Thursday, 23 May 2019

Eco-friendly Straws Market 2019 by Top Companies – Aardvark Straws, Biopac (UK) Ltd, Merrypak

Non-toxic and are bio-degradable alternatives of chemical-laden plastic is enhancing the eco-friendly straws market value. Manufacturers are looking for products that provide consumer convenience along with sustainability. These days, eco-friendly straws are recyclable as well as stylish trend, as interiors of bars, restaurants, and home includes glass straws for the touch of elegance to dining tables. The variety of options available when materials are taken into consideration, growing demand for eco-friendly straws market.

The eco-friendly straws are either made up of bio-based materials such as paper, or reusable materials which includes food-grade silicone, metal or glass. Increasing food & beverage consumption, people often prefer environment friendly products instead of plastic, expanding eco-friendly straws market. Changing manufacturer’s considerations due to stringent regulations and environmental impact of plastic straws is boosting eco-friendly straws market.

The eco-friendly straws are manufactured in different designs which includes strip, polka dot, star-shaped, and other printed papers. The eco-friendly straws are providing manufacturers cost-effective solution. Manufacturers are also offering different diameter options in eco-friendly straws as per brand owners, and retailers demand. The eco-friendly straws market is anticipated to witness high growth prospects during the forecast period, due to increasing consumer awareness. The modifications and improvements in government legislation are changing usage capabilities of the manufacturer as well as the consumer.


Eco-friendly straws such as bamboo straw, compostable straws, metal & glass straws are replacing plastic straws, as latter one create a large amount of plastic waste. The global eco-friendly straws market is estimated to experience growth during the forecast period as per the number stringent regulations on plastic use. Nearly 500 million plastic straws are discarded daily in the U.S., but over the past few months, restaurants & hotel groups are preferring eco-friendly straws. The global usage of eco-friendly products is ultimately impacting trends & styles in the food and beverage industry. Reduction in usage of straws, which is a non-essential part, may hamper the growth of the global ecofriendly straws market.

The eco-friendly straws market is estimated to have growth in Europe as food corporations such as McDonald’s are trying to eliminate plastic-based products. The countries are shifting towards using straws made of sustainable products such as bamboo, paper, or glass, growing demand for eco-friendly straws. The eco-friendly straws market is estimated to have significant growth during the forecast period. Use of plastic straws has been prohibited in some regions of the United States, which is eventually expanding the eco-friendly straws market.

Uncoated Free Sheet Paper Market Analysis Of Top Key Player Forecast To 2026 | Domtar Corporation, International Paper Company, Horizon Paper Co., Inc

Uncoated free sheet paper is a grade of printing and writing paper which is free of mechanical pulp, which is a completely chemically treated pulp without any coating on the surface. Uncoated free sheet paper does not retain water for a long time. This helps in the recycling process of the uncoated free sheet paper. As sustainable development is one of the prominent steps in the protection of environment, usage of uncoated free sheet paper and recycling of it is preferred by printing and writing paper products manufacturers worldwide.

This is driving the uncoated free sheet paper market globally. Uncoated free sheet paper provides better writing and printing surface with high ink retention capability relative to coated free sheet paper used for writing and printing applications. Although, with the gradual shift of educational institutes towards digital media, the demand of uncoated free sheet paper is projected to witness sluggish growth during the forecast period.

Global Uncoated Free sheet Paper Market Dynamics

Digital media is one of the prominent restraints for the growth in demand for uncoated free sheet paper. This has led to uncoated free sheet paper companies processing purchased pulp rather than producing pulp on their own. Thus, this changing trend in the value chain of the uncoated free sheet paper market has resulted into price hike by a large number of uncoated free sheet paper market players, including Twin Rivers Paper Company Inc., Verso Corporation, North Pacific Paper Company (NORPAC) and Domtar Corporation.


The demand for uncoated free sheet paper for writing applications is gradually decreasing due to the shift of educational institutes towards digital media. On the other hand, the uncoated free sheet paper market for printing applications is expected to witness significant growth during the forecast period.

Wednesday, 22 May 2019

FFC/FPC Jumper Cables Market – Recent Developments, Current Industry Trends till 2026

The flat cables are used in easy cable management instead of round cables, particularly in applications where high flexibility and space reduction are the important factors. Flat cable is usually takes a small space than round cable owing to its design features. This can results in reduced wire coupling issues and good EMI suppression. These cables are light weighted and offers greater flexibility, because the wires are not wrapped many times over by different materials and protected individually as the round cables. Thus, these cables are known as flat flexible cables (FFC).


The flexibility of the FFC offers the free bending and folding, which can reduce device size and the design costs. These cables are made up with thin rectangular tin plated copper conductors which are arranged in parallel and insulations laminated on both sides of conductors. To make an electrical contact between tin plate and the connector, the copper conductors are left uncovered on each ends. And bonding on cable end with a stiffener crates the mechanical stability for the exposed copper conductors during the coupling.

Furthermore, flexible flat jumper cables are used in numerous electronic applications for board to board interconnections, owing to the capability of millions of cycles in high flexing environments with pitch density down to 0.30 mm. The cables can be directly soldered or used with zero insertion force (ZIP) or low insertion force (LIF) type connectors. Flat printed circuit cables are quite similar in design and construction to the FFC, except one thing that copper film is chemically etched to produce a specific pattern. While these circuits are custom made for each application, various shapes and geometrics can solve the toughest packaging problems.

The marketplace continues to demand new and smaller electronic devices that are rugged and reliable, this demand can be fulfill by the manufacturers involved in FFC/FPC jumper cables market. It is largely used in consumer electronics applications, such as notebook, printer, scanner, keyboard, LCD flat panel, game machine, camcorder, CD-ROM drive, plasma display, set top box, mobile, laptop and others. For all these applications, FFC jumper cables offering numerous benefits such as high reliability, simple assembly process, and direct connection to PCBs with simple solder assembly process, that can creates cost savings by eliminating need for connectors or wire stripping.


Also, it provides high speed data transmission with low loss, limitless design-in options, cables with wide thickness range and extended cables life cycle. Furthermore, these cable delivers superior signal integrity and high resistance to vibration and bending. Likewise, the flexible printed circuits cable offers benefits such as, assembly error reduction, decreased assembly time and costs, design freedom, flexibility during installation, package size and weight reduction. These advantages of both flexible flat cables and flexible printed circuits cable are driving the FFC/FPC jumper cables market during forecast period.

Inkjet Printing Technologies Market Upcoming Trends, Growth Drivers and Challenges – Forecast to 2026

The inkjet printing technologies market report represents the current scenario coupled with future growth and opportunities present in the global market. One of the important part of the inkjet printing technologies market report is competitive landscape, which offers details of key players operating in the inkjet printing technologies market such as company history, SWOT analysis, annual turnover, mergers new product launches, acquisitions (M&A) activities, and recent research and development (R&D).

Global Inkjet Printing Technologies Market: Drivers and Restraints 

Inkjet printer is a type of printer, which works on the technology and prints by spreading droplets of ionized ink. Ionized ink drops are spread with the help of magnetic plates when the paper is put under the printer. The printing device is affordable and easy to maintain which makes it convenient to be used in the work place and business along with home users. Growing adoption of the printers at home is boosting growth of the inkjet printing technologies market.

Additionally, rapid advancements in inkjet printing technology are changing the way of printing. Currently, it is feasible alternative over the outmoded methods. The method includes packaging and design in a wide format. Additionally, uptake of piezoelectric technologies in ink jet printers are fuelling demand for inkjet printing technologies products. This is a key factors boosting growth of the global inkjet printing technologies market.


However, the market is facing some challenges including cut-throat competition among established technologies such as flexographic printing and screen printing. Additionally,  performance of the ink, lack of professional handling the printer and printing speed are other factors hampering growth of the global inkjet printing technologies market.

Global Inkjet Printing Technologies Market: Geographical Analysis

On the basis of region, the inkjet printing technologies market could be segmented into North America, South America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East and Africa. Of these regions, Asia Pacific is expected to expand with faster growth over the forecast period.

Detergent Packaging Market – Emerging Technologies, Industry Growth and Recent Trends by Forecast to 2026

The global fabric care market is estimated to reach around US$ 90 Bn in 2018 and further maintain a steady growth rate for the next few years. Detergent is one of the leading segment in fabric care products which is not ever expected to witness downfall in demand in the future, just like other fast moving consumer goods. Thus, the detergent packaging has a large market globally. With the changing trend in the type of detergent, detergent packaging solutions are also updated and propel the detergent packaging market.

Water-soluble pods are one of the rapidly rising detergent packaging solutions, specifically in developed nations of North America and Western Europe. In the present market scenario, the detergent powder is leading in the detergent industry with pouches as the highly preferred detergent packaging solution. Also, liquid detergent is rising at a significant pace globally, leading to a large incremental revenue opportunity to be created for plastic bottles and cans detergent packaging solution during the forecast period.

Global Detergent Packaging Market Dynamics

Initially, detergent bars had a large market share in the detergent industry, and thus stick packs were most widely preferred for detergent packaging. Gradually, detergent powder came into dominance in the detergent industry and various formats of pouches, such as flat pouches and sachets, gusseted bags, cartons, and stand-up pouches were highly preferred as detergent packaging. In the present market scenario, the liquid detergent is gaining high attention among consumers who are preferred to be packaged into plastic bottles and cans. Thus, the detergent packaging market had witnessed ever-changing trends owing to changing consumer preferences, which are highly impacted by the innovations introduced in the detergent industry.


Furthermore, innovations introduced in the detergent packaging have also played a crucial role in driving the global detergent packaging market. This includes water-soluble detergent pods. The water-soluble pods as a detergent packaging solution are gaining consumer attention owing to the consumer convince added by various advantages of the detergent packaging solution such as single dose detergent packaging.

On the other hand, the limited availability and relatively high price for a unit volume detergent packaging have restrained the demand in developing and underdeveloped nations. Furthermore, the detergent packaging supports the branding of the detergent company by aesthetic graphics printed in the packaging, which is made possible by developing printing techniques.

Metal Cages and Stillages Market Estimated to Soar Higher During 2018 to 2026

The metal cages and stillages are the ideal solutions for storing and transporting goods. The metal cages and stillages are available in a wide variety of sizes for small to heavy sized goods. The metal cages and stillages are designed with drop gate which enables easy loading and unloading and easy access to goods or products inside.

The cages are stackable mostly two high when fully loaded and four high when cages are empty. The front and rear gates of the metal cages and stillages can easily be removed assisting in safe work practices. Mostly forklift is used to move metal cages and stillages from one place to another. These metal cages and stillages are the better alternative to wooden pallet base as wooden pallet has sharp nails which cause injuries and damage of goods especially food packaging.

The metal cages and stillages is designed of more durable material, i.e., the metal which is more robust than one- trip disposable units. However, metal cages and stillages are reusable but are more cost effective than steel cages and stillages market.


As metal cages and stillages are easily stackable and collapsible, the demand for metal cages and stillages increases especially from warehouses and management experts of industries. The growing retail sector, consumer goods, food and beverages industries electronic trades in the emerging economies is fueling the demand for metal cages and stillages market. Among many types, the folding metal cages and stillages are expected to be the most attractive solution. The primary reason for the increase in popularity of and demand for foldable metal cages and stillages is it saves space when not in use and is ideal for the return journey, which is trending in the market.

These metal cages and stillages are reusable and offer certain benefits such as cost saving, zero maintenance and reduced environmental impact which are another factor driving the growth of metal cages and stillages market. The demand for metal cages and stillages is increasing due to increasing industrialization. Metal cages and stillages has attracted a large number of end-user industries leading to a high growth rate of the segment.

Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Packaging Market – Top Leading Companies, Strong Investment Strategies and Details Analysis till 2027

The global electrostatic discharge (ESD) packaging market is fragmented and unorganized because most vendors produce ESD packaging as part of a larger product line on account of similarities with other products such as bubble bags and polybags. Competition in the market is intense and keen players are seen taking the mergers and acquisitions route to grow their share. They are also seen devising means to make inroads into different markets.

Some of the prominent participants in the global electrostatic discharge (ESD) packaging market are Smurfit Kappa Group, DS Smith Plc, Sealed Air Corporation, Pregis Corporation, Achilles Corporation, Desco Industries Inc., Storopack Hans Reichenecker GmbH, Teknis Limited,  Elcom (UK) Ltd., Summit Container, Corporation, Kiva Container, Delphon Industries, LLC, Protective Packaging Corporation, GWP Group Limited, International Plastics Inc., AUER Packaging GmbH, Dou Yee Enterprises (S) Pte Ltd., and Botron Company Inc.

As per a research study by Transparency Market Research, the global electrostatic discharge packaging market will likely clock a CAGR of 7.2% during the period between 2017 and 2027. Expanding at this pace, the market valued at US$1.3 bn in the currently is expected to reach US$2.6 bn by 2027.

Bags, trays, clamshell, shrink films, boxes and containers, tapes and labels, foams, totes/IBC, racks, etc. are some of the key products in the electrostatic discharge (ESD) packaging market. Of them, the segment of bags surpasses all others both in terms of value and volume. The segment is expected to grow its value by clocking maximum CAGR of 8.4% from 2017 to 2027 to pull in a revenue of US$841.4 mn by 2027.


Geographically, the key segments of the global electrostatic discharge (ESD) packaging market are Europe, Asia Pacific, North America, Latin America, and the Middle East and Africa. Currently, Asia Pacific leads the market with maximum share on the back of a large number of electronic manufacturers in China, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan. The value in the market in the region is projected to reach US$1.40 bn by 2027.

Electronics and Electrical Industry at Forefront of Driving Demand

The soaring demand electrostatic discharge (ESD) packaging is primarily being driven by the ESD prone components in the booming electronic and electrical industry. It is seen that absence of suitable packaging or generation of static electricity often damages electrical devices. ESD packaging helps to overcome such challenges. Besides the electronics and electrical industry, the defense and military segments in developed nations are also serving stoke demand in the market.

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