PET bottles are carving a niche

PET bottles accounted for 50% of global soft drinks packaging in 2009, the highest of any pack type, accounting for 303 billion units. In alcoholic drinks packaging, however, PET languishes down at third place after glass bottles and metal beverage cans, at just 2%, or 7 billion units. Nevertheless with expected CAGR of over 5% from 2009-2014 this pack type is expected to take packaging unit share.