Global Food and Beverage Checkweigher Market 2017-2021

Overview of the global food and beverage checkweigher market

Technavio’s market research study has identified the growing need to ensure consistent pack weight as be one of the primary growth factors for the food and beverage checkweigher market. The quality control process strongly focuses on the pack weight of a product since overweight or underweight products impact the profit margins. Checkweighers help in ensuring the accuracy of the weight and also help in preventing the wastage of material and repetition of the filling process. Moreover, they assure the manufacturers of the accurate quantities of ingredients and regulation compliances. Since food and beverage processing vendors can maximize their profitability by ensuring consistent pack weight of the packaged products, the coming years will witness a rise in the demand for these checkweighers, which will subsequently fuel market growth. Our market research analysts have estimate that this market will register a revenue of almost USD 205 million by 2021.

The growing need for error-free operation of a packaging line is influencing the demand for checkweighers with error-reduction features from the processed food and beverage companies. Manufacturers in this marketspace are focusing on providing checkweighers with maximum features that ensure accuracy of operation and reduce the probability of errors. For instance, METTLER TOLEDO offers X series checkweighers with 28 pre-programmed interface dialogue languages. Also, these are equipped with feedback control function to prevent overweight or underweight during the production process. The growing preference for checkweighers with such features to reduce operator errors will be one of the key trends that will gain traction in the food and beverage checkweigher market in the coming years.

Competitive landscape and key vendors

The food and beverage checkweigher market appears to be moderately populated with the presence of several established manufacturers who offer innovative and differentiated products. These manufacturers focus on launching new products in the checkweigher scale market with improved automated controls and other additional features. To attain a competitive advantage over the other players in this checkweigher scale market, the vendors are also focusing on delivering checkweighers with improved control options.

The leading vendors in the market are

• Bizerba
• Cardinal Scale Manufacturing Company
• Illinois Tool Works
• METTLER TOLEDO
• WIPOTEC-OCS

The other prominent vendors in the market are Cornerstone Automation Systems, ISHIDA, Marel, Minebea Intec, PRECIA, Reiser, RICCIARELLI, ScaleTec Digital Balances, TEXTOR, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and VinSyst Technologies.

Segmentation by product type and analysis of the food and beverage checkweigher market

• Belt-based checkweigher
• Roller conveyor based checkweigher

Extensive innovations and new product launches in the belt-based checkweigher will contribute steadily to the growth of the food and beverage checkweigher market. Several large food manufacturers utilize belt-based checkweighers in their production lines since the belt-sliding plate is able to withstand high stress in various production conditions. Moreover, the vendors are also launching new models with high throughput, which will again contribute to the growth of the checkweigher scale market in this segment.

Geographical segmentation and analysis of the food and beverage checkweigher market

• Americas
• APAC
• EMEA

The Americas will be the major revenue contributor to the checkweigher scale market due to the rapid adoption of technologically advanced equipment by a huge number of food and beverage processing plants located in this region. Furthermore, the growing demand for packaged and processed food products will also support the growth of the food and beverage checkweigher market in the Americas.

Key questions answered in the report include

• What will the market size and the growth rate be in 2021?
• What are the key factors driving the global food and beverage checkweigher market?
• What are the key market trends impacting the growth of the global food and beverage checkweigher market?
• What are the challenges to market growth?
• Who are the key vendors in the global food and beverage checkweigher market?
• What are the market opportunities and threats faced by the vendors in the global food and beverage checkweigher market?
• Trending factors influencing the market shares of the Americas, APAC, and EMEA.
• What are the key outcomes of the five forces analysis of the global food and beverage checkweigher market?

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