China's Packaging Machinery Market Research Report - PMMI

3. DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHINESE PACKAGING MACHINERY INDUSTRY
3.1 Summary
3.1.1 Sizes of China Packaging Machinery Manufacturers
At present, there are about 1,600 packaging machinery manufacturers in China, of
which those with more than 1,000 employees account for 18%, those between 300
and 1,000 account for 41%, and those less than 300 account for 41%.
Most manufacturers of packaging machinery in China are medium-small-scale
businesses with less than 1,000 employees, which account for 82% of all packaging
machinery manufacturers. These medium-small-scale manufacturers are confronting
various problems, such as inadequate financial and other resources, and thus lack the
capacity to research and develop new machines. The current product system is
incomplete, and can hardly compete with similar products manufactured abroad in
respect to quality, reliability, maintenance, and durability.
Segmentation of Chinese Packaging Machinery Manufacturers by Size
less than 300
employees
41%
8
1,000 or more
employees
18%
300~1000
employees
41%
3.1.2 Overall Comparison of Chinese & Overseas Packaging Machinery
In general, there is still a substantial gap between Chinese and overseas packaging
machinery industry in terms of product quality, performance, technology, research &
development, as well as product structure and scale, etc.
(1) In respect to Product Quality, Chinese packaging machinery has a lower
efficiency rate, a high energy consumption rate, poorer stability and
reliability, is old-fashioned, has a poorer appearance, shorter durability of
basic and spare parts, malfunctions more frequently, and has a shorter