• Asia’s packaging sector is growing at rates of between 12-15% year-on-year driven by:
• Population growth
• Export oriented economies
• Increasing domestic disposable incomes
• The rapid expansion of Modern Retail
• PackWebasia.com Market Intelligence reports put the ‘intelligence’ back into the report market.
• Less focussed on the statistics, we dig deeper to place the current data trends in the context of the realities of Asia.

Based in Singapore, the PackWebasia.com editorial team has more than 20 years experience of the Asian Packaging industry.

Led by publisher, Stuart Hoggard, our team travels Asia constantly to  meet and interview the key players in this sector, ask the hard questions and look for the real meanings behind the rapid market changes.

Never taking anything for granted, we filter official government statistics through our Matrix of Disbelief – a robust process based on experience in the field.

• China is introducing stiff new sustainable packaging legislation – virtually every month - why?
• Packaging contributed 2% to the national GDP and is the fifth-largest industry in the country – it is a ‘vital national industry’
• The Chinese State Council (Cabinet of Ministers) has a grand Master Plan. A road-map for the future of packaging in the country, which will restrict imports, ban specific materials and processes and require only Recyclable, Recoverable or Compostable packaging.  
• Each new regulation issued is a result of the Master Plan, and it will impact on ALL packaging produced in China, whether for domestic consumption or export.
• What IS the legislation, what does it say but more importantly – what does it mean and how will it be implemented?

• Japan’s packaging market is driven by technological responses to changing consumer demands

   

  – what are they?

• The Japanese population is aging more rapidly than any other in the world - what impact is that having on package design and innovation?
• What is UD? Why is it so central to Japanese packaging design, and a crucial platform of Japanese CSR?

   

• What influence is Japan's packaging sector having on the industry in the rest of Asia?
  
• What inspiration can western brands and package producers draw from Japan’s response to shifting populations, increased environmental legislation and growing

   

  consumer sustainablity demands?
• And what role does the mobile phone play in all this?

An in-depth understanding of the Japanese packaging industry will give you the competative edge, help source new alliances and provide a wealth of 'why-didn't-I-think-of-that' ideas.