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The latest research by industry consultancy Pira International shows that in 2011 global flexible

The market industry reached USD 58.3 billion and is expected to keep growing at a compound annual growth rate of 4.1% over the next five years, with the industry expected to reach USD 71.3 billion by 2016; in terms of consumption, about 1,810 tons in 2011, expected to reach 22.5 million tons by 2016.

Its use in ... is very extensive, and its many advantages are highly favored by pharmaceutical companies. Because there are many types of laminated film, the following types are mainly used in pharmaceutical packaging at present:

Customers and converters are merging and changing at an astonishing pace. Take Wal Mart, North America's largest food retailer: last year it acquired supermarket giant ASDA, expanding into the European market in one stroke and bringing huge impact to related flexible packaging suppliers. In addition, Huntsman Corporation of the US, one of the world's largest packaging companies...

M-real Specialty Papers has launched a series of label and flexible packaging paper products for specialty printing, all produced at the company's plant in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. The range is suitable for producing labels and packaging for beverages, food and daily consumer goods, including the new flexible packaging paper Zanflex and the new Zanlabel ser...

The report points out that the Middle East and Africa account for 5% of the global flexible packaging market of USD 65 billion. Even so, relative to the region's 1.2 billion population, annual per capita consumption is still less than USD 3. The largest national markets are South Africa, Iran, Nigeria, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and these five countries account for more than 50% of the region's overall market share.

When you buy a new car, while focusing on the driving precautions of the break-in period, car owners are reminded to remove useless items such as the plastic film inside the car as much as possible. This is because much of the material used for a new car's interior and seats contains benzene-based carcinogens; buying a new car is like repainting a new house -- it needs long ventilation to remove odors and reduce the content of toxic substances in the cabin air, but some...

value will reach USD 5.3 billion, with an average annual growth rate forecast at 4.6%. The report also explains the main reasons for the growth in market value: the continuous expansion of supermarket retailing, steady population growth, working women, young consumers' enthusiasm for flexible...

The market is now thriving because supply and demand for food and beverages are extremely strong, showing substantial annual growth; in the Middle East and Africa, the flexible packaging market has also become extremely prosperous, as shown in a recent Middle East and Africa flexible...

market value will reach USD 5.3 billion, with an average annual growth rate forecast at 4.6%. The report also explains the main reasons for the growth in market value: the continuous expansion of supermarket retailing, steady population growth, working women, young consumers' enthusiasm for flexible packaging products and so on have all, to some extent, contributed to the growth of the flexible packaging market value. Since 2005, affected by...