1. The New Leader in Packaging Films
World BOPP FILMS Markets & Trends
EMA Autumn Meeting, Prague Mohamed El-Shami
B.O.P.P Product Manager
9-10 October 2008
2. Taghleef Industries Company Profile
• Taghleef industries is part of the Al Ghurair Group, a diversified, family-owned
conglomerate active in real estate, manufacturing and finance.
• Ti was established as Dubai Poly Films in 1999 and has successfully grown
since then to become a market leader in the BOPP industry.
• Key Figures
- Total BOPP capacity 260,000 tpa
- Total metallising capacity 61,000 tpa
- Turnover app 700 mio USD
- Number of employees 1300
• Entities
Dubai, U.A.E Sohar, Oman
6th of October, Egypt Wodonga, Australia
San Giorgio di Nogaro, Italy Tiszaújváros, Hungary
Holzhausen, Germany
6. Global BoPP demand
7000
ROW
Latin America
China
6000 Asia / Australasia
Japan 785
North America
5000 320
Central / Eastern Europe
Western Europe 580
524 254
4000 457 1861
238
222
1393
1284
3000 1161
228
170 716
561
643 520
483 276
2000 266
264
342 265
662
236 596
580
563
507 371
1000 280
256
222
845
796
758 780
683
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2001 2005 2006 2007 2011
Source: AMI Consulting
7. Film demand by type
White / Opaque
/ Matt /
13%
Metallized
Transparent
12%
75%
Source: PCi Consulting
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9. Conclusions
• BOPP is a growing market.
• There are different trends in different regions:
- some markets like Europe are under pressure to consolidate
- other markets still see new players joining the game, like India or China
• Main challenge for BOPP manufactures are:
- balancing production efficiency with ever increasing customer requirements
- coping with increasing volatility of raw material costs
The way forward….
• Continue to add value to the business by:
- supply chain optimization (rolling stocks, consignment stocks,…)
- joint developments
- improve product offering, like metallised barrier films
The increased need for a UV light barrier film
Demand for foil-like packaging is growing…...
Cost effective oxygen and moisture barrier films….
10. Ti
Ti Hungary
Ti
Italy
Thank you!
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