United Kingdom Glass Packaging Market Size

UK Glass Packaging Market Analysis

The United Kingdom Glass Packaging Market is expected to register a CAGR of 3.5% during the forecast period (2022-2027). There has been an increasing trend of transparency in food packaging over the past few years. Going beyond the labelled listed ingredients, consumers also want to see the physical product before purchasing. To capture this trend, many companies, especially dairy product companies, have started offering their products in transparent glass containers.

• According to European Container Glass Federations (FEVE), 162 manufacturing plants are distributed all over Europe, and container glass is an essential contributor to Europe's real economy and employs about 50,000 people while creating many job opportunities along the total supply chain.
• Other factors driving the growth of the glass market are the increasing demand for glass bottles from the pharmaceutical industry. The rise in the disposable income of people is also a significant factor propelling the market's growth, as consumers tend to demand more effective and aesthetic packaging design.
• The introduction of stringent laws to enhance the quality and integrity of domestically manufactured drugs leads to an increase in the use of glass for pharmaceutical packaging products. Additionally, the increasing demand for sterile medical packaging products from the pharmaceutical industries would further drive the market's growth over the forecast period.
• One of the significant trends expected to increase the use of glass bottles in the united kingdom cosmetics segment is the flexibility the companies are adopting to make their packaging recyclable. Besides post-consumer recycled products, lightweighting is another trend expected to boost the use of glass in cosmetic packaging. This will help companies persist with glass as a packaging material as bulk transportation of lightweight cosmetics will get cheaper.
• The UK wine industry, for instance, has been running out of glass, creating unprecedented price hikes for bottlers. Apart from the factors mentioned earlier, quite a few UK bottlers have been building up stocks ahead of Brexit. Many brand owners have been switching from plastic bottles to glass, leading to a temporary shortage in the market.
• With the recent outbreak of COVID-19, glass manufacturing companies in the country are witnessing a significant demand to maintain the balanced supply chain of glass bottles. For instance, Beatson Clark, a manufacturer of glass containers in the United Kingdom, has maintained the supply of bottles and jars for pharmaceutical companies by opening its manufacturing plant in the country during the pandemic.