{"id":5261,"date":"2024-05-07T10:12:30","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T10:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceresana.com\/?post_type=product&p=5261"},"modified":"2025-05-16T12:04:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T12:04:29","slug":"corrugated-board-market-report-europe","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/ceresana.com\/en\/produkt\/corrugated-board-market-report-europe","title":{"rendered":"Market Study: Packaging – Corrugated Board, Solid Board & Cartonboard – Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][tabbed_section style=”material” tab_change_animation=”fade” alignment=”center” spacing=”side-45px” tab_color=”Accent-Color” vs_content_animation=”fade” vs_link_animation=”opacity” vs_navigation_alignment=”left” vs_navigation_width_2=”25%” vs_navigation_func=”default” vs_navigation_width=”regular” vs_navigation_spacing=”15px” vs_navigation_mobile_display=”visible” vs_tab_spacing=”5%” full_width_line=”true” icon_size=”32″][tab icon_family=”iconsmind” title=”Introduction” id=”1747396654561-1″ icon_iconsmind=”iconsmind-Receipt-3″ tab_id=”1747396654561-8″][vc_column_text]The Corrugated Board, Solid Board & Cartonboard Packaging Market Report \u2013 Europe is now also available in parts (e.g. individual country profiles or all manufacturer profiles).<\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line”][nectar_btn size=”medium” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” text=”Request a Free Quote” url=”https:\/\/ceresana.com\/en\/contact”][divider line_type=”No Line”][nectar_video_player_self_hosted video_mp4=”https:\/\/ceresana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/V-Market-Study-Packacking-Corrugated-Board-Solid-Board-Cartonboard_Europe.mp4″ el_width=”80″ align=”center” player_functionality=”default” autoplay=”yes” autoplay_func=”scroll_based” video_loading=”default” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” advanced_gradient_display_type=”linear”][divider line_type=”No Line”][vc_column_text]Packaging is always done: The demand for folding cartons, cardboard boxes, corrugated cardboard rolls, and other packaging materials is increasing. E-commerce and mail order are continuing to grow steadily, even if the previous record figures of the COVID-19 pandemic years 2020 and 2021 will not be reached again so quickly. Ceresana has analyzed the European market for packaging made of corrugated board, solid board, and cartonboard: The new cardboard packaging market report forecasts that demand for these plant fiber casings will increase by an average of 1.1% per year until 2033. Apart from some regions with real wage growth, such as Portugal, falling purchasing power is dampening consumer sentiment in Europe. Nevertheless, packaging market size is growing in individual sectors of the economy, particularly online retail, electrical appliances, pharmaceuticals, and medicine, but also chilled food.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line”][image_with_animation image_url=”10737″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][divider line_type=”No Line”][vc_column_text]\n

Market Trend towards Sustainable Transport Packaging<\/h2>\n

Paperboard and cartonboard manufacturers are suffering from inflation and high costs for energy and raw materials. Recently, the price of base paper in particular has risen sharply. The new EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), which aims to make the entire packaging sector more sustainable and environmentally friendly, gives the corrugated cardboard industry hope. After all, corrugated board is a genuine circular product made from renewable raw materials, predominantly manufactured from waste paper and fresh fibers from broken and thinned wood, combined with biobased adhesive<\/a> made from plant starch. Paper fibers can be recycled up to 20 times, in fact in Europe around 90% of corrugated fiberboard is already being recycled today. After use, cardboard packaging can often simply be composted. To relieve the packaging industry, original EU plans for a ban on small corrugated cardboard food packaging and for a general preference for reusable packaging have been abandoned. In addition to market data and forecasts, the market study also contains information on the regulatory framework in the EU as well as on the general economic environment and the situation in the packaging industry (including key companies, market size, recycling rates) in each analyzed country.<\/p>\n

Cardboard in Combination with Plastic<\/h2>\n

The current market analysis by Ceresana looks at the demand for corrugated packaging for 10 individual application areas, such as food, beverages, fashion, furniture, and chemical products. For shipping packaging, individual sub-segments are analyzed. Plastics<\/a> continue to displace other materials in some areas of the packaging market. For example, beverage cartons are being replaced by PET bottles<\/a> for fruit juices and polyethylene bottles (HDPE) for milk<\/a>. Different packaging materials are also increasingly being combined, although this makes it more difficult to recycle them by type. Primary packaging made of plastic, for example, is combined with outer packaging made of carton, which is easy to print on. Shelf-ready transport packaging is becoming increasingly important as an advertising medium and marketing space. In addition to folding cartons and rectangular carton packaging, the Ceresana market study also includes cans, fiber drums, and other packaging made of rigid paper stock among the packaging made of solid cardboard and cartonboard. The demand for these is analyzed in 14 different segments, for example, non-alcoholic beverages, chilled food, cleaning and laundry, and cosmetics and hygiene.<\/p>\n

Current Market Report \u201cCorrugated Board, Solid Board, and Cartonboard \u2013 Europe\u201d:<\/h3>\n

Chapter 1<\/strong> of the new market study provides the production<\/strong> and demand<\/strong> volumes of corrugated board packaging as well as solid board and cartonboard for the whole of Europe, each in tonnes. The analysis makes forecasts up to the year 2033.<\/p>\n

Chapter 2<\/strong> provides detailed information on 24 individual countries<\/strong>: production<\/strong>, import<\/strong>, and export<\/strong> of as well as demand for corrugated cardboard, solid cardboard, and cartonboard packaging. In addition, demand<\/strong> is analyzed in detail according to material types<\/strong> and application areas<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Corrugated board<\/strong> packaging:<\/p>\n