The next five years, the printing and packaging market will 16.2 percent of the average annual growth rate of growth

With the change in population growth and consumption structure and consumption levels in most parts of the world and consumption increasingly high quality, and promote the stable development of the packaging market. Digital printing technology packaging printing is one of the industries today's printing industry in the minority maintained rapid growth momentum. According to authoritative international survey organization Smithers Peale Institute estimated that this year the industry's global market capitalization of about $ 10.5 billion.

Digital printing technology is increasingly in line with low-cost requirements of packaging products. In the next five years, the use of digital printing packaging printing market value will be 13.6 percent compound annual growth rate, market size will be 16.2 percent compound annual growth rate. Label digital printing market capitalization accounted for 80.5%, 93.5% of the market size, mainly used in cartons, corrugated board, flexible packaging, rigid plastic and metal decorative packaging, and the application rate is growing rapidly.

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Flexible packaging market welcomed by four important factors

1, transport facilitation: flexible is lightweight, making it both at home and overseas markets in the distribution process is more economical. For expensive and compact product is the most suitable.

2, reduce waste: flexible plastic material used in a lot less than the rigid container packaging, this method reduces the unnecessary waste, is an economical choice.

More importantly, the new methods and techniques to broaden the choice of people in the life of flexible packaging. For example, experts have found a way to promote the decomposition of flexible plastic. In landfills, an additive is added to the packaging material, in 18 months of microorganisms inside the package will be changed. Packing after being decomposed into water and carbon, their impact on the environment is less than traditional rigid packaging.

3 and attractive: flexible packaging more attractive to consumers, because it has a strong appeal on the shelf, often played a compelling billboard effect. For example, a stand-up pouch would be immediately subject to the concerns of consumers.

4, protection products: flexible packaging material can usually be used to block harmful ultraviolet rays, water, grease, pollution and oxygen emitted by the sun.

Aluminum foil has a particularly high oxygen transmission rate (OTR) and water vapor transmission rate (MVTR), the need to resist the harmful elements provide functional products more powerful package.

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A Brief History of 3D food printing technology

Past and Present 3D food printing technology

Speaking of past lives 3D food printer, it had to bring 3D printing technology. The first 3D printer in 1986 by the Massachusetts Institute of invention, since, 3D printing technology through rapid development, to be applied to all aspects of life.

In 2011, the application of 3D printing technology is extended to the field of food processing. British researchers have developed the world's first 3D chocolate printer, which is a 3D food printer prototype. After a start-up company has developed in Spain famous for the Foodini the 3D food printer, was formally perfect 3D food printer.

Chinese food in the 3D printing technology, but also to catch up. There is a company specializing in the production of a non-threshold chocolate 3D printer, it can allow everyone to become 3D printing gourmet chocolate. Next, they will develop with powdered sugar and as a raw material batter 3D food printer, make 3D food printer truly become a "21st century microwave oven."

How to print out food

To understand how the 3D cuisine is printed, you need to understand the operating principle of 3D food printer. Many people might ask, 3D food printer is not very complex, but high-tech ah.

In fact, the principle is based on 3D food printer 3D printing technology, but is replaced by the raw ingredients, and then the 3D printer is engineered to fit the food cooking. 3D food printer is developed on the basis of a 3D rapid prototyping printing technology on food manufacturing equipment. Equipment including food 3D printing systems, operation control platform and food capsules three parts. The printed materials in the food edible capsules, and then enter the machine recipe, press the on button, the nozzle will be formed by agglomerating technology, according to the pre-designed shape layers will produce a superimposed manner "print" out. 3D food printer can not only change the shape of personalized food, improve food quality, but also can freely mix, balanced nutrition.

3D food printer is how to do it? First, raw or cooked, fresh or frozen food minced, mixed, concentrated to a syrup, filling ingredients to the printer storage tanks. Like color printer ink cartridges, but this is not stored inside the ink, but the above ingredients thick paste; then, users according to their preferences, through the control panel design with personalized style or pick their favorite from a stored database shape, press the start button, the machine will follow the procedures to control the injection nozzle layers "Print" of food to.

All those delicious able to "print out"

3D food printer can print out what food it?

So far, you can print out successfully 30 different foods, there are six categories: candy (chocolate, marzipan, chewing gum, candy, jelly); baked goods (biscuits, cakes, desserts); snack products (potato piece, tasty snacks); fruit and vegetable products (various fruit purees, fruit juices, fruits and vegetables jelly or gel); meat (different sauce and meat products); dairy products (cheese or yogurt).

3D chocolate printer is now all 3D food printer, the fastest growing. The first to develop a 3D food printer is 3D chocolate printer, the United States and China have developed related products.

Pizza This "fight halogen Nang" is a favorite in the West have a cuisine, this year the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has decided to invest $ 125,000 authorized vendor developed 3D printers can print a pizza to improve astronauts' diet Level.

It works like this: the first layer of the first powder and paste into the dough, which is printed on the hot iron, so that you can immediately underlying Pisa barbecue; then, after mixing with the oil powder and tomato paste on pizza dough; last plus a layer of protein, Pizza so a 3D print on baked.

A child's favorite candy, 3D food printer can round lollipop child's dream. United States, a 3D printing company in 2014 launched the candy printer can support monochrome or color print candy. It not only can print a variety of shapes of candy, also supports chocolate, vanilla, mint, cherry, sour apple and watermelon flavors, very rich.

A 3D printer called "ChefJetPro" is the first commercial production of 3D food printer, it looks like an oven. In the internal tray placed a layer of dry sugar, then the printer nozzle will emit water, sugar and melted part of the dry shaping and carving, then these sugar will harden, like a bowl of sugar after wet harden as You can also choose to join the pigment in the water, so that you can print out the color of the candy.

3D food printing brings a new concept of healthy eating

The rapid development of 3D food printing technology, has given the food industry and catering industry has brought a revolution. Some people worry that 3D printing technology will let cook food unemployment. In fact, this is unfounded, compared to the traditional food manufacturing, 3D printing food can save a lot of trouble, but you really want to address the cooking, 3D printing technology has no meaning. In particular, to do better Chinese cuisine, 3D printer is more of a decoration. But for someone like KFC, Pizza Hut fast-food industry such or as home food aid equipment, 3D printing technology still has a lot of useless.

3D food printing technology can provide personalized diet for children, the elderly and people of different ages. As a German company introduced a "Smoothfood" of 3D printing food, which will be liquefied and condensed to produce a gum print out a variety of food, easy to chew and swallow, is likely to be elderly care industry innovator.

In addition, 3D food printing technology can also take advantage of new ingredients, such as algae, sugar beet leaves and insects these nutrients sustainable resource extraction, made of non-traditional foods, which may alleviate the problem of global food shortage.

The most important thing is food pleasant mood, and 3D food printer to meet the emotional needs of people. Thus passed through their hands warm design their favorite food styling, increased interest in life, children can also make a variety of animal shapes, make exclusive love cake lover, love elderly parents make nutritious meals, with 3D Food feelings.

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2015 Chinese flexible packaging consumption reached 607 tons

Asia is the region's largest consumer, accounting for 40% of the global total, 2015 to 2020, flexible packaging consumption will average 6.6% growth rate. India and China are the fastest growing flexible packaging consumption, the two countries are expected to reach an annual growth rate of 9.4% and 6.9%.

It is understood that this year nearly 75 percent of flexible packaging products for food packaging, including meat, fish and poultry is the largest amount of food items, candy and baked goods followed. 2010 to 2015, the consumption of food flexible packaging with an average annual growth rate of 4.0 percent, beverage and drug consumption growth followed.

As consumers of convenience packaging and the pursuit of sustainable packaging in the past 10 years, flexible packaging market demand has been the fastest growing category. According to Smithers Peale Institute estimates, this year's global flexible packaging market demand of $ 210 billion, consumption was 26.2 million tons, market value of $ 91.7 billion.

The next five years, the flexible packaging market demand will average 3% rate increase to $ 248 billion, consumption will average 3.8 percent rate of increase to 31.7 million tons, the market value will be 4.4 percent annual growth rate increased to $ 114 billion.

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Food Packaging Evolution

Food packaging is a topic of ancient and modern, both ancient agrarian age, or science developed today, are the people throughout the research and exploration of the topic.

   As early as in ancient times, humans began to explore food packaging. Ancient human to make long-term storage or portable food, they put leaves or vines loaded food prepared in blue, or mount bamboo tube.

   Around 1000 BC, the Greeks with cask as food containers and packaging, and outputs the country, at a time when consumers use packaging made from sheep or pigskin placing food to carry.

   As early as 3,000 years ago in ancient China, people have started using ceramics as canned food containers to be enclosed. Which are described in detail in "Arts for the People", "the great cause of Supplements" and other books.

   Food packaging in the true sense, canned food stored from the beginning, which originated in the early 19th century. 1804, French Appert successfully use glass bottles to save food, since the emergence of the use of glass as a food packaging cork.

   1810, British Durand made successful use of food packaging made of tinplate, the so-called tin cans. Thereafter, more and more metallic material is used for the manufacture of food packaging.

   Early 20th century, all kinds of plastic, paper composite cans into production, so that food packaging containers made of rigid canister to extend soft cans, containers varieties more innovative, diverse and practical.

   Around 1960, Taiwan imported plastic films for food packaging, from the early single MSG bags to today combine plastic film, metal foil, paper and other permutations and combinations of high-performance multi-layer flexible packaging materials, has become a mainstream food packaging.

   In recent years, high barrier film material because of its barrier properties, light weight and other characteristics become an important trend in the development of food flexible packaging materials, EHA Xiamen long plastic barrier film developed, with its excellent barrier properties, high-temperature cooking, as well as the case of the same barrier properties thinner, become an excellent representative of this trend.

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Global liquid packaging in 2020 is expected to reach $ 1.38 billion

International Institute for Market Research Smithers Peale recently published "Global liquid packaging board market research report" shows that in 2014 the total global consumption of liquid packaging board market is not more than 3 million tons, the market scale reached 1.14 billion US dollars. Is expected to 2020, the market consumption will reach 3.6 million tons, according to the 2014 in terms of price, the market size of about $ 1.38 billion.

Global liquid packaging market is at a turning point, and soon will be shown in their short, the growth potential in the medium term. Data show that in 2010 demand for liquid packaging board declined slightly in 2011 --2014, the liquid packaging market size of the average annual growth rate of over 2 percent in 2015 Year - 2020, will be an annual growth rate of 3.5%.

"Report" shows that the expansion of the liquid packaging board market size is the main driving force for the development of the packaging industry, affecting the demand trends in the global packaging market. 2014, liquid packaging board consumption in developed regions accounted for the largest share of the global market's total liquid packaging consumption. The new growth in demand from the emerging economies of Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Central and South America and so on. Nearly 75% of the liquid packaging board demand from the global dairy industry, 20% from the juice and diluted product, accounted for the remaining demand from continued growth in the liquid food and home care products. The survey found that the progress of the non-oil-based coating technology for the development of liquid packaging board market, there is a significant role in promoting.

"Report" also shows a stable high-capacity dairy packaging needs of the global market for liquid packaging board to maintain a growth trend. By 2020, total demand for liquid packaging board will increase by about 560,000 tons, of which 94% of dairy products and fruit juice packaging demand will account for the total market, the market size will increase by $ 220 million.

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The new color packaging bottle design

Today buy things at the same time, in addition to focus on product quality, it also increasingly valued commodity in the fine aspects of packaging, the bottle, how do attract the eyes of consumers, but also from the four new elements to the overall innovative design concept . Bottle design of four new elements:

Duplex extending tag if your product is transparent liquid, packed in a transparent bottle, then there is a way to give you more space for packaging design, and low cost.

The characteristics of the customer base design packaging Unilever AXE series of packaging products have a very clear position - the age of young people 18 to 35 years old between. So they focused on packaging design to attract these people. This series of bottles is thick molded black plastic container, rough appearance, very popular with these young people.

Design of small reusable drinks packaging market has matured, competition is fierce. If you think that there have been no novelty act, you may be wrong. Abroad, a tea company has launched a special packaging. It launched the product itself is very special - Add pomegranate juice tea. Packing even more noteworthy. Drinks are mounted in a common elongated glass bottles, the above is the cover and heat shrink labels, the label reads: Remove the label, leaving the bottle.

The packaging design is not just a fun packed children's patents, adults like interesting things. Follow the market trend, the adoption of new packaging design sophistication of the place, combined with a stylish minimalist design, in order to make the market more diversified bottles.

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