2012 Packaging Material Cost Forecast
The PackTrax 2012 Packaging Material Cost Forecast is available in PDF. Now more than ever, you need sound packaging material forecasts as the basis of budgeting and decision making. 2012 is our best Forecast ever with many new features you can't get anywhere else.
Essential & Timely Information
No Forecast holds any value unless it is built with robust methodology and is accurate. That begins with straightforward analysis and crisp definition of the issues that will influence your packaging costs. For example, the sensitivity
of resins to oil prices is delivered in a concise manner as a quick reference.
We also provide extensive cost and market analysis of all of the factors influencing resins and other packaging inputs.
Forecast Accuracy
No Forecast has much value unless it is accurate. The current 2011 Packaging Material Cost Forecast is accurate to within 1.1% overall for the 16 categories of materials as we at the halfway mark for the year. That level of accuracy has been achieved because we accurately projected the resin price correction in May.
2012 Forecast Highlights
Analysis of Resin Price Sensitivity to Crude Oil in all Global Regions
Cost Breakdowns for all types of Packaging Resins
Monomer production and inventory projections 18 months forward
Cost Models for plastic bottles, cartons, pouch stock, aluminum beverage cans,
and tinplate cans included in the Forecast
All major pre-cursory material costs are forecasted
Supply and demand forecasts for all resins and films
We report accurate pricing that your suppliers are actually paying rather than
inflated reference prices used in most other reports.
Analysis and sensitivity to more than 20 direct and indirect influences that could influence each material in a bearish or bullish manner. That enables you to utilize our Forecast to do your own sensitivity or what if analysis.
The Forecast is written for packaging buyers and finance executives and covers all major packaging categories.
Actual prices and performance vs. Forecast are presented each month in the Package Sourcing Action Report.
A complete Forecast update will be prepared in January. Even the most accurate Forecast needs to be updated as new issues arise.
The 2012 Forecast covers the following materials
Rigid Plastics
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High Density Polyethylene Bottle Resin Prices
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Polypropylene Bottle and Closure Resins
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PET Bottle Resin
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PVC Resin Prices
Flexible Packaging
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Linear Low Density Polyethylene Resins & Films
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Low Density Film Resins
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Polypropylene Films
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PET Films
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Shrink Sleeve Films
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Blister Films
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Aluminum Foil
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LDPE Extrusion Coating Resisn
Paper Packaging
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Corrugated Linerboard and Medium
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Recycled Boxboard
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SBS Boxboard
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SUS Boxboard
Metal Cans
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Aluminum Can Stock
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Tinplate
Integrity and Trust
We have been Forecasting Packaging Material Costs for 11 years, and we are
proud of our track record. Our projections and budgeting recommendations correctly identified and quantified virtually all the drivers that impacted costs
over the period. We project Upside and Downside forecast risks for each material and present the potential impacts to assist you fine tune your budgeting and decision making
based on your company's assessment of all issues.
The Forecast is prepared by purchasing and packaging executives with more than 70 years collective experience sourcing packaging materials. We have worked in consumer, food and the packaging businesses. That gives us great perspective. Our research also correlates more than 60 independent sources of information for optimal accuracy. We combine that with our own direct experience sourcing billions of lbs. of all types of packaging materials.
Please see the "Packaging Categories" section of this website for highlights by materials.