Asia-Pacific Protective Packaging Market Size & Share Analysis - Growth Trends & Forecasts (2025 - 2030)

The Asia-Pacific Protective Packaging Market is segmented by Material Type (Plastics, Paper and Paperboard), Product Type (Rigid, Flexible, Foam Based), End-user Vertical (Food and Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Consumer Electronics, Beauty and Homecare), and Country.

Asia-Pacific Protective Packaging Market Size & Share Analysis - Growth Trends & Forecasts (2025 - 2030)

APAC Protective Packaging Market Size

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Study Period 2019 - 2030
Base Year For Estimation 2024
Forecast Data Period 2025 - 2030
Historical Data Period 2019 - 2023
CAGR 7.90 %
Market Concentration Medium

Major Players

*Disclaimer: Major Players sorted in no particular order

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APAC Protective Packaging Market Analysis

The Asia-Pacific Protective Packaging Market is expected to register a CAGR of 7.9% during the forecast period.

  • The primary aim of packaging is the protection of the product from all hazards it can be exposed to during transport and handling. Recycling has become a significant part of cosmetics, skincare, and perfume companies. For instance, Amazon India is working towards reducing the usage of single-use plastics and optimizing boxes/recycling. The plastic currently used in packaging mailers and bubble bags is made of 20% recycled content. Presently less than 7% of packaging at Amazon India Fulfilment Centres includes single-use plastic.
  • Technological advancements leading to the development of recyclable materials for protective packaging have driven the demand for these effective and sustainable packaging solutions in various countries. This increasing demand for sustainable protective packaging solutions is expected to drive the growth of the market. In August 2019, honest Diary and Noluma developed china's first yogurt product contained light protective packaging.
  • However, the trade tensions between China and the United States are expected to impact the demand in the electronics market and are expected to be experienced by protective packaging vendors. The economic slowdown fear in the region is also expected to impact the protective packaging, especially in the automotive and industrial sectors.
  • With the outbreak of COVID-19, the rising demand for e-commerce is also making the consumers pay more attention to the sustainability of packaging of shipments, forcing the vendor of protective packaging to rethink their packaging and provide the same.
  • Moreover, the people have concerns over whether the virus can be transmitted through package deliveries such as bubble wrap and air pillows. But the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said transmission in this manner was unlikely. This type of concern among the people and the protective packaging vendors, along with their employees, would have somewhat slowed down the market growth during an outbreak of pandemic initially.

APAC Protective Packaging Industry Overview

The Asia Pacific protective packaging market is moderately fragmented and consists of various vendors providing these products and solutions. Players in the market focus on product innovations and strategic initiatives such as mergers and acquisitions and partnerships to capture the market share. Some of the recent developments in the market are:

  • August 2020 - Ester Filmtech planned to invest USD 180 million to build an advanced packaging film manufacturing facility in the Indian state of Telangana.
  • May 2020 - Armor Protective Packaging expanded its sales and reaches to customers in markets such as China, India, and other countries that supply protective packaging for automotive markets.

APAC Protective Packaging Market Leaders

  1. Intertape Polymer Group Inc.

  2. Sealed Air Corporation

  3. Sonoco Products Company

  4. Signode Protective Packaging Solutions

  5. DS Smith PLC

  6. *Disclaimer: Major Players sorted in no particular order
Intertape Polymer Group Inc, Sealed Air Corporation, Sonoco Products Company, Signode Protective Packaging Solutions, DS Smith PLC.
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APAC Protective Packaging Market Report - Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION

  • 1.1 Study Assumptions and Market Definition
  • 1.2 Scope of the Study

2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

4. MARKET DYNAMICS

  • 4.1 Market Overview
  • 4.2 Industry Attractiveness - Porter's Five Forces Analysis
    • 4.2.1 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
    • 4.2.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers/Consumers
    • 4.2.3 Threat of New Entrants
    • 4.2.4 Threat of Substitute Products
    • 4.2.5 Intensity of Competitive Rivalry
  • 4.3 Market Drivers
    • 4.3.1 Growing E-commerce in the Region
  • 4.4 Market Challenges
    • 4.4.1 Alternative Forms of Packaging
  • 4.5 Assessment of Impact of COVID-19 on the market

5. MARKET SEGMENTATION

  • 5.1 Material Type
    • 5.1.1 Plastics
    • 5.1.2 Paper and Paperboard
    • 5.1.3 Other Material Types
  • 5.2 Product Type
    • 5.2.1 Rigid
    • 5.2.1.1 Molded Pulp
    • 5.2.1.2 Paperboard-based Protectors
    • 5.2.1.3 Insulated Shipping Containers
    • 5.2.2 Flexibles (Mailers, Paper Full, and Air Pillows)
    • 5.2.2.1 Bubble Wraps
    • 5.2.3 Foam Based
  • 5.3 End-user Vertical
    • 5.3.1 Food and Beverage
    • 5.3.2 Pharmaceutical
    • 5.3.3 Consumer Electronics
    • 5.3.4 Beauty and Homecare
    • 5.3.5 Other End-user Verticals
  • 5.4 Country
    • 5.4.1 China
    • 5.4.2 India
    • 5.4.3 Japan
    • 5.4.4 South Korea
    • 5.4.5 Rest of Asia Pacific

6. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

  • 6.1 Company Profiles*
    • 6.1.1 Intertape Polymer Group Inc.
    • 6.1.2 Sealed Air Corporation
    • 6.1.3 Sonoco Products Company
    • 6.1.4 Signode protective packaging solutions
    • 6.1.5 DS Smith PLC
    • 6.1.6 International Paper Company
    • 6.1.7 Pro-Pac Packaging Limited
    • 6.1.8 Crown Holdings, Inc.,
    • 6.1.9 Storopack Hans Reichenecker Gmbh
    • 6.1.10 Huhtamaki Group

7. INVESTMENT ANALYSIS

8. FUTURE OF THE MARKET

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APAC Protective Packaging Industry Segmentation

Protective packaging are materials that are built to protect and add buffer to a product from potential harm or damages/destruction while shipping or warehousing. Protective packaging can be used either as a primary packaging or secondary packaging material depending upon the products' end-use application. The scope of the market is comprehensive and is limited to Asia Pacific.

Material Type Plastics
Paper and Paperboard
Other Material Types
Product Type Rigid Molded Pulp
Paperboard-based Protectors
Insulated Shipping Containers
Flexibles (Mailers, Paper Full, and Air Pillows) Bubble Wraps
Foam Based
End-user Vertical Food and Beverage
Pharmaceutical
Consumer Electronics
Beauty and Homecare
Other End-user Verticals
Country China
India
Japan
South Korea
Rest of Asia Pacific
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APAC Protective Packaging Market Research FAQs

What is the current Asia-Pacific Protective Packaging Market size?

The Asia-Pacific Protective Packaging Market is projected to register a CAGR of 7.9% during the forecast period (2025-2030)

Who are the key players in Asia-Pacific Protective Packaging Market?

Intertape Polymer Group Inc., Sealed Air Corporation, Sonoco Products Company, Signode Protective Packaging Solutions and DS Smith PLC are the major companies operating in the Asia-Pacific Protective Packaging Market.

What years does this Asia-Pacific Protective Packaging Market cover?

The report covers the Asia-Pacific Protective Packaging Market historical market size for years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The report also forecasts the Asia-Pacific Protective Packaging Market size for years: 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030.

Asia-Pacific Protective Packaging Industry Report

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