Plastics will continue by far to be the leading protective packaging material, accounting for 71% of the $33.2-billion global protective packaging industry, according to a recent study by the Freedonia Group, a division of MarketResearch.com. Global prote

Plastics will continue by far to be the leading protective packaging material, accounting for 71% of the $33.2-billion global protective packaging industry, according to a recent study by the Freedonia Group, a division of MarketResearch.com. Global protective packaging demand is projected to advance 4.0% per year through 2027 to reach $40.4 billion.