Germany Container Glass Market Size

Germany Container Glass Market Analysis

The Germany Container Glass Market is expected to register a CAGR of 3.2% over the forecast period 2022-2027. The rise in demand for packed food & beverage items has led to a rise in demand for soda-lime-silica-based glass for storage of a wide range of food ingredients. Container glass is a very suitable option as a packaging material supported by its superior attributes of sterility, reusability, chemical stability, durability, non-permeability, and malleability.

• The growth in population in the country in recent years has led to a rise in the building & construction sector where soda-lime-silica-based glass is used in windowpanes, owing to their hardness and ease of workability. E.g. population of Germany rose by 0.14% from 2020 to 2021 which is a significant rise to increase demands in various sectors, especially food. Alcoholic beverages were the largest end-user of glass material packaging in 2020, primarily driven by the beer & cider sector.
• Glass containers for food and beverages are 100% recyclable and hence can be recycled endlessly without loss in quality or purity - something few food and beverage packaging options can claim. Manufacturers benefit from recycling in several ways: Recycled glass reduces emissions and consumption of raw materials, extends the life of plant equipment, such as furnaces, and saves energy. There are over 250,000 used glass container collection points in Germany, which are used by 97 percent of all German households.
• However, container glass is manufactured by a process called annealing in which different air polluting compounds such as nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxides, and other harmful particulates are released. Exposure to these harmful compounds at high concentrations can cause severe respiratory diseases such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, mucus secretion, and lung cancer.
• Moreover, particulates released during the final stage of container glass manufacturing are even more dangerous as they are smaller in size (around 10 micrometers or even smaller) and cause several health-related disorders, once they enter the respiratory tract. These factors can hinder the growth rate of the glass Container market in Germany.
• The majority of end-users of container glass such as foods & beverages, chemicals, and others have been negatively impacted, owing to the ongoing pandemic outbreak, which has disrupted the supply chains globally.
• According to WHO, in May 2021, a total of 30,631,299 COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered in Germany, Thus, this has increased the need for vaccines, especially for vials, bottles, and ampoules, surging since research began into finding a vaccine against COVID-19, increasing the demand for glass packaging in the country.