Plastic packaging market presents five trends

Because of the vast differences in the nature of food products, there are different results when choosing packaging materials. This has also led to the ever-increasing variety of packaging materials involved in the food packaging industry. Although plastic packaging materials have yet to achieve environmental goals, it is still the most common part of the food packaging industry. According to analysis, the plastic packaging material market will show the following trends in the future.

Lightweight packaging

Lightweighting is currently a common industry vocabulary used to describe the practice of weight reduction on packaging by using less material to produce. Lightweight materials are increasingly favored in the packaging field, and almost every plastic package emphasizes this in appearance and structure. Reducing the weight and thickness of packaging materials poses many challenges. After lightweight packaging, it is necessary to maintain the original packaging performance and functionality. This is a major challenge for the production technology of lightweight packaging materials. In the past few years, through a series of material innovations and technological advancements, great progress has been made in packaging lightweighting.

Functional film

In recent years, the plastic film market is showing strong momentum, showing a clear increase over the traditional packaging materials such as paper packaging, cardboard, and aluminum foil. At the same time, the packaging film is even more functional at the same time as it is being thinned, which has contributed to a higher rate of growth in this market. In such a rapidly developing market, more and more companies will invest in the upsurge of functional films in the future, which can accelerate technological innovation and promote the emergence of new products.

Bioplastics

As we all know, oil is a non-renewable and scarce resource. The imbalance in the reserves of petroleum resources in various countries and the predatory exploitation of it by developed countries have become an important factor that causes the turbulence in the world situation. Therefore, the development of biodegradable materials and reducing the consumption of petrochemical resources have gradually become the consensus of all countries in the world, especially the developed countries. In recent years, related technologies have developed very rapidly and more and more bioplastics have appeared in the packaging field.

In-mold labeling

In-mold labeling technology has been introduced into China's plastic packaging market as early as more than 10 years ago, and has caused a stir in the industry. However, due to the constraints of various factors, it has not been able to achieve breakthrough development in the country afterwards, and its market share is still small. Fortunately, the domestic in-mold labeling packaging market, which has been covered by rigid ice for many years in the past two years, has begun to rejuvenate, setting off a small upsurge in the plastic packaging market. Especially in the field of FMCG packaging, under the pressure of rising labor costs, the number of fast-moving consumer goods companies that have inspected and adopted in-mold labeling packaging technology in the market is not small.

Convenient packaging

In the past, packaging had done its homework in terms of shelf-display strength, protection, and convenience of transportation, but it was still inadequate in terms of convenience of packaging. Today, with the improvement of living standards and the accelerating pace of society, consumer demand for packaging continues to increase, which in turn promotes innovation and development of packaging in terms of convenience. In the past, many plastic packages had to be opened with the aid of teeth or scissors. Now most of these packages have a more convenient and quick way to open.