Metal Packaging Industry Trend Analysis

Throughout 2006, China's Metal Packaging industry demonstrated five new situations and four problems.

First, the unprecedented prosperity and development of metal Packaging, the production and sales of various major products have reached record highs. The significant increase in economic efficiency has basically reversed the passive situation in which the economic efficiency of the industry has been declining since 2002, even facing the loss of the entire industry. Now only focus on the output of major products. (The following data is for reference only)

Other types of metal packaging products have a significant increase.

Second, the competitiveness of enterprises is more rational. Most companies have used the comprehensive strength of their products, technologies, and services as a means of competition to initially restrain the unordered and cruel competition at the low price of suicide, which is lower than the cost price, so that the entire industry will enter into a healthy and sustainable environment. Steady and healthy development track.

Third, the prices of various major raw and auxiliary materials involved in metal packaging tend to be stable, and tend to fall back. Moreover, the supply and demand are booming, eliminating the helpless prices of major raw and auxiliary materials in recent years and the lack of supply of goods. The development of the metal packaging industry has laid a good foundation. Taking cold-rolled sheet and tin-plated (chrome-plated) sheet as an example, only dozens of cold-rolled sheet companies and tin-plating cutting companies, which were established in Hebei, Shandong, and Jiangsu, were newly established in 2006. The business is booming. Here, I am not saying that encouraging the construction of more small steel enterprises is not conducive to intensive production but also to the long-term development strategy of the country. However, it can be seen that the development speed of metal packaging is much faster than the development speed of cold rolled sheet. It can be seen that although China is the world's largest producer of steel, the product development is lagging behind in product development.

Fourth, while many enterprises in the industry have achieved rapid development, they have begun to pay attention to the path of connotative development, attached more importance to technology and technological innovation, and paid more attention to the research and development of products. Most companies with a certain scale have successively established “technical centers” and “research and development centers” to improve the scientific research level of enterprises, increase the technological content of products, strengthen the technical strength of enterprises, lay a solid foundation and face the future, and enable enterprises to achieve long-term development. Good situation.

Fifth, the industry groups have already formed or are forming and appear to be in a promising situation of rapid development. The strong is stronger, weaker and stronger. This is also the only way for the development of the enterprise. The largest private enterprise in the country, Origen Can Making, has developed into a large-scale enterprise group in just over ten years. With its strong comprehensive strength and various resources advantages, it has successfully established a number of countries throughout the country in just a few years. A branch office and an office have enabled the company to grow rapidly and at the same time pay attention to the overseas market and further focus on overseas to seek greater development. The representative of the state-owned enterprise COFCO Packaging, with its strong technical strength and capital strength, has been able to grow and expand in various forms such as restructuring and mergers. Its high-fidelity, wide color gamut, and high-definition printing iron products have been at the leading domestic level. The canning products with diversified specifications have always had a high market share in the market, and have maintained a strong momentum of development. They are among the world's largest metal packaging companies. There are several medium-sized enterprise groups in the industry. Enterprise groups that are characterized by the characteristics, characteristics, and relatively fixed user groups of enterprise products have initially broken geographical boundaries and use their products as starting points to occupy a leading position in a certain product market. , become the backbone of the metal packaging industry. It is hoped that the enterprise groups in our industry will not only be big, but also stronger and more precise.

In spite of this, there are still some problems in the metal packaging industry. In 2006, I conducted research on nearly 50 companies with different economic properties, product structures, and scales in Beijing, Hebei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Guangdong. In addition to the new situation that has emerged before, some issues need to be resolved urgently. Some of them are even chronic illnesses and should be given due attention by relevant departments. There are four main areas.

The first aspect: The small, scattered, chaotic situation in the industry has not yet been fundamentally controlled, and it has rebounded in the past year.

After preliminary understanding and estimation, there are about 3,000 large, medium and small-sized enterprises engaged in metal packaging in the country, of which about 1500 have begun to take shape. According to the national statistical standards, there are about 550 enterprises with a certain scale. Due to the low barriers to entry in this industry, coupled with the interests of driving and local protection and other reasons, there have also been launched. In even more economically developed regions where resources are loose, there are more than 50 small and medium-sized metal packaging plants in one area of ​​a certain province. It can be seen that low-level redundant construction and overproduction of low-end products exacerbate the consumption of resources and environmental pollution. Therefore, raising the barriers to entry for metal packaging products and preventing a new round of blind oversight requires government agencies and industry agencies to take seriously. At the same time, as a specialized committee for metal packaging, it is still a long way to go to promote the integration of industrial resources, the reorganization of enterprises and the upgrading of products, so that the company will enter into a large-scale, modern and healthy development.

The second aspect: The standard of metal packaging products should be fully improved.

In the past two years, relevant departments have organized some enterprises and units to revise their product standards concerning metal packaging. This will undoubtedly play an important role in promoting the quality and technical level of metal packaging products.

For metal packaging products standardization work, talk about a few points.

The first point is the formulation of the standard, and revision should be done in the form of unified planning, unified organization, and unified promotion.

The second point is to raise the standard. The metal packaging industry should actively adopt international advanced standards to promote the overall level of metal packaging products in China. Whether a company with a certain scale can put in appropriate manpower and material resources, obtain various standards for metal packaging in the same industry in the country and corporate standards of its counterparts in developed countries through various channels, and conduct research and learning for what I have learned and for my own use. Can make our metal packaging industry's products fully in line with international standards. In this regard, as an industry association, it is even more responsible for laying a solid foundation for developing China from a packaging power to a packaging power.

The third point is that the current standards for metal packaging products are insufficient to cover all metal packaging products. In the case of miscellaneous can products, for example, because of their variety and indefinite form, it is difficult to establish industry standards. Then, enterprises should establish a set of enterprise standards that are stricter than industry standards and national standards, and continuously raise the standardization level of metal packaging products.

The third aspect: If metal packaging is used as an industry, it is necessary to establish a technology center or an R&D center, and even establish an R&D base and a production, research center.

The current situation is that only a few key enterprises have set up R&D centers, and the overall development of the industry is far from enough. We should give full play to the advantages of countries, regions, universities and research institutes, carry out basic research on metal packaging, and conduct cutting-edge research. It is necessary to develop packaging products and research into packaging materials and packaging machinery and equipment. In this regard, the gap between us and the developed countries is still very large. If we do not solve this problem for a long time, we will always be led by foreigners to the nose in the field of metal packaging, and we will always be buying in people's buttocks and will always be passive. Status, will never stand in the forefront of the world of metal packaging!

Fourth aspect: It is imperative to strengthen the recycling and recycling of metal packaging waste, and promote the development of green packaging production and recycling economy.

In general, the recovery rate of metal packaging waste in various packaging wastes should be the highest; the lowest is also about 40%, and the highest is more than 95%. In spite of this, it is not really recycled. First, there is not yet a set of practical regulations, systems, and measures; second, there is not yet a set of effective operating system networks. Most of them are scattered and recycled; the third is that the recycled metal packaging waste cannot be used for its best use. , And far less than its actual value, such as: aluminum cans after recycling and recycling as a general aluminum raw material to use, it is a pity. Therefore, as a professional committee of the packaging industry, there is still a lot of work to be done; Fourth, some metal packaging waste is scattered due to its single value is too low, large amount, and recycling is ignored, such as: crown-shaped bottle cap (commonly known as beer bottles Cover), swing cover, aluminum anti-theft cover and so on.

The future of metal packaging

Summarize with sixteen sub-sections: Adjusting the structure, improving steadily, continuing development, and promising prospects

Explain from the following levels

From the perspective of technical equipment, many metal packaging companies have made significant progress and improvements in technology and equipment levels, product technology levels, production capacity, and specification varieties through recent technological transformations, technology introductions, joint ventures, and cooperation, and some have approached. Or to achieve international standards, can provide the market with high-quality, complete specifications of the metal packaging products.

From the market demand: large demand for metal packaging products are wine, beverage, canned food, daily chemical, petrochemical, chemical and other industries. In the past two years, China’s beer production has ranked first in the world. Others, such as juice, juice drinks, carbonated beverages, soft drinks, and canned foods, have increased by about 15% to 25% annually. The varieties and output of daily chemical products and petrochemical products are large. The increase in the scope provides a broad space for the development of metal packaging products.

From the perspective of the main raw material market, according to the statistics of the China Iron and Steel Association, the apparent consumption of Tinplate (including chrome plating) reached 1.55 million tons in 2006, a record high, and the localization rate has accounted for about 93.5%. Some steel companies are Adjusting the product structure and expanding the production capacity of cold-rolled plates and tin-plated, chrome-plated and galvanized plates can basically balance supply and demand. Aluminum aluminum two-piece cans can already be produced domestically and is expected to reach 60,000 tons in 2007, breaking the situation of relying entirely on imports.

Judging from the economic development situation, the domestic economy has continued to increase in double digits in the past decade, and the people’s living standards have been continuously improved, especially the changes in consumer attitudes of contemporary young people. Metal packaging beverages, food, and cosmetics are very popular with them. According to the statistics of related departments, in 2006, our beverage output was 41 million tons, making us the world’s second largest beverage producer after the United States. The deepening development of China's petrochemical products, fine chemicals and daily-use chemical products has expanded domestic demand and increased exports, all of which provide a huge potential market for metal packaging. Of course, we have not missed this important opportunity for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Faced with the future of the metal packaging industry, we are confident that as long as all colleagues in the industry adhere to the scientific concept of development, adjust the industrial structure, increase the pressure of independent innovation and competitiveness, change the traditional mode of economic growth, and enhance service awareness and service quality. The metal packaging industry in China will be built into a technology-based, service-oriented, and modern-type industry, which will surely achieve greater development and prosperity.