
The global Expanded Polyethylene market size is predicted to grow from US$ 3192 million in 2025 to US$ 4098 million in 2031; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.3% from 2025 to 2031.
Expanded Polyethylene (aka EPE foam) refers to foams made from polyethylene. Typically it is made from expanded pellets ("EPE bead") made with use of a blowing agent, followed by expansion into a mold in a steam chest - the process is similar to that used to make expanded polystyrene foam.
China is the largest market with about 32% market share. North America is follower, accounting for about 21% market share.
The key players are Sealed Air, Kaneka, Armacell, Sekisui Chemical, Sonoco, Pregis, Furukawa, Plymouth Foam, Wisconsin Foam Products, Recticel, Guangdong Speed New Material Technology, Sing Home Polyfoam, Dingjian Pakaging, Wuxi Huitong, Shenzhen Mingvka etc. Sealed Air is the largest manufacturer with about 22% market share.
The “Expanded Polyethylene Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Expanded Polyethylene sales in 2024, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Expanded Polyethylene sales for 2025 through 2031. With Expanded Polyethylene sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Expanded Polyethylene industry.
This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Expanded Polyethylene landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyzes the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Expanded Polyethylene portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global Expanded Polyethylene market.
This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Expanded Polyethylene and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global Expanded Polyethylene.
This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Expanded Polyethylene market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.
Segmentation by Type:
EPE Foam Coil
EPE Foam Sheet
Shape EPE Foam
Segmentation by Application:
Protective Packaging
Industrial Thermal Insulation
Automotive
Building and Construction
This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries
The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analysing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
Sealed Air
Kaneka
Armacell
Sekisui Chemical
Sonoco
Pregis
Furukawa
Plymouth Foam
Wisconsin Foam Products
Recticel
Guangdong Speed New Material Technology
Sing Home Polyfoam
Dingjian Pakaging
Wuxi Huitong
Shenzhen Mingvka
Key Questions Addressed in this Report
What is the 10-year outlook for the global Expanded Polyethylene market?
What factors are driving Expanded Polyethylene market growth, globally and by region?
Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?
How do Expanded Polyethylene market opportunities vary by end market size?
How does Expanded Polyethylene break out by Type, by Application?
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1 Scope of the Report
1.1 Market Introduction
1.2 Years Considered
1.3 Research Objectives
1.4 Market Research Methodology
1.5 Research Process and Data Source
1.6 Economic Indicators
1.7 Currency Considered
1.8 Market Estimation Caveats
2 Executive Summary
2.1 World Market Overview
2.1.1 Global Expanded Polyethylene Annual Sales 2020-2031
2.1.2 World Current & Future Analysis for Expanded Polyethylene by Geographic Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.1.3 World Current & Future Analysis for Expanded Polyethylene by Country/Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.2 Expanded Polyethylene Segment by Type
2.2.1 EPE Foam Coil
2.2.2 EPE Foam Sheet
2.2.3 Shape EPE Foam
2.3 Expanded Polyethylene Sales by Type
2.3.1 Global Expanded Polyethylene Sales Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.2 Global Expanded Polyethylene Revenue and Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.3 Global Expanded Polyethylene Sale Price by Type (2020-2025)
2.4 Expanded Polyethylene Segment by Application
2.4.1 Protective Packaging
2.4.2 Industrial Thermal Insulation
2.4.3 Automotive
2.4.4 Building and Construction
2.5 Expanded Polyethylene Sales by Application
2.5.1 Global Expanded Polyethylene Sale Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.2 Global Expanded Polyethylene Revenue and Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.3 Global Expanded Polyethylene Sale Price by Application (2020-2025)
3 Global by Company
3.1 Global Expanded Polyethylene Breakdown Data by Company
3.1.1 Global Expanded Polyethylene Annual Sales by Company (2020-2025)
3.1.2 Global Expanded Polyethylene Sales Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Expanded Polyethylene Annual Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.1 Global Expanded Polyethylene Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.2 Global Expanded Polyethylene Revenue Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.3 Global Expanded Polyethylene Sale Price by Company
3.4 Key Manufacturers Expanded Polyethylene Producing Area Distribution, Sales Area, Product Type
3.4.1 Key Manufacturers Expanded Polyethylene Product Location Distribution
3.4.2 Players Expanded Polyethylene Products Offered
3.5 Market Concentration Rate Analysis
3.5.1 Competition Landscape Analysis
3.5.2 Concentration Ratio (CR3, CR5 and CR10) & (2023-2025)
3.6 New Products and Potential Entrants
3.7 Market M&A Activity & Strategy
4 World Historic Review for Expanded Polyethylene by Geographic Region
4.1 World Historic Expanded Polyethylene Market Size by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.1 Global Expanded Polyethylene Annual Sales by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.2 Global Expanded Polyethylene Annual Revenue by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.2 World Historic Expanded Polyethylene Market Size by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.1 Global Expanded Polyethylene Annual Sales by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.2 Global Expanded Polyethylene Annual Revenue by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.3 Americas Expanded Polyethylene Sales Growth
4.4 APAC Expanded Polyethylene Sales Growth
4.5 Europe Expanded Polyethylene Sales Growth
4.6 Middle East & Africa Expanded Polyethylene Sales Growth
5 Americas
5.1 Americas Expanded Polyethylene Sales by Country
5.1.1 Americas Expanded Polyethylene Sales by Country (2020-2025)
5.1.2 Americas Expanded Polyethylene Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
5.2 Americas Expanded Polyethylene Sales by Type (2020-2025)
5.3 Americas Expanded Polyethylene Sales by Application (2020-2025)
5.4 United States
5.5 Canada
5.6 Mexico
5.7 Brazil
6 APAC
6.1 APAC Expanded Polyethylene Sales by Region
6.1.1 APAC Expanded Polyethylene Sales by Region (2020-2025)
6.1.2 APAC Expanded Polyethylene Revenue by Region (2020-2025)
6.2 APAC Expanded Polyethylene Sales by Type (2020-2025)
6.3 APAC Expanded Polyethylene Sales by Application (2020-2025)
6.4 China
6.5 Japan
6.6 South Korea
6.7 Southeast Asia
6.8 India
6.9 Australia
6.10 China Taiwan
7 Europe
7.1 Europe Expanded Polyethylene by Country
7.1.1 Europe Expanded Polyethylene Sales by Country (2020-2025)
7.1.2 Europe Expanded Polyethylene Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
7.2 Europe Expanded Polyethylene Sales by Type (2020-2025)
7.3 Europe Expanded Polyethylene Sales by Application (2020-2025)
7.4 Germany
7.5 France
7.6 UK
7.7 Italy
7.8 Russia
8 Middle East & Africa
8.1 Middle East & Africa Expanded Polyethylene by Country
8.1.1 Middle East & Africa Expanded Polyethylene Sales by Country (2020-2025)
8.1.2 Middle East & Africa Expanded Polyethylene Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
8.2 Middle East & Africa Expanded Polyethylene Sales by Type (2020-2025)
8.3 Middle East & Africa Expanded Polyethylene Sales by Application (2020-2025)
8.4 Egypt
8.5 South Africa
8.6 Israel
8.7 Turkey
8.8 GCC Countries
9 Market Drivers, Challenges and Trends
9.1 Market Drivers & Growth Opportunities
9.2 Market Challenges & Risks
9.3 Industry Trends
10 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis
10.1 Raw Material and Suppliers
10.2 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis of Expanded Polyethylene
10.3 Manufacturing Process Analysis of Expanded Polyethylene
10.4 Industry Chain Structure of Expanded Polyethylene
11 Marketing, Distributors and Customer
11.1 Sales Channel
11.1.1 Direct Channels
11.1.2 Indirect Channels
11.2 Expanded Polyethylene Distributors
11.3 Expanded Polyethylene Customer
12 World Forecast Review for Expanded Polyethylene by Geographic Region
12.1 Global Expanded Polyethylene Market Size Forecast by Region
12.1.1 Global Expanded Polyethylene Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.1.2 Global Expanded Polyethylene Annual Revenue Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.2 Americas Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.3 APAC Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.4 Europe Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.5 Middle East & Africa Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.6 Global Expanded Polyethylene Forecast by Type (2026-2031)
12.7 Global Expanded Polyethylene Forecast by Application (2026-2031)
13 Key Players Analysis
13.1 Sealed Air
13.1.1 Sealed Air Company Information
13.1.2 Sealed Air Expanded Polyethylene Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.1.3 Sealed Air Expanded Polyethylene Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.1.4 Sealed Air Main Business Overview
13.1.5 Sealed Air Latest Developments
13.2 Kaneka
13.2.1 Kaneka Company Information
13.2.2 Kaneka Expanded Polyethylene Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.2.3 Kaneka Expanded Polyethylene Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.2.4 Kaneka Main Business Overview
13.2.5 Kaneka Latest Developments
13.3 Armacell
13.3.1 Armacell Company Information
13.3.2 Armacell Expanded Polyethylene Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.3.3 Armacell Expanded Polyethylene Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.3.4 Armacell Main Business Overview
13.3.5 Armacell Latest Developments
13.4 Sekisui Chemical
13.4.1 Sekisui Chemical Company Information
13.4.2 Sekisui Chemical Expanded Polyethylene Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.4.3 Sekisui Chemical Expanded Polyethylene Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.4.4 Sekisui Chemical Main Business Overview
13.4.5 Sekisui Chemical Latest Developments
13.5 Sonoco
13.5.1 Sonoco Company Information
13.5.2 Sonoco Expanded Polyethylene Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.5.3 Sonoco Expanded Polyethylene Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.5.4 Sonoco Main Business Overview
13.5.5 Sonoco Latest Developments
13.6 Pregis
13.6.1 Pregis Company Information
13.6.2 Pregis Expanded Polyethylene Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.6.3 Pregis Expanded Polyethylene Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.6.4 Pregis Main Business Overview
13.6.5 Pregis Latest Developments
13.7 Furukawa
13.7.1 Furukawa Company Information
13.7.2 Furukawa Expanded Polyethylene Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.7.3 Furukawa Expanded Polyethylene Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.7.4 Furukawa Main Business Overview
13.7.5 Furukawa Latest Developments
13.8 Plymouth Foam
13.8.1 Plymouth Foam Company Information
13.8.2 Plymouth Foam Expanded Polyethylene Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.8.3 Plymouth Foam Expanded Polyethylene Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.8.4 Plymouth Foam Main Business Overview
13.8.5 Plymouth Foam Latest Developments
13.9 Wisconsin Foam Products
13.9.1 Wisconsin Foam Products Company Information
13.9.2 Wisconsin Foam Products Expanded Polyethylene Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.9.3 Wisconsin Foam Products Expanded Polyethylene Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.9.4 Wisconsin Foam Products Main Business Overview
13.9.5 Wisconsin Foam Products Latest Developments
13.10 Recticel
13.10.1 Recticel Company Information
13.10.2 Recticel Expanded Polyethylene Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.10.3 Recticel Expanded Polyethylene Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.10.4 Recticel Main Business Overview
13.10.5 Recticel Latest Developments
13.11 Guangdong Speed New Material Technology
13.11.1 Guangdong Speed New Material Technology Company Information
13.11.2 Guangdong Speed New Material Technology Expanded Polyethylene Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.11.3 Guangdong Speed New Material Technology Expanded Polyethylene Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.11.4 Guangdong Speed New Material Technology Main Business Overview
13.11.5 Guangdong Speed New Material Technology Latest Developments
13.12 Sing Home Polyfoam
13.12.1 Sing Home Polyfoam Company Information
13.12.2 Sing Home Polyfoam Expanded Polyethylene Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.12.3 Sing Home Polyfoam Expanded Polyethylene Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.12.4 Sing Home Polyfoam Main Business Overview
13.12.5 Sing Home Polyfoam Latest Developments
13.13 Dingjian Pakaging
13.13.1 Dingjian Pakaging Company Information
13.13.2 Dingjian Pakaging Expanded Polyethylene Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.13.3 Dingjian Pakaging Expanded Polyethylene Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.13.4 Dingjian Pakaging Main Business Overview
13.13.5 Dingjian Pakaging Latest Developments
13.14 Wuxi Huitong
13.14.1 Wuxi Huitong Company Information
13.14.2 Wuxi Huitong Expanded Polyethylene Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.14.3 Wuxi Huitong Expanded Polyethylene Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.14.4 Wuxi Huitong Main Business Overview
13.14.5 Wuxi Huitong Latest Developments
13.15 Shenzhen Mingvka
13.15.1 Shenzhen Mingvka Company Information
13.15.2 Shenzhen Mingvka Expanded Polyethylene Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.15.3 Shenzhen Mingvka Expanded Polyethylene Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.15.4 Shenzhen Mingvka Main Business Overview
13.15.5 Shenzhen Mingvka Latest Developments
14 Research Findings and Conclusion
*If Applicable.
