Tableware products and industrial packaging products produced using pulp molding technology are truly environmentally friendly products. They use natural plant fibers or waste paper as raw materials, and the production and use processes do not cause any pollution. In addition to their positive role in replacing disposable plastic tableware, pulp molded products are also widely used in the packaging of industrial products, especially electronic products. Pulp molded products are gradually entering the mainstream of commodity packaging. It is currently the best alternative to foam plastic products. The pulp molding industry is entering a period of vigorous development.
(1) At present, my country’s economy is highly interconnected with the world economy. It strives to build a new pattern of all-round opening up, deeply integrate into the world economic system, promote the construction of the “Belt and Road”, and strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation with countries around the world. With the deep integration of my country’s economy and the international market, the volume of commodity import and export transactions is increasing, and the demand for shock-proof packaging products is also increasing. It is an inevitable trend for environmentally friendly pulp molded packaging products to replace foam plastic products as shock-proof packaging. The market potential of pulp molded industrial packaging products in the future is quite huge.
(2) According to information, countries and regions such as Europe, the United States, and Japan have strictly banned the use of EPS foam as the lining packaging of goods. In recent years, the domestic market has also had a very urgent demand for environmentally friendly alternatives to foam plastic packaging products. As the technology of pulp molded products continues to mature and its performance, price and other aspects have the advantages of replacing foam plastic products, pulp molded products have excellent cushioning and shock-proof properties, low prices, especially degradable and environmentally friendly products. Advantages, it has been widely used in the Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta, and Bohai Rim regions in my country. Many domestic brand-name home appliances, electronic product companies, and foreign-funded enterprises have begun to use pulp molded products as their lining shock-proof packaging materials. . Pulp molded packaging products have been widely used in lined shockproof packaging for home appliances, electronics, communication materials, computer accessories, ceramics, glass, instruments, toys, lighting crafts and other products.
(3) At present, the annual output of my country’s pulp molded industrial packaging products is not high. They are basically exported mechanical, electrical and home appliance products, which are far from meeting the growing demand for plastic packaging. Therefore, there is an urgent need for the domestic packaging industry to expand as soon as possible. Production of pulp molded packaging products to meet the needs of domestic and foreign markets.
(4) Under the influence of international and domestic situations, it is expected that within 5 to 10 years, the replacement rate of pulp molded products for foam plastic products will reach 50% or higher, forming a market share of hundreds of billions of yuan. my country’s pulp molding industry began at the end of the 20th century, gradually developed and matured at the beginning of the 21st century, and is currently in a booming period of vigorous development.
(5) According to statistics, the annual turnover of my country’s papermaking, printing and packaging industry reaches trillions of yuan. At present, the total production capacity of the national pulp molding industry has not reached 5% of the market capacity. It can be seen that the pulp molding market has a large space and broad development prospects.
(6) The pulp molding production line introduced in my country in the early days was mainly used to produce egg trays and fruit trays. It was only suitable for mass production of a small variety of products, and the investment in equipment was large; for pulp molded products used for packaging industrial products, its It is characterized by multiple varieties and small and medium-sized batches. For this reason, small and medium-sized production lines suitable for the production of multiple varieties and small and medium-sized batches must be selected to meet the needs of the market. With the gradual implementation of my country’s plastic ban and plastic restriction orders, the market demand for pulp molded tableware has surged, and higher requirements have been put forward for the production capacity, efficiency, and energy consumption of wet-pressed tableware equipment.
(7) The pulp molding industry has only a few decades of history in China, but it has developed very rapidly for two reasons: first, pulp molded products themselves have significant advantages over alternatives in terms of environmental protection and usability; second, , the government’s strong support and the influence of the world environment. At present, my country’s pulp molding industry is at the forefront of the world in terms of production technology, product performance, mechanical equipment and production scale. Domestic pulp molding equipment manufacturing technology has become increasingly mature, and equipment performance and production processes are comparable to imported equipment. Moreover, domestic equipment has low investment cost, is flexible, and has low product production cost. It is especially suitable for the production of industrial packaging products with diversified product specifications.
(8) At present, environmentally friendly alternatives to blister and foam plastic lined packaging materials mainly include pulp molding, corrugated cardboard, honeycomb cardboard and other materials. From the comprehensive performance comparison of various materials for inner packaging protection, price, ease of use, etc., pulp molded products have obvious advantages. The organic combination of pulp molding and other paper products can perfectly replace plastic packaging products and form an all-paper packaging solution, which is very consistent with the concepts of environmental protection and sustainable development.
