France Glass Packaging Market Size

France Glass Packaging Market Analysis

The France glass packaging market is expected to register a CAGR of 3.29% during the forecast period. The demand for pharmaceutical glass vials and ampoules increased with the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant vaccination programs requiring vials for packaging in the country. Due to vaccine development, the market is also expected to grow significantly in the next 3-5 years. Further, the Russia-Ukraine war is also having an impact on the overall packaging ecosystem.

• France is a dominant beverage producer in the European Union, with an extensively cultivated environment aiding the development of different indigenous alcohol forms and their appropriate premium packaging solutions, primarily champagne and cognac.
• The French glass industry labored through increasing mechanization, particularly in the cold operations section, where sorting, loading, and unloading are mechanized. Several operations have been outsourced. Remnant areas only include the most technical additions, such as glass forming and molding. France benefits from many recognized glass artists present throughout the country.
• However, Germany and France cannot keep glass packaging materials, like bottles and jars, in circulation. Over the last 40 years, it lost most of its glass deposit systems. It led to an overuse of plastics in various end-user industries. The French Government recently proposed a deposit system to recycle plastic instead of reusing it. According to experts, this is a flawed policy, as the global recycling of plastics stalled at 25%. The government needs a comprehensive plan to replace the plastics lost in recycling over time.
• It, however, is expected to create opportunities for enhanced use of glass bottles for daily-use products, such as milk and other food items. Bruni Glass France is offering lighter glass bottles to gin manufacturers and heavier and thick-bottomed glass bottles for cognac.