Glass containers or glass packaging are products made of glass for packing, transporting, storing and selling beverages or foodstuffs.
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Glass containers have a number of advantages over other types of packaging: transparency, the possibility of hermetic closure, hygiene, no interaction with the product, better product storage, manufacturability, variety of assortment. Since glass containers do not interact with products, it is believed that drinks from glass containers taste better.
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However, the main disadvantage of glass containers is their low mechanical strength, in other words, to put it another way, they are fragile and easily breakable.
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Generally, glassware is divided into the following types:
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- canning jarsof various volumes;
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- bottles for beverages and food products (vodka bottles, beer bottles, wine bottles, milk bottles, champagne bottles, etc.).
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- non-food glassware (glass containers for pharmaceuticals and non-food products, ampoules, etc.).
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Jars are usually made of white-green glass with a standard wide neck. Jars are available in capacities of 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 3 and 10 liters. Jars are always in special demand and popularity among the population, as they are used for home canning, wine fermentation (10-liter jars) or simply for storing food. Recently, self-sealing jars have become popular, which can be screwed on with a lid rather than rolled up.
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Bottles are widely used in the production of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. Bottles are basically tall, cylindrical-shaped vessels with a narrow neck. Such a neck is conveniently closed with a cork.
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Moreover, glass containers are gaining popularity due to the latest trend of using eco-friendly materials. This gives an indication that the glass containers market will be promising in the near future and there will be an increase in consumption volume.
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Production, export, import of glassware in Ukraine
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In the structure of glassware production by type, glass containers for beverages and food products prevail (about 70%), a share of 22% is occupied by cans for canning. The remaining market share is occupied by glass containers for non-food products.
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According to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, over the last 5 years the production of glass containers has both increased and decreased. Thus, after the crisis year 2008 the production of cans for canning decreased by 18%, and the production of bottles for beverages – by 25%. In the period 2009-2011 there was an increase in production: in 2010 the growth rate amounted to 13.8% of the previous year, and in 2011. – 12,9%. However, the positive trend came to an end in 2011 and already in 2012 the production decreased again by 7.6%.
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The dynamics of production volume growth rates, as well as the dynamics of glassware production by types in physical terms for 2008-2012 are presented in the diagrams:
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Almost 95% of all products on the Ukrainian market are domestically produced. The share of imported products is insignificant – only 5.3%.
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Exports of all types of glass containers (bottles, bottles, ampoules and other glass containers for transportation or packaging of goods; glass jars for canning; stoppers, lids and other similar glass products) had similar trends with production. For example, exports decreased by 35% in 2009 and increased by an average of 30% annually over 2010-2011. In 2012, exports of products decreased by 6% and amounted to USD 88819.8 thousand.
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Dynamics of glassware exports, thsd. dollars:
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As for import of glassware, after its significant decrease (almost by 50%) in 2009, there was only its growth in the future. In 2012 import of glassware increased by 8% compared to 2011 and amounted to 70132.5 thousand dollars. Dynamics of import of glassware to Ukraine in 2008-2012:
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Despite the fact that exports declined and imports continued to grow, the foreign trade balance (the difference between exports and imports of products) remained positive.
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Ukraine mainly imports medical glassware (almost 70% of all imports) and bottles (19%). In the structure of imports, the shares of medical and perfume glassware are growing every year, while the shares of bottles and jars are decreasing. The countries supplying glassware to Ukraine are Poland, Czech Republic, Italy and France.
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To foreign markets Ukraine supplies mainly ampoules (medical glassware) – more than 60%, bottles – more than 20% and canning jars – almost 11%. The main importing countries of Ukrainian glassware are Russia and Belarus. It is promising to enter the markets of Germany and Poland.
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Manufacturers of glass containers
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There are many players in the glassware market, but more than 80% of all products are manufactured by the top ten leaders.
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The main producers of glassware in Ukraine are:
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- Volnogorsk Glass Company (located in Dnepropetrovsk region, production capacity – 1080 tons of glass mass per day);
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- Vetropack Gostomelskiy glass plant (located in Kiev region, capacity – 820 tons of glass mass /day);
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- Konsumers-Sklo-Zorya” company (located in Rivne region, production capacity – 420 tons/day);
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- Rokitnyansky glass plant (Rivne region, capacity – 335 tons per day);
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- Kostopolsky plant of glassware (Rivne region);
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- Kherson Glassware Plant;
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- Malinovsky glass plant (Kharkov region);
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- Buchanskiy glassware plant (Kiev region);
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- Rogachyn Glassware Plant (Ternopil region);
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- Merefianskaya Glass Company (Kharkiv region);
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- Peskovsky plant of glassware (Kiev region);
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- “Biomedsteklo” (Zhytomyr region);
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- Artemovsk Glassware Plant (Donetsk region);
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- Kiev Glassware Plant and others.
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According to geographical distribution, the most glass factories and the most glass containers are produced in Kyiv, Rivne, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
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Merefyan Glass Company is a leader in the production of lightweight glassware. The technology of narrow-neck blowing is used. All other manufacturers emphasize on the technology of double-blown glassware.
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Consumers-Sklo-Zorja operates in the premium segment and its products are always of the highest quality.
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The continuous growth of the market is attracting investors, both foreign and domestic. Thus, the international French group Saint-Gobain Group acquired “Consumers-Sklo-Zorya”, the Swiss concern Vetropack acquired Gostomel Glass Works, “Biomedsteklo” is a part of the Greek company Yioula Glassworks.
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The main areas for investment:
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- increasing production capacity;
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- expansion of the assortment range;
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- introduction of innovative production technologies;
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- reduction and minimization of energy costs.
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Conclusions
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- The glassware market in Ukraine is a fast-growing and promising market.
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- Positive foreign trade balance: exports of glassware exceed imports.
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- The continuous growth of the market is attracting foreign and domestic investors.
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- There are a fair number of players operating in the market, but the top ten produce the vast majority of all products (over 80%).
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