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This industry standard benchmark survey for cartonboard brands has been conducted among 351 consumer goods brand owners across 8 countries in Europe and active in one of the following 6 segments: Cosmetics & beauty care, Pharmaceuticals & healthcare, Chocolate & confectionery, Frozen & chilled food, Dry food, Wines & spirits. The countries covered are Germany, France, UK, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland.

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Both Iggesund and Stora Enso maintain their positions as owners of the most valuable brands since 2012. However, the competition is closing in with Carta range showing higher indices in both quality and loyalty than the leading brands and Simcote having a rather strong awareness index.

Compared to 2014, Algro Design (Sappi) and Excellent Top (MM Karton) have qualified for ranking for the first time; and BillerudKorsnäs (BillerudKorsnäs) is back in the ranking whereas Chromolux is exiting due to the lack of evaluations.

Main findings

The survey shows that the brand awareness levels are overall very low – similar to both 2014 and 2012 – and depending on the segment; brand owners active in Pharmaceutical & Healthcare show the highest level of awareness. On the other hand, prompted awareness levels are much higher and indicate a “passive” knowledge of the brands. The results show that the purchase/usage of a specific brand is no guarantee for its awareness among brand owners.

Cartonboard brands generally meet users’ expectations with the exception of value for money. In comparison with previous years, the gaps between the brand owners’ expectations and the brands’ performance are becoming narrower overall, meaning the brands are better at meeting the brand owners’ expectations (with the exception in Value for money).

Overall brand owners are loyal to their current main brand and Carta range show the highest share of users (very) likely to continue using the brand.

Besides ranking the most valuable brands, the survey allowed us to look into what drives the choice and the purchase of a specific brand but also get insight into topics such as sustainability. Brand owners also shared interesting ideas on how to gain value from technical services and how producers could help them meet their most critical challenges.

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