Forecast and Analysis of Future Development Trends in the Packaging Machinery Industry

To meet the rapidly developing needs of the food, pharmaceutical, and other related industries and participate in international competition, my country's packaging machinery industry must break away from its fragmented and small-scale structure and continuously advance towards high-precision and cutting-edge technologies. With technological advancements, the future packaging industry will align with the trend of industrial automation, developing in several directions: diversified mechanical functions, standardized and modular structural design, intelligent control, and high-precision structures.

With market changes, the domestic packaging machinery industry is also constantly growing, and domestic packaging machinery manufacturers are developing packaging equipment that is fast, energy-efficient, and low-cost. Currently, domestic packaging machinery manufacturers are committed to researching high-tech, high-quality production of servo labeling machines, and reliable service. In the future, with the support of relevant industry policies and the development of related industries, the growth rate of the packaging machinery manufacturing industry is expected to remain above 18%, and by 2015, the market size of the industry (enterprises above a certain scale) will reach nearly 45 billion yuan.

Packaging machinery refers to machinery capable of completing all or part of the packaging process for products and commodities. Using machinery to package products can improve productivity, reduce labor intensity, meet the needs of large-scale production, and satisfy hygiene requirements. my country's packaging machinery industry started relatively late, and a complete industrial system had not yet been formed by 1990. After the Ninth Five-Year Plan, my country's packaging machinery industry developed rapidly, with an average annual growth rate of over 30%, and continued to grow at a rate of around 20% after 2000.

After more than 20 years of development, my country's packaging machinery industry has become one of the top ten industries in the machinery industry, achieving remarkable results in both output and value.

A manufacturer of woven bag cutting, sewing, and printing integrated machines tells you: China has become the world's largest producer and exporter of goods. At the same time, global attention is focused on China's rapidly developing, large-scale, and high-potential packaging market. In 2010, the packaging machinery manufacturing industry had 343 enterprises above a certain scale (annual sales revenue exceeding 5 million yuan), employing 39,400 people, with total assets of 18.974 billion yuan, sales revenue of 17.705 billion yuan, and total profits of 1.185 billion yuan.

Despite the promising prospects of the domestic packaging machinery market, problems such as poor single-machine automation, low stability and reliability, unattractive appearance, and short lifespan have led to widespread criticism of domestic packaging machinery products. Furthermore, the research and development of most of my country's more technologically advanced packaging machinery is still in the imitation stage, with very limited independent development capabilities.

As a result, many large foreign companies have introduced their technologies and components to China for local processing, thereby reducing costs. This has enabled them to not only seize market share but also engage in fierce competition with domestic companies in the low-to-mid-end market.