China's Packaging Machinery Market Research Report - PMMI

3.4.2 Quantity Status of Chinese Sterile Packaging Machinery
Items
Sterile packaging machinery was introduced to China in the 1970’s. The
current quantity status is shown as follows:
16
(1999)
Manufacturers 13 companies
Proportion of all machinery manufacturers 0.813%
Number of sterile packaging machinery
currently applied in China
300 sets
Quantity
3.4.3 Expectation on Market Demand & Trends of Chinese Sterile Packaging
Machinery
(1) The shape of sterile packaged products is brick-like, and the material is paper,
which results in full space utilization and low costs.
(2) Sterile packaging fits with the popular concept of environmentalism. The
development trend of food packaging in the 21 st century is “Safe, Healthy, and
Natural,” which sets forth stricter requirements for the food industry while
producing great market potential for sterile packaging equipment that can meet
such requirements. Since 1996, the demand for sterile packaging machinery has
increased sharply in China, but the existing domestic equipment and similar
overseas equipment are simply beyond comparison. Larger domestic users tend
to purchase imported machinery.
(3) The on-going “Milk for Students” project will substantially promote the market.
(4) In the next decade, all brand name food manufacturers in China will feel the
need to enlarge their productivity or replace their existing equipment. Some new
large to medium-sized food businesses will also be established. These will all act
as the basis of the market demand for sterile packaging machinery.
(5) Along with the increasing production of milk, juice, and beverages in China and
the widening application of sterile packaging machines, it is estimated by the
China Packaging Technology Association and China Packaging Research
Institute that 80 to 120 sets of sterile packaging machinery will be needed from
2001 to 2005, most of them being high-speed automatic equipment and non-heat
sterilization packaging machinery.