Indispensable plastic packaging in the liquid food industry

It is not difficult to think of the food industry when it comes to plastic packaging. The demand for liquid foods in plastic packaging occupies a very large proportion. The speed of development of plastic packaging in the dairy industry exceeds that of the product itself. In the dairy industry, acidic milk beverages have maintained a high growth rate of more than 30% for three consecutive years in the Chinese dairy product market , and have become the category with the greatest potential for development in the dairy industry. Plastic bottle packaging is the fastest growing type of container used in acidic milk beverages, and its growth rate even exceeds the growth rate of the product. Below 220ml of small packaged HDPE plastic bottle acidic milk drinks, its core consumer group is children. After more than ten years of development, the market base for small-packed HDPE plastic bottles of acidic milk beverages is solid and stable, and it is developing rapidly. HDPE plastic bottles have become the absolute dominant form of children's acidic milk beverages, with a market share of up to 94%.

The large-packaged acidic milk beverages larger than 350 ml are new products that have appeared on the market in the past two years. Their market share has rapidly increased and the target customers are young women aged 18-25 years. After several years of development, the scope of consumer groups of large-scale acidic milk beverages has been continuously expanding, and PET plastic bottles have also become the dominant packaging form for large-package milk beverages.

Plastic packaging in the beverage industry cannot be replaced

After several years of painstaking efforts, tea beverages, fruit juice beverages and functional beverages have become stable and mature products in the beverage market. Now, high-speed medium-temperature hot filling technology has provided the best solution for many beverage companies, satisfying both The growth rate and safety of the products have also reduced the cost of packaging materials and operating costs for beverage companies.

The lightening of the daily chemical industry has promoted the rapid growth of plastic packaging

Many plastic container suppliers said that a large number of daily chemical companies have shown great concern for lightweighting, especially for mass personal care products such as skin care products in plastic bottles or plastic cans. In general, plastic bottles or plastic cans are easier to achieve than lightweight injection molded containers.

Lightweight plastic packaging can ease people's concerns about environmental protection and sustainable development. More and more people choose products with better packaging, faster production speeds, stronger packaging, and reduced weight. Today's companies sell products in large quantities. At the same time, a small reduction in the amount of resin used on each package can bring considerable economic benefits to the company. In particular, under the premise that the price of resin materials has never been raised before, more and more companies are increasingly sending lightweight packages. interest.

Plastic packaging applications continue to expand, and the market is rapidly expanding

According to the report of the Cleveland Industrial Market Research Corporation, the global demand for plastic bags will increase at an annual rate of 6.2%. By 2018, the total market demand will reach 37.3 billion U.S. dollars. The growth of this value is caused by the traditional consumer preferences of consumers and producers, and the market is more inclined to the traditional form of plastic packaging. This can be said to be a kind of market inertia.

In China and other developing countries where the market is rapidly expanding, the expansion of the scale of plastic packaging production and the continuous increase in market demand are complementary. The report shows that by 2018, the market in the Asia-Pacific region is expected to have the highest revenue. Among them, food packaging (especially beverage packaging) and pharmaceutical packaging will be the two main growth poles.

The continuous increase in the degree of portability and design of packaging has also promoted market demand: Taking the developed countries of Japan and South Korea as examples, the packaging consumer base has remained stable; in high-industrial regions, for example, in Central America and South America, packaging demand has continued to grow steadily; The most mature packaging market in North America and Western Europe, for example, the rising demand trend exceeds the expected rate; the most potential packaging markets that have to be mentioned include China, Thailand and India, and the strong demand has driven the productivity of the entire packaging market.

Plastic packaging is numerous and widely used. Because of its convenience, low cost, and other advantages, it is welcomed by the packaging market and will continue to play a very important role in the future for a long time. With the advocacy of environmental protection and other concepts, plastic packaging also needs to take measures to actively apply new technologies to improve and upgrade in order to achieve sustainable development.

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