Europe Barrier Films Market - Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2024 - 2029)

Europe Barrier Films Market Analysis

The Europe Barrier Films Market size is estimated at USD 7.51 billion in 2024, and is expected to reach USD 9.05 billion by 2029, growing at a CAGR of 3.84% during the forecast period (2024-2029).

The market size reflects the sale value of various packaging products, such as bags and pouches, stretch and shrink wrap films, tray lidding films, wrapping films and forming webs, and blister base films made from various material types. These products are consumed by different end-user industries across Europe, including pet food and food, beverage, pharmaceutical and medical, and home and personal care.

• Films are one of the most popular choices for food packaging. Films are preferred to conventional materials for food packaging in terms of safety. This material is less susceptible to contamination and pilferage. It is easy to print information on films. Films have superior barrier properties, are lightweight, and can be recycled. The demand for barrier films in the pharmaceutical industry and expanding applications of barrier films in food and beverage packaging are expected to drive the growth of the barrier films market during the forecast period. Owing to the increasing barrier demands across various end-user industries, the market for barrier films in Europe is largely expanding due to the enormous demand for high-performance films. Barrier films are likely to be used more frequently in suitable applications and at lower costs due to advancements, notably in processing technology.
• Shrink films are predominantly used in the e-commerce sector for wrapping various products. The films offer various benefits, such as a wide range of oxygen transmission rates, optimal shelf-life for a variety of food packaging (meat, cheese, poultry, and case-ready packaging), premium product presentation, high impact, and puncture resistance, fewer leakers when packing rigid and sharp-edged products, retained strength at freezing temperatures and preserved package integrity.However, poor infrastructure facilities for recycling and fluctuations in barrier film raw material prices are expected to hinder the growth of the barrier films market during the forecast period. Also, stringent regulations and standards for the approval and marketing of barrier films are challenges inhibiting demand in the market.
• Aside from that, advances in barrier films provide adequate measurements at the low permeability levels needed for organic photovoltaics and OLEDs. Barrier films are intended to protect the product against moisture and oxygen deterioration. Europa has one of the largest cosmetics and personal care markets globally. Major countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Poland, dominate the European personal care market.
• Barrier films are widely used in the packaging of personal care products to extend their shelf life, prevent breakage, and retain the active components without using additional preservatives. European manufacturers are creating high-barrier films, providing an oxygen barrier, a moisture barrier, and scent preservation to confined items.
• In the next five to ten years, European plastic recycling is anticipated to increase dramatically, especially in response to rising pressure from authorities and consumers. Targets to minimize waste and increase the circularity of the plastics value chain are being discussed and improved by governments and large brands constantly. This is expected to pose a challenge to the growth of the market studied.
• Europe's food and beverage industry has experienced significant growth and increased due to online sales over time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. People have been compelled to develop new ways to complete their daily tasks due to lockdowns and advisories to stay inside. The nations impacted most by the pandemic have witnessed the most significant increase.
• According to the research Voyado, the proportion of consumers who made their first-ever online grocery purchases during the pandemic was 30% in Spain, 22% in France, 20% in the United Kingdom and Italy, 14% in Sweden and Denmark, 11% in Finland, 10% in Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany, and 9% in Norway. Also, 68% of new customers who bought groceries online confirmed that they would keep doing so in the future. This shift in people's habits has positively impacted the barrier films market.

Europe Barrier Films Market Trends

Food and Pet Food Markets to Register Significant Growth

Europe Barrier Films Industry Segmentation

The market studied defines the revenues generated from various vendors' sales of barrier film packaging. The analysis is based on the market insights captured through secondary research and the primaries. The market also covers the major factors impacting the growth of the barrier film packaging market in terms of drivers and restraints.

The European barrier films market is segmented by packaging products (bags and pouches, stretch and shrink wrap films, tray lidding films, wrapping films and forming webs, and blister base films), by material (polyethylene, BOPET, polypropylene (CPP and BOPP), and polyvinyl chloride), by end-user industry (food and pet food, beverages, pharmaceutical and medical, and personal and home care), by country (United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the Rest of Europe). The market sizes and forecasts are provided in terms of value in USD for all the segments.