Nano-enabled
Packaging is the fruit of revolution in the packaging
industry. Nano-enabled packaging utilizes nano materials, with
diameter less than 100 nanometers, to manufacturing packaging
materials. Nano-enabled packaging is extensively employed in food &
beverage and pharmaceutical packaging and has exhibited strong
acceptance in the market. Nano-enabled packaging provides longer
shelf life to perishable food and beverages. Nano-enabled packaging
has been found to improve attributes such as taste, texture, color
and consistency of the packaged food. It increases absorption and the
bio availability of nutrients in foodstuffs. Among the various nano
particles used in this industry, nanoclay, silver and titanium
nitride have the largest applications. Nanoclay is the most used
material owing to its cheap availability and utility in popular
thermoplastics such as polypropylene, PET, nylon and thermoplastic
polyolefin.
Technology can
broadly classify nano-enabled packaging into active packaging,
controlled release packaging and intelligent packaging. Active
packaging refers to the package having functions other just
protection and containment of the product. Controlled release
packaging, a sub segment of active packaging, enables release of
active compounds at a controlled rate over the period of storage of
the food product in order to maintain its quality and nutrition
quotient. Intelligent packaging has the ability to sense alteration
in packaging environment and communicate the same. It can indicate
the quality of the packaged product through intelligent sensors. By
applications the market can be segmented into pharmaceutical,
beverages, bakery products, meat products, fruits and vegetables and
prepared food.
The nano-enabled
packaging market is driven by the growth in demand for packaged food
products across the world. Nano-enabled packaging provides
significant benefits over conventional packaging techniques and is
hence gaining in acceptance and demand from all end use application
industries. Growth in packaged meat industry has exhibited
exceptional growth over the years and has been the source of one of
the highest demands for nano-enabled packaging. Pharmaceutical
application of nano-enabled packaging is one of the largest
applications of the technology. Over the past few decades, medical
and pharmaceutical advancements have created need of improved
packaging for enhanced protection against external attributes such as
light, moisture and air. Moreover, drug packaging plays a very
important role in the drug delivery process in modern treatments,
thereby increasing the demand for enhanced packaging technologies
such as nano-enabled drug packaging.
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The market has been
further propelled by regulations by government bodies promoting use
of nano-enabled packaging to ensure food safety. For instance FDA
recommends food and beverages packaging by means of nano-enabled
packaging technique. The market has tremendous growth opportunity
especially in emerging markets, where its penetration is low. However
some nanomaterials not compatible with certain food materials and the
manufacturers need to obtain approval from Central Federal Register
(CFR), in the US, for indirect food additives.
Among the different
technologies of active packaging, oxygen scavenger, barrier packaging
and moisture absorbers are the most common technologies occupying the
lion’s share of the market. The nano-enabled packaging market is
led by demand for Japan in Asia. There is high demand for this
packaging technology in North America and the market has exhibited
strong growth. The market in Europe is lukewarm, but is expected to
pick up soon with the introduction of Actipak project. High
opportunity exists in emerging Asian economies such as China and
India, where packaged food and beverage market has been increasing at
a rapid pace.
Some of the Major
Companies involved in the nano-enabled packaging market are
Amcor Limited, Honeywell International, Inc., BASF SE, Chevron
Phillips Chemical Company LLC and Sonoco Products Company among many
others.
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