I think this is hugely important for the British/Western packaging industry. Unless a company is big enough to set up dedicated lines in India and China, there seems to me to be no better place to become established than in the pharma field if you want to address this important and growing market.  (Martin)

Low wages, a skilled workforce, and improving technologies make India and China appealing destinations for pharmaceutical packaging operations.GBI Research’s report “The Future of the Pharmaceutical Packaging Industry—Emerging Economies Poised to Capitalize on Increasing Demand” sees strong growth in pharmaceutical packaging “in the emerging economies of India and China, primarily on account of increasing generics and contract manufacturing activities in those countries.”The report forecasts that the global pharmaceutical packaging market will reach a value of $68 billion by 2015, up from $42 billion in 2008.

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