Reportlinker.com (www.reportlinker.com) has released a new market research report, Containers & Packaging: Global Industry Guide, which details data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies. The report provides expert analysis on a global, regional and country basis.

It contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation as well as textual analysis of the industry’s prospects, competitive landscape and profiles of the leading companies across five major markets (France, Germany, Japan, the UK and the US) with a five-year industry forecast.

The containers and packaging report shows that the global containers and packaging market grew by 6% in 2010 to reach a value of $490.9 billion and 1.3% to reach a volume of 265.5 million tonnes. It also predicts that in 2015, the global containers and packaging market is forecast to have a value of $596.8 billion, an increase of 21.6% since 2010, and a volume of 300.6 million tonnes, an increase of 13.2% since 2010.

 According to the report, Paper is the largest segment of the global containers and packaging market, accounting for 40.1% of the market's total value. Americas accounts for 36.8% of the global containers and packaging market value. And Amcor is the leading player in the global containers and packaging market, generating a 2% share of the market's value.