Plastic Packaging for Food and Beverage Companies and Developments

Date : 29 October 2025

The plastic packaging for food and beverage market is growing rapidly, with revenue expected to increase by hundreds of millions from 2025 to 2034, driving global sustainable infrastructure. Key market players are focusing on acquisitions and mergers to develop advanced technology for manufacturing plastic packaging, which is expected to boost the global market during the forecast period.

Global Plastic Packaging for Food and Beverage Market Players

Plastic Packaging for Food and Beverage Market Companies

  • Amcor
  • Anchor Packaging
  • Berry Global
  • Coveris
  • DS Smith
  • Graham Packaging
  • Huhtamaki
  • Mondi
  • Novolex
  • Pactiv Evergreen
  • Plastek Group
  • Plastipak
  • ProAmpac
  • Sealed Air
  • Silgan
  • Sonoco
  • Transcontinental
  • UFlex
  • Winpak

Latest Announcements by Industry Leaders

  • In February 2025, the managing director of Tetra Pak South Asia, CassiSimoes, took satisfaction in becoming the first in India tprovide packaging made of certified recycled polymers. Thasten the shift tsustainable packaging options, he underlined the necessity of industry-wide cooperation. Tetra Pak was the first firm in India's food and beverage packaging sector tproduce packaging materials made from certified recycled polymers.

New Advancements in the Market

  • In April 2025, ULMA Packaging unveiled a new line of TFX thermoformers with the goal of increasing efficiency and productivity for the food industry. The new thermoformers are stated toffer excellent performance and operational availability thanks ttechnology, including a vacuum system design that cuts vacuum cycle time by up t20% and movement synchronization that reportedly increases productivity by up t10%.
  • In May 2025, Cadbury, a confectionery company, revealed the introduction of the colour-change packaging for its newly launched Iced Latte Dairy milk flavour. Furthermore, all of these Cadbury Dairy Milk packs including the Iced Latte flavor have a wrapper that changes appearance ta deep blue hue when each bar is iced, thanks tthermochromic technology. An image on each carton invites customers tchill and reveal the distinctive design.
  • In May 2025, A group of researchers at the National Institute of Technology-Rourkela (NIT-R) creat composed of biodegradable polymers thelp with real-time seafood freshness monitoring. The researchers have developed a pH-sensitive intelligent film that can precisely check the freshness of any type of seafood using Kodmillet starch, a first for the industry.

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