Cups & Lids

US demand for cups and lids will expand 4.4 percent per year to $10.0 billion in 2018. Packaging cups will experience the fastest gains based on convenience and single-serving advantages, as well as favorable consumption trends in several key applications. Lids will outpace cups due to more drinking cups using lids and heightened demand for costlier specialty lids.This study analyzes the $8.1 billion US cup and lid industry. It presents historical demand data for 2003, 2008 and 2013, and forecasts for 2018 and 2023 by material (e.g., paper, plastic, foam), product (e.g., drinking cups, packaging cups, lids) and market (e.g., foodservice, food and beverage packaging, retail).The study also considers market environment factors, details industry structure, evaluates company market share and profiles 35 industry players, including Dart Container, Reynolds Group and Georgia-Pacific.