Industry trends in flexible packaging, what is flexible packaging

Printing inks for flexible packaging refer to process inks that use printing machines to print on "soft" packaging materials such as plastic films, woven bags, aluminum foil and roll wrapping paper. According to the different types of printing, it can be divided into gravure ink, letterpress ink and flexographic ink; According to the different main components of ink, it can be divided into solvent-based ink, alcohol-soluble ink and water-based ink; According to the different surfaces of the printed objects, it can be divided into surface printing ink and lining printing ink.

Before choosing ink, we should first determine the type of printing substrate of the ink, even if it is the same type of material, we should also understand in detail the material composition, manufacturer, grade, additives, pretreatment process, etc., and then select the appropriate ink type according to the above characteristics. When choosing inks, you should also pay attention to the following four influencing factors:

1.Printing conditions.

Including printing speed, the capacity of drying equipment, the shape and number of lines of the printing plate, the number of printing colors and printing sequence, and the temperature and humidity conditions of the printing workshop. The drying of ink is the most important link that affects the printing quality, and the drying speed is affected by various factors such as the printing machine and the environment, which is the main factor leading to the instability of the printing effect and the defects of printing quality.

2.Printing effect.

Including the color of printing, the saturation of the hue, transparency, gloss, surface printing or inner printing, whether there is additional printing glossy surface, etc. The printing effect is directly related to the dispersion degree of pigment particles in the ink, when the pigment particles are reduced, its color intensity will increase rapidly, that is, it can achieve better gloss and transparency. In order to prevent the agglomeration of organic pigments, a suitable dispersant needs to be added to them.

3.Processing conditions.

Most of the printed matter becomes a finished product after a processing, and for this processing condition, it is necessary to judge whether it is suitable for the characteristics of the ink, which is also an important part of ensuring product quality. Especially in the subsequent lamination process, the compatibility with the adhesive, the composite strength, and the heat sealing strength are closely related to the type of ink and the resin binder in it, and it is necessary to conduct experiments and investigations in advance.

Before printing, you should also know the final use and use status of the product, and special attention should be paid to it. For example, the packaging of daily chemical products must have a certain acid and alkali resistance, the oil resistance of oily food packaging, the low temperature resistance of frozen packaging, etc., for some special packaging that requires high temperature cooking, not only the binding resin of the ink must have high temperature resistance, but also the pigments in the ink also need good resistance to high temperature decomposition. For the packaging with special requirements, sufficient tests should be carried out after full consultation with the customer, otherwise it is easy to produce quality problems.

China's packaging industry has experienced a stage of rapid development, and now has established a considerable production scale, which has become an important part of China's manufacturing field. At present, China has also become the world's fastest-growing, largest and most potential packaging market in the world. With the transfer of the center of the world's processing and manufacturing industry to China, the development process of China's packaging industry presents the following characteristics:

(1) The technical barriers of the industry are low, the specificity differences between products are small, and the market competition is relatively sufficient. China's packaging industry is completely liberalized, belongs to the most encouraged investment industry, less restrictive measures, capital in and out of relatively easy. The market competition is fierce, the scale of enterprises varies greatly, and the industry concentration is very low.

(2) Packaging enterprises are mainly concentrated in large and medium-sized cities and economically developed areas along the eastern coast; Multinational companies have also set up factories in developed regions, and then gradually extended to the mainland. The degree of development of a region's packaging industry is directly related to the economic development of the region, because the packaging industry serves other manufacturing industries and is largely dependent on the development of other industries.

(3) There are few technical personnel and insufficient innovation ability. Packaging enterprises need to increase investment in technological transformation in advance, encourage innovation, integrate multiple funds, expand the scale of production, improve production concentration, and carry out the necessary technological transformation of circular production and cleaner production, so as to meet the needs of macro-control of the national scientific outlook on development and improve market competitiveness, which should be the top priority of China's packaging industry.

(4) The means of competition are mainly based on first-class competition, and the competition between brands is not obvious. Due to the small difference in the quality of packaging products, with the improvement of the degree of segmentation of the packaging market, the focus of market competition is brand competition, and it is carried out in the way of the first battle, but there is a lack of leading brands with absolute advantages.

The number of enterprises in the industry has grown steadily

From 2015 to 2019, the number of enterprises above designated size in China's packaging industry (all industrial legal person enterprises with annual main business income of 20 million yuan or more) showed a steady upward trend. This reflects the gradual increase in industry entrants, increasing market competition and profits. According to the statistics of the China Packaging Federation, the number of enterprises above designated size in China's packaging industry reached 7,916 in 2019.

Consumption has become the number one driver of China's economic growth. The situation at home and abroad is closely related to the packaging industry, the current steady development of China's first situation, the future prospects of China's packaging industry will remain prosperous.

The above data is **Prospective Industry Research InstituteAnalysis report on market prospect and investment strategic planning of China's packaging industry

Packaging machinery refers to the machinery that can complete all or part of the product and commodity packaging process, and the use of machinery to package products can improve productivity, reduce labor intensity, adapt to the needs of large-scale production and meet the requirements of cleanliness and hygiene. China's packaging machinery started late, in 1990 has not yet formed a complete industrial system, after the "Ninth Five-Year Plan", China's packaging machinery has developed rapidly, with an average annual growth rate of more than 30%, after entering 2000, it is still growing at a rate of about 20%.

After more than 20 years of development, China's packaging machinery has become one of the top ten industries in the machinery industry, both in terms of output and output value, have made remarkable achievements.

According to the "2014-2018 China Packaging Machinery Manufacturing Industry Market Research and Investment Analysis Report" released by the Prospective Industry Research Institute, China has become the world's largest commodity producer and exporter, and at the same time, the world's attention is also focused on the fastest-growing, largest and most potential Chinese packaging market. In 2010, the packaging machinery manufacturing industry has 343 enterprises above designated size (annual sales revenue of more than 5 million yuan), 10,000 employees, total assets of 100 million yuan, sales revenue of 100 million yuan, and total profit of 100 million yuan.

Although the domestic packaging machinery market has broad prospects, problems such as stand-alone automation, poor stability and reliability, unattractive appearance, and short life have also made domestic packaging machinery products criticized. At the same time, the research and development of most of China's more technologically advanced packaging machinery is still in the imitation stage, and the ability to develop independently is very limited.

To this end, many large foreign enterprises have introduced their own technologies and components into China and processed them locally, thereby reducing costs, not only seizing market share in the high-end market, but also competing fiercely with domestic enterprises in the low-end market.

In order to meet the needs of the rapid development of food, pharmaceutical and other related industries, and actively participate in international competition, China's packaging machinery must break the "small and scattered" industry situation and continue to move forward in the direction of "high-precision". With the development of science and technology, the packaging industry will cooperate with the trend of industrial automation in the future, and develop in several directions in terms of technological development, such as diversification of mechanical functions, standardization of structural design, modularization, intelligent control, and high-precision structure.

According to the analysis of the research group of the packaging machinery manufacturing industry of the prospective network, with the changes in the market, the domestic packaging machinery is also growing, and the domestic packaging machinery manufacturers are developing in the direction of developing fast, low energy consumption and low-cost packaging equipment. At present, domestic packaging machinery manufacturers are committed to researching high-tech, servo labeling machines, high-quality production and reliable service. In the future, with the support of relevant policies in the industry 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 designated size) will be nearly 45 billion yuan.

In the long run, with the rapid development of modern commerce and logistics industry, the demand of the global packaging industry has grown steadily. In the packaging industry, paper packaging is becoming more and more widely used because of its good physical and mechanical properties, decoration and printing adaptability, economic practicability and environmental protection.

China's packaging industry has a large social demand and increasing scientific and technological content, and has become one of the important industries in China's national economy. According to **, from 2011 to 2015, the total output value of the packaging industry can reach 600 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 6%. By 2015, paper packaging products can reach 36 million tons.

By 2020, China's packaging industry will meet the needs of building a well-off society in an all-round way, and build a new type of China's packaging industry with high scientific and technological content, good economic benefits, low resource consumption, less environmental pollution, and full play of human resource advantages. The packaging industry has become a "sunrise" industry with great development potential.

If there is a product, it needs to be packaged, and the packaging is known as the sunset that never lags behind. Among them, environmentally friendly packaging will have a market of 200 billion US dollars in 2025. Packaging is a silent salesman, with data showing that two-thirds (66%) of consumers in the EU and the US are willing to pay a premium for sustainable products.

Making environmentally friendly packaging materials is a trend in the context of environmental protection and sustainability, and it is also a responsibility. Everyone has the responsibility to protect the earth, and enterprises can find an environmentally friendly packaging company based on environmentally friendly packaging materials that can provide a complete set of innovative and comprehensive packaging solutions.

Prospective network summary: Benefiting from the continuous increase in the volume of high-end goods, the demand for color box packaging in China and even in the world is huge. However, the high degree of labor dependence in the color box packaging industry and the lack of high-end packaging talents have indeed hindered the development of color box packaging in China.

According to the "Prospect of China's Paper Product Packaging Industry Production and Marketing Demand and Investment Analysis Report" released by the Prospective Industry Research Institute, the ratio of the number of employees required by color box packaging enterprises and corrugated box enterprises of the same size is between 2:1 and 3:1, which shows the dependence of color box packaging on labor.

Although the degree of automation in the color box packaging industry is constantly improving, due to the high demand for personalized customization of high-end customers, there are also unavoidable drawbacks in machine production, such as the high scrap rate of automatic folding folder-gluers. These drawbacks need to be made up for by sophisticated design and skilled labor, which also virtually forms the soft power threshold of the color box packaging industry.

The prospects of the packaging industry are not bad.

Nowadays, people pay great attention to home decoration. According to the survey, the soft furniture packaging on the market is very popular with consumers, and many owners who do not have the time and energy to choose a good decoration and repair, the materials and parties required for decoration, as well as the decoration construction team are contracted by the decoration company. There must still be people who don't know what soft material packaging is.

Then let's introduce it to youFlexible packaging materials, flexible packaging background wall.

1. Flexible packaging materials.

1. The content of the material part: the common main material material contains five main materials, namely doors and door sets, cabinets, sanitary ware, flooring, floor tiles, and the foundation installation fee includes the manual installation cost of the floor tiles, while the other main materials are mainly the main material providers for package installation.

2. Soft decoration part: soft decoration is the soft decoration accessories work that begins after the basic decoration and main material installation is completed, including Shenlu with wallpaper, decals, curtains, fabrics, decorations, etc., furniture and household appliances also belong to the category of soft decoration, but furniture and household appliances account for a large proportion. However, many all-inclusive renovations do not include furniture.

3. There are very few decoration companies for household appliances, including televisions, refrigerators, washing machines, kitchen and bathroom stoves, air conditioners, lamps, bath bombs, microwave ovens, ovens, computers, speakers, etc.

2. Flexible packaging background wall.

1. If you use the direct paving method to make it, you should first do the wall fine wood decoration, brush the frame paint after completion, and then paste the fabric after this amount is done. If you use the prefabricated paving inlay method, you can do the work of fabric pasting first. According to the design drawings and modeling requirements, paste the filler first, and then fix the filling cushion on the prefabricated paving inlay baseplate, and then put the fabric up and down according to the positioning mark, and then paste the fabric.

2. After brushing the paint, the prefabrication of the prefabricated paving inlaid decorative board is also installed, and after the trial spelling to meet the design requirements, it can be fixed and decorated with the base layer, and then brushed with edge paint.

3. If the wall installation is placed at a later stage, then it is relatively simple to trim the soft package. If you do the wall installation first, because the finished protective film has been added, it will become more difficult to trim. At this time, it is necessary to do dust cleaning, nail holes and glue marks of the protective film.

The above article is to introduce to you the flexible packaging materials and flexible packaging background wall. I believe that after reading it, you have also learned that all the knowledge of soft packaging background wall manufacturers and soft packaging background wall production methods, in fact, flexible packaging and hard packaging are the same. Your reading is the driving force.