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This article takes a look at the US glass
packaging market, with aspects such as
recyclability and resusability being important
for consumers, while growth during 2019 is
expected in diverse market sectors.
The 2018 Clear Choice Glass Packaging award winners
exemplify premium design along with a harmony of labelling
in the sauce, beverage, personal care and RTD categories
data collected and aggregated BEER ingly on-the-go culture. Data for
by Precision Consulting show Changing consumer habits the first three quarters of 2018
the US glass container industry and market trends have left the show that beer remains the larg-
will have shipped around 27 beer market relatively flat, and est market segment, however it
billion containers to customers competitive packaging remains now represents 54 per cent of the
in 2018. a challenge given an increas- glass container industry’s sales
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