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on units in 2013. Beverages and pet food are the largest end use categories,red by brands such as Daily’s and Cordina in discount Louis Vuitton bag187ml and 296ml pouches, experienced sharp growth. In this category, the pouch essentially turns a frozen beverage into an instantly ready-to-drink product; a concept which appeals to young adults not only due to the hot climate in certain regions of the US but also because of American’s predisposition to accepting products and packaging perhaps deemed unorthodox. Ability to appeal elsewhere Over 2012-2017, the bulk of unit volume gains will therefore likely be realised in the US, and very much so in RTDs. But that is not to say that pouches cannot make noticeable progress in another category or another country or region. In the case of RTDs for example, the recent concept of the single serve, RTD frozen cocktail is marked in 2013 in the UK by the brand launch of Parrot Bay releasing a new range of flavours in a 250ml “freeze and squeeze” pouches. each accounting for one-third of demand, closely followed by human food applications with around 30 percent share. Stimulating the recent growth in pouches has been the

 drive to replace plastic h select packaging and equipment manufacturers, T.H.E.M. offers a comprehensive array of packaging solutions designed to take brands from initial concept to full-scale national or global production. T.H.E.M. has a fully operational, on-site RD center located at its Marlton, New Jersey headquarters, with pilot production, scale-up, and full-scale contract packaging capabilities. T.H.E.M. has substantially expanded its contract packaging operations over the past several years, in terms of both capacity and capabilities. Recently, the company has erected additional humidity-controlled packaging suites at its NJ-based facility. Liquid pouch and packette production includes three- and four-sided seal packaging for product capacities ranging from 1 to 70ml. As part of a turnkey solution, T.H.E.M. also manages raw material intake, secondary packaging operations, and pack out and glass bottles and cans, packaging cost reduction and consumer

 convenience. In its new report on the stand-up pouch Gucci belt for womenmarket, PCI Films Consulting forecasts that US demand for pouches will continue to grow by around 7 percent p.a. to reach nearly 24 billion units in 2018, at least twice as fast as volume growth expected in the US flexible packaging market as a whole. Report author Julian Lozowick, comments: "The most significant increases in volume have come only in the last two years, particularly in liquid products within the human foods non-retort category, such as in the packing of baby foods and fruit compote and purees. The use of pouches for dry food products in general has been growing more steadily, but even here some categories have seen rapid recent growth." Future increases in volume are expected