Tuesday, 27 March 2018

Combination Packs Market – Key Trends, Applications & Future Developments

Manufacturers and brand owners around the world are seeking innovative ways to provide complementary and multiple product categories through singular packaging formats. Combination packs provide manufacturer and suppliers a flexible solution to cater different end use segments. Combination packs are popularly used in packaging of chemicals, cosmetics and pharmaceutical products. Ease and convenience in safe transport of hazardous chemicals for multiple container formats has supported the growth of global combination packs market.
The global market for combination packs is characterized by supply of packaging formats such as corrugated cases and cartons, folding cartons, plastic bottles, blister packs, etc. The market for combination packs is witnessing the emergence of packaging formats fabricated through thermoforming technology. Packaging manufacturers with thermoforming capabilities are supplying combination packs with custom or bespoke designs and functionalities.
Thermoforming technology allows manufacturers to customize packaging solution. Combination packs incorporated with customization features are expected to find lucrative market opportunities over the forecast period. In May 2017, pharmaceutical manufacturer Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. developed combination pack for its product Kisqali Femara. The combination pack provides solution for packaging of advanced breast cancer prescription products. The packaging design allows Novartis to employ the solution for varying dosages.
In 2014, packaging manufacturer Ecobliss received recognition for innovation in blister carton combination pack. The combination pack developed by Ecobliss constitutes a box shaped blister pack wherein the glued flaps are eliminated. The combination pack provides features of blister packaging and also of a folding carton. The combination pack developed by the company caters to packaging of healthcare products including prefilled syringe, needles, water bottled injection suspension, etc.
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Combination packs have emerged as an effective packaging solution in the North America pharmaceutical packaging market. Innovation by manufacturers in the North America and Europe region is expected to spread across the Asia Pacific and GCC market due to shift in focus by multinational packaging manufacturers towards emerging markets
Apart from pharmaceutical and healthcare packaging, combination packs are expected to continue new applications into varied end use segments such as food and beverages, cosmetics and personal care, homecare, etc. Cosmetics and personal care end use segments are expected to register considerably high CAGR over the forecast period, 2017-2027 as manufacturers and brands innovate in terms of product offering.
Manufacturers and brand owners operating in the cosmetics and personal care segment are developing ways to provide multiple product categories through innovative packaging formats. Combination packs provide manufacturer and suppliers effective and flexible solution to cater to application in consumer products packaging. Combination packs also provide ease and convenience in safe transport of hazardous chemicals through complex supply chain processes.
The Combination Packs market is segmented into 7 key regions including North America, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Middle East and Africa (MEA), Asia Pacific Excluding Japan (APEJ) and Japan.
Some of the players operating in the Combination Packs market include Nelson Container Corporation and Ecobliss Holding BV. The global market for combination packs is expected to witness entry of multinational as well as domestic packaging manufacturers over the forecast period, 2017-2027.

Sheathed Wood Crates: Deliver Effective and Efficient Packaging Solution to Extensive Client Base

Manufacturers producing wood packaging solutions are continuously innovating in terms of design and raw material capabilities in order to deliver effective and efficient packaging solution to extensive client base. Manufacturers of sheathed wood crates particularly cater to client base operating in wide range of end use industries such as food and beverages, pharmaceuticals, industrial goods, etc. Food and beverage products that are commonly shipped into sheathed wood crates include fresh produce such as fruits, vegetables, etc.
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The global market for sheathed wood crates is characterized by presence of packaging manufacturers supplying wooden packaging products for industrial as well shipping and transport purpose. Manufacturers of sheathed wood crates source locally milled wood in order save on raw material procurement cost. Saving costs on raw material procurement allows companies to stay competitive in the global sheathed wood crates market. The global market for sheathed wood crates represents presence of domestic or local manufacturers as a large portion of raw material for manufacturing sheathed wood crates has to be sourced from locations that are proximate to manufacturing sites. Presence of local layers with small to average production capabilities has influenced the pricing and supply factors of the global sheathed wood crates market.
The global market for sheathed wood crates is characterized by presence of two prominent sheathed types including plywood and lumber. The design and material properties of sheathed wood crates provide strength and effectiveness in the functionality required by end consumers. Sheathed wood crates are nailed or bolted depending on the manufacturing capabilities of the sheathed wood crates manufacturers. Sheathed wood crates are incorporated with right quality of wood and design mechanism. Design mechanism and right quality of wood provides sheathed wood crates with required strength and storage capacity. Rigid strength and effective storage capacity allows effective transportation of industrial goods through international trade flows that are characterized by long and complex supply chain.
The global market for sheathed wood crates is prominently concentrated in trade locations. Port oriented countries and regions with extensive trade activities are expected to generate large amount of demand for sheathed wood crates as sheathed wood crates provide effective solution for transportation, storage and carriage of industrial as well consumer goods through long and complex supply chain. Long and complex supply chain prevalent in most industrial and work in progress goods has led to end users opting for effective solutions such as sheathed wood crates.
The sheathed wood crates market is segmented into 7 key regions including North America, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Middle East and Africa (MEA), Asia Pacific Excluding Japan (APEJ) and Japan.
Some of the players operating in the sheathed wood crates market include Tech-Pac – Technical Packaging, Inc Tudor Industries, Pack Well Industries, etc. The global market for sheathed wood crates is characterized by presence of small to mid-size players operating on a local scale. Locally restricted operations and business presence of market players has resulted into a fragmented characteristics for major portion of the global sheathed wood crates market.

3 Trends That Are Shaping the Future of Single-Use Ampoules Market

The prime purpose of packaging is to protect the primary product from getting affected by the external environment. For pharmaceutical and premium cosmetics, the packaging needs to be highly effective to protect the primary product from contamination. Unit-dose or single-use packaging is highly preferred packaging format for such applications. Single-use ampoules are thus getting widely popular globally due to the high protection provided by the ampoules from spillage. The combined benefits offered by the ampoules and unit-dose packaging format are leading to wide applications of the single-use ampoules, resulting in large opportunities in the global market.
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Major driving force for the single-use ampoules market is the well-established and further growing global market of ampoules, and unit-dose packaging ensures the protection from cross contamination of the primary product. FDA has recalled several medications due to contamination found in the product in the span of last few years. This led to rise in consumption of unit-dose packaging formats that prevents the primary product from contamination. Moreover, the single-use ampoules are results in the extended shelf life of the primary product. Various additional features such as tamper resistant and sterilization have driven the market for single-use ampoules globally.
Traditionally, the flame seal is applied on the single-use ampoules, while radial sealing is getting wide acceptance among manufacturers and end-users. On the other hand, the major drawback of single-use ampoules is that in each of the packaging, some extra amount of medication is stored that required in general cases. This leads to wastage of medication in large amount. Moreover, the amount of packaging required for each dose collectively costs higher than the multi-dose packaging format or bulk medication packaging. This leads to higher cost of the end product and restrains the market for single-use ampoules.
North America accounts for around half of the global pharmaceuticals market, while still expected to expand due to high demand in the region. High consumer preference of unit-dose packaging format indicates a large and well-established market of single-use ampoules. Western Europe is the leading exporter of pharmaceuticals in the world leading to a large market opportunity for single-use ampoules. Latin America is one of the prominent regions of the cosmetics industry, along with gradually developing pharmaceutical industry leading to a growing market for single-use ampoules.
Japan accounts for around 1/5th of the global pharmaceutical industry with the considerably high preference of unit-dose packaging among consumers, indicating a well-established market for single-use ampoules. APEJ pharmaceutical industry is significantly large and rapidly expanding, indicating a huge opportunity for single-use ampoules market. Eastern Europe, specifically Poland is attracting the manufacturing sector due to the availability of highly economic, as well as well-educated labor. This led to the growth of pharmaceutical industry in the region, propelling the demand for single-use ampoules in Eastern Europe.
Some of the key players of single-use ampoule manufacturers are
  • Accu-Glass LLC
  • James Alexander Corporation
  • CRIS-MAT S.L.

Stationery Films Packaging Market – Industry Analysis, Growth and New Market Opportunities Explored

Stationery films are used to supply non-PVC products in the graphics and stationery industries. Stationery films are used in a wide range of applications, such as, advertising, bookbinding, folders, and menu, among others. Since, advertising is key to enhancement of brand image, almost all manufacturers rely on it for consumer engagement. Stationery films play a pivotal role in many advertisement pamphlets. Also, stationery films are used in books for binding. Many regions have registered an increase in the number of school-going children, due to persistent efforts by regional governments to increase the reach of education to the masses, especially in poor countries.
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This has resulted in a growing demand for books. In addition, due to changing lifestyle of consumers in emerging economies, coupled with increased disposable income, many consumers have shown preference towards dining-out, at least once a month. This has led to a rise in number of restaurants and hotels, which widely use stationery films for their menu cards. Due to these factors, the growth outlook for the global stationery films market, is expected to be largely positive, over the forecast period.
There are numerous factors which contribute to the growth of global stationery films market. These include an increase in efforts by governments, to boost the tourism industries in their countries. Tourism accounts for a significant share of GDP in many countries. Emerging countries, such as India, have invested a fair share of money into enhancing their tourism industry. The Indian tourism industry, for instance, has emerged as one of the key drivers of growth among the services sector, which has led to the rise in number of hotels and luxury resorts, in the country.
As a result, there is a rise in demand for stationery films which is required in menu covers. Due to rise in the e-commerce industry, there is an increase in trade volume, because of which, maximum brand owners are focusing on innovative solutions, such as, barcode labels, for real time tracking of products and goods.  This also plays a significant role in increasing the demand for stationery films. Since stationery films are actively used in barcode labels, the market of stationery films is expected to grow on the backdrop of barcode labels growth, supported by increase in penetration of e-commerce.
Moreover, stationery films are often the best material which is used in stationery items such as CD sleeves, DVD case covers, folders, menu covers, and sheet protectors, among others. Despite the positive outlook, there are certain factors, which might hamper the growth of the global stationery films packaging market. One of the prominent restraints for the market is the rise in e-book culture. This might lead to a decline in preference for hard bound books, resulting in less demand for stationery films for books.
The North America stationery films market is anticipated to lead the global stationery films market, due to a largely organized market. North America and Western Europe have some of the largest markets for books in the world. This is expected to significantly contribute to the growth of the global stationery films market during the forecast period. The APEJ stationery films market is expected to register a significant CAGR in sales of stationery films, owing to a growing urban population and rise in disposable income.
Some of the players operating in the global Stationery Films packaging market are – Achilles USA, Inc., Caprihans India Ltd., R.O.P. Ltd, Renolit, and others.

Bottles Display Racks – Retail Merchandising Solutions With Efficient Space-Saving Design

Over the last decade or two, manufacturers which provide packaging solutions as well as supply & waste management are constantly into innovation to handle the changing product designs as well as material capabilities. The growing demand for retail merchandising solutions with efficient space-saving design and prepared from lightweight material composition have made bottles display racks a prevalent display solution across beverages market segments. Metal racks are the most favoured material type in the manufacturing of bottle display racks beside, plastics, corrugated & foam board are also used. Likewise, custom designed bottle displays racks with three side shopability is expected to gain traction in the coming time.
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The key factor that pushes the demand of bottles display racks is that this displays forms an effective merchandising solution for promoting end-use products. Other factors such as simple installation, easy recyclability, cost-efficient, also add to the increasing demand for bottles display racks. Growing customer inclination towards organized retail stores such as supermarkets, hypermarkets, etc. has forced brand owners to stand different from its competitors. As a result, the space-efficient & attractive bottles display racks have been readily preferred to increase the product sale. Moreover, grocery shops have shifted their focus for the use of display solution with bottle display racks forming their most preferred choice. All the above factors add up to the growth of bottles display racks market over the forecast period. However, growing customer inclination towards the purchase of wines & other premium beverages through online portals might obstruct the growth prospects of bottles display racks market.
Geographically, the global bottles display racks market is segmented into seven regions, namely North America, Latin America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia Pacific Excluding Japan (APEJ), Japan and the Middle East and Africa (MEA).
The demand for bottles display racks is co-related with the increased branding budget among the beverages companies to launch & promote its drinks in retail outlets across the globe. In the coming times, fast-growing economies such as China, Brazil, India, South Africa, etc. are expected to witness more significant investments in an organized retail sector which in terms is projected for the growth of displays market.
Rise in purchasing power of work-class population coupled with growing per capita consumption of packaged drinking water as well as other carbonated & non-carbonated beverages is expected to push the overall growth in bottles display racks market in the Asia-Pacific region. Likewise, consumption of wine & other beverages is high in the European countries like France, Italy, Spain, etc. and thus to promote this wine product in the retail market, the brand owners thus make use of eye-catching bottles display racks. North America and European nations have the largest organized retail network with Tesco, Kroger, Walmart, Costco, etc. are in retail business. Moreover, with the with the rising number of supermarkets as well as hypermarkets in the Middle-East & Africa as well as Latin America region, bottles display racks market are projected to witness substantial growth during the forecast period.
Overall, the global bottles display racks market is expected to register a healthy growth rate, during the forecast period 2017-2025.
Some key players that currently operate in the global bottles display racks market are Shenzhen Meiya Display Co. Limited., Mainstar Lightbox Display Co. Ltd, TheraPure Health Essentials Corp., Juncheng Metal & Plastics Co., Ltd., and many more.

Monday, 26 March 2018

Pharmaceutical Tablets Packaging Market – Regional Markets, Technology, Types and Applications

The global healthcare packaging market has undergone significant transformation in the past few years. Rise in consumer expectations has compelled pharmaceutical tablet packaging manufacturers to innovate and produce packaging solutions which are considered desirable in today’s world. The characteristics of an ideal pharmaceutical tablet packaging solution are – easy dispensing, child resistance, hermetic seal, and consumer friendliness (especially senior consumers), among others.
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Pharmaceutical tablets consumption has registered solid growth in the last decade, with growing preference for small sized packs. There are two key types of pharmaceutical tablet packaging – strip packaging and bottle packaging. Some of the features that increase preference for a packaging solution among consumers are – high product integrity, low possibility of accidental misuse, patient compliance, and product protection. Manufacturers of pharmaceutical tablets packaging solutions emphasize on tamper evident packaging solutions. The global pharmaceutical tablets packaging market is expected to witness a positive outlook, during the forecast period.
Global pharmaceutical tablets packaging market: Dynamics
There are several factors that are anticipated to drive the growth of the global pharmaceutical tablets packaging market during the forecast period. Increasing demand for pharmaceutical tablets is expected to positively impact the growth of the global pharmaceutical tablets packaging market. Key pharmaceutical tablets packaging manufacturers emphasize on consumer convenience. The demand for tamper evident packaging solutions, which have key information such as – dosage information, expiry dates, and other information, printed on them, is expected to drive the global pharmaceutical tablets packaging market during the forecast period. The global pharmaceutical tablets production output has been increasing steadily, fuelling the need for mass-production of materials. The advantage that pharmaceuticals companies have with generic and over-the-counter products is faster production, which results in more sales, and overall per unit production cost. Therefore, tablet consumption has enjoyed growth across the world. The same trend is expected to bolster the growth of the global pharmaceutical tablets packaging market, over the forecast period.
Despite the positive outlook, there are certain factors, which might affect the growth rate of the global pharmaceutical tablets packaging market. The pharmaceutical tablets packaging market is subject to disruption by technological advancements in drug delivery.
The North America pharmaceutical tablets packaging market is expected to lead the global pharmaceutical tablets packaging market during the forecast period. This is attributed to the high volume of over-the-counter products, in the United Sates alone. The Asia Pacific excluding Japan pharmaceutical tablets packaging market is expected to closely follow the North America pharmaceutical tablets packaging market, owing to the increased government efforts to enhance production of tablets in countries such as China and India. This is expected to generate a sizeable demand for pharmaceutical tablet packaging solutions in the region. The Middle East region is also expected to contribute to the growth of the global pharmaceutical tablets packaging market. The Japan pharmaceutical tablets packaging market is expected to witness sluggish growth over the forecast period, due to high market saturation. However, in terms of packaging penetration, it is anticipated to score more than the Asia Pacific region.
Few of the key players operating in the global pharmaceutical tablets packaging market are – Amcor Ltd., Voges kunststof verpakkingen, and Uflex Ltd., among others.

Global Ovarian Cancer Drugs Market is Expected to be Driven by Large Number of Therapeutics in Developmental Stage

Ovarian cancer is a term attributed to the uncommon type of cancer that arises in the ovary of a woman from different types of cells. Ovarian cancer is caused due to the mutagenic changes in DNA. Inherited mutations in genes are also responsible for ovarian cancer. The risk of developing ovarian cancer is high if a woman has inherited mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. The most common type of ovarian cancer is epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), which arises from the epithelium of the ovary. Ovarian cancer is regarded as one of the most common types of cancer among women. It accounts for more deaths than any other cancer of the female reproductive system, while it ranks 5th in overall women deaths due to cancer. This type of cancer is rarely diagnosed at an early stage, making treatment at an advanced stage difficult.
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According to American Cancer Society estimates, risk of any woman acquiring ovarian cancer in her lifetime is 1 in 75, while her chance of death due to ovarian cancer is 1 in 100. Ovarian cancer is more prevalent among elderly women, making women over 55 a high-risk population. Women in this age group have the lowest survival rate as well. Surgical procedures are employed for the treatment of both early and advanced stages of ovarian cancer. According to American Cancer Society estimates, about 22,440 women are expected to be diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the U.S., while about 14,080 women deaths would be attributed to ovarian cancer in 2017.
Ovarian cancer and its rising incidence rate is a growing concern worldwide. Market players that are currently engaged in the development of drugs and chemotherapies for management of ovarian cancer. The global ovarian cancer drugs market is expected to be driven by large number of therapeutics in developmental stage and competition among market players in terms of efficacy and cost of therapies. The patent expiry of several leading drugs could also potentially impact this market by encouraging the entry of new players. These changing dynamics will impact the ovarian cancer market during the forecast period. The global ovarian cancer drugs market holds immense potential and is anticipated to grow rapidly. Continuous research and development to provide efficient therapeutic intervention for a host of diseases boosts the growth of the ovarian cancer drugs market. Several ovarian cancer drugs are in clinical phase and expected to drive the market in the near future. For instance, Merck, Pfizer, and Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. have signed an exclusive agreement to study two investigational agents or drugs for treatment of ovarian cancer. This study includes the drugs Avelumab and entinostat evaluated for efficacy as combination therapy for ovarian cancer.
The global ovarian cancer drugs market can be segmented based on tumor type, drug class, distribution channel, and region. In terms of tumor type, the market can be classified into epithelial ovarian cancer, ovarian low malignant potential tumor, germ cell tumor, and sex cord-stromal tumor. Based on drug class, the global ovarian cancer drugs market can be categorized into alkylating agents, mitotic inhibitors, antirheumatics, antipsoriatics, VEGF/VEGFR inhibitors, PARP inhibitors, antineoplastics, and others. In terms of distribution channel, the market can be divided into hospital pharmacies, drug stores, online pharmacies, and others.  In terms of region, the global ovarian cancer drugs market can be segmented into Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East & Africa, North America, and Latin America. Major players in the global ovarian cancer drugs market are Allergan plc, Pfizer, Inc., Merck KGaA, AstraZeneca, F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Johnson & Johnson, Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Clovis Oncology, and others.

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