Cold Chain Packaging Market Forecasts to 2028 - Global Analysis By Product Type (Polyurethane (PUR) Containers, Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Containers and Other Product Types), Material (Insulating Material, Refrigerants and Other Materials), Packaging Formats (Disposable Packaging and Reusable Packaging), Application (Industrial, Pharmaceuticals and Other Applications), End User (Cosmetics & Personal Care, Chemical and Other End Users) and Geography
According to Stratistics MRC, the Cold Chain Packaging Market is accounted for $22.97 billion in 2022 and is expected to reach $47.57 billion by 2028 growing at a CAGR of 12.9% during the forecast period. In order to maintain a consistent temperature of a product from production to the end-user, a ""cold chain"" is classified as the transportation of temperature-sensitive products using thermal and refrigerated packing methods.
According to Pharmaceutical Commerce Analysis of IQVIA, 2018, cold chain (including products and transportation) accounts for around 18% of the total pharma spend. Also, the growth of cold chain solutions is rising 2x compared to non-cold chain solutions in the pharmaceutical industry.
Market Dynamics:
Driver:
Robust Demand from the Pharmaceutical Industry
A method for shipping and packing goods that need to be kept at particular temperatures is called ""cold chain packaging. Due to high level of demand from the pharmaceutical industry, its adoption in international trade is anticipated to rise. Injections, vaccinations, medicines, and other products requiring particular temperatures are packed using it. These factors influence the market growth.
Restraint:
High Cost & Complex Regulations
Compared to non-cold-packaged products, cold-chain packaging is more costly. Cold chain products are specially designed to control temperature and maintain the highest quality products. To meet specific design and manufacturing requirements, highly skilled technical labour and cutting-edge raw materials are required. However, these resources increase prices, which drives up capital investment and packaging expenses.
Opportunity:
Technological innovations
It is anticipated that rising adoption of more advanced manufacturing techniques and rising technological innovation will provide significant growth prospects. Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) pallet shippers and rising consumer demand for meat products like beef and chicken would offer market growth.
Threat:
Lack of proper infrastructure in emerging countries
The cold chain market is extremely fragmented, especially in developing regions in South America, Africa, and Asia. These regions' cold chain service providers lack the financing and technological abilities that are necessary to build high-quality cold chain facilities. The inefficient organisation and application of controls for standard compliance, together with the lack of adequate food storage, processing, and cold chain logistics, continue to be major challenges in these nations.
Covid-19 Impact
The pandemic has positively impacted the cold chain industry, which has increased demand for cold chain warehouses. One of the major contributing factors to the expansion of the cold chain in the food business is the rising adoption rate of packaged food and beverage products. Due to the COVID-19's impact on every industry's supply chain and the restrictions on trade during the pandemic, food manufacturers are now placing more emphasis not only on the products but also on where they are stored to augment their shelf life, which is expected to drive the market for the cold chain.
The insulated container & boxes is expected to be the largest during the forecast period
The industry has expanded as a result of the high demand for reusable insulated containers and boxes for storing fruits, vegetables, and processed foods. Furthermore, reusable insulated boxes and containers were progressively used due to rising demand from prominent food and pharmaceutical companies to reduce manufacturing costs, which had a significant impact on the segment's global expansion.
The refrigerants segment is expected to have the highest CAGR during the forecast period
The adoption of the refrigerant segment is being fueled by the increasing trend toward gases with low potential for ozone depletion and global warming. The development of sustainable packaging solutions has become a global priority owing to rising concern about ozone layer depletion and global warming. The challenges caused by global warming can be managed and overcome with the assistance of refrigerant materials. In order to reduce cost and achieve sustainability objectives, therefore, consumers of cold packaging are migrating towards these packaging materials.
Region with largest share:
In Europe, the temperature profile varies from country to country. Due to the growth and expansion of their economies, Central and Eastern European nations are anticipated to offer additional opportunities for growth than Western countries. Fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, milk products, and frozen produce are all substantially imported into Germany. Furthermore, with widespread health awareness and rising nutritional intake among consumers, the packaged food industry is booming in the nation.
Region with highest CAGR:
Asia Pacific is the region with the highest CAGR in the world and is anticipated to regulate the market by the end of the forecast period, due to the rapid growth of cold storage projects, rising disposable incomes, and rise in population, cold packaging solutions are being implemented in the region at a healthy rate.
Key players in the market
Some of the key players in Cold Chain Packaging market include Pelican Products, Inc., Sealed Air Corporation, Peli BioThermal, Softbox Systems, Inc, Cold Chain Technologies, Coolpac, Nordic Cold Chain Solutions, Tempack, Sofrigam Company, Cryopak A TCP Company, Sonoco ThermoSafe, Clip-Lok SimPak and Cascades Inc.
Key Developments:
In March 2021, Cold Chain Technologies partnered with Cloudleaf to launch a new smart cold chain technology solution for critical, temperature-sensitive drugs and biologics. Digital Visibility Platform provided by Cloudleaf will allow obtaining the realtime data on conditions and temperature of shipping containers, which would further help reduce product spoilage or wastage.
In March 2021, Cold Chain Technologies partnered with Luxembourg-based B Medical Systems to offer end-to-end thermal shipping and storage solutions to the life science market. With this partnership, Cold Chain Technologies expanded its offerings in both active and passive cold chain packaging solutions for the life science industry.
Product Types Covered:
• Polyurethane (PUR) Containers
• Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Containers
• Vacuum Insulated Panels
• Pallet Shippers
• Crates
• Insulated Container & Boxes
• Labels
• Cold Packs
• Temperature Controlled Pallet Shippers
• Temperature Monitoring
Materials Covered:
• Insulating Material
• Refrigerants
• Polymer
• Metal
• Paper
Packaging Formats Covered:
• Disposable Packaging
• Reusable Packaging
Applications Covered:
• Industrial
• Pharmaceuticals
• Bakery & Confectionaries
• Food
• Fruits & Vegetables
• Fruit & Pulp Concentrates
• Dairy Products
• Fish, Meat & Seafood
• Processed Food
• Medical Devices
• Agriculture
End Users Covered:
• Cosmetics & Personal Care
• Chemical
• Homecare
• Beverages
Regions Covered:
• North America
US
Canada
Mexico
• Europe
Germany
UK
Italy
France
Spain
Rest of Europe
• Asia Pacific
Japan
China
India
Australia
New Zealand
South Korea
Rest of Asia Pacific
• South America
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Rest of South America
• Middle East & Africa
Saudi Arabia
UAE
Qatar
South Africa
Rest of Middle East & Africa
What our report offers:
- Market share assessments for the regional and country-level segments
- Strategic recommendations for the new entrants
- Covers Market data for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2025, and 2028
- Market Trends (Drivers, Constraints, Opportunities, Threats, Challenges, Investment Opportunities, and recommendations)
- Strategic recommendations in key business segments based on the market estimations
- Competitive landscaping mapping the key common trends
- Company profiling with detailed strategies, financials, and recent developments
- Supply chain trends mapping the latest technological advancements
- 1 Executive Summary
- 2 Preface
- 2.1 Abstract
- 2.2 Stake Holders
- 2.3 Research Scope
- 2.4 Research Methodology
- 2.4.1 Data Mining
- 2.4.2 Data Analysis
- 2.4.3 Data Validation
- 2.4.4 Research Approach
- 2.5 Research Sources
- 2.5.1 Primary Research Sources
- 2.5.2 Secondary Research Sources
- 2.5.3 Assumptions
- 3 Market Trend Analysis
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Drivers
- 3.3 Restraints
- 3.4 Opportunities
- 3.5 Threats
- 3.6 Product Analysis
- 3.7 Application Analysis
- 3.8 End User Analysis
- 3.9 Emerging Markets
- 3.10 Impact of Covid-19
- 4 Porters Five Force Analysis
- 4.1 Bargaining power of suppliers
- 4.2 Bargaining power of buyers
- 4.3 Threat of substitutes
- 4.4 Threat of new entrants
- 4.5 Competitive rivalry
- 5 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market, By Product Type
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Polyurethane (PUR) Containers
- 5.3 Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Containers
- 5.4 Vacuum Insulated Panels
- 5.5 Pallet Shippers
- 5.6 Crates
- 6.6.1 Horticulture
- 6.6.2 Fisheries
- 5.7 Insulated Container & Boxes
- 5.7.1 Large
- 5.7.2 Medium
- 5.7.3 Small
- 5.7.4 X-Small
- 5.7.5 Petite
- 5.8 Labels
- 5.9 Cold Packs
- 5.10 Temperature Controlled Pallet Shippers
- 5.11 Temperature Monitoring
- 6 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market, By Material
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Insulating Material
- 6.2.1 Vacuum Insulated Panel (VIP)
- 6.2.2 Polyurethane Rigid Foam (PUR)
- 6.2.3 Expanded Polystyrene (EPS)
- 6.2.4 Cryogenic Tanks
- 6.3 Refrigerants
- 6.3.1 Fluorocarbons
- 6.3.2 Inorganics
- 6.3.2.1 Ammonia
- 6.3.2.2 Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
- 6.3.3 Hydrocarbon
- 6.4 Polymer
- 6.4.1 Polyethylene
- 6.4.2 Polypropylene
- 6.4.3 Polyurethane
- 6.4.4 Extruded Polyisocyanurate
- 6.5 Metal
- 6.6 Paper
- 7 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market, By Packaging Formats
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Disposable Packaging
- 7.3 Reusable Packaging
- 8 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market, By Application
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Industrial
- 8.3 Pharmaceuticals
- 8.3.1 Vaccines
- 8.3.2 Blood Banking
- 8.4 Bakery & Confectionaries
- 8.5 Food
- 8.6 Fruits & Vegetables
- 8.7 Fruit & Pulp Concentrates
- 8.8 Dairy Products
- 8.8.1 Milk
- 8.8.2 Cheese
- 8.8.3 Butter
- 8.8.4 Ice Cream
- 8.9 Fish, Meat & Seafood
- 8.10 Processed Food
- 8.11 Medical Devices
- 8.12 Agriculture
- 9 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market, By End User
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Cosmetics & Personal Care
- 9.3 Chemical
- 9.4 Homecare
- 9.5 Beverages
- 9.5.1 Alcoholic Beverages
- 9.5.2 Non-Alcoholic Beverages
- 10 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market, By Geography
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 North America
- 10.2.1 US
- 10.2.2 Canada
- 10.2.3 Mexico
- 10.3 Europe
- 10.3.1 Germany
- 10.3.2 UK
- 10.3.3 Italy
- 10.3.4 France
- 10.3.5 Spain
- 10.3.6 Rest of Europe
- 10.4 Asia Pacific
- 10.4.1 Japan
- 10.4.2 China
- 10.4.3 India
- 10.4.4 Australia
- 10.4.5 New Zealand
- 10.4.6 South Korea
- 10.4.7 Rest of Asia Pacific
- 10.5 South America
- 10.5.1 Argentina
- 10.5.2 Brazil
- 10.5.3 Chile
- 10.5.4 Rest of South America
- 10.6 Middle East & Africa
- 10.6.1 Saudi Arabia
- 10.6.2 UAE
- 10.6.3 Qatar
- 10.6.4 South Africa
- 10.6.5 Rest of Middle East & Africa
- 11 Key Developments
- 11.1 Agreements, Partnerships, Collaborations and Joint Ventures
- 11.2 Acquisitions & Mergers
- 11.3 New Product Launch
- 11.4 Expansions
- 11.5 Other Key Strategies
- 12 Company Profiling
- 12.1 Pelican Products, Inc.
- 12.2 Sealed Air Corporation
- 12.3 Peli BioThermal
- 12.4 Softbox Systems, Inc
- 12.5 Cold Chain Technologies
- 12.6 Coolpac
- 12.7 Nordic Cold Chain Solutions
- 12.8 Tempack
- 12.9 Sofrigam Company
- 12.10 Cryopak A TCP Company
- 12.11 Sonoco ThermoSafe
- 12.12 Clip-Lok SimPak
- 12.13 Cascades Inc.
- List of Tables
- Table 1 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Region (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 2 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Product Type (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 3 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Polyurethane (PUR) Containers (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 4 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Containers (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 5 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Vacuum Insulated Panels (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 6 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Pallet Shippers (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 7 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Crates (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 8 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Horticulture (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 9 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Fisheries (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 10 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Insulated Container & Boxes (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 11 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Large (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 12 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Medium (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 13 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Small (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 14 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By X-Small (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 15 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Petite (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 16 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Labels (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 17 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Cold Packs (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 18 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Temperature Controlled Pallet Shippers (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 19 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Temperature Monitoring (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 20 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Material (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 21 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Insulating Material (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 22 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Vacuum Insulated Panel (VIP) (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 23 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Polyurethane Rigid Foam (PUR) (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 24 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 25 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Cryogenic Tanks (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 26 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Refrigerants (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 27 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Fluorocarbons (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 28 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Inorganics (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 29 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Hydrocarbon (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 30 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Polymer (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 31 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Polyethylene (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 32 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Polypropylene (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 33 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Polyurethane (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 34 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Extruded Polyisocyanurate (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 35 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Metal (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 36 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Paper (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 37 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Packaging Formats (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 38 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Disposable Packaging (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 39 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Reusable Packaging (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 40 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Application (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 41 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Industrial (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 42 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Pharmaceuticals (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 43 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Vaccines (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 44 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Blood Banking (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 45 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Bakery & Confectionaries (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 46 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Food (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 47 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Fruits & Vegetables (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 48 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Fruit & Pulp Concentrates (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 49 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Dairy Products (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 50 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Milk (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 51 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Cheese (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 52 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Butter (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 53 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Ice Cream (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 54 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Fish, Meat & Seafood (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 55 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Processed Food (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 56 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Medical Devices (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 57 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Agriculture (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 58 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By End User (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 59 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Cosmetics & Personal Care (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 60 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Chemical (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 61 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Homecare (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 62 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Beverages (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 63 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Alcoholic Beverages (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Table 64 Global Cold Chain Packaging Market Outlook, By Non-Alcoholic Beverages (2020-2028) ($MN)
- Note: Tables for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America and Middle East & Africa Regions are also represented in the same manner as above.
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