Industry Reports

E-commerce is not only changing the rules of the game, it's starting a whole new game. This research report explores the impact and changes e-commerce is creating along the consumer supply chain, from product manufacturing to delivery. In this report you'll walk through the challenges at each stage of the supply chain, learn what opportunities to look for and what the advantages of moving quickly can be. You'll also explore solutions for e-commerce with a glimpse at what tomorrow might look like.

The market for industrial robots continues to grow rapidly, as new use cases and opportunities supplement existing applications. Within the food and beverage industry, one which is controlled by strict health and safety regulations, robots have previosuly been limited to tertiary and some secondary packaging tasks, such as palletizing. However, manufacturers are increasingly developing robots with a high protection class suitable for handling unpacked goods and subsequent wash-down, creating new opportunities for direct and indirect handling of foods.

As of 2018, global brand spending is forecast to reach between $815-832 billion in 2021, and global generic spending is expected to surpass $500 billion by 2021. A few large, multinational corporations, for the most part highly concentrated, consolidated and focused, dominate pharmaceutical production. With more people are able to afford access to needed medications, which in turn drives growth in packaging and packaging equipment for pharmaceuticals. Find out more about the current state of the Pharmaceutical Packaging and Processing industry by downloading PMMI's free white paper today.  

This Discussion Summary contains a comprehensive and concise narrative of all 2018 Top-to-Top Summit discussions. PMMI hopes that these observations and conclusions suggest ways for packaging machinery end-users/customers and manufacturers/producers to identify and address operational issues in a manner that improves all facets of packaging machinery procurement and operational processes.

This white paper starts by introducing some of the early applications of big data analytics in food and beverage processing. It then consolidates findings and best practices learned from other industry sectors, and is used to answer critical questions any potential user of big data analytics should consider prior to embarking on their own projects, including: Where is investment needed? How to deal with data? What are the challenges faced? What are the potential returns on investment (ROI)?

PMMI, the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, has developed a research study providing members with an assessment of the 2018 Snack Foods market as it pertains to the packaging and processing industry. Detailed information including Consumer trends, E-Commerce trends and industry forecasts by snack type (savory or sweet) can be found in this robust report. Download either your copy of the report or a complimentary executive summary today.

This report provides an overview of the major trends influencing the food and beverage processing machinery market, which includes economic and environmental factors. It also reviews demand factors, product, and manufacturer trends.

The premium and ultra-premium segments of just about every beverage category have experienced very strong growth in recent years. Mid-tier brands, particularly in the spirits industry, have been refreshing their packaging to present a more premium image through enhanced labels, more sophisticated closures, and eye-catching, shelf ready packaging.  Consumers’ increasing desire for natural and organic products has driven the increased use of glass bottles and cartons – two containers with a healthier and environmentally friendly image among most consumers. PMMI's 2018 Beverage Trends report features robust information on consumer trends, retail trends regulations and manufacturing and supply chain and should serve as your guide to today's Beverage Industry.

Produced by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, the Global Trends Impacting the Market for Packaging Machinery report 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 Vision 2025 report provides a qualitative assessment of the major issues shaping packaging operations.  This information is used to gain perspectives needed to better understand and proactively address factors important to the expectations, strategies and requirements of customers.

Most people involved with the cannabis industry are aware of the risks, especially in terms of legal status, but believe the potential rewards out-weigh them. Overall, there is a belief that cannabis will become a main-stream, but heavily regulated, product in the U.S. in the next 10 years, like alcohol and tobacco. Large food and beverage companies are eying the market and positioning themselves to be ready to move once the federal threat is removed. In the meantime, because processing, packaging and retail must be state-specific, suppliers to the cannabis industry must have local teams that understand the regulations and peculiarities of each market. Cannabis manufacturers are actively looking for equipment and technology OEMs to aid them with implementing new processes and technologies, especially in automation. Many opportunities exist to form strong and lasting relationships with these manufacturers – especially for the OEMs that offer technical guidance and are willing to take on a bit of risk.

The PMMI 2017 Evolution of Automation Report presents the automation challenges, opportunities, advantages and solutions from interviews with end users, OEMs and technology suppliers. Their collective voice provides insight into powerful resources such as real-time data collection, edge computing and cloud analytics that are now all possible through the expansion of automation technology. Download the Executive Summary today. 

The pharmaceutical and medical device industries have undergone significant changes in the last decade as the overall demand for healthcare has expanded. As the market has evolved, manufacturers in both industries have been presented with a fundamental challenge: adjust to a new business environment in an open, forward thinking way to maintain an innovative edge.

This Discussion Summary contains a comprehensive and concise narrative of all Top-to-Top Summit discussions. PMMI hopes that these observations and conclusions suggest ways for packaging machinery end-users/customers and manufacturers/producers to identify and address operational issues in a manner that improves all facets of packaging machinery procurement and operational processes.

The Vision 2025 report provides a qualitative assessment of the major issues shaping packaging operations. This information is used to gain perspectives needed to better understand and proactively address factors important to the expectations, strategies and requirements of customers.

The PMMI 2017 Trends Shaping Meat, Poultry, and Seafood Market Segment Report focuses on the operational changes and future equipment needs in the processing and packaging of meat, poultry, and seafood products.

Categories represented include fresh, frozen, canned, deli, ready- to-eat (RTE), individual quick frozen (IQF), and preserved.

The report analyzes intelligence from the experiences and opinions of professionals in manufacturing, operations, engineering, maintenance, processing, packaging, senior management, and procurement.

The Vision 2020 report provides a qualitative assessment of the major issues shaping packaging operations.  This information is used to gain perspectives needed to better understand and proactively address factors important to the expectations, strategies and requirements of customers.

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.

Counterfeiting is predicted to increase three percent per year worldwide, sparking growth in the anti-counterfeiting market in the next five years with CAGRs ranging from 12.8 percent to 16 percent. In the 2016 Brand Protection and Product Traceability report produced by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, 75 brand manufacturers, industry experts and technology suppliers share their experiences complying with traceability regulations in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries.