This report Plastics for Barrier Packaging is an update of a BCC Research report on this subject by the same author, published in February 2008 and completed some months before that date. In this new update, we have reevaluated the entire subject, introduced some new barrier packaging concepts and products that have appeared in the intervening period, and have updated and refined our market analyses, estimates, and forecasts for five additional years into the future, to 2016.

1. Plastics for Barrier Packaging
Report Summary
* The U.S. barrier packaging market totaled 8.1 billion lbs in 2011 and should grow at a
compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.5% over the next five years reaching 8.7 billion
lbs in 2016.
* The barrier resins segment, the largest segment, totaled 7.2 billion lbs in 2011 and is
forecast to reach 7.8 billion lbs by 2016 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.5%.
* The permeable films segment reached 637 million lbs in 2011 and BCC forecasts this
market will reach 686 million lbs in 2016 growing at a CAGR of 1.5%.
REPORT SCOPE
INTRODUCTION
This report Plastics for Barrier Packaging is an update of a BCC Research report on this
subject by the same author, published in February 2008 and completed some months
before that date. In this new update, we have reevaluated the entire subject, introduced
some new barrier packaging concepts and products that have appeared in the intervening
period, and have updated and refined our market analyses, estimates, and forecasts for five
additional years into the future, to 2016.
Despite the fact that much of the basic technology of barrier plastics is the same, we found
that progress had continued to be made in the few years since the last BCC Research report
on this subject. One subject that continues to get attention is plastic packaging for beer,
with new technologies unveiled and promoted. Beer is a very difficult product to package
because of its high sensitivity to rapid taste degradation from exposure to oxygen, At this
time, at least in the United States, barrier polyethylene terephthalate (PET) beer bottles
have not shown that they can provide the extended shelf life that glass and aluminum can,
except for short shelf-life beer for sports events and the like. But work continues by barrier
packaging firms and beer bottlers that want plastic beer bottles.
Other developments prominently featured in the last report, such as increasingly more
sophisticated multilayer (ML) barrier packaging structures and controlled/modified
atmosphere packaging for fresh produce and other fresh foods, continue to grow in
importance and usage in these fields is updated here.
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REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY
As noted above, packaging constitutes the single, largest end use of plastics in the United
States. And more and more packaging is barrier packaging, which is taking on increased
importance each year as both producers and customers seek longer shelf life and better
product integrity, flavor, potency, etc.
BCC Research has maintained and updated this study to provide a comprehensive reference
for those interested and/or involved in these products and who want an up-to-date review

2. of the field and estimated markets. This cohort of people and organizations includes a wide
and varied group of chemical and other companies that make and use barrier polymers,
process technology and equipment designers and marketers, politicians of all stripes, and
the general public. We have collected, condensed, and analyzed information from a large
amount of literature and other reference materials to compile this report.
Many developments over the past generation or so in barrier packaging were done to
develop even more sophisticated multilayer barrier packaging structures, needed to solve
the most difficult barrier packaging problems economically. These developments are a
primary and continuing focus of this study. As this technology was developed, four basic
barrier materials were found and used widely: PVDC, nylon, EVOH, and metallized films.
Consumer demand for foods with longer shelf life, high-quality, and excellent flavor and
freshness retention has led to even more sophisticated MLS that often are thinner than their
less-efficient predecessors, but also usually more sophisticated and complicated, usually
with more (but usually thinner) layers. This has occurred because of the better choice of
barriers and structural layers in the ML structure. It often results in a thinner coextruded or
molded film or rigid structure with more layers that can do a better job than a simpler and
thicker one.
Major points covered in Table of Contents of this report include:
Chapter- 1: INTRODUCTIONSTUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
Chapter- 2: SUMMARY
Chapter- 3: OVERVIEW
Chapter- 4: PACKAGING MARKETS BY BARRIER RESIN TYPES
Chapter- 5: PACKAGING MARKETS BY BARRIER RESIN APPLICATIONS
Chapter- 6: TECHNOLOGY
Chapter- 7: INDUSTRY STRUCTURE AND COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS
Chapter- 8: ENVIRONMENTAL, REGULATORY, AND PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES
Chapter- 9: COMPANY PROFILES
Chapter- 10: APPENDIX: GLOSSARY OF IMPORTANT TERMS, ABBREVIATIONS, AND
ACRONYMS
List of Tables
List of Figures
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