

Based on previous industry analysis and market potential evaluation conducted by ARC Consulting at an earlier phase, the client, a Nordic technical laminate and protective packaging manufacturer was determined to enter the highly lucrative Chinese packaging material market and establish a presence in China. Therefore, ARC Consulting was hired to support the client to continue the path by establishing a sales strategy, providing recommendations and presenting a detailed roadmap.
China offers one of the largest consumer markets in the world, which creates huge market potential for packaging material. After decades of development, China’s policy and people’s view on packaging material have shifted from valuing function highest to valuing sustainability instead. With the client’s sustainable solution, together with the products’ capability of preserving a variety of food, backed by decades of hands-on experience from selling it on the European market, the client aimed at offering great packing solutions to Chinese companies and gaining a position in this not fully exploited market.
In order to figure out the most efficient way to enter the market and establish a sales strategy, ARC Consulting applied following methods: