Nearly 60 percent of all printed packaging is food

Here are the numbers…

• Worldwide in 2018, 58.7 percent of all printed packaging is food packaging.
• A total of 394.6 billion square metres of primary food packaging will be printed in 2018.
• Printing for food packaging will grow at 3.6 percent year-on-year across 2018-2023, compared to 0.8 percent for the overall print market,
• Folding cartons and flexible packaging are the most lucrative formats, with market shares by value of 22.9 percent and 26.1 percent, respectively in 2018
• The total value of food contact inks and coatings will rise from $2.02 billion to $3.20 billion in 2023, with growth fastest in UV/EB curing and water-based formulations
• The output of food packaging on inkjet printers will more than double across the next five years.
• New regulatory requirements are on the horizon with specific regulations on printing inks in the EU, Japan and China.
• Asia is the largest global region for food packaging printing with a market share of 38 percent in 2018, rising to 41.3 percent in 2023.

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