Smart Packaging Markets: 2006-2013

Summary

Smart packaging opens up new opportunities for enhancing tracking, safety and healthiness as well as product attractiveness, flexibility and usability in a wide variety of commercial, retail and medical products. Although it has always existed in some form or another, a broad range of enabling technologies is rapidly maturing that will add diversity and functionality to smart packaging applications.

This report focuses on quantifying the size of the smart packaging industry and where the opportunities are to be found. It does pioneer work in defining categories for the various categories of packaging products that are likely to emerge over the next decade and projects the revenues that will emerge from all end user segments, as well as analyzing the key business strategies of firms pursuing smart packaging opportunities. The report will be of interest to firms selling components for smart packaging systems as well as the packaging industry itself. It will also be essential reading for firms in the retail, medical technology, materials and other sectors, as well as investors seeking to understand where the profitable opportunities in smart packaging are to be found.

Contents

Executive Summary

Summary of smart packaging opportunities
Key firms operating in the smart packaging market
Summary of market projections

Chapter One: Introduction

Background to this report Objective and scope of report
Methodology of report
Plan of Report

Chapter Two: Enabling Technologies for Smart Packaging

Impact of printed, plastic and flexible electronics
Impact of developments in the life sciences
Impact of nanotechnology
Impact of smart materials
Enabling technologies Connection with other IT systems Technology barriers to implementation

Chapter Three: The Smart Packaging Market

The value proposition of smart packaging
Changing consumer demand patterns
Demographics
Security
Health
Novelty
Price
Other factors
Market distinguishing features for manufacturers
The retail perspective
Smart packaging types and features Smart packaging and branding
Legislative issues
Environmental issues
International variations

Chapter Four: Eight-Year Forecast and Market Analysis

Market forecasts by smart packaging type Market forecasts by end user sector Market breakout by major geographic region