
The global Paper-based Molded Packaging market size is predicted to grow from US$ 2570 million in 2025 to US$ 3692 million in 2031; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.2% from 2025 to 2031.
Molded pulp (also known as molded fiber) packaging ismade from a variety of fibrous materials such as recycled paper, cardboard offcuts or natural fibers (sugarcane bagasse, bamboo, wheat straw).
The paper-based molded packaging market is expanding as an eco-friendly alternative for packaging and protecting various products. These packaging solutions are made from recycled paper fibers and offer biodegradability and recyclability. The market"s growth is driven by the demand for sustainable packaging options that reduce plastic waste. Paper-based molded packaging provides cushioning, protection, and branding opportunities for items like electronics, fragile goods, and consumer products. As industries and consumers prioritize environmentally-conscious choices, the paper-based molded packaging market is expected to continue growing, offering a responsible and versatile solution for packaging needs while addressing concerns about environmental impact and sustainability.
The “Paper-based Molded Packaging Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Paper-based Molded Packaging sales in 2024, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Paper-based Molded Packaging sales for 2025 through 2031. With Paper-based Molded Packaging sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Paper-based Molded Packaging industry.
This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Paper-based Molded Packaging 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 Paper-based Molded Packaging portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global Paper-based Molded Packaging market.
This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Paper-based Molded Packaging 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 Paper-based Molded Packaging.
This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Paper-based Molded Packaging market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.
Segmentation by Type:
Trays
End Caps
Bowls & Cups
Clamshells
Others
Segmentation by Application:
Food and Beverage
Industrial
Medical
Others
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.
UFP Technologies
Huhtamaki
Hartmann
Sonoco
EnviroPAK Corporation
Nippon Molding
CDL Omni-Pac
Vernacare
Pactiv
Henry Molded Products
Pacific Pulp Molding
Keiding
FiberCel Packaging
Guangxi Qiaowang Pulp Packing Products
Lihua Group
Qingdao Xinya
Shenzhen Prince New Material
Dongguan Zelin
Shaanxi Huanke
Yulin Paper
Key Questions Addressed in this Report
What is the 10-year outlook for the global Paper-based Molded Packaging market?
What factors are driving Paper-based Molded Packaging market growth, globally and by region?
Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?
How do Paper-based Molded Packaging market opportunities vary by end market size?
How does Paper-based Molded Packaging 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 Paper-based Molded Packaging Annual Sales 2020-2031
2.1.2 World Current & Future Analysis for Paper-based Molded Packaging by Geographic Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.1.3 World Current & Future Analysis for Paper-based Molded Packaging by Country/Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.2 Paper-based Molded Packaging Segment by Type
2.2.1 Trays
2.2.2 End Caps
2.2.3 Bowls & Cups
2.2.4 Clamshells
2.2.5 Others
2.3 Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales by Type
2.3.1 Global Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.2 Global Paper-based Molded Packaging Revenue and Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.3 Global Paper-based Molded Packaging Sale Price by Type (2020-2025)
2.4 Paper-based Molded Packaging Segment by Application
2.4.1 Food and Beverage
2.4.2 Industrial
2.4.3 Medical
2.4.4 Others
2.5 Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales by Application
2.5.1 Global Paper-based Molded Packaging Sale Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.2 Global Paper-based Molded Packaging Revenue and Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.3 Global Paper-based Molded Packaging Sale Price by Application (2020-2025)
3 Global by Company
3.1 Global Paper-based Molded Packaging Breakdown Data by Company
3.1.1 Global Paper-based Molded Packaging Annual Sales by Company (2020-2025)
3.1.2 Global Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Paper-based Molded Packaging Annual Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.1 Global Paper-based Molded Packaging Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.2 Global Paper-based Molded Packaging Revenue Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.3 Global Paper-based Molded Packaging Sale Price by Company
3.4 Key Manufacturers Paper-based Molded Packaging Producing Area Distribution, Sales Area, Product Type
3.4.1 Key Manufacturers Paper-based Molded Packaging Product Location Distribution
3.4.2 Players Paper-based Molded Packaging 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 Paper-based Molded Packaging by Geographic Region
4.1 World Historic Paper-based Molded Packaging Market Size by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.1 Global Paper-based Molded Packaging Annual Sales by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.2 Global Paper-based Molded Packaging Annual Revenue by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.2 World Historic Paper-based Molded Packaging Market Size by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.1 Global Paper-based Molded Packaging Annual Sales by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.2 Global Paper-based Molded Packaging Annual Revenue by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.3 Americas Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales Growth
4.4 APAC Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales Growth
4.5 Europe Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales Growth
4.6 Middle East & Africa Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales Growth
5 Americas
5.1 Americas Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales by Country
5.1.1 Americas Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales by Country (2020-2025)
5.1.2 Americas Paper-based Molded Packaging Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
5.2 Americas Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales by Type (2020-2025)
5.3 Americas Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales by Application (2020-2025)
5.4 United States
5.5 Canada
5.6 Mexico
5.7 Brazil
6 APAC
6.1 APAC Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales by Region
6.1.1 APAC Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales by Region (2020-2025)
6.1.2 APAC Paper-based Molded Packaging Revenue by Region (2020-2025)
6.2 APAC Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales by Type (2020-2025)
6.3 APAC Paper-based Molded Packaging 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 Paper-based Molded Packaging by Country
7.1.1 Europe Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales by Country (2020-2025)
7.1.2 Europe Paper-based Molded Packaging Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
7.2 Europe Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales by Type (2020-2025)
7.3 Europe Paper-based Molded Packaging 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 Paper-based Molded Packaging by Country
8.1.1 Middle East & Africa Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales by Country (2020-2025)
8.1.2 Middle East & Africa Paper-based Molded Packaging Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
8.2 Middle East & Africa Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales by Type (2020-2025)
8.3 Middle East & Africa Paper-based Molded Packaging 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 Paper-based Molded Packaging
10.3 Manufacturing Process Analysis of Paper-based Molded Packaging
10.4 Industry Chain Structure of Paper-based Molded Packaging
11 Marketing, Distributors and Customer
11.1 Sales Channel
11.1.1 Direct Channels
11.1.2 Indirect Channels
11.2 Paper-based Molded Packaging Distributors
11.3 Paper-based Molded Packaging Customer
12 World Forecast Review for Paper-based Molded Packaging by Geographic Region
12.1 Global Paper-based Molded Packaging Market Size Forecast by Region
12.1.1 Global Paper-based Molded Packaging Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.1.2 Global Paper-based Molded Packaging 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 Paper-based Molded Packaging Forecast by Type (2026-2031)
12.7 Global Paper-based Molded Packaging Forecast by Application (2026-2031)
13 Key Players Analysis
13.1 UFP Technologies
13.1.1 UFP Technologies Company Information
13.1.2 UFP Technologies Paper-based Molded Packaging Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.1.3 UFP Technologies Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.1.4 UFP Technologies Main Business Overview
13.1.5 UFP Technologies Latest Developments
13.2 Huhtamaki
13.2.1 Huhtamaki Company Information
13.2.2 Huhtamaki Paper-based Molded Packaging Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.2.3 Huhtamaki Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.2.4 Huhtamaki Main Business Overview
13.2.5 Huhtamaki Latest Developments
13.3 Hartmann
13.3.1 Hartmann Company Information
13.3.2 Hartmann Paper-based Molded Packaging Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.3.3 Hartmann Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.3.4 Hartmann Main Business Overview
13.3.5 Hartmann Latest Developments
13.4 Sonoco
13.4.1 Sonoco Company Information
13.4.2 Sonoco Paper-based Molded Packaging Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.4.3 Sonoco Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.4.4 Sonoco Main Business Overview
13.4.5 Sonoco Latest Developments
13.5 EnviroPAK Corporation
13.5.1 EnviroPAK Corporation Company Information
13.5.2 EnviroPAK Corporation Paper-based Molded Packaging Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.5.3 EnviroPAK Corporation Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.5.4 EnviroPAK Corporation Main Business Overview
13.5.5 EnviroPAK Corporation Latest Developments
13.6 Nippon Molding
13.6.1 Nippon Molding Company Information
13.6.2 Nippon Molding Paper-based Molded Packaging Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.6.3 Nippon Molding Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.6.4 Nippon Molding Main Business Overview
13.6.5 Nippon Molding Latest Developments
13.7 CDL Omni-Pac
13.7.1 CDL Omni-Pac Company Information
13.7.2 CDL Omni-Pac Paper-based Molded Packaging Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.7.3 CDL Omni-Pac Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.7.4 CDL Omni-Pac Main Business Overview
13.7.5 CDL Omni-Pac Latest Developments
13.8 Vernacare
13.8.1 Vernacare Company Information
13.8.2 Vernacare Paper-based Molded Packaging Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.8.3 Vernacare Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.8.4 Vernacare Main Business Overview
13.8.5 Vernacare Latest Developments
13.9 Pactiv
13.9.1 Pactiv Company Information
13.9.2 Pactiv Paper-based Molded Packaging Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.9.3 Pactiv Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.9.4 Pactiv Main Business Overview
13.9.5 Pactiv Latest Developments
13.10 Henry Molded Products
13.10.1 Henry Molded Products Company Information
13.10.2 Henry Molded Products Paper-based Molded Packaging Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.10.3 Henry Molded Products Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.10.4 Henry Molded Products Main Business Overview
13.10.5 Henry Molded Products Latest Developments
13.11 Pacific Pulp Molding
13.11.1 Pacific Pulp Molding Company Information
13.11.2 Pacific Pulp Molding Paper-based Molded Packaging Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.11.3 Pacific Pulp Molding Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.11.4 Pacific Pulp Molding Main Business Overview
13.11.5 Pacific Pulp Molding Latest Developments
13.12 Keiding
13.12.1 Keiding Company Information
13.12.2 Keiding Paper-based Molded Packaging Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.12.3 Keiding Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.12.4 Keiding Main Business Overview
13.12.5 Keiding Latest Developments
13.13 FiberCel Packaging
13.13.1 FiberCel Packaging Company Information
13.13.2 FiberCel Packaging Paper-based Molded Packaging Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.13.3 FiberCel Packaging Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.13.4 FiberCel Packaging Main Business Overview
13.13.5 FiberCel Packaging Latest Developments
13.14 Guangxi Qiaowang Pulp Packing Products
13.14.1 Guangxi Qiaowang Pulp Packing Products Company Information
13.14.2 Guangxi Qiaowang Pulp Packing Products Paper-based Molded Packaging Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.14.3 Guangxi Qiaowang Pulp Packing Products Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.14.4 Guangxi Qiaowang Pulp Packing Products Main Business Overview
13.14.5 Guangxi Qiaowang Pulp Packing Products Latest Developments
13.15 Lihua Group
13.15.1 Lihua Group Company Information
13.15.2 Lihua Group Paper-based Molded Packaging Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.15.3 Lihua Group Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.15.4 Lihua Group Main Business Overview
13.15.5 Lihua Group Latest Developments
13.16 Qingdao Xinya
13.16.1 Qingdao Xinya Company Information
13.16.2 Qingdao Xinya Paper-based Molded Packaging Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.16.3 Qingdao Xinya Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.16.4 Qingdao Xinya Main Business Overview
13.16.5 Qingdao Xinya Latest Developments
13.17 Shenzhen Prince New Material
13.17.1 Shenzhen Prince New Material Company Information
13.17.2 Shenzhen Prince New Material Paper-based Molded Packaging Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.17.3 Shenzhen Prince New Material Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.17.4 Shenzhen Prince New Material Main Business Overview
13.17.5 Shenzhen Prince New Material Latest Developments
13.18 Dongguan Zelin
13.18.1 Dongguan Zelin Company Information
13.18.2 Dongguan Zelin Paper-based Molded Packaging Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.18.3 Dongguan Zelin Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.18.4 Dongguan Zelin Main Business Overview
13.18.5 Dongguan Zelin Latest Developments
13.19 Shaanxi Huanke
13.19.1 Shaanxi Huanke Company Information
13.19.2 Shaanxi Huanke Paper-based Molded Packaging Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.19.3 Shaanxi Huanke Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.19.4 Shaanxi Huanke Main Business Overview
13.19.5 Shaanxi Huanke Latest Developments
13.20 Yulin Paper
13.20.1 Yulin Paper Company Information
13.20.2 Yulin Paper Paper-based Molded Packaging Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.20.3 Yulin Paper Paper-based Molded Packaging Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.20.4 Yulin Paper Main Business Overview
13.20.5 Yulin Paper Latest Developments
14 Research Findings and Conclusion
*If Applicable.
