Industry Reports

The next fifteen years might bring significant changes to food manufacturing and sourcing, such as shorter supply chains because of transportation expense, growth of local production, stronger competition for land use as food, fuel and fiber battle for space and benefits of microtechnology and nanotechnology for more sustainable production of food and improved taste.  Many of these changes can be attributed to a changing consumer landscape, for example a growing middle class – expected to double by 2030, with Asia as a significant consumer of value-added nutritional food, changing consumer habits, such as on-the-go eating and clean labels, with 37% of U.S. consumers finding it important to understand ingredients on food labels.

Faced with the regulatory challenges of Serialization and Unique Device Identification (UDI) and pressure to produce at low cost, healthcare manufacturers are looking at new equipment to replace outdated production lines. Nearly half of healthcare manufacturers interviewed continue to replace legacy equipment and buy new equipment while two-thirds of participating companies predict spending more on capital equipment in the next 12–24 months. In this latest Business Intelligence report, sixty industry professionals from pharmaceutical, medical devices and contract service companies share their experiences in complying with tracking regulations, operational challenges and their future equipment needs.

Produced by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, the Global Trends Impacting the Market for Packaging Machinery Whitepaper provides you with an indicator of the global market for packaging machinery.
Discover the major factors and trends impacting growth and regional variances of the global packaging machinery market and other insights when you download this report.

The dairy market has particular growth potential for processors who are willing to adapt to the changing consumer market and reap the benefits of

these opportunities, both domestic and global. In the 2016 Dairy Market Assessment Executive Summary, produced by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, provides an overview of findings from 75 food industry professionals, including food company

packaging and processing engineers, operations and marketing personnel from both domestic and global CPG firms and food suppliers who have shared their views on the dairy industry and packaging trends.