According to the 2016-2021 market competitiveness survey and investment outlook forecast report of the cardboard packaging machine industry, the global demand for corrugated cardboard boxes will grow at a rate of 4.2%, and is expected to reach 234 billion square meters by 2017. Nearly half of the growth in cardboard box demand comes from the rapidly developing Chinese market. China, with its scale and high growth rate, will continue to maintain its dominant position in the global corrugated packaging market.
The strong market demand for cardboard packaging has gradually shifted people's attention to the cardboard packaging printing machine industry.
In fact, the application of modern technology in the packaging field has simplified more packaging processes and made them more scientific and reasonable. The extrusion, hot pressing, stamping and other molding processes used in plastic packaging in the past have gradually been applied to the molding of cardboard packaging, making the application of paper packaging more widespread. However, the technical level of China's cardboard packaging machinery is currently about 20 years behind that of advanced foreign countries, and it is at a clear disadvantage in competition in product development, performance, quality, reliability, and service.
Looking at the development of paper packaging printing technology, there are several new characteristics: the development of single-layer materials towards multi-layer materials; Various printing methods such as offset printing, gravure printing, flexographic printing, and screen printing coexist, among which flexographic printing will grow the fastest; Developing from single sheet paper to roll paper and from single machine to online production, achieving complete equipment supply; The comprehensive application of various related new technologies continuously optimizes the entire production system; More and more constrained by increasingly strict environmental and hygiene standards.
The technical level of China's cardboard packaging machinery is currently about 20 years behind that of advanced foreign countries, and it is at a clear disadvantage in competition in product development, performance, quality, reliability, and service.
Among them, higher requirements are put forward for the integration and efficiency of cardboard packaging production machinery, which means more integrated machines are needed. At present, the cardboard box machinery equipment in China is relatively scattered, and there are not many devices with integrated functions. Packaging machinery refers to machinery that can complete all or part of the product and commodity packaging process. The use of mechanical packaging products has many advantages, not only improving productivity and reducing labor intensity, but also adapting to the needs of large-scale production and meeting the requirements of cleanliness and hygiene. From this perspective, the development prospects of packaging machinery are very broad, but if we cannot master high-end core technologies, we can only earn money and work for others.
The post-processing technology of packaging has become more scientific and applicable, resulting in significant changes in the performance and effectiveness of packaging. For example, in the past, the waxing and film coating processes in packaging surface treatment have gradually been replaced by surface gluing (spray coating), and the anti-counterfeiting packaging production process has shifted from local printing or production to overall large-area printing and production of anti-counterfeiting.
The role of motion control products and technologies in packaging machinery is mainly to achieve precise position control and strict speed synchronization requirements, mainly used for loading and unloading, conveying, marking, stacking, unloading and other processes. So it can be clearly stated that motion control technology is one of the key factors distinguishing high, medium, and low-end packaging machinery. This packaging machinery