Report title: The North American Market for BOPP Films

Date of publication: 2003 

Overview: This detailed market study provides a unique analysis of the dramatic events that have taken place in the Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) film industry which have substantially impacted its size, structure and growth prospects. BOPP film constitutes one of the largest and most rapidly growing segments of the packaging industry. Production of BOPP films globally has reached almost 3 million tonnes and will be over 5.5 million tonnes by 2010. In North America the market has grown to over 630 thousand tonnes and is continuing to grow at over 6% each year. The structure of this industry has continued to change as companies have consolidated and grown. Key issues addressed in this study include: analysis of the current market, individual capacity and general capacity of each producer, detailed review of production consumption and demand for individual companies, and history and projection of capacity of production. This information is essential for those companies participating in or supplying this industry.

Product scope: BOPP Films: plain, coextruded, opaque and coated films.

Market scope: Confectionary, cookies/bakery, pasta, other dried foods, other foods, tobacco, tape, other non-foods.

Geographic scope: United States, Mexico and Canada.

Price: The price for the study is USD 4000. The fee includes three printed copies of the report, a CD-ROM and supporting data. For subscribers to AMI’s global study on BOPP a discount of USD 2000 is offered.

Further information: For any other questions please contact Andrew Reynolds: apr@amiplastics.com