Industry Reports

Understanding the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and complying with its documentation requirements are significant challenges to implementation. The difficulties of implementing FSMA open up many consulting opportunities for OEMs. About 30 percent of participating companies – particularly smaller ones – plan to use OEMs as a consulting resource to help figure out how FSMA applies to their operations. Fresh fruit and vegetable processors and small food companies are expected to have the most difficulty with compliance. This report is an update to PMMI’s 2014 Food Safety & Traceability Report.

In this report, IHS discusses factors influencing the growth in demand of packaging machinery as well as technology trends affecting packaging machinery. The main drivers of packaging machinery include the performance of the US economy and demographic factors such as population growth and increasing levels of disposable income boosting demand for consumer packaged goods. However, other issues such as trends to new packaging types and legislation have also affected the development of the market.

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.

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, has released the 2016 Food Packaging Trends and Advances report, which shares insights and leading trends from interviews with more than 70 professionals across the food processing and packaging industry. According to respondents and industry experts, the U.S. food industry is forecast to grow at a steady rate of 2.9 percent CAGR through 2022, with meat and related products and snack foods forecast to outperform the market with over 3 percent growth. The growth in these two segments is attributed to consumer demand for portion control and convenience options.

Produced by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, the Global Trends Impacting the Market for Packaging Machinery Whitepaper 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 dairy market has particular growth potential for processors who are willing to adapt to the changing consumer market and reap the benefits of

these opportunities, both domestic and global. In the 2016 Dairy Market Assessment Executive Summary, produced by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, provides an overview of findings from 75 food industry professionals, including food company

packaging and processing engineers, operations and marketing personnel from both domestic and global CPG firms and food suppliers who have shared their views on the dairy industry and packaging trends.