Global Moulded Pulp Packaging Market Report and Forecast 2023-2028

Global Moulded Pulp Packaging Market Report and Forecast 2023-2028


Market Outlook

According to the report by Expert Market Research (EMR), the global moulded pulp packaging market reached a value of USD 3.83 billion in 2022. Aided by the surging demand for sustainable packaging solutions and the versatility of moulded pulp in various industries, the market is projected to further grow at a CAGR of 4% between 2023 and 2028 to reach a value of USD 4.64 billion by 2028.

Moulded pulp packaging, primarily derived from recycled materials such as paperboard and newsprint, offers an environmentally friendly solution to the packaging needs of diverse industries. It is popularly employed for protective packaging of products, especially in sectors like electronics, food & beverages, and consumer goods. Its attributes of being biodegradable, compostable, and sustainable make it an increasingly favoured choice amidst growing environmental concerns and stringent packaging regulations.

One of the primary factors propelling the moulded pulp packaging market growth is the growing global emphasis on sustainability. As the detrimental effects of plastic pollution come to the forefront, consumers and industries alike are pivoting towards eco-friendly alternatives. Moulded pulp packaging, being both recyclable and biodegradable, emerges as a robust contender in the race for sustainable packaging solutions.

The versatility of moulded pulp poses a positive impact on the moulded pulp packaging market outlook. The ability to mould pulp into varied shapes and sizes means it can cater to a diverse range of products, from electronics to eggs. This adaptability makes it a go-to choice for manufacturers looking for protective and sustainable packaging.

Additionally, the rise of e-commerce has further boosted the moulded pulp packaging market demand. With online shopping becoming a norm, there's an increased need for protective packaging to ensure products reach consumers undamaged. Moulded pulp, with its shock-absorbing properties, effectively meets this demand, further bolstering its market presence.

Furthermore, industries such as food and beverages, which require packaging that offers both protection and thermal insulation, find moulded pulp packaging to be apt. The food sector, especially the fast-food segment, has witnessed a surge in the adoption of moulded pulp trays and containers, driven by the twin demands of sustainability and functionality.

However, the applications of moulded pulp are not just confined to the realms mentioned. The healthcare sector, always in need of sustainable solutions for product trays and containers, is increasingly incorporating moulded pulp into its packaging strategy. Similarly, the agricultural sector finds moulded pulp trays ideal for transporting delicate produce like fruits and seedlings.

Market Segmentation

The market can be divided based on type, source, product type, end use, and region.

Market Breakup by Type
  • Thick Wall
  • Transfer
  • Thermoformed
  • Processed
Market Breakup by Source
  • Wood Pulp
  • Non-Wood Pulp
Market Breakup by Product Type
  • Trays
  • Cups
  • Clamshells
  • Plates
  • Bowls
  • Others
Market Breakup by End Use
  • Foodservice Disposables
  • Food Packaging
  • Healthcare
  • Electronics
  • Others
Market Breakup by Region
  • North America
  • Europe
  • Asia Pacific
  • Latin America
  • Middle East and Africa
Competitive Landscape

The EMR report looks into the market shares, plant turnarounds, capacities, investments, and mergers and acquisitions, among other major developments, of the leading companies operating in the global moulded pulp packaging market. Some of the major players explored in the report by Expert Market Research are as follows:
  • Huhtamaki OYJ
  • UFP Technologies, Inc.
  • Thermoformed Engineered Quality LLC
  • Gepack
  • Pro-Pac Packaging Limited
  • Others
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1 Preface
2 Report Coverage – Key Segmentation and Scope
3 Report Description
3.1 Market Definition and Outlook
3.2 Properties and Applications
3.3 Market Analysis
3.4 Key Players
4 Key Assumptions
5 Executive Summary
5.1 Overview
5.2 Key Drivers
5.3 Key Developments
5.4 Competitive Structure
5.5 Key Industrial Trends
6 Snapshot
6.1 Global
6.2 Regional
7 Opportunities and Challenges in the Market
8 Global Moulded Pulp Packaging Market Analysis
8.1 Key Industry Highlights
8.2 Global Moulded Pulp Packaging Historical Market (2018-2022)
8.3 Global Moulded Pulp Packaging Market Forecast (2023-2028)
8.4 Global Moulded Pulp Packaging Market by Type
8.4.1 Thick Wall
8.4.1.1 Market Share
8.4.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.4.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.4.2 Transfer
8.4.2.1 Market Share
8.4.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.4.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.4.3 Thermoformed
8.4.3.1 Market Share
8.4.3.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.4.3.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.4.4 Processed
8.4.4.1 Market Share
8.4.4.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.4.4.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.5 Global Moulded Pulp Packaging Market by Source
8.5.1 Wood Pulp
8.5.1.1 Market Share
8.5.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.5.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.5.2 Non-Wood Pulp
8.5.2.1 Market Share
8.5.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.5.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.6 Global Moulded Pulp Packaging Market by Product Type
8.6.1 Trays
8.6.1.1 Market Share
8.6.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.6.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.6.2 Cups
8.6.2.1 Market Share
8.6.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.6.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.6.3 Clamshells
8.6.3.1 Market Share
8.6.3.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.6.3.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.6.4 Plates
8.6.4.1 Market Share
8.6.4.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.6.4.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.6.5 Bowls
8.6.5.1 Market Share
8.6.5.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.6.5.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.6.6 Others
8.7 Global Moulded Pulp Packaging Market by End Use
8.7.1 Foodservice Disposables
8.7.1.1 Market Share
8.7.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.7.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.7.2 Food Packaging
8.7.2.1 Market Share
8.7.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.7.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.7.3 Healthcare
8.7.3.1 Market Share
8.7.3.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.7.3.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.7.4 Electronics
8.7.4.1 Market Share
8.7.4.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.7.4.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.7.5 Others
8.8 Global Moulded Pulp Packaging Market by Region
8.8.1 North America
8.8.1.1 Market Share
8.8.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.8.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.8.2 Europe
8.8.2.1 Market Share
8.8.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.8.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.8.3 Asia Pacific
8.8.3.1 Market Share
8.8.3.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.8.3.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.8.4 Latin America
8.8.4.1 Market Share
8.8.4.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.8.4.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.8.5 Middle East and Africa
8.8.5.1 Market Share
8.8.5.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.8.5.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
9 North America Moulded Pulp Packaging Market Analysis
9.1 United States of America
9.1.1 Market Share
9.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
9.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
9.2 Canada
9.2.1 Market Share
9.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
9.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
10 Europe Moulded Pulp Packaging Market Analysis
10.1 United Kingdom
10.1.1 Market Share
10.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
10.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
10.2 Germany
10.2.1 Market Share
10.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
10.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
10.3 France
10.3.1 Market Share
10.3.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
10.3.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
10.4 Italy
10.4.1 Market Share
10.4.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
10.4.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
10.5 Others
11 Asia Pacific Moulded Pulp Packaging Market Analysis
11.1 China
11.1.1 Market Share
11.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
11.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
11.2 Japan
11.2.1 Market Share
11.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
11.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
11.3 India
11.3.1 Market Share
11.3.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
11.3.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
11.4 ASEAN
11.4.1 Market Share
11.4.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
11.4.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
11.5 Australia
11.5.1 Market Share
11.5.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
11.5.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
11.6 Others
12 Latin America Moulded Pulp Packaging Market Analysis
12.1 Brazil
12.1.1 Market Share
12.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
12.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
12.2 Argentina
12.2.1 Market Share
12.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
12.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
12.3 Mexico
12.3.1 Market Share
12.3.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
12.3.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
12.4 Others
13 Middle East and Africa Moulded Pulp Packaging Market Analysis
13.1 Saudi Arabia
13.1.1 Market Share
13.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
13.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
13.2 United Arab Emirates
13.2.1 Market Share
13.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
13.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
13.3 Nigeria
13.3.1 Market Share
13.3.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
13.3.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
13.4 South Africa
13.4.1 Market Share
13.4.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
13.4.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
13.5 Others
14 Market Dynamics
14.1 SWOT Analysis
14.1.1 Strengths
14.1.2 Weaknesses
14.1.3 Opportunities
14.1.4 Threats
14.2 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
14.2.1 Supplier’s Power
14.2.2 Buyer’s Power
14.2.3 Threat of New Entrants
14.2.4 Degree of Rivalry
14.2.5 Threat of Substitutes
14.3 Key Indicators for Demand
14.4 Key Indicators for Price
15 Value Chain Analysis
16 Competitive Landscape
16.1 Market Structure
16.2 Company Profiles
16.2.1 Huhtamaki OYJ
16.2.1.1 Company Overview
16.2.1.2 Product Portfolio
16.2.1.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
16.2.1.4 Certifications
16.2.2 UFP Technologies, Inc.
16.2.2.1 Company Overview
16.2.2.2 Product Portfolio
16.2.2.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
16.2.2.4 Certifications
16.2.3 Thermoformed Engineered Quality LLC
16.2.3.1 Company Overview
16.2.3.2 Product Portfolio
16.2.3.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
16.2.3.4 Certifications
16.2.4 Gepack
16.2.4.1 Company Overview
16.2.4.2 Product Portfolio
16.2.4.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
16.2.4.4 Certifications
16.2.5 Pro-Pac Packaging Limited
16.2.5.1 Company Overview
16.2.5.2 Product Portfolio
16.2.5.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
16.2.5.4 Certifications
16.2.6 Others
17 Key Trends and Developments in the Market
List of Key Figures and Tables
1. Global Moulded Pulp Packaging Market: Key Industry Highlights, 2018 and 2032
2. Global Moulded Pulp Packaging Historical Market: Breakup by Type (USD Billion), 2018-2022
3. Global Moulded Pulp Packaging Market Forecast: Breakup by Type (USD Billion), 2023-2028
4. Global Moulded Pulp Packaging Historical Market: Breakup by Source (USD Billion), 2018-2022
5. Global Moulded Pulp Packaging Market Forecast: Breakup by Source (USD Billion), 2023-2028
6. Global Moulded Pulp Packaging Historical Market: Breakup by Product Type (USD Billion), 2018-2022
7. Global Moulded Pulp Packaging Market Forecast: Breakup by Product Type (USD Billion), 2023-2028
8. Global Moulded Pulp Packaging Historical Market: Breakup by End Use (USD Billion), 2018-2022
9. Global Moulded Pulp Packaging Market Forecast: Breakup by End Use (USD Billion), 2023-2028
10. Global Moulded Pulp Packaging Historical Market: Breakup by Region (USD Billion), 2018-2022
11. Global Moulded Pulp Packaging Market Forecast: Breakup by Region (USD Billion), 2023-2028
12. North America Moulded Pulp Packaging Historical Market: Breakup by Country (USD Billion), 2018-2022
13. North America Moulded Pulp Packaging Market Forecast: Breakup by Country (USD Billion), 2023-2028
14. Europe Moulded Pulp Packaging Historical Market: Breakup by Country (USD Billion), 2018-2022
15. Europe Moulded Pulp Packaging Market Forecast: Breakup by Country (USD Billion), 2023-2028
16. Asia Pacific Moulded Pulp Packaging Historical Market: Breakup by Country (USD Billion), 2018-2022
17. Asia Pacific Moulded Pulp Packaging Market Forecast: Breakup by Country (USD Billion), 2023-2028
18. Latin America Moulded Pulp Packaging Historical Market: Breakup by Country (USD Billion), 2018-2022
19. Latin America Moulded Pulp Packaging Market Forecast: Breakup by Country (USD Billion), 2023-2028
20. Middle East and Africa Moulded Pulp Packaging Historical Market: Breakup by Country (USD Billion), 2018-2022
21. Middle East and Africa Moulded Pulp Packaging Market Forecast: Breakup by Country (USD Billion), 2023-2028
22. Global Moulded Pulp Packaging Market Structure

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