Plastic packaging materials market shows four major trends

1. Packing lightweight

Lightweight is a commonly used industrial term used to describe the practice of weight reduction of packaging by using less material to produce. Lightweight materials are increasingly favored in the packaging sector, and almost every plastic package emphasizes this in terms of shape and structure. Reducing the weight and thickness of packaging materials faces many challenges. The lightweight packaging needs to maintain the performance and functionality of the original packaging, which is a major test for the production technology of lightweight packaging materials. In the past few years, a series of material innovations and technological advances have made great progress in packaging lightweighting.

2. Functional film

In recent years, the plastic film market is gaining momentum, showing a clear trend than the traditional packaging materials, such as paper packaging, cardboard, aluminum foil and other markets. At the same time, the packaging film is thinner and more functional, driving the market to grow at a higher speed. In such a fast-growing market, more and more companies will invest in the functional film boom in the future, which will accelerate technological innovation and promote the emergence of new products.

3. Bioplastics

As is known to all, oil is a scarce resource that is not renewable. The imbalance of oil resources in various countries and the predatory exploitation of it by developed countries have become important factors that have caused turmoil in the world. Therefore, the development of biodegradable materials and the reduction of petrochemical resource consumption have gradually become the consensus of all countries in the world, especially developed countries. In recent years, related technologies have developed very rapidly, and more and more bioplastics have appeared in the packaging field.

4. In-mold labeling packaging

In-mold labeling technology has been introduced into China's plastic packaging market as early as 10 years ago, and has caused quite a stir in the industry. However, due to various factors, it has not been able to achieve breakthrough development in China, and its market share is still small. Fortunately, the domestic in-mold label packaging market, which has been covered by ice for many years, has begun to re-energize and set off a small climax in the plastic packaging market. Especially in the field of fast-moving consumer goods packaging, under the pressure of rising labor costs, the number of fast-moving consumer goods companies in the market and using in-mold labeling packaging technology is not rare.