Dunnage Tray Market

Dunnage Trays are light and inexpensive trays used in places such as transportation, hospitals, and the food and beverage industry, to help carry goods from one place to the other. Technological advancements and innovation growth in packaging have enabled packaging to play a more vital role than to just contain the products during transit. Today the packaging industry is worth over $8.2 billion and is anticipated to grow rapidly due to its growing application in various different industries including the food and beverages, automotive, shipping and logistics, and others. Dunnage trays are made to perfectly fit with the product, hence increasing its stability during transportation. Use of Dunnage trays ensures the safety of the workers dealing with the heavy equipment and parts. They are lightweight, low cost and heavy load carrying, which make them an attractive choice for industrial manufacturers and packagers.

The End User Industry that currently dominates the Dunnage Trays Market:

The automotive industry dominates the Dunnage Trays Industry market. These trays are in high demand in this industry, for the transfer of the automotive parts on the shop floor, from one point to another. These trays are specially designed for the automotive manufacturing process, in which a robot takes the components out of the tray and feeds them directly to the assembly line. Most of the prominent automotive manufacturers are adopting robotics & automation technologies in their assembly lines to enhance efficiency and ensure the high standard of their products. The increasing usage of automation in these industries leads to a rise in demand for customized dunnage trays, which are more suitable, and reduce risk of damage to parts. This factor is anticipated to considerably drive the growth of the Dunnage tray market in the foreseeable future.

Market Dynamics:

The ability to make custom made Dunnage trays, to fit the requirements of the customer, is a vital factor that supports the growing demand for these trays. These have also been made in reusable and environmental friendly alternatives, which also makes them a greener choice to have. These trays have found extensive usage across different industries, right from the healthcare industry, where these trays are used in hospitals to carry surgery equipment, to the retail food industry where these trays are used in Fast Food restaurants to carry food orders. The ease of handling these, gives them an ever growing market.

Major players active in this market include Sonoco Products Company, Menasha Corporation, DS Smith Plc, Trienda Holdings L.L.C., Dordan Manufacturing Company, Sinclair & Rush, Inc. and others.

The Dunnage Tray Market is segmented as follows:

By End User Industry

• Food and Beverage
• Automotive
• Healthcare
• Retail
• Electronics
• Shipping and Logistics
• Cosmetics

By Product Material

• Polystyrene
• Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
• Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
• Polypropylene (PP)
• High-density polyethylene (HDPE)
• High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (HMWPE)

By Application

• Shipping Trays
• In-process
• Automation
• Wash Cycle
• Food Sterilization
• Assembly
• Others

By Type:

• Parts Per Tray -6
• Parts Per Tray -8
• Parts Per Tray -12
• Parts Per Tray -30
• Others

By Region

• North America
  • United States
  • Canada
• Europe
  • Germany
  • UK
  • France
  • Spain
  • Italy
  • Rest of Europe
• Asia Pacific
  • Japan
  • China
  • India
  • Australia
  • Rest of APAC
• South America
  • Brazil
  • Rest of South America
• Middle East & Africa
  • UAE
  • South Africa
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Rest of MEA