To the global folding carton market will reach $100 billion in 2020 years

According to Smithers agents-the a market research report, in 2020, the global folding carton market will reach $100 billion, paper consumption of 47 million tons.

Current global folding carton market value of $87 billion, the main demand from Asia and the Pacific, and the demand of the region will continue to grow, is expected in 2014 accounted for 52% of global consumption, in 2020 to more than 60%.And from the region's consumption growth is the dominant force in China, in 2010, China's consumption accounted for 31% of the market, and will rise to 39% by 2020.At the same time, the Indian subcontinent also played a secondary role of consumer spending growth, by 2020, more than 6% of the region's consumption accounted.

The study found that health products is one of the largest single user, folding carton followed by tobacco, and it is these two industries, the biggest challenge is experiencing folding carton applications.The influence of other markets including the growth of family care product packaging requirements.Small electronic products, including smart phones, but also promotes the consumption of microwatt and folding carton packaging.At the same time, DIY and auto parts the downward trend in these two areas are appeared.The popularity of dried food, especially in Asia, are pushing up the demand of the folding carton, notable is, in the frozen food and children's food in Asia, as the improvement of distribution channels and the expansion of supermarket, also promoted the consumption of folding carton.

The entire supply chain of this market is undergoing a growing from innovative technologies, processes and design pressure, because various brand owners want their products on supermarket shelves in the highly competitive can vary.So, paper processing and printing enterprises need to invest in new technology, so as to provide more color and more effective after printing techniques, including hot stamping, indentation, local glazing, and other processes.

These influencing factors and trends, has brought the growth of the market, and folding carton packaging end users are expected to increase by 5% in 2015, after a few years to maintain 3.5% annual growth rate, according to the price of 2014, the market value of $106 billion.

Folding carton printing has become a part of the packaging and printing processes, technologies and products, in the Labelexpo Europe 2015 at the exhibition.