According to analysis, since the successful application of polyester and polyethylene plastic films in commodity packaging in 1950, vacuum packaging machines have experienced rapid development. Although there is a significant gap between China and the United States and Japan, the development process of their packaging industry is still worth learning from.
The market research and analysis report of the packaging machine industry shows that the international packaging machinery market is highly competitive, and the overall trend of packaging machinery development is towards high speed and quality. The development focus is on low energy consumption, light weight, compact structure, small footprint, high efficiency, and the appearance is suitable for the environment and the needs of operators and environmental protection. In addition, new materials such as alloy materials, polymer materials, composite materials, and inorganic non-metallic materials are also constantly being promoted and applied. From the current development trend, the integration, intelligence, and networking of food packaging machinery will become the mainstream of future development.
Since the successful application of polyester and polyethylene plastic films in commodity packaging in 1950, vacuum packaging machines have experienced rapid development. The United States is a country with a long history of packaging machinery development in the world. It has already formed an independent and complete packaging machinery system, with its variety and production ranking first in the world.
The automation operation program in the United States has been applied to more advanced packaging, and American companies are committed to seeking favorable packaging with unique characteristics for the global market from packaging materials, equipment, sales, and other aspects. They are entering a new world of packaging with mechatronics integration, laser scanning, radio frequency emission, nanotechnology, and system simplification.
For the producing country Japan, although it started relatively late, its packaging equipment has gone through a research process of introduction, digestion, and development. While absorbing the strengths of foreign countries, Japan has also made improvements. Japan's packaging machinery manufacturing plants are mainly small and medium-sized enterprises, focusing on two core technologies: first, applying computer technology to the packaging field, and second, developing advanced packaging machinery.
After the production of packaging machinery and equipment in Japan, while conducting standard inspections on production products, it also conducts inspections on the safety, hygiene, and energy efficiency of packaging machinery.
Compared with the United States and Japan, domestic packaging machinery mainly lags behind in terms of control technology and product quality in terms of technology. The updating speed of domestic packaging machinery technology is slow, and the promotion scope of new technologies, materials, and processes is narrow. From the overall development level of the domestic packaging machinery industry, there is a significant gap compared to developed countries. From the perspective of packaging machinery products, domestic packaging machinery equipment lacks high-precision and large-scale packaging machinery products, with low technical equipment level, outdated equipment, low efficiency, and poor accuracy. These disadvantages make domestic packaging machinery enterprises lack competitiveness in international shopping malls.
From Japan's experience in the rise of packaging machinery, it can be seen that Japan has adopted new technologies in other fields and thus created a new situation. The successful experience of foreign packaging machinery shows that if the investment for research and development accounts for 1% of the sales revenue, the enterprise is difficult to survive. If it accounts for 2%, it can barely be maintained, and if it accounts for 5%, it can be competitive.
In order for domestic packaging machinery enterprises to have new development, they must actively introduce talents, increase research funding, and produce marketable products. At present, the rapid development of domestic packaging machinery mainly relies on the huge market demand in China. If domestic packaging machinery enterprises want to have a more long-term development, they must base themselves on the present and solve the problems of outdated technology and insufficient funds.
