Global Cartoners Market Growth 2025-2031

The global Cartoners market size is predicted to grow from US$ 1397 million in 2025 to US$ 1706 million in 2031; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.4% from 2025 to 2031.

A cartoning machine or cartoner, is a packaging machine that forms cartons: erect, close, folded, side seamed and sealed cartons. Packaging machines which form a carton board blank into a carton filled with a product or bag of products or number of products say into single carton, after the filling, the machine engages its tabs / slots to apply adhesive and close both the ends of carton completely sealing the carton.

The world leading TOP 5 players in the cartoners market are Industria Macchine, Cama Group, Korber Medipak Sysems and OPTIMA Packaging Group GmbH. The Top 5 companies currently account for about 60% of the total market share.In terms of product, horizontal cartoners is the largest segment, with a share over 45%. And in terms of application, the largest application is pharmaceutical, followed by food & beverage.

The packaging market in China will very soon be the biggest in the world. The growing population, more but smaller households, rising purchasing power and increasing health awareness among the Chinese are boosting the packaging business rapidly. What‘s more, the change in consumer behaviour has a major impact on the sector.The rising number of working mothers, the desire for comfort and consumer-friendliness and the growing presence of multinational food retailers are driving sales of packaged foodstuffs and cosmetic items. Frozen food and microwave meals are on the advance.

E-commerce has become an increasingly important factor in the industry, particularly in the U.S. Package design must maximize packing space, and there is a trend for e-commerce packaging to use more pouches and easily packable trays, and less glass.

The shift in purchasing habits will continue to drive demand for packaging machinery as e-commerce requires increased touchpoints to reach the customer, increased packaging, and supply chain challenges.

In terms of orientation, the key segments of the global cartoning market are vertical cartoning and horizontal cartoning machines. Currently, the horizontal cartoning machines segment leads the market due to its affordability ad higher flexibility to accommodate a range of carton sizes. The horizontal orientation is suitable for end-load cartons, whereas the vertical orientation is suitable for top-load cartons. The high demand for end-load cartons accounts for the dominance of horizontal orientation cartoning machines.

LP Information, Inc. (LPI) ' newest research report, the “Cartoners Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Cartoners sales in 2024, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Cartoners sales for 2025 through 2031. With Cartoners sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Cartoners industry.

This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Cartoners landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyzes the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Cartoners portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global Cartoners market.

This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Cartoners and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global Cartoners.

This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Cartoners market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.

Segmentation by Type:
Horizontal Cartoners
Vertical Cartoners
Top Load Cartoner

Segmentation by Application:
Consumer Goods
Food & Beverage
Pharmaceutical
Others

This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries

The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analysing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
Industria Macchine Automatiche SpA
Marchesini Group
Korber Medipak Sysems
Syntegon
Cama Group
OPTIMA Packaging Group GmbH
ROVEMA GmbH
Shibuya Packaging System Corpoartion
Gerhard Schubert
Molins Langen
Omori Machinery Co. Ltd
IWK Verpackungstechnik GmbH
Douglas Machine Inc
Jacob White Packaging Ltd
Bradman Lake Group Ltd
PMI Cartoning Inc
Triangle Package Machinery
ADCO Manufacturing
ACG Pampac Machines Private Limited
Econocorp Inc
Hualian Pharmaceutical Machinery
Hangzhou Youngsun Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Hoping Machinery Co., Ltd.

Key Questions Addressed in this Report

What is the 10-year outlook for the global Cartoners market?

What factors are driving Cartoners market growth, globally and by region?

Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?

How do Cartoners market opportunities vary by end market size?

How does Cartoners break out by Type, by Application?

Please note: The report will take approximately 2 business days to prepare and deliver.


*This is a tentative TOC and the final deliverable is subject to change.*
1 Scope of the Report
2 Executive Summary
3 Global by Company
4 World Historic Review for Cartoners by Geographic Region
5 Americas
6 APAC
7 Europe
8 Middle East & Africa
9 Market Drivers, Challenges and Trends
10 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis
11 Marketing, Distributors and Customer
12 World Forecast Review for Cartoners by Geographic Region
13 Key Players Analysis
14 Research Findings and Conclusion

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