The global market for advanced packaging systems that includes
active, controlled, intelligent packaging, and advanced packaging
components was at $31.4 billion in 2011 and $33.3 billion in 2012.
The market growth looks promising and the overall market value for
2017 is projected to be nearly $44.3 billion, after increasing at a com-
pound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.8% (BCC Research, 2013a). In
2011, the market was dominated by controlled packaging. Active pack-
aging was next in market share with nearly $8.8 billion in sales, and is
expected to grow up to $11.9 billion in 2017. The intelligent packaging
sales were nearly $3.8 billion in 2011 and could approach $5.3 billion in
2017