated BSN Glasspack Miller Brewing Company Companhia de Bebidas das Americas Rexam plc AmBev American National Can Company Cerveceria y Malteria Paysandu SA PLM AB Companhia Antarctica Paulista Valley Metal Container Partnership Companhia Cervejaria Brahma Saint-Gobain Cympay Ball-Foster Glass Container Company Consumers Packaging Incorporated Subrasa-Vidraria Sul Brasil SA Anchor Glass Container Vicasa SA GGC LLC San Miguel Corporation Glenshaw Glass Company Santo Domingo Group Longhorn Glass Corporation LP Bavaria SA Pet-Pak Containers Showa Denko KK Coors (Adolph) Company SIDEL SA Rocky Mountain Bottle Company South African Breweries plc Valley Metal Container Partnership CRE Beverage Limited Crown Cork & Seal Company Incorporated Transmark Limited Constar Incorporated Southcorp Limited Daiwa Can Company Toyo Seikan Kaisha Limited Danone Group Vitro Corporativo SA de CV DuPont (EI) de Nemours Vitro American National Can Eastman Chemical Company FEMSA Grupo Modelo SA de CV Heineken NV El Aguila SA Grupo Cruzcampo SA Heye-Glas Interbrew SA Labatt USA Incorporated Kirin Brewery Company Limited Latasa de Aluminio SA Lanesa Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

World Beer Containers #1416 Order form on last page 11 Forecasting Methodology

Freedonia does not just collect and reprint data; Freedonia develops data. Our analysts thoroughly investigate an industry by extensively interviewing key industry participants and analyzing information from sources such as associations, government and trade literature. Once this The Freedonia research is complete, Freedonia establishes Economics Group Freedonia one set of forecasts. All writing, editing In-house Research Consistent framework and forecasting is done in-house to assure of indicators on . . . • Quantitative forecasting quality and consistency. In cases where • Beer Consumption • Industry structure & market • Gross Domestic Product share analyses data does not exist, Freedonia develops the • World Population • Product analyses & forecasts data based on input/output ratios, bills of . . . and many others materials and flow charts. The following chart summarizes Freedonia's methodology.

Methodology for World Beer Containers

Proprietary Extensive Interviews Electronic Database • Key participants • Trade publications • Industry experts • Government reports • End-users • Corporate literature • Online databases . . . and many others

World Beer Containers #1416 Freedonia Industry Study 12 The Freedonia Group, Inc. is a leading international industry study/ About database company. The Freedonia Group Since 1985, Freedonia has published over 1,600 titles covering areas such as plastics, chemicals, coatings and adhesives, building materials, industrial components and equipment, health care, packaging, household goods, security, and many other industries.

Freedonia has produced a wide variety of titles, including:

• Beverage Containers • Rigid Bulk Packaging • World Labels • Paper Versus Plastics in Packaging

Because Freedonia is a reliable information source, our forecasts are cited in numerous publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Packaging Digest and Modern Plastics..

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Reliable forecasts Because all of our forecasts consider the environment in which a product or industry is operating, as well as threats and opportunities to the market, Freedonia forecasts are reliable indicators of future performance.

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World Beer Containers #1416 Order form on last page 13 About Our Customers Freedonia's clients include major US and international companies in the manufacturing, services, consulting and financial sectors.

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Some of Freedonia's customers in the beer containers industry include: Anheuser-Busch, Crown Cork & Seal, Owens-Illinois and Saint-Gobain.

World Beer Containers #1416 Freedonia Industry Study 14 Packaging Machinery - Beverage Containers Private Companies Report This study analyzes the US rigid and flexible drink Six private US firms each generate total packag- container industry. It presents historical data ing machinery sales of over $75 million. Two of Related Studies (1990, 1995, 2000) and forecasts to 2005 and these have worldwide sales of at least $200 mil- 2010 for beverage shipments and sales by con- lion and are among the five top US producers From Freedonia tainer type in both gallon and unit terms. Prod- overall. Twelve other private companies have to- uct segments include metal cans, plastic bottles tal corporate sales of over $75 million. This re- and pouches (by resin), glass bottles and paper- port profiles over 130 privately-held firms (e.g., board containers (composite, gabletop, aseptic Automated Packaging, Barry-Wehmiller, Bosch, carton and bag-in-box). The study also discusses Crown Simplimatic, Lantech, Pro Mach) and lists economic variables, details industry structure and them by product and location. It also forecasts For more information about market share, and profiles key firms. industry demand and reviews acquisitions. #1462...... 8/01...... $3,700 these or other Freedonia titles, #1316...... 8/00...... $3,200 please contact us at: Flexible Packaging - Private Companies Report Plastic Containers The Freedonia Group, Inc. Plastic container demand in the US will grow Eight private US producers each had total flex- over 4% annually. Three-fourths of all plastic con- Phone: (440) 684-9600 ible packaging sales of over $150 million in 2000, tainers by weight are bottles, which will also log three of which had over $600 million. An addi- the best growth driven by markets such as drugs, (800) 927-5900 tional 20 had total sales over $100 million, in- soft drinks and beer. High density polyethylene cluding products other than flexible packaging. Fax: (440) 646-0484 (HDPE) will remain the most widely used resin, This report profiles over 170 private US firms while polyethylene terephthalate (PET) grows the (e.g., American Packaging, Bryce, Duro Bag, fastest. This study analyzes the $10 billion US Hood, Pliant, Printpack, Sigma Plastics, Vanguard plastic container industry to 2004 and 2009 by Plastics). It also includes market share and ac- resin, type and market. It also details market quisition trends, lists companies by product and shares and profiles key firms. location, and forecasts industry demand. #1306...... 8/00...... $3,600 #1412...... 8/00...... $3,200

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