The
world market for aseptically packed products amounted to 123 billion litres in
269 billion packs during 2011, according to the new Global Aseptic Packaging
report from leading food and drinks consultancy Zenith International and
packaging experts Warrick Research. Volumes have grown by just over 5% a year
since 2008, with South/South East Asia achieving the fastest rise at 22% a
year.
White
drinking milk accounts for 39% of aseptically packed products, with beverages
responsible for 37% and other dairy or food products making up the remainder.
Aseptic filling has yet to make a significant impact in food markets, but there
are some established niche applications - sauces, tomato products and baby food
are important new areas of development.
“The
market for aseptic packaging developed in Europe and the industry supplying it
has been centred on Europe. This report shows the market shift to Asia in the
past four years and raises the prospect of this continuing in the next few
years,” commented David Warrick, Director of Warrick Research Ltd. “At a time
of economic recession in much of the world, the aseptic packaging market has
grown at over 5% a year in the past four years as the technology is well
positioned to supply the needs of new markets and applications,” added Esther
Renfrew, Market Intelligence Director at Zenith International Ltd.
Other
findings of the 2012 Global Aseptic Packaging report include insights that:
- There are over 13,000 operational aseptic filling systems worldwide and more than 40 companies supply aseptic filling systems.
- The largest regional markets for aseptic packaging are set to be China and South/South East Asia both overtaking West Europe as the former largest region.
- World use of aseptic packaging has reflected global economic trends. Usage has been static in much of Europe, while there has been rapid growth in many countries across Asia.
- Value added dairy products will be a fast growing area of demand for aseptic filling systems. In some regions, fillers are used for both ambient and chilled products.
By
2016, Zenith and Warrick estimate that the world market for aseptic packaging
will reach 153 billion litres using 333 billion packs. The majority of
additional demand will come from South/South East Asia and China, where growth
is forecast at 11% a year and 3.5% a year respectively.
The
2012 Zenith & Warrick Report on Global Aseptic Packaging contains 668 pages
including a detailed study of aseptic packaging use in 35 countries for milk, beverages
and other products (with 2008 & 2011 data and 2012 & 2016 forecasts)
and a technical report on aseptic processing and packaging (including technical
developments and profiles of over 40 aseptic filling equipment suppliers).
