New Report on Packaging Industry in Canada

Research and Markets has announced the addition of iCD Research's new report "The Canadian Packaging Industry - Market Opportunities and Entry Strategies, Analyses and Forecasts to 2015" to their offering.

Key Highlights

The Canadian economy declined and GDP contracted by 2.5% in 2009. A weak US economy, to which Canada is a major supplier, also had a negative impact on the domestic packaging industry which registered a decline of 1.4% in 2009 in comparison with the previous year. The strong growth of the Canadian packaging industry is expected to continue with increases in domestic consumption and exports.

Synopsis

• Top level overview of the Canadian packaging industry

• A breakdown of the Canadian packaging industry by segments such as paper and board, flexible plastic, rigid plastic, metal and glass

• Details of top companies active across the packaging industry in Canada

• Emerging trends and opportunities in the Canadian packaging industry during 2010

Summary

This report offers insights into market opportunities and entry strategies adopted to gain market share in the Canadian packaging industry. In particular, it offers in-depth analysis of the following:

• Market Opportunity and Attractiveness: Detailed analysis of current market size and growth expectations during 201015. It highlights key drivers to help understand growth dynamics. It also benchmarks the industry segments against key global markets and provides detailed understanding of emerging opportunities in specific areas.

• Procurement Dynamics: Trend analysis of exports and imports of packaging material, along with their implications and impact on the Canadian packaging industry.

• Industry Structure: Five forces analysis to understand various power centers in the individual industry segments and how they are likely to develop in the medium term.

• Competitive Landscape: Analysis of key companies in the public and private sectors of the Canadian packaging industry.

• Market Entry Strategy: Analysis of possible ways to enter the market along with an understanding of how existing operators have achieved this, including key contracts, alliances, and strategic initiatives.

• Business environment and country risk: a range of drivers at country level, assessing business environment and country risk. It covers historical and forecast values for a range of indicators, evaluating business confidence, economic performance, infrastructure quality and availability, labor force, demographics, and political and social risk.

Scope

• Analysis of packaging industry market size from 2006 through 2010 and forecasts till 2015

• Analysis of market size and production trend by paper and board, flexible plastic, rigid plastic, metal, and glass packaging segments

• Packaging equipment market size and forecast

• End use market dynamics

• Benchmarking with key global markets

• Market opportunities

• Packaging material import and export dynamics

• Industry dynamics: Five forces analysis of paper and board; flexible plastic; rigid plastic; metal; and glass packaging segments

• Market entry strategy

• Competitive landscape and strategic insights

• Business environment and country risk

Reasons to buy

• Gain insight into the Canadian packaging industry with current, historic and forecast period market size details of paper and board, flexible plastic, rigid plastic, metal and glass packaging segments

• Get insight on market opportunity and attractiveness

• Get insight on industry import and export dynamics

• Gain insight on industry structure

• Gain insight into the regulations governing the Canadian packaging industry and the potential market entry strategies with an expert analysis of the competitive structure

• Identify top companies of the Canadian packaging industry along with profiles on those companies

Key Topics Covered:

1. Introduction
2. Executive Summary
3. Market Attractiveness and Emerging Opportunities
4. Packaging Import and Export Market Dynamics
5. Industry Dynamics: Five Forces Analysis
6. Market Entry Strategy
7. Competitive Landscape and Strategic Insights
8. Business Environment and Country Risk
9. Appendix
10. List of Tables
11. List of Figures

Companies Mentioned:

• Owens
• Illinois Canada
• Sonoco Products Company
• Graham Packaging Canada Limited
• Tetra Pak Canada Inc
• Crown Metal Packaging Canada
• SmurfitStone Container Canada
• L.P.
• Pretium Packaging LLC
• BWAY Corporation
• CCL Industries Inc
• Winpak Limited
• Consolidated Bottle Company
• Celplast Packaging Systems Limited