Germany Packaging Machinery Market Research Report - PMMI

Tinplate utilization in Germany 2000 in %
Beverages 29
Food and luxury goods 25
Chemical-technical packaging 22
Closures 12
Pet food 9
Other 8
(Source: IZW-Informations Zentrum Weissblech)
5.9 WOOD
With a turnover of about 0.66 billion € in 2000 and a total of 5,129 employees, wood packaging ranks
amongst the smallest sectors. A total of 34 million wooden pallets and 280,000 tons of wooden boxes
were produced. The third important wood packaging area is cable drums and rope drums.
The prospects for wood are good for the transport and storage sector. Transport damage occurs more
often than is assumed: The insurance companies calculate a total of over 1 billion € per year for
transport damage in Germany, and wooden packaging can help prevent this.
According to the HPE (Bundesverband Holzpackmittel-Paletten-Exportverpackung e.V.
[www.hpe.de]), the previously production-only sector is changing toward an all-embracing service
sector. Offering full service starting with advice regarding the right choice of packaging material,
production of the appropriate packaging materials, and the packaging and repair of products, taking
back and recycling of packaging material, through to the organization of transport and storage, as well
as the selection of products. Since transport without packaging and the accompanying service is no
longer viable, companies are finding they must adjust to their customers’ demand for comprehensive
service in the packaging and transportation chain.
5.9.1 Facts and figures
Key figures for the German wood packaging industry 1999
Turnover 651 million €
In Germany 596 million €
Companies 122
Employees 5129
Export 56 million €
Companies employing at least 20 people
(Source: Statistisches Bundesamt)
5.10 TRENDS
2.26 billion beer cans are filled every year, but most beer is still bottled and barreled. PET is considered
the packaging of the future because in the short term the compulsory deposit on all ecologically