Analysis on the current situation of flexographic

Analysis of the current situation of flexographic printing process used by Chinese flexible packaging enterprises

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core tip: as we all know, flexographic printing has attracted increasing attention from insiders because of its environmental protection advantages in using ink, its adaptability to PE and other stretchable film printing, and its increasingly exquisite printing effect. In Europe and the United States, especially the United States, flexo printing occupies 80% of the market share. In recent years, flexographic printing technology has also developed rapidly in the field of folding cartons and labels in China, and many enterprises have begun to try it in the film flexible packaging industry

[China Packaging News] as we all know, flexographic printing has increasingly attracted the attention of insiders because of its environmental protection advantages of using ink, suitable for PE and other stretchable film printing, and the increasingly exquisite printing effect. In Europe and the United States, especially the United States, flexo printing occupies 80% of the market share. In recent years, flexographic printing technology has also developed rapidly in the field of folding cartons and labels in China, and many enterprises have begun to try it in the film flexible packaging industry

let's take a look at the first-hand information given by professionals in the industry

I. The current situation of flexible printing technology used by Chinese flexible packaging enterprises

Xue Zhicheng, chief engineer of Shaanxi Beiren Printing Machinery Co., Ltd.:

at present, as far as I know, Shanghai Ziquan, Kunshan St. Jones, Unica and other flexible packaging enterprises have successfully used flexible printing films, which are mainly used in flexible packaging sanitary materials and labels. Paper is mainly used in carton preprint, sterile package, film products, and the base materials mainly include PE, LDPE, cast PE, non-woven fabric (diaper), etc. At present, there are many breathable films used in meat packaging in foreign countries, and the amount is relatively large. Shanghai xiyueer has made such products. OPP, pet and other conventional materials flexographic printing is no problem

zhangxingbin, general manager of Songde flexo printing business department:

flexo printing is not widely used in the domestic flexible packaging industry, so the relatively expensive supporting consumables and few professionals. As far as I know, Beijing Lianbin, Huangshan Yongxin, Shanghai Ziquan, Shanghai Fuzhu, Guangdong Xinlida, Guangdong bauter, etc. all use satellite flexo printing machines to print plastic films (PE, OPP, etc.), and there is also an enterprise from Gansu called Rongde; There are also countless carton preprint manufacturers using unit flexo printing machines (some others use satellite type) to print beer boxes, fruit boxes and vegetable boxes. In addition, two types of markets need to be specially pointed out: milk bags and labels. Of course, it has nothing to do with flexible packaging, but the proportion of flexo printing is very large. The main printed film substrates include LDPE (breathable film), milk white film, etc., and also BOPP labels (Shanghai Ziquan is used to print Coca Cola bottle labels)

Tian Jun, general manager of Xiangfeng foreign bank:

in terms of sanitary packaging, Shanghai Ziquan, Beijing Lianbin, Huangshan Yongxin, the main base material is PE. In addition, Ziquan also produces beverage outer packaging (PE shrink film, etc.); In addition, flexographic printing technology is also used for breathable films, plastic bags, Tetra Pak pillows (beverage bags) and other products

Yan Shunjia, sales manager of Shantou auger machinery:

at present, there are still few manufacturers using flexographic technology in food flexible packaging in China. Taking more than 50 satellite flexographic machines that have been delivered by Shantou auger as an example, only three domestic enterprises, with a total of six machines, are printing food packaging, mainly producing PE packaging film, ham sausage casing film, multi-layer coextrusion shrink film, etc., and all products are exported. Among them, as president Zhang Songde just mentioned, Guangdong Porter has now used our company's three satellite flexo printers to print PE, and all products are exported to the United States

almost all of the more than ten sets of equipment exported by our company to Russia, Bulgaria, Australia, New Zealand, Paraguay, Ecuador, Thailand, Nigeria and other countries are printing soft food packaging, so we can see that domestic flexo printing is weak in this regard

according to the use of our domestic users, the printing of PE breathable bottom film of baby diapers has the fastest growth rate in this field. The domestic enterprises represented by Foshan Randy company, which has the most satellite flexographic machines, now use 7 sets of our equipment, and is growing at the rate of 2-3 sets every year. In this industry, more than 25% of the additional tariff has been levied. Five enterprises use our satellite flexographic machine

in terms of products, our printing machine has been applied to paper products such as carton pre printing, paper cups, paper bags, Tetra Pak, 30~50g hamburger packaging paper and dinner paper; Sanitary packaging materials breathable film, heat shrinkable film, high resistance diaphragm, ham sausage nylon filling bag and other film products

luzhijian, general manager of Shanghai Pan China Machinery:

for flexible packaging production, satellite flexo printing is undoubtedly the best choice. Cangzhou Jinlong bought fiwo brand eight color satellite flexo printing machine 8 years ago, which is mainly used for various plastic film printing from 15 m BOPP to 120 m PE. In addition, Qingdao Shuangtai's carton preprint and Shanghai Zixiang's breathable film printing also use satellite flexo printing

Wang Chengyou, deputy general manager of Huizhou Shunfeng Printing Materials Technology Co., Ltd.:

at present, as far as I know, Jinjia and kecai's cigarette packaging aluminum foil are using flexographic printing, Lan Di has begun to try to modify the mixture formula, Liansu Wanjia, Tenghua and other soft packaging enterprises are using flexographic printing, PE film breathable film printing, and PE paper cup flexographic printing in the Far East. At present, flexographic printing is mainly used for cigarette bags, paper cups, baby diapers, sanitary napkins, food packaging, etc

color printing, aluminum coating Consultant (18 children):

China's flexographic printing technology is actually well used in continuous tickets in aluminum profile manufacturing industry, express documents, self-adhesive automatic labels, and the products are also very beautiful

University of science and technology of the river - teacher Wei:

in terms of health care products involved in export, some original gravure printing enterprises have been transforming to use flexographic printing

II. The development trend of flexographic printing in China's film flexible packaging market in the next 3-5 years

Xue Zhicheng, chief engineer of Shaanxi Beiren Printing Machinery Co., Ltd.:

in order to change the share of flexographic printing in the future, we must break the market's understanding of packaging. In fact, flexographic printing, like intaglio printing, can meet the requirements of different packaging, but the domestic culture is different from that of other countries. Our company is now working with flint ink, Xinhua plate making, relevant wrinkle roller and sleeve suppliers to develop domestic accessories to reduce the cost pressure of users. At the same time, we hold a technical training with the deadline of August 8 at the users of the industry to strengthen the technical promotion, and we believe that flexographic printing will be used more

the total market share and proportion, and everyone's acceptance of flexo printing will be greatly improved. At least, flexographic printing products should be used more in food packaging and pharmaceutical packaging. The main solution: the state imposes heavy taxes or penalties on VOC, so that the cost of environmental pollution increases, and flexo printing will naturally get more attention

Tian Jun, general manager of Xiangfeng foreign bank:

with the consensus of the people on the urgency of air governance, the increasing attention of the whole society to environmental protection, as well as the popularization of the above-mentioned new technologies and the improvement of the quality of flexographic printing equipment, flexographic printing will make major breakthroughs in all fields of China's film flexible packaging market in the next 3-5 years: sanitary products packaging, household paper, beverage packaging, And other film printing fields dominated by gravure printing at present

Yan Shunjia, sales manager of Shantou OGE machinery:

the number of flexo printing machines in China has increased rapidly in recent years. Because the price of satellite flexo printing machines is higher than that of other models, at present, there are two types of machines in China: unit type and cascade type. However, with the continuous improvement of industry requirements, the satellite type machine will be a strong growth model in the future. In the European and American markets, the satellite type flexographic machine accounts for about 70% of the entire flexographic machine market, and most of it is used in flexible packaging printing, corrugated paper pre printing and label printing. By the end of 2014, there will be about 20 machines in our orger for diaper bottom film printing

luzhijian, general manager of Shanghai Pan China Machinery:

according to the experience of Europe and the United States, flexo printing has unique advantages in the fields of food, drugs and maternal and child products. In the next 3-5 years, the packaging of dairy products, fresh meat, vegetables, fruit juices, beverages and seasonings in China will have a great development, and the environmental protection advantages of flexo printing will be brought into full play in the field of food packaging. There are also sanitary materials PE bottom films (breathable film, non breathable film), middle waist stickers, PE outer packaging (milky film, transparent film), color film (PET bottles, cans, glass bottles of PE outer packaging) flexo printing, which are a development trend

Wang Chengyou, deputy general manager of Huizhou Shunfeng Printing Materials Technology Co., Ltd.:

flexo printing and gravure printing will make a major breakthrough in the field of soft packaging such as beverage labels, plastic shopping bags, battery labels, etc. our company is widely used in the preprint of water-based gravure paper, such as beer boxes, beverage boxes and other food packaging