Plastic Closure & Cap Manufacturing
Injection molders producing plastic caps, closures, and dispensers.
Market snapshot
These figures describe Rigid Plastic Packaging (5.10.8), the segment that Plastic Closure & Cap Manufacturing sits within — not Plastic Closure & Cap Manufacturing on its own.
- Market size
- ~$17B
- Growth
- ~9.2%CAGR (2017–22, nominal)
- Companies
- ~470
U.S. Census Bureau 2022 CBP/Economic Census, NAICS 326160 (plastics bottle manufacturing); other rigid plastic containers span adjacent plastics codes.
Business model & economics
Revenue model
Rigid plastic bottle and container manufacturing
Key economics
- Recurring revenue
- High
- EBITDA margin
- Scale- and resin-cost-driven
- Capex intensity
- High
recurring beverage/consumer demand
Characteristics
- Led by Berry, Amcor, ALPLA, Silgan, Plastipak.
- Center of the plastics-sustainability debate.
- Recycled content (rPET) and lightweighting key themes.
Geographic concentration
Rigid plastic packaging manufacturing concentrates in Ohio, Missouri, Kentucky, and Iowa, co-located with food, beverage, and consumer-goods fillers.
U.S. Census Bureau — 2022 County Business Patterns (employment by state), NAICS 326160. Concentration shown by location quotient.
M&A deal context
Who’s acquiring
- Rigid-packaging majors
- PE-backed platforms
- Recycled-content & sustainable acquirers
What’s driving deals
- Recycled-content and sustainable-packaging investment.
- Consolidation around scaled converters.
- Beverage and consumer-product demand.
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