Development trend of the hottest high-performance

High performance and environmental protection: the development trend of plastic flexible packaging

China's flexible plastic packaging industry accounts for nearly 30% of the output value of the packaging industry. At the press conference of "2007 International Rubber and plastic Exhibition" held in Beijing on January 31, Zeng Yanju, director of the information center of China National Packaging Import and Export Corporation, delivered a speech entitled "current situation and prospects of plastic flexible packaging in China", in which words such as "high performance" and "environmental protection" frequently appeared

high performance plastic flexible packaging is a hot spot of development

Zeng Yanju pointed out that in order to meet the requirements of the new era, plastic packaging materials are required to meet the increasing requirements of the market for packaging quality and quantity. She is particularly optimistic about the development of high barrier packaging materials, sterile packaging materials and nanocomposite packaging materials. The common ones are as follows: development prospects

high barrier coextrusion composite film can be rapidly developed and widely used because it can provide various solutions with the functions of quality assurance, freshness preservation, flavor preservation and shelf life extension. In addition to polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC), ethylene and vinyl alcohol copolymers (EVOH), which are widely used at present, the development of environmentally friendly materials in recent years will promote the development of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polyethylene terephthalate (pen), copolyamide (MXD6), silicon or aluminum oxide evaporation film (soft glass), nano inorganic materials, etc

Zeng Yanju believes that the market of sterile packaging materials will also be very broad. The biggest advantage of sterile packaging materials and technology is that under sterile conditions, no preservatives are removed from the oil collector, there is no need to refrigerate, and the original nutritional components and flavor of food can be retained to the greatest extent, which can greatly prolong the shelf life and facilitate storage and transportation. Therefore, the market is developing very rapidly and its use continues to expand, except in dairy products Fruit juice drinks account for a large proportion of extra, which will be further expanded to the field of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and condiments

nanocomposite packaging materials will be rapidly industrialized with the rapid development of nanotechnology. Because their wear resistance, hardness, strength, impermeability and plasticity are significantly enhanced and improved, they can be used not only outside food packaging, but also in special packaging, such as anti-static, anti electromagnetic, invisible, dangerous goods packaging, etc., and are suitable for heat-resistant packaging materials heated by electromagnetic ovens and microwave ovens, It will make great changes in traditional plastic packaging materials

in addition, Zeng Yanju pointed out that with the implementation of the environmental management standard ISO 14000 series, it has become a hot spot in the world. Among them, plastic packaging materials that are easy to recycle and reuse, such as pet and pen, biodegradable plastics in environmentally degradable plastics (EDP), have become a hot spot, and others, such as zero pollution foamed plastics, thin-walled bottles and bag packaging containers, have also attracted much attention

the method of calibrating the force value by connecting the standard sensor and the load sensor of the horizontal tensile testing machine with the plastic flexible connector in series. The environmental protection requirements of packaging are improved.

in addition to meeting the performance requirements, the development of plastic flexible packaging must take saving resources, easy recycling, easy disposal, easy environmental absorption or degradation after use as the starting point of technological development

Zeng Yanju mentioned in her speech that environmental protection and safety are the new themes of flexible packaging production. On the one hand, due to the successive introduction of relevant national regulations and standards for product testing, on the other hand, due to the improvement of environmental protection and safety requirements of users in various industries. Various industries have put forward some technological requirements for flexible packaging production. For example, 16% of food enterprises have strict requirements for flexible packaging through solvent residue control process; Secondly, it is required to pass the ink residue control, strictly deal with waste and defective products, GMP certification and QS certification; Some food enterprises strictly require that the packaging adopt solvent-free compounding, water-based ink and other environmental protection and safety processes. However, 23% of the surveyed users in the pharmaceutical industry require that the product packaging must pass the solvent residue control, and the users require that the products pass the GMP certification and QS compulsory certification. This shows that users in the pharmaceutical industry attach great importance to the quality and safety of packaging. Only packaging products strictly controlled by these environmental protection and safety processes can fully ensure the storage safety of pharmaceutical products. In addition, the tobacco industry also has relatively strict requirements for the control of solvent residue and ink residue of flexible packaging products, because tobacco products are very afraid of the problems such as odor and deterioration caused by solvent and ink residue

the rapid development of China's current industry using flexible plastic packaging will inevitably lead to a wider range of applications of flexible packaging products, which is a great opportunity for flexible packaging factories. However, flexible packaging factories are also facing fierce competition in the same industry and the strict requirements of downstream users. In the "era of low profits" caused by high raw material prices, the large demand for packaging is not enough to be gratified. Zeng Yanju suggested that upholstery factories need to really make efforts to understand the packaging needs of various commodities, adopt new processes to improve the performance and safety of packaging products, and study new functions to expand a wider range of applications, so as to find real market opportunities

reprinted from: Yashi Industrial College