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Blister packaging machinery refers to equipment utilized for sealing products within a cavity, typically enclosed by a paper backing or an aluminum or film seal.
The primary technologies employed in blister packaging machinery consumption are thermoforming and cold forming. Thermoforming, a key technology in blister packaging machinery consumption, involves transforming a flat plastic sheet into a three-dimensional shape using heat, vacuum, and pressure. Thermoplastics, a category of plastics suitable for thermoforming, undergo homogenization when subjected to heat. Blister packaging machinery consumption is categorized into types such as carded and clamshell, utilizing materials like plastic, paper, and aluminum. These packaging solutions find application in various industries including pharmaceuticals, food, cosmetics and personal care, as well as consumer electronics.
Note that the outlook for this market is being affected by rapid changes in trade relations and tariffs globally. The report will be updated prior to delivery to reflect the latest status, including revised forecasts and quantified impact analysis. The report's Recommendations and Conclusions sections will be updated to give strategies for entities dealing with the fast-moving international environment.
Tariffs are influencing the blister packaging machinery consumption market by increasing costs of imported forming stations, sealing units, servo drives, aluminum tooling, and control electronics. Pharmaceutical and consumer goods packaging facilities in North America and Europe are most affected due to reliance on imported high-precision machinery, while Asia-Pacific faces pricing pressure on machinery exports. These tariffs are increasing capital expenditure requirements and slowing equipment replacement cycles. At the same time, they are encouraging local machinery manufacturing, regional technical support ecosystems, and development of modular and cost-optimized blister packaging systems.
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The blister packaging machinery consumption market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $27.2 billion in 2025 to $29.62 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.9%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to growth of pharmaceutical packaging demand, increasing need for tamper-evident packaging, expansion of consumer goods manufacturing, adoption of thermoforming technology, demand for longer product shelf life.
The blister packaging machinery consumption market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $41.72 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.9%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to increasing investments in smart packaging equipment, rising adoption of eco-friendly blister materials, expansion of healthcare manufacturing capacity, demand for serialization-ready machines, growth of contract packaging services. Major trends in the forecast period include increasing adoption of fully automated blister lines, rising integration of vision inspection systems, growing demand for high-speed packaging machines, expansion of sustainable blister packaging solutions, focus on enhanced traceability and compliance.
Rising demand from the food industry is expected to drive growth in the blister packaging machinery consumption market in the coming years. The food industry is a complex, global network of businesses that supply food from production to distribution, encompassing everything from farming to packaged goods. Blister packaging is commonly used for snacks, confectionery, ready-to-eat meals, and dairy products. For example, in October 2023, the United States Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service reported that average per-person spending on food away from home increased to US$4,485, up from US$4,004 in 2022, contributing to record overall food spending of US$2.57 trillion. Therefore, the growing demand from the food industry is propelling the blister packaging machinery consumption market.
Key companies in the blister packaging machinery consumption market are focusing on innovative solutions, such as the Unity 600 blister packaging line, to increase market revenues. The Unity 600 features a newly designed stack transfer unit that ensures stable and product-friendly processes by stacking blisters from below and guiding them securely from all sides. For instance, in January 2023, Romaco, a Germany-based provider of processing and packaging equipment for the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, food, cosmetic, and chemical industries, launched the Unity 600 blister packaging line. Designed with the principle "avoidance is better than reduction, reduction is better than compensation," the Unity 600 aims to significantly reduce the carbon footprint of the blister packaging line during both production and use.
In August 2024, IMA Group, an Italy-based packaging and automation solutions company, acquired the Packaging Machinery and Packaging Materials divisions of Sarong for an undisclosed amount. This acquisition enables IMA to expand its offerings in automatic thermoforming Form Fill Seal (FFS) and Fill & Seal (FS) machines used for unit-dose, suppository, and other pharmaceutical packaging, reinforcing its presence in the blister and primary packaging machinery market. Sarong is an Italy-based company specializing in packaging machinery and materials, including films and foils for thermoforming.
Major companies operating in the blister packaging machinery consumption market are Tekni-Plex Inc., Pharma Packaging Solutions, Winpak Ltd., SteriPack Group, Perlen Packaging, Uhlmann Group, Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A., Robert Bosch GmbH, Marchesini Group S.p.A., Romaco Pharmatechnik GmbH, Sepha Ltd., ILLIG Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG, Algus Packaging Inc., Mediseal GmbH, Fabrima Maquinas Automaticas Ltda., Costruzioni Apparecchiature Macchine S.r.l., Starview Packaging Machinery Inc., Zed Industries Inc., Visual Packaging Group, Ecobliss Holding BV, Prent Corporation, Tekpak Solutions
Asia-Pacific was the largest region in the blister packaging machinery market in 2025. North America is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the blister packaging machinery consumption market report are Asia-Pacific, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa
The countries covered in the blister packaging machinery consumption market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.
The blister packaging machinery market consists of sales of roller packaging, rollar packaging and plate packaging. Values in this market are 'factory gate' values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.
The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD unless otherwise specified).
The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.
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