2013年11月15日星期五

Analysis of Global Food Packaging Industry

Lifestyle Bring A Change in Packaging
Rising health awareness became a bigger factor in the choice of food and beverage products. More women in the workplace meant less time for cooking, which promoted greater demand for canned/preserved food, thus opening opportunities in this category for packaging formats such as metal and retort pouches. An example its expansion of stand-up pouches in the “home cooking series”. the demand for metal packaging is growing, too.

Packaging Developments Attract Consumers
Sophisticated and mature markets are fueling a need for added-value in terms of product packaging. Eco-friendly packaging is an example of this, and has become a key part of the purchasing decision. In addition, innovative packaging is another important strategy to compete in the market.

Lighter, Thinner and Environment Friendly Packaging
With the intent to meet consumer demand, fit products to the green and environmentally correct trend and save company resources, manufactures are investing in research and innovation in an effort to deliver metal, plastic and glass packaging that is lighter, thinner, environmentally friendly and easy to handle. They can reduce raw material and transportation costs and lower environmental impact.

Average Pack Sizes Shrink
As consumers continue to flock to urban areas, the overall sizes of their living areas have started to shrink. Therefore, smaller and easier-to-store products are in strong demand, and manufacturers are responding with smaller packaging. Small packs were favoured in some categories, such as baby food and beverages, where maintaining product freshness is of particular importance. due to busier lifestyles. Consumers increasingly demanded small and convenient-to-carry food and beverage products(Automatic Food Packaging Equipment), which contributed to the growing usage of small packs. In addition, these smaller packages carry a cheaper price point. With income rising in rural areas, marketers also looked to tap this segment and increasingly came out with flexible packs that were meant for one-time consumption targeted at rural households. That trend was more relevant for personal care product categories such as shampoo, sun care, etc

Food Security
For some years the packaging industry has been affected by environmental and sustainability concerns, and has already shown some changes. Which trends has brought with it two particular challenges. The first one mainly applies to food and beverage packaging and that is the need to provide better food hygiene and security. The second concerns the adverse publicity in the media indicating that elements such as Bisphenol A (BPA) are harmful for human beings, especially for children.

Food Packaging Machinery 
Currently almost all the food processing equipments show solicitude for the safety and hygiene problems when they are originally designed. The packing equipments used in food industry adopt advanced technology, using good quality stainless steel and realize high automation degree, the main types including: granular packing machine, powder packing machine, liquid packing machine, vacuum packing machine as well as full-automatic packing production line.

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