The development trend of packaging industry

With the development of economy and the improvement of people's living standards, the packaging of goods becomes more and more important. The development of the contemporary packaging industry is unusually rapid. According to statistics, the scale of the global consumer market for packaging materials and containers reached approximately US$600 billion in 2000. The amount of packaging materials and containers consumed in the United States exceeded US$221.2 billion, ahead of other countries. Germany's packaging consumer market is second only to the United States and Japan, and is the largest and the world's third largest packaging consumer in Western Europe.
One of the most important aspects of the development trend of the packaging industry today is the internationalization of the packaging market. At present, the development trend of the world packaging industry is mainly reflected in the following aspects:
1. Packaging production tends to diversify The packaging industry is rapidly adapting to changes in consumer demand, and production tends to diversify. Taking the food industry as an example, due to the fact that today's American consumer demand for food has changed in many directions, diversification, and specialization, the food processing industry has already invested its expenses in developing packaging lines that are more flexible and mobile. In the past, it usually takes 2-3 years to develop a new packaging product, and now it takes only half a year to get a new product to market. This fully shows that the U.S. packaging industry is developing new varieties and new products at a fast pace and with a short period of time. At the same time, the American packaging industry is committed to providing consumers with more convenient packaging. According to the US Census Bureau, the United States will enter an aging society by 2025, and the US packaging industry will fully consider the potential demand of elderly consumers for packaging products. Adapt to the product packaging of future aging social characteristics, such as zipper-style cover, easy-to-open metal top cover, two-finger pull ring and so on.
2. Packaging tends to be used to ensure the safety of consumers. Packaging tends to be used by a variety of products. The most notable is the anti-theft opening seal packaging. The US pharmaceutical industry first adopted the anti-theft seal opening packaging. In recent years, the diversification of drugs has made it more secure. Kaifeng mouth packaging increased unabated. This kind of safe packaging that ensures product quality has now been applied to the food processing industry.
3. The packaging tends to use a large number of multi-functional information labeling systems to meet the needs of the U.S. government and consumers. The packaging industry in the United States tends to use a large number of information labeling systems. As the government requires packaging products labeled with nutrients, instructions for use, and barcodes, the labeling system will be promoted toward multi-purpose information.
4. The development of packaging equipment has led to a multi-purpose, high-efficiency development. Various types of information indicate that packaging machinery manufacturers are paying more and more attention to the development of faster, lower-cost packaging equipment. The future development trend is that the equipment will be smaller, more flexible and mobile, and tend to be more Multi-purpose, high efficiency. 74% of manufacturers believe that this trend is beneficial to save time and reduce costs, because the packaging industry is pursuing a combination, simplicity, and portable packaging equipment. In the automation of packaging machinery, automated operating procedures have been applied to more advanced packaging systems.
For example, the application of PLG equipment and data collection system represents the trend of advanced packaging systems and the application of automatic inspection systems. To ensure a high level of productivity, an efficient automation system is essential. In order to reduce the total cost of packaging materials and packaging systems, the packaging industry uses lighter materials to reduce shipping costs. Specially designed components and systems are used to reduce production time, while providing suppliers with multiple materials to minimize the use of materials. The goal of packaging operations is hard. The packaging industry is looking at how to reduce the packaging waste and manpower needed in the operation process and how to reduce inventory and handling costs from the distribution system.
5. Packaging design develops in line with international standards. U.S. companies are committed to seeking product packaging that is unique to the global market in terms of packaging materials, equipment, and sales. In order to compete in the global market, packaging manufacturers are working to develop a policy that will meet the trends of international standards that designers emphasize.