Impact of Supply Chain Disruption on the Packaging Industry to 2026

Impact of Supply Chain Disruption on the Packaging Industry to 2026

July 18, 2021 Off By Sebastian Reisig

This new report from Smithers considers the major short- and longer-term factors causing supply chain disruption, and presents strategies designed to combat such shocks. The report covers five major packaging material categories: rigid plastics, flexible packaging (flexible plastic, flexible foil, flexible papers), board, metal, and glass.

Supply chains for each material are broadly similar, and they experience similar disruptive events Influences that disrupt supply chains include social, demographic, political, regulatory and natural occurrence. The impact of these disruptors ripples through the supply chains, so how can we mitigate and minimize these effects? 

This new report considers the major short- and longer-term factors causing supply chain disruption, and presents strategies designed to combat such shocks. The report covers five major packaging material categories: rigid plastics, flexible packaging (flexible plastic, flexible foil, flexible papers), board, metal, and glass. It maps out the packaging supply chain for each material type, identifies potential disruptive factors at each stage and forecasts changes over the next five years. Supply chain disruption becomes most apparent when an unexpected event occurs, causing significant repercussions for market participants either at one stage of the supply chain or usually for participants along the chain.