Solid White Films Market

Global Solid White Films Market Overview

The global solid white films market is estimated to exhibit growth at a CAGR of around 5% to 6% during the forecast period 2022-2032. Growing solid white films application as packaging and labelling solutions across industries such as food & beverage, confectioneries, personal care & cosmetics, home care, and electronic & electrical is expected to facilitate the growth in the market.

Solid white films are thin plastic films made up of biaxially-oriented polypropylene (BOPP) materials. These films are gaining huge popularity as substrates across diverse industries, owing to their favorable attributes such as sealing ability, shelf appeal, graphic reproduction, opacity, and resistivity to chemicals and fat.

These BOPP films are increasingly being preferred as packaging solutions across the food & beverage sector for packaging products such as confectioneries, dairy products, fresh produce, and bakery products among others. Thus, surging demand for packed and ready-to-eat food & beverage products, owing to the fast-paced lifestyle and growing customer inclination towards fast foods is projected to create lucrative growth opportunities for solid white films sales in the market.

Solid white films have high resistance to weather & chemical and they offer excellent sealing & labeling properties, making them highly sought-after packaging solutions for frozen foods, meat, personal care, home care, and cosmetics products. In addition to this, rapid inclination from traditional packaging solutions such as metal cans to these films, key manufacturers are emphasizing on developing novel films with high die-cutting and printability performance. This is anticipated to further bolster the growth in the global solid white films market.

Which are Some Prominent Drivers Spearheading Solid White Films Market Growth?

The packaging sector has witnessed a massive transformation over the past decade worldwide, owing to the changing end user demand for packaging solutions as per application-specific and product-specific requirements. This has encouraged manufacturers to introduce novel high-performance films for product packaging such as solid white films.

In addition to this, with growing concerns pertaining to environmental sustainability and rising emphasis on recyclability, governments in several countries are implementing several stringent norms and regulations regarding volatile organic compound (VOC) emission.

For instance, the U.S. Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has implemented a number of laws and regulations across North America such as VOC regulation 15 for reducing the emission of VOC across the U.S. Hence, to comply with such regulations, several packing manufacturers are increasingly looking for eco-friendly and recyclable packaging materials.

As BOPP films such as solid white films provide benefits such as 100% recyclability, less VOC emission, and environment-friendly packaging & labeling, they are increasingly being adopted across food & beverages, personal care, and other sectors. This is projected to bolster the demand for solid white films in the global market.

What are the Challenges Faced by the Solid White Films Market?

Government across regions such as North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and others are implementing numerous regulations towards the use of plastic, owing to their adverse effect on the environment. Thus, a rapid shift in consumer preference towards adopting paper-based material for packaging is being witnessed, especially across the food & beverage and personal care & cosmetics industries. This is restraining the demand for solid white films in the market.

Also, high cost, low heat-sealing performance, and high crystalline nature of these BOPP solid white films are resulting in inclination towards the use of cast polypropylene (CPP) films, which is in turn, hindering the growth in the market.

Why is North America Emerging as an Opportunistic Solid White Films Market?

As per FMI, North America is estimated to exhibit growth at a rapid CAGR in the solid white films market during the forecast period 2022-2032.

BOPP films such as solid white films possess excelling sealing & barrier properties, recyclability, and significant formability, making them suitable for packaging food & beverages products. In addition to this, several regulatory bodies are approving the use of these packaging materials for diverse industries.

For instance, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced approving reusable and reclosable BOPP plastic packaging roll film for food & beverage product packagings. A slew of such product approvals across countries such as the U.S. and Canada is estimated to bolster the sales of solid white films in the North America market.

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How is Asia Pacific Excluding Japan Contributing to the Growth of the Solid White Films Market?

Future Market Insights reveals that Asia Pacific excluding Japan is estimated to account for a significant share in the global solid white films market from 2022 to 2032.

Solid white films are gaining immense popularity across industries such as food & beverages, home care, textile, frozen food, and personal care among others. These BOPP films are increasingly being used for packaging meat, chips, shampoos, soaps, detergents, and others, thereby, creating strong demand for the product in the market.

Hence, leading players in the market are aiming at launching novel films to address the surging demand. For instance, in 2018, Cosmo Films, a leading manufacturer of specialist films in India announced launching new heat-resistant BOPP solid white films across the Asian market. Such new product launches are expected to augment the growth in the Asia Pacific excluding Japan market.

Market Competition

Some of the leading players in the global solid white films market are Taghleef Industries, Treofan Group, Decorative Films, LLC, Cosmo Films Limited, Polinas, Toray Industries, Sibur Holdings, CCL Industries, Inteplast Group, Jindal Poly Films, Innovia Films Ltd., Zhejiang Kinlead Innovative, and Uflex Ltd.

Prominent players in the global solid white films market are aiming at launching high performance products and capacity expansion to gain edge in the highly competitive market.

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 Scope of Report

Key Segments Profiled in the Solid White Films Market Survey

By Heat Sealing Capability:

• Heat Sealable
• Non-heat Sealable

By Thickness:

• Up to 20 µm
• 20 – 40 µm
• Above 40 µm

By Application:

• Printing
• Lamination
• Packaging

By End User Industry:

• Food & Beverage
• Meat
• Fresh Produce
• Confectioneries
• Coffee & Tea
• Personal Care & Cosmetics
• Tobacco
• Textile
• Home Care
• Electronics & Electricals
• Others

By Region:

• North America
• Latin America
• Western Europe
• Eastern Europe
• APEJ
• Japan
• Middle East and Africa