Significant investment with need to replace multi-material structures

July 2025 — AMI Market Intelligence has released an authoritative report offering a deep dive into the global polyethylene (PE) consumer packaging films market, providing industry stakeholders and investors with a comprehensive analysis of market dynamics, technological advancements, and competitive pressures shaping the global market.

A key highlight of the report is the growing momentum behind oriented film technologies—specifically machine-direction oriented PE (MDO-PE) and biaxially oriented PE (BOPE)—which are gaining traction in consumer packaging applications. While orientation technologies have long been established, they have only recently come to the fore in consumer packaging applications with blown MDO-PE, BOPE and newly, cast MDO-PE films available on the market. This has been enabled by collaborative efforts across the supply chain to help deliver fully recyclable, all-PE film structures.

Read the full Press Release: Oriented PE consumer packaging film, a confused market seeking clarity