according to global container and packaging market 20152019 report, one of the main factors driving the growth of the global container and packaging market is the increase in consumer preference for processed and packaged foods. the popularity of packaging is also because of changing consumer tastes and lifestyles and an increase in purchase of grocery items, including frozen and chilled foods from organized retail stores.containers and packaging products can be manufactured using a number of raw materials such as metal, plastic, paper, glass, and fiber. the global containers and packaging market comprises of products manufactured for packaging purposes and are used by numerous endusers including the food, beverage, healthcare, toiletries, personal care sectors, and other industrial product manufacturing companies.analysts forecast the global containers and packaging market to grow at a cagr of 6.87 percent over the period 20142019.the report recognizes the following companies as the key players in the global container and packaging market amcor, ball, crows holdings, international paper and rocktenn.other prominent vendors in the market are aep industries, ahlstrom, air packaging technologies, airlite plastics, allergan pharmaceuticals, allied glass containers, alplawerke, appe, applied extrusion technologies, aptargroup, ardagh group, barrywehmiller, becton, dickinson, bemis, blue ridge paper products, bomarko, britton group, c&h packaging, capsugel, cardinal health, catalent pharma solutions, ccl industries, cks packaging, clondalkin group holdings, consolidated container, cosmopak usa, cws packaging, daibochi plastic, dairipak, ds smith, elopak, essel propack, euromedex, evergreen packaging, exopack holding, fabrikal, fusion packaging solutions, general packaging products, genpak, gerresheimer group, global closure systems, graham packaging, graphic packaging holding, huhtamaki oyj, interflex group, intrapac group, klockner pentaplast group, libo cosmetics, linpac group, m&h plastics, man luen, manufacturing applications experts, meadwestvaco, mondi group, nampak, nne, norse dairy systems, nuconic packaging, nypro, oracle packaging, pechiney plastic packaging, plastipak industries, polyoak packaging group, polytainers, printpack, promens, quadpack group, reynolds group holding, rieke, robinson, rpc group, saintgobain, sca packaging, schaefer technologies, scholle, schott, sealed air, sf holdings group, sig combibloc group, silgan, smurfit kappa group, solo cup, sonoco products, stanpac, steripack, sweetheart holdings, tetra laval international, toyo seikan group holdings, uflex, vacumet, vitro, west pharmaceutical services, wihuri group and world wide packaging.one major trend emerging in this market is the increase in consumer preference for plastic packaging. plastic packaging material offers durability and versatility and is therefore gaining in popularity with industrial buyers.in terms of product, the global containers and packaging market can be segmented into eight paperboard, rigid plastic, metal, glass, flexible plastic, flexible foil, flexible paper, and others. in terms of application, the global containers and packaging market can be segmented into the following food packaging, beverage packaging, healthcare products packaging, industrial packaging, and others including, personal and homecare products packaging.global containers and packaging market 20152019, has been prepared based on an indepth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. the report covers asia, the emea region, north america, and the rest of the world row it also covers the global containers and packaging market landscape and its growth prospects in the coming years.the report includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.according to the report, one of the main factors driving the growth of the global container and packaging market is the increase in consumer preference for processed and packaged foods. the popularity of packaging is also because of changing consumer tastes and lifestyles and an increase in purchase of grocery items, including frozen and chilled foods from organized retail stores.further, the report states that one of the main challenges hindering the growth of this market is the high initial capital investment involved in the business. vendors need a large amount of capital to enter the market both for initial investments and for adopting new technologiessource httpwww.whatech.commarketresearchreportspressreleaseindustrial34724analysts…