Active, intelligent and smart packaging sales trends

Visiongain, a business information provider, forecasts that increasing health awareness, rising food and safety concerns and improved purchasing power in emerging economies will drive growth on the active, intelligent and smart packaging market.
Visiongain, a business information provider, forecasts that increasing health awareness, rising food and safety concerns and improved purchasing power in emerging economies will drive growth on the active, intelligent and smart packaging market.
Visiongain predicts constant growth over the next 10 years and claims that total sales of such packaging reached USD 12.66 billion in 2012.
Growth of this market segment will also be influenced by expanding applications for oxygen scavengers in the food and beverage sectors.
Food wastage is a major concern in all countries, and according to Visiongain, 45 000 tonnes of food are wasted annually in the UK alone.