China's food processing promotes the development of packaging machinery industry

In the past 20 years, the food processing industry, which is characterized by a large number of transformed agricultural products, has been developing at an alarming rate. It has become one of the fastest growing industries in China's economy. From the early 1980s to the present, the average annual growth rate of the food industry in China has reached 13-14%. The agricultural product processing industry, which is mainly based on the food industry, has become the newest economic growth point in China's rural economy with the fastest development speed and the most extensive coverage. Among them, the growth of nutritious health foods, edible vegetable oil processing, liquid milk and dairy products manufacturing, processing of vegetables and fruits, manufacture of starch and starchy foods, and emerging food industries such as convenience foods, frozen foods, and conditioning foods have increased rapidly. At present, China's total production of cereals, meat, oil, vegetables, fruits, and aquatic products has leapt to the top in the world.

China's current total grain output is about 500 million tons, meat is more than 70 million tons, milk is more than 22 million tons, fruit is more than 73 million tons, and vegetables are about 500 million tons. It ranks in the forefront in the world. The processing of more than a billion tons of agricultural products will bring unlimited potential economic benefits, and at the same time it will provide a very broad use of packaging industry.

The developed countries in the world have placed the processing industry of agricultural products on the top of the agricultural economy, and have attached great importance to the development of agricultural products processing and in-depth utilization technologies, that is, how to achieve a large number of agricultural product transformation through intensive processing and improve the utilization and economic value. This is the key to developing the national economy, improving the agricultural economy, and solving the rural problems. For example, in the total agricultural investment in the United States, the cost for pre-production and production is only 30%, and 70% of the funds are spent on post-production processing.

The ratio of the total output value of agricultural products processing industry to the total agricultural output value in China reached 1.2/1, that is, the total output value of the agricultural product processing industry has exceeded the total agricultural output value, a large number of agricultural products have been transformed, and the production, operation, and income of farmers have been driven in a wide range, which has promoted China’s The transformation of traditional agriculture into modern agriculture has transformed from quantitative agriculture to quality and profitable agriculture, and has produced a 1/1.5–2 leading role in the related industries such as packaging, transportation, commerce, and machinery manufacturing.

The agricultural product processing industry first provides a broad space for the development of the packaging industry. Any processed food can not be separated from packaging, including sales packaging and transport packaging. Our random selection of an agricultural product can explain the problem, such as canned fruit. Canned fruit is the second most popular canned product in China's canned industry. Its current annual output is 1.2 million tons, with about 600,000 tons of exports, accounting for about one-sixth of the global market, and exports worth 400 million U.S. dollars. Both domestic and foreign markets have huge business opportunities. Taking China’s domestic sales market with more than one billion consumer groups as an example, the annual sales of 600,000 tons of canned fruits are obviously far from meeting demand. Due to the superior quality of canned fruits in China, the market is very popular in the international market. There are market spaces for oranges, peaches, pineapples, pears, litchi, etc., but some of them are due to packaging problems affecting production and sales. As for the aseptic packaging products for beverages, in developed countries, such packaging accounts for more than 65% of beverage packaging, and it grows at a rate of 5-10% per year. Some countries consume more than 100 packs per person per year, and the world average is 20 packs. However, the per capita annual consumption in China is only 1 pack. Aseptic packaging has a broad development prospect in China. All in all, the importance of the development opportunities and space provided by the agro-processing industry for the packaging industry cannot be overstated.

First and foremost, it is packaging machinery. China's food packaging machinery industry started in the early 1980s. Since its establishment, there are nearly 6,000 food and packaging machinery manufacturers in China, but about 2,000 of them are not stable enough. Nearly 15% of companies turn or close down each year. About the same number of new companies enter the industry. On the one hand, it illustrates the fierce competition in this industry. On the other hand, it shows the attractiveness and vitality of the industry, and everyone's preference for the future. In this industry, only a dozen or more companies have annual sales of more than 100 million yuan, and 50 companies have annual sales of more than 30 million yuan. 75% of the industry’s export products are produced by these 50 companies. This shows that large enterprises have a relatively high level of technology and production capacity, and they have an absolute advantage in market competition.

Now, packaging machinery has become one of the top ten industries in China's machinery industry. China's food packaging machinery and equipment are not only on the scale, but are also accelerating the advancement of electro-opto-mechanical integration and automation. Great progress has been made in filling equipment, packaging equipment, and packaging material production equipment. 48,000 bottles/hour beer filling production line runs steadily; gas-free beverage and plastic bottle filling production line reaches 36,000 bottles/hour; aseptic cold filling production line comes out; 180,000 packets/shift instant noodle production line goes into production; The 7-layer corrugated cardboard production line with a width of 2500mm and a speed of 180m/min runs smoothly; the world's widest 6m laminating machine plus a bonding machine can work together to form a 18m wide compound film production line; the 20m folding path Film blowing machines have already been used; industrial robots have been used in packaging lines in certain fields; high-speed 6-color gravure printing machines, double bottle blowing machines, multi-layer co-extrusion equipment, and freeze-drying equipment have reached the 20th century in developed countries. The level of the early 90s. However, the export value of packaging machinery in China is still less than 5% of the total output value, but the import amount is roughly the same as the total output value. This shows that China's demand for packaging machinery gap is very large, compared with foreign products, domestic packaging machinery, the gap between the level of science and technology is still relatively large, far from meeting domestic demand.

From a product structure point of view, there are about 1,300 varieties of packaging machinery in China, lack of high-tech, high-precision, high-quality accessory products, low product performance, poor stability and reliability, short life, rough surface treatment, and unattractive appearance; In terms of business status, there are few leading enterprises in the domestic packaging machinery industry, and there are not many companies with high technological level, large production scale, and product quality that meets international standards. From the perspective of scientific research product development, they still remain at the test imitation stage, and their self-development ability is not strong. With less investment in scientific research, funds only account for 1% of sales, while developed countries have 8% to 10%.

The overall technological level of packaging machinery in China is about 20 years behind that of advanced countries, and it is at a disadvantage in terms of product development, scientific and technological content, performance, quality and reliability, and must catch up.

As a large agricultural country, the deep processing of agricultural products in China is widely spread. The demand for packaging machinery is bound to promote the development of packaging machinery in China. According to relevant data, in 2005 China's packaging machinery production was 670,000 units (sets), and by 2010 it will increase to 930,000 units (sets). The global demand for packaging machinery is expected to grow at an annual rate of 5.3%, with a total value of 29 billion U.S. dollars in 2005. China has become one of the top five manufacturers of packaging machinery in the world, the United States, Japan, Germany, Italy and China. This is the order in turn. At the same time, China has become the sixth largest market for packaging machinery in the United States after Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Since the 1990s, the export volume of Japanese packaging machinery to China has increased substantially year after year. Since 1995, China has become Japan's largest exporter of packaging machinery.

From the above situation, we can see that China's agricultural products deep-processing industry is not only eager for the quantity of packaging machinery, but also pays more attention to the level of technology, performance and quality. This pointed out a clear road for the development of China's packaging machinery industry. The “2006-2016 National Outline for Science and Technology Development in the Food Industry” recently released by the China Food Industry Association proposed that priority be given to the development of 10 kinds of packaging machinery products. In terms of actual conditions and needs of these 10 products, priority should be given to complete sets of equipment for beer and beverage filling. It is necessary to develop production lines that are suitable for production capacity of 100,000 tons/year or more, to overcome the technical difficulties of labeling machines, and to develop It is a multifunctional, fully automatic large-scale equipment with features such as high speed, low energy consumption, accurate measurement, and automatic monitoring; bag forming and filling and sealing equipment, it is necessary to develop serialized products and supporting devices to increase the packaging speed, and it can be applied to single films and Double film packaging machine; Aseptic packaging equipment, development of cup-type aseptic packaging machinery, to fill the gaps in the country; Packing, loading equipment, should focus on the development of packing and other forms of packaging equipment, small items Box equipment, to increase the speed and reliability of the work, and simplify the structure.

The future of China's food processing industry is bright, and packaging machinery manufacturing has a long way to go. The vast majority of scientific and technological workers in the packaging machinery industry in China must dare to innovate, be good at learning, adhere to scientific and technological advancement, and research and develop high-automatic, high-speed, high-efficiency packaging machinery that is urgently needed by China's food processing industry to suit China's national conditions. The rapid development of the packaging machinery industry has made the world awesome!