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Thematic Analysis
FDI Trends in APAC (2025)
Overall, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region experienced significant growth in inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for 2024. This growth was primarily focused on sectors such as renewables, communications/media, and electronics, with the United States, United Kingdom, and France identified as major investors. In 2025, increasing trade barriers and geopolitical tensions are altering the landscape of APAC FDI. While protectionist measures and security-driven screening are redirecting some investments, such as semiconductors from Taiwan, towards the United States, resilient markets like India and...
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Analyst Opinions
Industrial Robots: Trends and Innovations
Industrial Robots move from automation to autonomy Industrial robotics is entering a new phase of transformation as intelligent, mobile, and humanoid systems reshape automation across sectors. Evolving beyond traditional caged robots, next-generation platforms integrate AI, computer vision, digital twins, and advanced actuation to enable adaptive, flexible, and connected operations. Automotive, electronics, and aerospace remain core adopters, while healthcare, construction, and logistics are emerging growth frontiers. Companies such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Tesla are piloting humanoids for assembly and logistics, ABB,...
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Consumer Insights
Industry Insights: Food Safety in Packaging
This Industry Insights report offers analysis of the key food safety innovations that are revolutionizing the packaging industry. Food safety during the packaging process is critical to preventing contamination that can arise from unclean surfaces or flawed packaging materials. Such contamination can lead to serious consequences, including costly product recalls and damage to brand reputation. Manufacturers of rigid plastics are increasingly focusing on enhancing hygiene standards in their production processes to mitigate these risks.
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Sector Analysis
Packaging Innovations: FutureTech Series
Report Value Proposition – Why This Matters for You Packaging technologies are rapidly evolving as companies seek smarter, safer, more sustainable, and more efficient ways to move products through increasingly complex supply chains. This report provides an in-depth analysis of six transformative packaging innovations that are reshaping the sector, including fiber-reinforced corrugated packaging, anti-counterfeit packaging, active cooling packaging, automated vision sorting, cryogenic sealing capsules, and automated unboxing systems. Using GlobalData’s proprietary technology intelligence and innovation tracking capabilities, the report evaluates...
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Consumer Insights
Industry Insights: AI in Packaging
This report provides an analysis of the key AI-driven innovations that are revolutionizing the packaging industry. AI is now deeply embedded within the packaging lifecycle, from the production of raw materials like glass and board, to end-of-life processes like material separation and the chemical breakdown of waste. The influence of AI in packaging will increase in the coming years, as companies across the consumer packaged goods space from producers to retailers will look to leverage efficiency benefits to gain share...
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Thematic Analysis
Packaging M&A Deals 2024 - Top Themes - Strategic Intelligence
This report analyzes the disruptive themes that have driven M&A activity in 2024 in the Packaging Sector.
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Company Insights
Ball Corporation - Digital Transformation Strategies
Ball Digital Transformation Strategies Overview Ball has been focusing on using big data, artificial intelligence, future of work, robotic process automation, advanced materials, cybersecurity, electric vehicles, digitalization and innovation to digitally transform its operations. The annual ICT spending of Ball was estimated at $801.1 million for 2024. A major share of this spending is earmarked for acquiring software, network and communications, and hardware services from vendors. Ball and its consolidated subsidiaries supply aluminum packaging to the household products, personal care,...
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Thematic Analysis
Packaging M&A Deals Q3 2024 - Top Themes - Strategic Intelligence
This report analyzes the disruptive themes that have driven M&A activity in Q3 2024 in the Packaging Sector
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Company Insights
Top Paper, Printing and Packaging Foreign Direct Investment Companies
Empower your strategies with our Top Paper, Printing and Packaging Foreign Direct Investment Companies report and make more profitable business decisions. Top Paper, Printing and Packaging Foreign Direct Investment Companies report analyzes the most active greenfield FDI investors globally (based on number of projects) in the Paper, Printing and Packaging sector between Q1 2019 and Q2 2024. Additionally, the report highlights where these top Paper, Printing and Packaging investors are investing in what type of operations. The report also provides...
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Sector Analysis
Packaging: Patents Trends Q2 2024
Empower your strategies with our Packaging: Patents Trends Q2 2024 report and make more profitable business decisions. Note: This is an on-demand databook that will be delivered upon request. The report will be delivered within 2 to 3 business days of the purchase, excluding weekends and holidays. Certain sections of the report may be removed or altered based on data availability and relevance. The databook highlights the patenting activity of the sector in terms of growth in filings and grants...
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