The Present Situation and Future of Packaging Machinery Industry in China

I. Overview of Packaging Machinery

Packaging machinery is a door product of the packaging industry and plays a decisive role in the packaging industry. It provides the industry with the necessary technical equipment to complete the product packaging process. Although the packaging machinery's output value is not as large as that of packaging materials in the entire packaging industry, it is not a regular consumable product, but it is an indispensable support for the modernization of the packaging industry. It provides advanced technical equipment for the packaging industry, guarantees high quality packaging products, high production efficiency, variety, a good production environment, low production costs, environmental pollution, and thus obtain a strong vitality, bring great social benefits and economic benefit. Without modern packaging machinery, there is no modern packaging industry.

The packaging machinery used to complete the packaging process can be divided into 11 categories. They are filling machinery, filling machinery, sealing machinery, wrapping machinery, multi-functional packaging machinery, labeling machinery, cleaning machinery, drying machinery, sterilization machinery, and bundling machinery. Container machinery, auxiliary packaging machinery and equipment.

Packaging machinery for packaging packaging materials and containers can be divided into 7 categories. They are corrugated cardboard processing machinery, carton processing machinery, composite material processing machinery, bag making machinery, plastic hollow container processing machinery, metal container processing machinery, glass containers Processing machinery. Such equipment includes machinery and equipment for the manufacture of synthetic packaging materials, printing and container forming processes, and its output value is often higher than that of the former packaging machinery. In the United States has become an independent industry, known as the conversion machinery, meaning that the raw material is processed, printed, formed into a packaging container machine. The majority of such equipment is a grand production line with high production efficiency, a close relationship with the process and raw materials, large investment, but good efficiency

Packaging machinery as a professional machinery, in addition to the general requirements of general machinery, there are beautiful appearance, compact transmission, smooth operation, high precision, high production efficiency requirements, in order to complete its own function to meet market demand.

Second, the overview of foreign packaging machinery industry

The United States, Japan, Germany, and Italy are the four largest packaging machinery manufacturers in the world.

The United States is a country with a long history of development of packaging machinery in the world. It has already formed an independent and complete packaging machinery system, and its varieties and output rank first in the world. For more than 10 years, the United States has always maintained its position as the world's largest producer and consumer of packaging machinery. Its products are mostly high, large, fine, sharp products, machinery and computer closely integrated to achieve mechanical and electrical integration control. Among the new types of machinery products, the fastest growing of the three types of machinery is molding, filling and sealing. The wrappers and film packaging machines account for 15% of the total market share, and carton sealing and packaging machines rank second in market share. Since the early 1990s, the packaging machinery industry in the United States has maintained a good momentum of development.

The domestic packaging machinery market in the United States is second to none in the world. All kinds of packaging machinery are mainly sold domestically. In 1998, the domestic consumption of packaging machinery in the United States accounted for 82%, and exports accounted for only 18% of the output value, but the amount of exports was large. Most of the packaging machinery manufacturers in the United States are affiliated with large-scale packaging material plants and their sales are completely dependent on the parent company. China has become the sixth largest export market for packaging machinery in the United States after Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Germany.

Compared with the United States and Germany, Japan started late. Before the 1960s, fewer than 60 packaging machinery manufacturers were allowed to pack candy and cigarettes. In the 60-70s, it was the initial stage of the Japanese packaging machinery industry, and the output value grew rapidly. In the 70-80s, although the growth rate was not as high as that of the previous period, the annual growth rate still reached 13%. In the 80-90s, it was a stage of steady growth. Microelectronics technology was successfully applied to the control of packaging machinery. Afterwards, optical fiber technology, industrial robot technology, and modular technology were applied to packaging machinery to achieve high safety and unmanned operation. The high productivity level has greatly increased the competitiveness of its drying equipment in the international market. Therefore, from the 1960s to the early 1990s, the Japanese packaging machinery industry grew rapidly for more than 30 years and experienced the process of introduction-elimination-development.

Japan's packaging machinery manufacturing plant is dominated by small and medium-sized enterprises. There are nearly 500 types of packaging machinery and over 700 specifications. The packaging machinery is mainly based on small and medium-sized single machines. It has the advantages of small size, high precision, easy installation, convenient operation, and high degree of automation. Since the 1990s, frequency conversion adjustments, photoelectric tracking, contactless electronic switches, and dynamic data displays have been used in packaging machinery. A large part of Japan's packaging machinery is used in the food packaging field, and the output value of food packaging machinery accounts for more than half of the total output value of packaging machinery.

The main market for Japanese packaging machinery is its own country, and exports account for only 10% of the output value. Asia is Japan's major export market for packaging machinery. Since the 1990s, Japan’s exports to China have increased significantly year after year. Since 1995, China has become Japan’s largest exporter of packaging machinery dryers.

Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and France are all important packaging machine manufacturers in the world. A common feature of European packaging machinery industry is that the export ratio (the ratio of exports to the output value) is very large, such as Germany and Italy nearly 80%, Switzerland more than 90%, and the Dutch export value is even greater than the output value, because the Netherlands is very European Important trade re-exports.

Germany's packaging machinery has a leading position in measurement, manufacturing, and technical performance. In particular, beer and beverage filling equipment have high-speed, complete sets, high degree of automation, and good reliability, and are well-known throughout the world. Some large companies produce packaging machine collector-electric-instrument and microcomputer control in one, using photoelectric induction, cursor control, and equipped with anti-static devices. Its large-scale automatic packaging machine not only has a large volume of packaging, but also processes such as bagging, weighing, filling, vacuuming, and sealing can be completed on a single machine. The German packaging machinery industry has been in a stable growth state for many years, and its export ratio accounts for about 80%. Germany is the world's largest exporter of packaging machinery.

Italy is the second largest exporter of packaging machinery after Germany. Italy's packaging machinery is mostly used in the food industry. It has the characteristics of excellent performance, elegant appearance and low price. The export ratio accounts for about 80%. The United States is its largest export market. Since the 90s of last century, Italy's export of packaging machinery to China has grown rapidly. In 1995, it ranked the second in the list of Italian exports.