Freedonia Industry Study #1377 Study Publication Date: February 2001 Price: $3,600 Sterile Packaging Pages: 212

Sterile Packaging, a new study from The Freedonia Group, provides you with an in-depth analysis of major trends in the industry 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, Sterile Packaging. Ordering information is included on the back page of the brochure.

Brochure Table of Contents

Study Highlights ...... 2 Table of Contents and List of Tables and Charts ...... 4 Sample Pages and Sample Tables from: Market Environment ...... 6 Materials and Products ...... 7 Markets ...... 8 Industry Structure ...... 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 Other Titles From Freedonia ...... 15 Ordering Information...... 16 Study Highlights

• Sterile medical packaging demand is projected to grow 5.4 percent yearly to $1.7 billion in 2005, or over 10 billion units.

• Thermoformed trays will provide the best opportunities, stimulated by increased use in surgical and diagnostic test kits, particularly high value custom surgical trays.

• Pouch demand is expected to increase 5.7 percent per annum driven by the product's versatility and low price compared to trays.

• The fastest growing market for sterile packaging will be medical supplies and devices, as disposables continue to gain market share over reusables. This trend will benefit trays, pouches, bags and some blister packs and clamshells.

• Polyvinyl chloride will remain the dominant sterile packaging resin, although more rapid growth is anticipated for thermoplastic polyesters.

• The top six players in the US sterile medical packaging industry are Perfecseal (Bemis), Rexam, Abbott Laboratories, Schott (Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung), Maxxim Medical and Kenpak (Pechiney), together accounting for 39 percent of total 2000 demand.

Sterile Packaging #1377 Freedonia Industry Study 2 Study Highlights Sterile Medical Packaging Demand, 2000

Pouches Thermoformed Trays 22.4% 26.1%

Plastic IV Containers 9.2%

Other Packaging Vials 19.9% 8.9% Bags Blister Packs 6.8% & Clamshells 6.7%

Sterile Medical Packaging Demand % Annual Growth Item 1990 2000 2005 2010 90/00 05/00

Health Expenditures (bil $) 699 1316 1800 2450 6.5 6.5 $ sterile pkg/000$ expend 1.03 1.01 0.96 0.90 -- --

Sterile Packaging Demand (mil $) 720 1324 SUMMARY1720 2205 TABLE6.3 5.4 Thermoformed Trays 170 345 460 590 7.3 5.9 Pouches 176 297 391 509 5.4 5.7 Plastic IV Containers 79 122 147 173 4.4 3.8 Vials 82 118 138 159 3.7 3.2 Bags 45 90 117 150 7.2 5.4 Blister Packs & Clamshells 23 89 122 165 14.5 6.5 Other Packaging 145 263 345 459 6.1 5.6

cents/unit 13.1 15.7 17.0 18.1 1.8 1.6 Sterile Packaging Demand (mil units) 5503 8435 10115 12150 4.4 3.7

Sterile Packaging #1377 Order form on last page 3 Table - Plastic Resin Demand in Sterile Medical Packaging ....33 Chart - Plastic Resin Demand List of Contents, in Sterile Medical Packaging, 2000 ...... 34 Polyvinyl Chloride...... 34 Tables and Charts Table - Polyvinyl Chloride Demand in Sterile Medical Packaging ...... 36 Thermoplastic Polyesters ...... 36 Table - Thermoplastic Polyester Demand I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY in Sterile Medical Packaging ...... 39 Summary Table ...... 3 High Density Polyethylene ...... 39 Table - High Density Polyethylene Demand II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT in Sterile Medical Packaging ...... 41 General ...... 4 Low Density Polyethylene ...... 41 Macroeconomic Environment ...... 4 Table - Low Density Polyethylene Demand Table - Macroeconomic Environment ...... 6 in Sterile Medical Packaging ...... 42 Demographic & Household Trends ...... 7 Polypropylene ...... 43 Table - Demographic Trends ...... 9 Table - Polypropylene Demand Epidemic Trends ...... 9 in Sterile Medical Packaging ...... 44 Table - Acute & Chronic Conditions ...... 10 Polystyrene ...... 44 Acute Conditions ...... 10 Table - Polystyrene Demand Chronic Conditions ...... 11 in Sterile Medical Packaging ...... 45 Health Care Trends ...... 12 Polycarbonate ...... 45 Table - Health Care Indicators ...... 13 Table - Polycarbonate Demand Health Care Expenditures ...... 14 in Sterile Medical Packaging ...... 47 Table - Health Expenditures ...... 15 Other Resins ...... 47 Patient Procedures ...... 16 Table - Other Resin Demand Table - Selected Patient Procedures ...... 17 in Sterile Medical Packaging ...... 48 Pricing Trends ...... 17 Paper & Paperboard ...... 49 Table - Inflation, Pricing & Real Growth ...... 19 Table - Paper & Paperboard Demand Comparative Plastic Resin Prices ...... 20 in Sterile Medical Packaging ...... 50 Table - Comparative Plastic Resin Price Trends ...... 21 Other Materials ...... 50 Comparative Sterile Packaging Prices ...... 21 Table - Other Materials Demand Table - Comparative Sterile Medical in Sterile Medical Packaging ...... 52 Packaging Price Trends ...... 22 Sterile Packaging Market Trends ...... 23 IV. PRODUCTS Table - Sterile Packaging Market Trends, 1990-2000 ....24 General ...... 53 Chart - Sterile Packaging Market Trends, 1990-2000 ....24 Table - Sterile Medical Packaging Demand by Product ...55 Regulatory Considerations ...... 25 Chart - Sterile Medical Packaging Medical Supplies & Devices ...... 25 Demand by Product, 2000 ...... 56 Pharmaceuticals ...... 26 Thermoformed Trays ...... 56 Sterilization Technology ...... 27 Table - Thermoformed Tray Demand International Activity ...... 29 in Sterile Medical Packaging ...... 57 Chart - Thermoformed Tray Demand III. MATERIALS in Sterile Medical Packaging, 2000 ...... 58 General ...... 31 In Vitro Diagnostic Trays...... 58 Table - Materials Demand in Sterile Medical Packaging ....32 Surgical & Procedure Trays ...... 59 Plastic Resins ...... 32 Other Sterile Medical Trays ...... 61

Sterile Packaging #1377 Freedonia Industry Study 4 Thermoformed Tray Configurations ...... 62 Table - Sterile Medical Packaging Demand by Market ....94 Thermoformed Tray Producers ...... 62 Chart - Sterile Medical Packaging Sterile Pouches ...... 64 Demand by Market, 2000 ...... 94 Table - Pouch Demand in Sterile Medical Packaging ...... 65 Pharmaceuticals & Biologicals ...... 95 Sterile Pouch Configurations ...... 65 Sterile Pharmaceuticals Outlook ...... 95 Sterile Pouch Producers ...... 67 Table - Sterile Pharmaceutical Shipments ...... 97 Plastic IV Containers ...... 68 Sterile Medical Packaging Trends ...... 97 Table - Plastic IV Container Demand Table - Pharmaceutical & Biological Markets in Sterile Medical Packaging ...... 70 for Sterile Medical Packaging ...... 99 Plastic IV Container Configurations ...... 70 Chart - Pharmaceutical & Biological Markets Semi-Rigid IV Containers ...... 71 for Sterile Medical Packaging, 2000 ...... 100 Plastic IV Mini-Bags ...... 71 Medical Supplies & Devices ...... 100 Plastic IV Container Producers ...... 73 Medical Supply & Device Shipments ...... 101 Vials ...... 73 Table - Medical Supply & Device Shipments ...... 102 Table - Vial Demand in Sterile Medical Packaging ...... 74 Sterile Medical Supply & Device Packaging Trends ..... 102 Glass Vials ...... 74 Table - Medical Supply & Device Market Plastic Vials ...... 76 for Sterile Medical Packaging ...... 105 Vial Producers ...... 77 Chart - Medical Supply & Device Markets Sterile Bags ...... 77 for Sterile Medical Packaging, 2000 ...... 106 Table - Bag Demand in Sterile Medical Packaging ...... 78 Diagnostic Products ...... 106 Sterile Bag Configurations ...... 78 In Vitro Diagnostic Test Kit Outlook ...... 107 Sterile Bag Producers ...... 80 Table - In Vitro Diagnostic Reagents Blister Packs & Clamshells ...... 81 & Test Kits Shipments ...... 110 Table - Blister Pack & Clamshell Demand Sterile Medical Packaging Trends ...... 110 in Sterile Medical Packaging ...... 82 Table - Diagnostic Product Markets Blister Pack & Clamshell Configurations ...... 82 for Sterile Medical Packaging ...... 112 Blister Pack & Clamshell Producers ...... 83 Other Markets ...... 113 Other Sterile Packaging ...... 84 Table - Other Markets for Sterile Medical Packaging .... 115 Table - Other Sterile Medical Packaging Chart - Other Markets for Sterile Medical Packaging, 2000 ...115 Demand by Product ...... 85 Prefillable Syringes ...... 85 VI. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE Table - Prefillable Syringe Demand General ...... 116 in Sterile Medical Packaging ...... 87 Industry Characteristics ...... 117 Configurations ...... 87 Table - Selected Sterile Medical Packaging Producers, 2000 ...119 Producers ...... 88 Market Share ...... 120 Sterile Plastic Bottles ...... 88 Chart - US Sterile Medical Packaging Producers Table - Plastic Bottle Demand Market Share, 2000 ...... 121 in Sterile Medical Packaging ...... 89 Mergers & Acquisitions ...... 124 Ampuls ...... 89 Table - Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures ...... 126 Table - Ampul Demand in Sterile Medical Packaging .....91 Channels of Distribution ...... 128 Glass IV Containers ...... 91 Marketing ...... 130 Table - Glass IV Container Demand Manufacturing ...... 131 in Sterile Medical Packaging ...... 92 Competitive Strategies ...... 134 Segmentation & Differentiation Strategies ...... 134 V. MARKETS Cost Strategies ...... 135 General ...... 93 Cooperative Agreements ...... 137 Company Profiles ...... 138-212

Sterile Packaging #1377 Order form on last page 5 Market Environment

The Market Environment Section discusses factors influencing sterile packaging demand, including regula-

tory considerations and health care MARKET ENVIRONMENT trends.

Sterilization Technology This information provides you with an understanding and an analysis of the Rigid and flexible packages can be classified as sterile packaging if after being filled and sealed they can withstand the physical conditions of sterilization and then climate in which the sterile packaging continue to protect the contentsSAMPLE from particulate PAGE matter, fluids and physical industry operates. damage until the item is removed. All sterile medical items, both reusable and disposable, are sterilized prior to shipment. Reusable items, such as surgical equipment, are also subject to sterilization after each use at the health care facility.

There are three principal methods of sterilization: steam, ethylene oxide and radiation. The particular method chosen depends on the type of product and where the sterilization is occurring. Hospitals and other health care facilities use steam or ethylene oxide (EtO) methods to sterilize reusable items. EtO is also used by product manufacturers and contract packagers for initial product sterilization. An alternative to EtO for the manufacturer is radiation sterilization. Currently in the experimental phase are techniques which utilize gas plasmas, hydrogen peroxide and formaldehyde.

Medical facilities often use an autoclave to steam sterilize medical devices because it is inexpensive and safe. The main drawback with an autoclave is that not all products or packaging materials can withstand the moist heat, which reaches 270 degrees Fahrenheit. Typically only metal goods, rubber supplies, glassware or surgical trays are placed in an autoclave. These items are covered in sterilization wrap prior to the steam exposure in order to maintain the sterility of the items. A lidding material is also placed on top of trays, with polypropylene or polycarbonate being the most common material choices due to these resins' high heat resistance.

Sterilization by EtO gas is also commonly used at medical facilities because of its relatively low cost and compatibility with numerous materials.

Sterile Packaging #1377 Freedonia Industry Study 6 Materials & Products

MATERIALS

These Sections provide demand for High Density Polyethylene historical years and forecast growth to 2005 and 2010. High density polyethylene (HDPE) accounted for nearly 16 percent of resin use in sterile medical packaging in 2000. Through 2005, demand for high density polyethylene is forecast to increase 3.4 percentSAMPLE yearly to PAGEmore than million This information helps you: pounds. Advances will be driven by improved performance and continued good growth for TYVEK (DuPont), a vital medical nonwoven produced from HDPE. Because HDPE film is frequently chosen for flexible packaging, the resin will also • Analyze your company's benefit from healthy gains in sterile pouch and bag demand. Further growth will be growth potential in constrained by competition from lower cost polypropylene. HDPE is also less clear than other resins, such as low density polyethylene. Nevertheless, HDPE will the industry. remain competitive with other commodity resins due to processing ease and excellent compatibility with ethylene oxide (EtO) and radiation sterilization • Outline your strategic methods.

plans for five and ten Demand for HDPE in sterile medical packaging will be stimulated by the resin's years out. processing ease and excellent compatibility with EtO and radiation sterilization methods. HDPE also offers acceptable barrier, compatibility and strength properties. These qualities will broaden the resin's opportunities in standard bags, • Establish sales goals. pouches and blister packs. In the production of thermoformed trays, HDPE sheet offers strong impact and chemical resistance, excellent drug compatibility, broad temperature use range (including low temperature tolerance), good barrier properties, lasting rigidity and effective moisture resistance. Recent improvements in high density polyethylene include an oriented and cross-laminated high Pouch Demand in molecularSterile weightMedical high density Packaging polyethylene (HMW-HDPE), which has improved (million dollars) moisture, puncture, tear and chemical resistance over base HDPE resins as well as radiation sterilization tolerance. Item 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 The most commonly used nonwoven in sterile packaging applications is DuPont's Med Supply/Device Shpts (bil 1996$) 27.3 33.1 42.9 52.9 63.7 TYVEK. TYVEK consists of randomly interconnected fibers of HDPE, bonded units/000$ shpts 44.5 41.2 37.1 36.1 35.7 SAMPLE TABLE Sterile Pouches (mil units) 1215 1365 1590 1910 2275

cents/unit 14.5 16.5 18.7 20.5 22.4

Sterile Pouches 176 225 297 391 509 Medical Supplies & Devices 150 193 259 345 454 Other 26 32 38 46 55

% pouches 24.4 22.4 22.4 22.7 23.1 Sterile Packaging Demand 720 1005 1324 1720 2205

Sterile Packaging #1377 Order form on last page 7 Markets

The Markets Section analyzes trends and considers the threats and opportunities in each of the major markets for sterile

packaging. MARKETS

The information presented will Sterile Medical Supply & Device Packaging Trends help you: Medical supply and device markets for sterile medical packaging are expected to expand 6.2 percent annually to million in 2005. Advances will be stimulated by an • Focus your sales and marketing SAMPLE PAGE efforts on high growth areas. increasing reliance on reusable supplies in medical facilities, the increasing popularity of custom surgical trays and the overall trend toward maximizing infection control. As with nearly all types of sterile medical packaging, an aging • Propose new areas for development. population, morbidity patterns and increasing surgical activity will broaden the medical supply and device market. The medical supply and device market, accounting for 35 percent of aggregate industry sales, includes surgical and procedural trays, pouches, bags, and blister packs and clamshells used on the manufacturers' or contract firms' level (packaging sold empty for use in the medical facility is included in the "other" market in this study).

Sterile packaging is expected to continue to gain a higher percentage of medical supply and device packaging for three main reasons. First, it gives the product manufacturer a marketing edge while reducing the risk of liability. Second, medical facilities are stepping up infection control due to more virulent bacterial strains Diagnostic Product Marketsand the for risk ofSterile spreading Medical communicable Packaging disease. Third, as hospitals and other (million dollars) medical facilities attempt to hold down labor costs, a disposable supply or device packaged in an easily opened, sterile package offers advantages in optimizing Item infection control1990 while minimizing1995 the2000 need for2005 sterilizing2010 and storing reusable supplies. This is especially true because alternative site facilities, where increasing In Vitro Diag Reagent/Test Kit Demandoutpatient surgeries3751 are being5321 performed,6695 do not8285 have the10200 capacity to resterilize $ diag pkg/000$ diag prdt equipment. 28.8 32.9 35.1 36.7 37.1 SAMPLE TABLE Diagnostic Products Pkg Demand 108 175 235 304 378 Trays Pouches and bags 94accounted155 for 68 percent205 of the268 medical 335supply and device Bags market in 2000. Best11 growth15 is anticipated21 for bags,26 which are32 projected to grow Blister Packs & Clamshells 6.7 percent yearly to3 $65 million5 in 2005.9 Stimulating10 factors11 include the low cost

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Sterile Packaging #1377 Freedonia Industry Study 8 Industry Structure Sample page from Freedonia Industry Study

Gain#1117 a better Fractional understanding Horsepower of your Motors competition and analyze your company's position in the industry with information about:

• industry characteristics INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• market share Segmentation & Differentiation Strategies

Differentiation has also been an important competitive strategy in the industry, • competitive strategies from resin production down to contract packaging. The objective of a differentiation strategy is to create a perception in the marketplace that a company's • manufacturing products or services are unique, and in some way superior to the offerings of competitors. This can be accomplished via the physical package itself, with • marketing differentiation in the plastics and coextrusionsSAMPLE used, or in modificationsPAGE of package design. For example, the use of polycarbonate in very high-end sterile packaging can be used to differentiate a product. • channels of distribution Differentiation can also be accomplished in terms of services. The addition of a clean room can differentiate a firm, for instance. Packaging vendors such as Sharp • mergers & acquisitions seek differentiation by offering customers extensive support services ranging from new product planning to contract package assembly.

• cooperative agreements Segmentation, or limiting a product line to a profitable niche, represents a competitive strategy adopted by some manufacturers of sterile packaging, particularly smaller firms. By concentrating on a narrower objective, a competitor gains more experience in specialized manufacturing, marketing, distribution and product development requirements than broader-based companies and usually achieves a more favorable cost position. The basic premise underlying efforts at segmentation is that a narrow strategic target can be served more efficiently or effectively than an entire industry.

Cost Strategies

In a commodity business where the achievement of differentiation or segmentation is difficult, competitive strategies tend to be based on cost structures and pricing policies. One such strategy, low cost leadership, is aimed at achieving the most favorable cost position in the industry. Another approach, loss leader pricing, seeks to build sales volume and market share and to drive competitors out

Sterile Packaging #1377 Order form on last page 9 Company Profiles

The Profiles Section analyzes 49 companies active in the U.S. sterile packaging market. These profiles represent a sampling or cross-section of

the types of companies involved in the COMPANY PROFILES industry. Pechiney Ten, Place des Vosges Divisions, subsidiaries, joint La Defense 5 ventures, etc., are discussed under 92400 Courbevoie appropriate parent companies. France 331-4691-4691

Sources for profiles included: Kenpak Incorporated 5416 Union Pacific Avenue City of Commerce, CA 90022 • Information provided by 323-721-6777 key staff members in the respective companies Pechiney operates worldwide in four industry businesses: Aluminum; Packaging; Ferroalloys and Other Activities; and International Trade. In April 2000, • Annual reports Pechiney withdrew from a proposed three-way transaction, announced in September 1999, through which Alcan Aluminium Limited (Canada) was to acquire Pechiney and the aluminum and packaging operations of Alusuisse Lonza Group • 10-K reports Limited (Switzerland). Sales for PechineySAMPLE in 2000 totaledPAGE $9.1 billion. Pechiney employed 29,970 in 1999. The firm is the sixth largest producer of sterile packaging in the US, accounting for two percent of total sales in 2000. • Security analysts reports The Company is active in the US sterile packaging industry through the Packaging business' Food, Healthcare and Beauty division, which includes the Plastic • Corporate product literature Packaging unit. The Plastic Packaging unit produces such products as plastic bottles, flexible packaging, lidstock, foils and wraps used in medical, pharmaceutical, food, beverage and cosmetics packaging. The unit operates in the US through its subsidiary, Pechiney Plastic Packaging Incorporated, which has twelve North American production facilities.

Sterile Packaging #1377 Freedonia Industry Study 10 Companies Profiled

Abbott Laboratories Gerresheimer Holdings GmbH & Company KG Ahlstrom (A.) Corporation Kimble/Kontes Company Dexter Nonwovens Honeywell International Incorporated Alcan Aluminium Limited AlliedSignal Incorporated Algroup Wheaton Ivex Packaging Corporation Alusuisse Lonza Group Limited Kimberly-Clark Corporation Alcoa Incorporated Kloeckner-Werke AG Reynolds Metals Company KNF Corporation Alga Plastics Company Clean Room Products Incorporated Alloyd Company Incorporated Mangar Industries Incorporated Baxter International Incorporated Maxxim Medical Incorporated Althin Medical AB Mylan Laboratories Incorporated Beacon Converters Incorporated Bertek Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Becton Dickinson and Company Oliver Products Company Bemis Company Incorporated Owens-Illinois Incorporated Perfecseal Incorporated Paradigm Packaging Incorporated Braun (B.) Melsungen AG Waddington Jaycare LLC BP Amoco plc Pechiney Cardinal Health Incorporated Kenpak Incorporated Allegiance Corporation Pliant Corporation Automatic Liquid Packaging Incorporated Huntsman Packaging Corporation Ni-Med Rexam plc Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung Rollprint Packaging Products Incorporated Schott Pharmaceutical Packaging Incorporated Sealed Air Corporation Communisis plc Spartech Corporation Cytec Industries Incorporated Superior Group Incorporated DeRoyal Industries Incorporated Sharp Corporation Dow Chemical Company Technipaq Incorporated DuPont (EI) de Nemours Thermo Electron Corporation E.ON AG Corpak Medsystems CYRO Industries Thermoquest Corporation VEBA AG Tolas Health Care Packaging VIAG AG Promedicon Eastman Chemical Company Tyco International Limited ESCO Technologies Incorporated West Pharmaceutical Services Incorporated Tek PackagingGroup Ethox Corporation Fisher Container Corporation General Electric Company

Sterile Packaging #1377 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 economic indicators on . . . • Quantitative forecasting quality and consistency. In cases where • Health Expenditures • Industry structure & market • Medical Shipments data does not exist, Freedonia develops the share analyses • Gross Domestic Product (GDP) • 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 Sterile Packaging

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

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Some of Freedonia's customers in the sterile packaging market include: Abbott Laboratories, Alcoa Incorporated, BP Amoco plc and Rexam plc.

Sterile Packaging #1377 Freedonia Industry Study 14 Flexible Packaging - Private Companies Report The majority of companies active in the US flex- Other Titles ible packaging industry are private firms. Many of these supply plastic film-based primary pack- From Freedonia aging and retail bags. Private companies are among the leaders in plastic and paper flexible packaging and textile bags. The report profiles Blister & Other over 100 privately-held companies (e.g., Bryce, High Visibility Packaging Duro Bag, Pliant, Printpack, Sigma Plastics). It Marketing, labor saving, and source reduction also includes market share data for plastic and benefits of high visibility packaging will boost For more information about paper segments, recent acquisition trends, geo- annual gains in US demand up over 5%. Carded these or other Freedonia titles, graphic analysis and industry demand forecasts. blister packs will remain the largest segment #1412...... 4/01...... $3,200 while clamshell packaging grows the fastest. please contact us at: Niche opportunities exist for skin packs in home meal replacement and take-out food markets. This study analyzes the $5.8 billion US high vis- The Freedonia Group, Inc. Sterile Packaging ibility packaging industry to 2004 and 2009 by Phone: (440) 684-9600 US demand for sterile packaging will grow 5.4% material, product and market. It also evaluates annually to 2005. Stimulants include an aging market share and profiles key companies. population, more stringent infection control (800) 927-5900 #1246...... 4/00...... $3,500 standards and the convenience of sterile packag- Fax: (440) 646-0484 ing configurations. Blister packs and clamshells will grow the fastest, while thermoformed trays provide the best opportunities based on surgical and diagnostic test kits. This study analyzes the Disposable Medical Supplies $1.3 billion US sterile packaging industry to Strong sales are projected for angioplasty cath- 2005 and 2010 by product and market. It also eters, IV pump sets, prefilled syringes and other evaluates market share and profiles key firms. products used to treat age-related disorders. #1377...... 2/01...... $3,600 Drug delivery supplies will benefit from the use of drug therapy over costlier patient care. The home health care segment will lead gains as con- Paper Versus Plastic in Packaging sumers engage in more preventive medicine and Demand for competitive paper and plastic packag- self-treatment. This study analyzes the $43 bil- ing in the US will reach 86 billion pounds in lion US disposable medical supplies industry to 2004. Advances will be stimulated by steady 2004 and 2009 by type and end-use. It also de- growth in the foodservice sector and improve- tails market share and profiles key firms. ments in barrier properties and strength. Plastic #1233...... 2/00...... $3,800 will continue to encroach on paper's market share. This study analyzes the 77 billion pound US competitive paper and plastic packaging industry to 2004 and 2009. It provides data and forecasts by material, type and end-use, presents Converted Flexible Packaging market share data and profiles leading companies. Efforts to reduce costs and protect the environ- #1357...... 1/01...... $3,700 ment will be the driving forces in US flexible packaging demand. Plastic films will extend their leadership based on extensive applications and improved materials. Food packaging markets will Pharmaceutical Packaging remain dominant because of diverse uses and Demand for drug packaging in the US will grow needs for lower costs and longer shelf lives. This nearly 4% annually in the next five years. Blis- study analyzes the $10 billion US converted flex- ter packaging, prefillable syringes and child-re- ible packaging industry to 2003 and 2008 by ma- sistant dispensing closures will lead gains. terial, resin and market. The study also details Pouches and strip packs will also do well based market share and profiles key firms. on expanding unit dosage and cost advantages #1211...... 1/00...... $3,600 over blister packs. Plastic bottles will retain the largest market share. This study analyzes the $3.9 billion US drug packaging industry to 2004 and 2009 by product and material. It also evaluates market share and profiles key firms. #1263...... 4/00...... $3,700

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