Odor Absorber Market

Odor Absorber Market – Overview

The odor is an unpleasant smell which can be controlled or adsorbed by odor absorbers. While packaging some residual solvents are retained by the product during the process of printing, laminating, and coating, which results in the emission of foul smells, this is known as packaging odors. These odors can be a result of many things ranging from resin oxidation to thermal degradation effects on packaging materials. The removal of these undesirable odors is one of the significant areas of focus in the packaging industry. The main focus is not just to limit the natural sources of odor but also to add odor scavenging additives to produce packaging products that offer superior freshness for which odor absorbers are made.

Activated charcoal is a highly used odor absorber; it uses adsorption technology for removing foul smell. The activated charcoal acts as an odor absorber; it is scent free and is extremely porous, which helps it in absorbing odors efficiently. Zeolite is capable of absorbing odors and excess moisture in the air and another odor absorber is desiccant. The silica gel desiccant is highly used by many manufacturers not just to retain their product quality but also to keep foul smells away. Silica gel is capable of absorbing odor effectively. Today’s packaging industries focuses mainly on odor-scavenging additives, which could not only help increase the shelf life of packaged food items but also remove the undesirable odor.

Odor Absorber Market – Dynamics

As shoppers are making most of their purchases online, the packaging industry is flourishing at a higher pace. The products delivered to the customers after proper packaging, in which odor absorbers used to keep foul smells at bay. The inclination of the packaging industry towards using the odor absorbers is expected to drive the demand for odor absorbers in the coming years. The packaging industry is emphasizing more on delivering products with superior freshness to its customers due to which the odor absorbers market is anticipated to witness an upright growth during the forecast period. Due to the growing demand and increasing industrialization in the developing countries in Asia-pacific, the odor absorber market is anticipated to see fast growth.

The advantages of using odor absorbers are-

• Porous adsorptive medium
• Removes undesirable odor
• Increases the shelf life
• Cost effective
• They even absorb moisture content

Odor Absorber Market – Segmentation

Globally the odor absorber market is segmented on the basis of the following enlisted below –

1. Form-

• Gel
• Granulated

1. Product Types

• Activated carbon
• Zeolite
• Desiccants

1. End users

• Food packaging
• Clothing
• Home textile
• furniture packaging

Odor Absorber Market – Regional outlook

Europe is the global leader in odor absorber market and Asia pacific is the second, which is right now the fastest growing market of odor absorber, this can be attributed to the industrialization in the developing countries like India and China. Its industrial application is expected to maintain global dominance during the period of forecast, as they are highly used in this sector. The growing GDP in the developing countries, increasing disposable income and growth trends is driving the demand of odor absorbers. A global rise in the odor absorber is anticipated due to the need of delivering high-quality product from the manufacturers end to the customer. Activated carbon is widely used as odor absorber because it is better in performance than the others.

Our regional analysis of includes –

• North America
• Latin America
• Western Europe
• Eastern Europe
• Asia Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ)
• Japan
• Middle East & Africa (MEA)

Odor Absorber Market – Key players

The list of key players in the odor absorber market are enlisted below –

1. Mil-Spec Packaging of GA, Inc.
2. Cabot Corporation
3. Nature’s AirSponge Odor Absorber
4. James Dawson Entreprises Ltée/Ltd.
5. Delta Enterprises Inc.