The status quo and development trend of aseptic packaging in China

Technical review of the status quo and development trend of aseptic packaging in China Wu Zhangrong Zhao Huai 2, Shusu 2 (1. Guangdong Far East Food Packaging Machinery Co., Ltd., Xinyi City, Guangdong 525300; 2. Hefei General Machinery Research Institute, Anhui Hefei Exhibition space, combined The national conditions put forward proposals for government coordination, support, fair competition, and common development.

1 Aseptic packaging common sense Aseptic packaging birth, application and development period Aseptic packaging was born in the 1940s, used in the 1960s, developed in the 70s.

Aseptic packaging as an industry or field. It includes packaging technology, packaging materials and packaging containers, packaging auxiliary equipment and packaging machinery, packaging auxiliary materials and packaging research, education, packaging engineering, etc., as well as related industries and related disciplines. .

Aseptic packaging refers to a packaging method in which a product, packaging container, material or packaging auxiliary equipment is filled and sealed in a sterile environment after sterilization.

The main purpose and significance of aseptic packaging is to achieve a packaged product without the addition of preservatives, which can be kept for half a year or more without deterioration after being kept at room temperature without deterioration.

Types and Styles of Aseptic Packaging At present, the types of aseptic packaging have evolved from single composite paper packaging to plastic bottles, plastic cups, plastic composite bags and glass bottles, but still mainly in composite carton. There are more and more styles of aseptic packaging. For example, a composite carton package has a brick shape, a house shape, a pillow shape, a triangle shape, an axe shape, a square column shape, a cylindrical shape, and the like. In addition to can be intubated, a mouth and anti-theft cover can be added. The packaging capacity ranges from 5Cml to 150Cml, and the large bag packaging ranges from a few liters to a few tens of liters, one hundred liters or even more.

The application of aseptic packaging is increasingly from packaging liquids to fluids, semi-fluids and pastes; from general juices to milk, tea, vegetable juices, soups, wines, waters, liquids, and the like.

The main advantages of aseptic packaging are that it can keep fresh at room temperature for a long time without deterioration, discoloration and odor. It also has low energy consumption, low consumption of packaging materials, low manufacturing cost, high packaging efficiency, good economic efficiency and light weight. For long-distance transportation, as well as waste packaging for recycling and recycling.

Overview of foreign aseptic packaging development According to reports, in the liquid food packaging of developed countries, aseptic packaging has accounted for more than 65%, and the annual rate is more than 5%. The carton aseptic packaging, the world consumes more than 100 billion annually. According to the calculation of 25Cml, the composite paper consumption is more than 1 million tons. The manufacture of these composite materials requires more than 700,000 tons of cardboard, more than 100,000 tons of plastic and more than 50,000 tons of aluminum foil. The more than 100 billion cartons, based on 250ml0. 05 dollars, have a sales value of 5 billion US dollars, plus at least 20 billion US dollars of packaged products and packaging. What's more, the proportion of these more than 100 billion cartons is more than 500ml. Adding aseptic packaging of other plastic cups, plastic bottles, small plastic bags and large plastic bags, as well as related packaging machinery and packaging auxiliary equipment, can be regarded as a big industry. At present, the world's larger and more influential aseptic packaging equipment manufacturers include Swedish Tetra Pak Packaging Co., Ltd., American International Paper Company, German PKL Company, German Iveka Company and Japan Dainippon Printing Co., Ltd.

2 The status quo of aseptic packaging in China until now, the development of China's aseptic packaging industry can be divided into three stages.

2.1 Starting stage China's aseptic fresh-keeping packaging started in the late 1970s. In 1979, Guangdong Cannery Co., Ltd. took the lead in introducing a set of composite paper-brick aseptic packaging equipment from Sweden Tetra Pak Co., Ltd. to package liquid beverages such as sugar cane juice, juice, soy milk and chrysanthemum tea. After the products were put on the market, they attracted the interest and attention of consumers and the food industry, packaging industry and packaging scholars. After that, enterprises with economic ability and approval by the state were introduced one after another, including: Guangdong Canned Food Factory plus 2 sets, Shenzhen Guangming Huaqiao Livestock Farm Dairy Processing Factory introduced 2 sets in 1981, and Shanghai Jinjiang Food Joint Company introduced 2 sets. At this point, these manufacturers have an annual output of more than 200 million bags of aseptically packaged beverages, and the products are still in short supply. Under such circumstances, there is no introduction of capacity to intensify research and development of domestically produced equipment and materials.

2.2 Development stage With the deepening of reform and opening up, policy relaxation, decentralization of examination and approval authority and improvement of people's consumption level, the market for aseptic fresh-keeping packaging is becoming more and more prosperous. Since 1984, there have been strong food and beverage enterprises in large coastal cities across the country. The new company has introduced aseptic packaging production line equipment produced by Swedish Tetra Pak, American International Paper, Germany PKL, and Japan Dainippon Printing Co., Ltd. With the addition of aseptic packaging machinery, more and more packaging materials are used, and imports alone are not suitable for production needs. Therefore, Beijing Pulp and Paper Testing Plant invested 54 million yuan from Beijing Paper Industry Co., Ltd. from Sweden Tetra Pak Co., Ltd. to introduce a complete set of technical equipment for the composite paper production line, using imported raw materials to build an annual production capacity of 600 million carton materials. The workshop was put into operation in early 1987. At this point, the domestic direct introduction of the Swedish Asahi company's aseptic packaging machinery has nearly 50 sets, plus the models produced in other countries, has nearly 60 sets. However, in other countries, the number of models is small, there is not much paper, and there is no manufacturer of supporting packaging materials. These materials used in equipment other than the Tetra Pak model rely on imports. The former Ministry of Light Industry has issued relevant scientific and technological research projects to guide enterprise research and development. Guangdong Xinyi Far East Beverage Co., Ltd., Shantou Hongguang Plastic Factory, Shandong Jinan Composite Packaging Factory, Taishan Plastics Factory, Linyi Composite Packaging Factory, Shanghai People's Plastic Printing Factory, Jiangdanyang Composite Packaging Factory have successively developed various models. Composite paper and reach quite a level. At the same time, Far East Beverage Co., Ltd. has developed a simple brick-shaped and house-type aseptic packaging machine in the country, from self-use to export, from side seam to middle seam, from semi-automatic to fully automatic, from brick shape, The shape of the house to the shape of the pillow, the triangle, the axe, and constantly meet the user's requirements; the former mechanical and electrical department of Hefei General Machinery Research Institute Packaging Machinery Branch and Nanjing Second Commercial Machinery Factory, the mapping of foreign models to produce horizontal side seam brick paper Box beverage packaging machine; Shanghai Light Industry Machinery Factory successfully developed the roof type carton milk packaging machine and the Japanese model, and produced the side seam brick carton beverage packaging machine; Anhui Suzhou City Keyuan Applied Technology Research Institute developed the brick Shaped carton liquid beverage packaging unit. Since then, China has had its own aseptic packaging machines and composite packaging materials. Packaged products are comparable to imported equipment. In 1995, the domestic introduction of Tetra Pak packaging machine reached more than 200 sets, more than 20 sets of American International Paper, Germany PKL and other brands, more than 100 sets of domestically produced, imported and domestically added up to more than 300 sets set. Tetra Pak has also opened a composite packaging material factory and aseptic packaging pretreatment equipment factory in Foshan, Guangdong and Kunshan, Jiangsu. The US International Paper Company and China Packaging Corporation opened a roof-type carton in Shanghai Pudong. Production plant; Japan Gulin Paper opened a house-shaped carton production plant in Shanghai; Zhejiang Weibo Company also launched a milk-packed house-shaped carton; Guangdong Far East Company launched a paper-plastic product that can keep fresh for a long time without refrigerating at room temperature. Aluminum composite aseptic roof-shaped packaging box and packaging machine; Germany Iveka introduced plastic cups and large bags of aseptic packaging in China; Beijing Aviation Technology Research Institute and Shenyang Automation Instrument Factory respectively launched large-scale aseptic packaging production line; Changshu, Changshu, Jiangsu Bacterial Packaging Co., Ltd., Gansu Tianyuan Color Printing and Packaging Co., Ltd., Xinjiang Urumqi Plastics Factory and Guangzhou Jinweilong Co., Ltd. respectively introduced aseptic bulk packaging bags. These domestic aseptic packaging machinery and packaging materials are exported in small quantities every year. In addition, China Packaging Technology Association has established the Aseptic Packaging Committee in a timely manner to manage and guide the aseptic packaging industry, and has organized several national or international aseptic packaging and fresh-keeping packaging technology exchange meetings and seminars. The Assessing Packaging Committee of China Packaging Technology Association also regularly promotes aseptic packaging knowledge in newspapers and periodicals, produces aseptic packaging newsletters, sends production enterprises and relevant departments and leaders at all levels, and continuously publishes trends, technologies and information on the development of aseptic packaging at home and abroad. New achievements. China's aseptic fresh-keeping packaging industry has entered a new development period, with an annual output of aseptically packaged beverages and dairy products of more than 1 million tons, and consumption of packaging materials exceeding 30,000 tons. Production enterprises have also expanded from large coastal cities to coastal provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions.

After the smooth transition period, after 1996, affected by the macroeconomic regulation and control of the national economy, the tightening of monetary policy, the compression of fixed assets investment and the deepening reform of state-owned enterprises, and the temporary decline in consumption levels, the development speed of China's aseptic fresh-keeping packaging industry has gradually slowed down. Some enterprises have insufficient work, and the number of new large manufacturers has been significantly reduced. The cautious attitude to import is replaced by township enterprises and private enterprises, joint ventures or sole proprietorship enterprises. These enterprises are limited to the financial strength and scale of operation. Most of them choose domestically produced equipment, use domestic packaging materials or containers, and produce products with comparable quality and affordable prices, which complements the gap in the original equipment. According to incomplete statistics, the domestically produced aseptic packaging production line and complete sets of equipment with a small annual output of more than 15 sets of national aseptic packaging products have basically maintained unabated, and sometimes increased slightly. In this case, people who are unclear believe that the development of aseptic packaging in our country has come to an end, or mistakenly believe that composite paper packaging has become obsolete. In fact, the author believes that this is the momentum of the transition period. From the analysis of the investigation, China's aseptic packaging industry is harboring a huge potential. With the adjustment of the country's industrial structure and active fiscal policies, stimulating consumption and expanding domestic demand, the economy began to recover. Aseptic packaging has begun to rise again. It is only Guangdong Far East Company. In recent years, there are 5 customers who consulted on the average daily aseptic packaging. From the end of last year to the beginning of this year, the China Standardization Association and the China Packaging Technology Association Aseptic Packaging Committee cooperated. The national standard of "paper-based composite materials for aseptic liquid food packaging" was formulated, and then the national standards for aseptic packaging machinery were formulated, which provided the basic guarantee for technology and quality for the development of aseptic packaging in China.

3 China's aseptic packaging development trend China's large population (about one-fifth of the world's total population) is vast, rich in products, located in the tropics and subtropics. With the continuous deepening of reform and opening up and the further implementation of the policy of enriching the people, the people's living standards have been continuously improved, the concept of mass consumption has been constantly updated, tourism has become increasingly prosperous, and with the accession to the WTO, the country will be fully open and all aspects will gradually be in line with international standards. Sino-foreign joint ventures and cooperation have been further strengthened, and the economy has become increasingly active. All of these have provided a broad space for the development of China's aseptic fresh-keeping packaging business.

3.1 The level of aseptic packaging development in China is far worse than the world level. Aseptic packaging of food consumption takes carton packaging as an example. Some countries have an average annual consumption of more than 100 bags, and the world's per capita is close to 20 bags. And China's per capita annual consumption is only 2 packs.

The proportion of aseptic packaging and similar packaging in foreign developed countries has accounted for more than 65% of the packaging of similar products, some have exceeded 70% and China only accounted for 5%. The development speed of aseptic packaging is the average annual rate of developed countries. More than 5%, up to 8%, and China experienced a slow development.

3.2 Many channels are waiting for us to develop 3.2.1 Dairy industry In 1998, the world's milk production reached 52.393 million tons, with a per capita possession of 103.3kg, developed countries per capita consumption of 312kg developing countries 36 5kg and China's current annual output of milk is 8.04 million tons. The per capita possession is less than 7cg. Due to the low level of production and sales, the packaging is lagging behind, most dairy companies are still based on milk powder, liquid milk still stays at the fixed time for milk delivery, and the packaging uses glass bottles or plastic bags. Failure to meet the diverse needs of consumers has caused the dairy industry to fall into a low level of saturation. Among the medium and long-term development goals of the dairy industry formulated by the Ministry of Agriculture of China, at the end of the 10th Five-Year Plan, the per capita possession of dairy products reached 1Ckg, and the total output reached 13.5 million tons. By 2030, the per capita possession of milk reached 25kg and the total output reached 4250. Ten thousand tons. Due to the large regional differences in China, the distribution of milk production areas and sales areas is extremely unreasonable. The main production areas are not sold much, and the main sales areas do not produce milk or produce less milk. To change this unreasonable situation, it is necessary to solve the problem of remote transportation by reasonable packaging and a sterile fresh-keeping package.

According to the development trend of the world, the future dairy products should be changed from milk powder to liquid milk, which can save energy and improve nutritive value and convenient consumption. In the dairy products, 25% of the sterile fresh-keeping packaging is used. At the end of the “10th Five-Year Plan”, 6.75 billion pieces of sterile fresh-keeping packaging containers (500ml) are used each year. Each container is worth 0.55 yuan, based on 0.50 yuan. By 2030, more than 20 billion packaging containers (according to 500ml) will be needed each year, worth more than 10 billion yuan.

3.2.2 Juices and other beverages According to the China Beverage Industry Association, China's per capita beverage consumption is only one-fifth of the world average. The potential for production development is great, and many products have yet to be developed and developed. It is expected that the total output of beverages will reach 14 million tons in 2000. During the 10th Five-Year Plan period, it will grow at an average annual rate of 10%. In 2005, it will reach 22.6 million tons. From 2005 to 2015, it will grow at an average annual rate of 5%. 2015 It will reach 37 million tons in the year. According to this, 20% of them use aseptic packaging. Since 2005, aseptic packaging containers (in an average of 500ml) are needed to be 9.40 billion. Since 2015, aseptic packaging containers are required every year. 500ml installed) 14.8 billion.

3.2.3 Vegetable juice processing industry At present, the processing of vegetable juice in China is almost blank. In 1997, the national vegetable planting area reached 11,288 thousand hectares, the vegetable output was 34.5 billion tons, and the per capita vegetable occupation was 279 kilograms, which greatly exceeded the world's average of 102 kilograms. With the advancement of society, the development of science and technology, the pursuit of health and the renewal of consumer attitudes, relevant departments and relevant experts predict that in the next 5 to 10 years, China's vegetable juices will be developed to a certain extent. The best packaging for this type of product will be aseptic packaging. Because it can effectively maintain the original nutrients, it can also make the products store for a long time without discoloration, and the quality is not suitable for long-distance transportation.

3.2.4 Chinese medicine preparation industry China is a big country of Chinese medicine, herbal medicine, mining and use. Traditional Chinese medicine and herbal medicine have not only enjoyed a good reputation in China since ancient times, but also have a long history, traditional use, and are quite famous in the world. It is a valuable medical wealth. With the advancement of science and technology, the improvement of processing level and the acceleration of people's life rhythm, the traditional self-family-style Chinese medicine decocting method has been very unsuitable, which is inconvenient to take time and energy. In the future, the traditional Chinese medicine and herbal medicine should be taken by the pharmaceutical factory and the hospital according to the traditional fixed prescription, prescription and addition and subtraction prescriptions, compound prescriptions, and concentrated processing of the tortoises. Different capacities are set according to different ages. In various wholesale markets, retailers or hospital pharmacies, and private pharmacies, doctors can prescribe the prescriptions for finished Chinese medicines according to the patient's condition. The general patients can also purchase the water-based Chinese medicines according to their own conditions. . At present, only a few companies in China produce key-protected beverages such as aseptically packaged herbal teas. No one has developed proprietary Chinese medicines for aseptic packaging. The development of this new field will bring unlimited business opportunities to the aseptic packaging industry, bringing great convenience and gospel to patients. In addition, the aseptic packaging of tea and alcohol is waiting for us to develop.

Bringing new development opportunities to relevant industries and departments, and promoting the economy of new long-package materials and packaging containers, the existing enterprises can obtain full-load production. Food and pharmaceutical aseptic fresh-keeping packaging enterprises can build packaging materials factories and packaging container factories in a concentrated place to achieve near-production.

Packaging materials manufacturing industries such as cardboard and specialty resins for composite materials are still imported. Powerful paper mills and plastic chemical plants can produce special cardboard and modified plastic resins, plus added value.

The machinery manufacturing industry can produce all kinds of aseptic packaging machinery, fresh-keeping packaging machinery, pre-treatment equipment and post-processing equipment.

The food and beverage industry has the greatest benefit in this industry. By adopting aseptic fresh-keeping packaging, the products improve product quality, extend shelf life, and are suitable for long-distance transportation, thus increasing production, sales volume and product added value.

Scientific research institutions, colleges and universities, and scientific and technical personnel can be of great use. They carry out research on related technologies and research on difficult problems around sterile fresh-keeping packaging, constantly innovating and making progress. New technologies and new achievements can be quickly transformed into production enterprises and benefit from them.

Distribution, intermediary, engineering, complete sets of equipment and other departments can have more business, engineering, and income.

The taxation department can obtain more tax sources and taxes.

Entering developing countries to expand foreign markets, such as the Commonwealth of Independent States, Southeast Asia, Africa and other developing countries, the products are abundant, the beverage market is very large, and the demand for sterile fresh-keeping packaging is growing. However, due to the limited economic capacity of their enterprises, large-scale aseptic packaging equipment that is expensive internationally can often only be stunned. They are eager to have small and medium-sized aseptic packaging equipment, technology and technology that are economical, practical, reliable, and moderate in output. Supply of high quality and low cost packaging materials or packaging containers. Domestic enterprises engaged in the manufacture of aseptic packaging machinery, packaging materials and packaging containers and foreign trade enterprises can unite and seize the favorable opportunity to provide complete sets of equipment, technology, packaging materials and packaging containers for aseptic fresh-keeping packaging to these countries and regions. The country earns more foreign exchange.

3.5 Aseptic packaging of plastic cups, plastic bottles, glass bottles, composite plastic bags and small packages has just started in some places and enterprises. Aseptic bag packaging is just getting started. The potential for development is still quite large and the prospects are unlimited. Especially with the progress of agricultural industrialization, the development of fruit and vegetable juice processing has provided a huge space for the development of large bags of aseptic packaging.

4 Measures to accelerate the development of China's aseptic packaging industry In the 21st century, the society of economic globalization, industrial informationization and knowledge internationalization is full of competition and challenges between different industries, between countries, between local and local. Knowledge will be constantly updated, science and technology will continue to improve, people's living standards will continue to improve, the pace will be accelerated, and consumer attitudes will be changed. China's aseptic fresh-keeping packaging industry should also have new and greater development, as long as the measures are effective and feasible. The average annual delivery of 5%~8% is completely ok. In the near future, China will develop into a large country in the aseptic fresh-keeping packaging industry.

The state should promptly introduce policies and regulations that are conducive to the development of the aseptic fresh-keeping packaging industry to protect the young aseptic fresh-keeping packaging industry in China, to protect legitimate operations, prevent disorderly competition, maintain intellectual property rights, and encourage invention and creation.

Government functional departments should do a good long-term development plan and short-term goal plan to coordinate relevant disciplines and industries to strengthen cooperation, overcome technical problems in development, solve difficulties in development, and at the same time strengthen publicity and popularize knowledge of aseptic fresh-keeping packaging to deepen people's The understanding of bacterial fresh-keeping packaging is strong in the pursuit of sterile fresh-keeping packaging.

The financial sector should raise awareness and support enterprises engaged in the aseptic fresh-keeping packaging industry to develop new technologies and products, and provide necessary loans, especially loans for technological innovation.

Relevant departments should pay attention to the research and development plan for paperboard and special plastic resin used in aseptic fresh-keeping packaging composite paper, and give the government the policy, fund (part of the financial department, part of the financial sector loan), and take out the domestic raw materials as soon as possible. Don't always rely on imports. In this way, the production cost of the composite material can be reduced, and foreign exchange can be saved. It is also possible to add domestic production value and product added value.

Do a good job in the recycling and recycling of composite paper packaging scraps, scraps and waste packaging boxes. Accelerate the application of the existing separation technology developed by Guangdong Far East Company to reduce environmental pollution and renewable resources and increase revenue. If you work hard, recycling can also become a big industry.

Foreign-owned or joint-venture related enterprises in China should enthusiastically support the development of China's aseptic fresh-keeping packaging business. They should not be independent, but should strengthen contacts and strengthen cooperation. The relevant government departments should act as a matchmaker and act as a catalyst in this regard.

Domestic enterprises engaged in the aseptic fresh-keeping packaging industry should unite and learn from each other's strengths, and jointly improve and continuously catch up with the advanced level of foreign countries. A number of unique machinery manufacturing enterprises and aseptic packaging materials and packaging container manufacturers are formed nationwide. The division of labor and rational layout have made new contributions to accelerating the development of China's aseptic fresh-keeping packaging industry. At the same time, we constantly develop new products and new technologies to continuously improve quality and continue to expand into foreign markets. If you have the conditions, you should go out and go abroad to set up factories to create more foreign exchange for the country.

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