Stand-up pouches will be the future stars of plastic packaging

2014, plastic packaging sales in the global food industry, rose 3 per cent to 1.9 trillion, its global sales in 2016 are expected to rise to 2 trillion.

Market research firm Euromonitor International said that in the food industry, stand-up pouches is undoubtedly one of the fastest growing plastic packaging.

Stand-up pouches is still loved by many brands form of packaging. According to Euromonitor International predicts 2014 - 2019 period, stand-up pouches annual sales will increase by 6%.

In 2014, self-released in the bag, the concern include the world's largest breakfast cereal manufacturer Kellogg's businesses in France launched cereals used in packaging, Heinz food company in Germany to launch a ready-meal packaging and Hulk sweet corn packaging.

"From this year's Packaging Research data, the stand-up pouches is one of the success stories," Euromonitor International head of research RosemarieDowney packaging says, "stand-up pouches are sold very well, is a suitable microwaveable packaged solution that can be used packed ready meals, rice, pasta, biscuits, sweets, savory snacks and ice cream, yogurt and baby food for direct consumption of disposable packaging also occupy a certain market share. stand-up pouches very wide range of applications. "

In 2015, China and India accounted for 50 percent growth in food packaging. 2014 Year in Asia-Pacific sales to rise by 5 percent, or 320 billion package.

"China and India are the driving force of the global food packaging industry," Downey adds, "the level of urbanization and increasing disposable income, coupled with the buying habits of the bulk foods to packaged foods, so that those countries, the more demand for plastic packaging be greater. "

(Source: the plastic line)