50 years of China's food and packaging machinery industry

Food and packaging machinery have a close relationship with the national economy. The food and packaging machinery industry provides equipment services directly to the food and packaging industry and is an important part of the food and packaging industry. The industrialized countries attach great importance to the development of food and packaging machinery. Without modern food and packaging machinery, there is no modern food and packaging industry.
People take food as their day, the level of diet is an important symbol of the level of civilization of a country and the quality of life of the people. The development of China's food and packaging industry and its machinery manufacturing industry can fully and rationally use land and resources to meet the growing population of people. The needs of cultural life are conducive to the circulation of goods and the accumulation of funds for the country’s economic development. They are also an important way to revitalize the rural economy and improve the living standards of peasants. They play an important role in prospering urban and rural trade, expanding exports, and resolving labor and employment.
China is a large country for grain production and fruits and vegetables. Due to the backwardness of food preservation and deep processing, the economic loss amounts to 35 billion yuan each year. The annual loss caused by poor packaging is about 20 billion yuan. In recent years, China has imported about 2 billion U.S. dollars worth of food and packaging machinery every year. In many years of import, it surpassed sales of similar machines in China. With the current overall level of machinery industry and production capacity, a reasonable adjustment of product structure, and the development of key support food and packaging machinery can completely replace some imports, expand exports, save foreign exchange for the country and increase foreign exchange earnings.
In the 1990s, China’s reform, opening up, and socialist construction entered a new stage of development. According to the plan’s assumption, by 2010, people’s living standards will reach a relatively comfortable life. By 2050, people’s living standards will approach that of industrialized countries. This is a challenge for the food and packaging machinery industry. It is also an opportunity. Therefore, we must fully understand the active role of the food and packaging machinery industry in national economic development and socialist development, and vigorously develop food and packaging machinery to promote the sustainable and stable development of the food and packaging industry across the century, and it is important to reach a new stage. Strategic significance.
I. Development of the industry Before the 1980s, the state implemented a planned economy, with emphasis on the development of heavy industry. The people’s material and cultural life was relatively low. The agricultural and sideline products were mainly rough processing, coupled with the lack of material resources, the inactive commodity economy, and commodity packaging. The demand is not high, and food and packaging machinery are developing very slowly.
Before the 1960s, it was only able to produce machinery and equipment such as sugar, salt, cigarette cutters, beverages, and canned goods; in the 1970s there were slaughterhouses, meat products, condiments, bean products, cooking machinery, candy, and pastry machinery. Before the 1980s, there were fewer than 100 food and packaging machinery companies with an output value of less than 8 million yuan and about 130 varieties.
Since the implementation of the reform and opening-up policy, the national economy has undergone adjustment. There has been a new situation of sustained, stable and coordinated development. Agriculture has enjoyed a bumper harvest year after year. With the development of agricultural and sideline products and commodities as well as the development of domestic and foreign trade, the people’s material and cultural living standards have improved. The development needs of food and packaging machinery have played a very important role in promoting. Its main achievements are as follows:
(I) From small to large, it has now developed into a new industry. China's food and packaging machinery industry grew from scratch, from small to large, started at the end of the 1970s, achieved rapid growth in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and averaged growth. With a speed of 24.2% and a maximum of 37%, it has become one of the twelve industries in the machinery industry.
In order to adapt to the rapid development of the food and packaging industry, the industry has continuously expanded its scale, and many departments have passed conversion, technological transformation and new production of food and packaging machinery companies. The departments involved include machinery, light industry, commerce, and cooperative agencies. , agriculture, medicine, petrochemical, aviation, aerospace, shipbuilding, weapons, foreign trade, townships, and private enterprises. There are 3,500 existing food and packaging machinery companies (including 1900 food machinery), more than 150 research institutes and colleges and universities, about 400,000 employees, including about 80,000 technicians, and an output value of 25 billion yuan (including foods) 13.5 billion yuan in machinery). Many enterprises have invested through technological transformation and have higher independent development capabilities, better equipment conditions, and certain economies of scale. There are more than 70 backbone enterprises in the industry, and there are more than 50 production values ​​exceeding 50 million yuan in the industry, of which more than 16 million have 16 companies, such as Guangdong Light Industry Machinery Group, Guangdong Zhaoqing Jialong Packaging Machinery Co., Ltd., and Lake Beijing Mountain. Light Industry Machinery Co., Ltd., Tianjin Huate Packaging Machinery Co., Ltd., Wuchuan Tangjiu Machinery Group Co., Ltd., and Shanghai Xinghuo Machinery Factory.
(B) The new product development capability has been enhanced, domestic gaps have been filled, and some have reached the international advanced level so far through the introduction of technology, digestion and absorption, cooperative production, independent development has completed 2700 new products, filling the domestic blank. The continuous improvement of product level, from a single mechanical product to electromechanical integration, from general electrical components control to programmable control, from a stand-alone turnkey turnkey engineering services. High-tech vacuum technology, membrane separation technology, microwave technology, supercritical extraction technology, aseptic packaging technology, and intelligent technology have been popularized in product design, development and experimental research in China. Many products have won provincial (district) city, department and state-level new product awards and scientific and technological progress awards many times, and some have won department-level brand-name products, and some products have also won awards internationally. Has now basically formed a relatively complete category, basic supporting industries. Among them are the products of international standards in the 1980s, such as the production of instant noodles with a production capacity of 120,000 packets. The class produces 5-7 tons of BT1000F2 type multifunctional biscuit production line, processing 50-100 tons of vegetable oil processing production line, class production of 1000 kilograms of soybean product production line, 10000 pieces of ice cream production line, 6000 cigarettes/minute cigarette wrapping machine, 40,000 bottles/ Beer filling machine, 300-500 cans/min two-piece, three-piece cans beverage production line, ZDG100 vacuum lyophilizer, 2.5 tons/hour large bag aseptic packaging production line, 400-500 cans/minute resistance welding can production line, 5500-11000/hour Crown Cap Production Line, JJ-1000 Homogenizer, SCJ230 Plastic Extrusion Blow Molding Machine, and Binder Series Products; products with international advanced level in the early 1990s such as FBM-II 140 kg/hour instant rice production line, FTX-II 20-50/min bucket production line, pulp molding production line with an annual output of 2000-60 million fast food lunch boxes, 400-600 cans/min necking machine And the comprehensive utilization of kitchen residue processing equipment, M-5000 I-HS250 pack / minute automatic pillow-shaped packaging machine.
(3) The quality of products and the level of complete sets have been continuously improved, and a batch of competitive products that not only meet the needs of the domestic market, but also export some products and participate in the competition in the international market have been formed.
(4) Establishing a research team based on subordinate research institutes, universities and colleges as the leader, local scientific research institutes as the backbone, and scientific and technological strength of enterprises to play an important role in scientific and technological progress in the industry.
The research and design institutes for food and packaging machinery and universities and colleges are an important part of this industry. The former Hefei General Research Institute of Machinery, the former Ministry of Light Industry and the two light industry machinery design institutes in Guangzhou were engaged in Scientific research and design unit of food and packaging machinery. During the "Five-Five-year" period, the Ministry of Machinery, Light Industry, Commerce, Military Industry, and some scientific research units and enterprises in various regions successively set up research units engaged in food and packaging machinery. The number of scientific research and design units engaged in this area has grown to 130, and a number of advanced research and new product projects have been completed. Many contributions have been made in the development of food and packaging machinery. In order to strengthen the scientific research on food and packaging machinery, the former Ministry of Machinery has established a packaging machinery branch within the Hefei General Machinery Research Institute, established a Food Machinery Research Institute within the China Academy of Agricultural Mechanization, and a Packaging Machinery Research Institute in the Academy of Mechanical Science. , Also set up a product quality supervision and inspection center, which also has a national standardization committee packaging machinery branch and information network center in the packaging machinery branch. Responsible for packaging machinery standardization and intelligence work.
There are more than 20 universities and colleges in the country that have specialized in this field. In order to cultivate professional scientific and technical personnel, they have also made contributions in the integration of teaching, scientific research and production.
(e) Mainly by government industry management departments, establishing industry associations to promote the development of food and packaging machinery industry services in the 1980s, and various departments in order to organize the promotion of overall planning, coordination, and development of the food and packaging machinery industry since 1980 The China Packaging Technology Association, the China Food Industry Association, and the China Food and Packaging Machinery Industry Association were established one after another. These associations have played a positive role in promoting the coordinated development of food and packaging machinery companies that organize joint departments and local associations. Relevant units in the industry organize fundraising, carry out technological transformation, introduce advanced foreign technology, develop new products, hold international food processing and packaging machinery exhibitions, organize inspections abroad, carry out technical exchanges, technical consultations, product appraisal and review, and promote propaganda.” "ISO9000" quality certification work, did a lot of coordination services, work achievements.
The China Mechanical Engineering Society Food and Packaging Machinery Branch was established in 1989. It has also played an active role in carrying out academic exchanges at home and abroad and promoting the technological development of the industry.
In order to strengthen the information exchange between the food and packaging machinery industry and the international industry, and learn about new technologies, the China Food and Packaging Machinery Industry Association has been with the VDMA, packaging, food machinery branch, and US food processing machinery suppliers in recent years. Associations and Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Association (PMMI), Italian Federation of Machinery and Engineering Associations (ANLMA) and Automatic Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Association (UCMA) and industry associations such as the UK, the Netherlands, Spain, and South Korea have established partnerships. In 1994, it was approved by the competent national authority to join the World Federation of Packaging Machinery Associations (C.P.A.M.A.). In 1995, the Alliance held a working meeting in Beijing at the invitation of the Association. Participants expressed the development of Chinese food and packaging machinery. Express appreciation.
Second, the current situation facing the food and packaging machinery industry The Chinese government proposed to improve and improve people's living standards to a well-off society. In 2050, it is close to the living standards of industrialized countries and it is imperative to develop a strategy of developing large agriculture, rejuvenating the country through science and education, and sustainable development of the national economy. It is imperative to revitalize agriculture, and food and agriculture are closely related. It is a leading industry that drives agricultural development. With further economic development, China's food and packaging industry and its manufacturing industry will become a new growth point for the national economy. At present, the output ratio of China's food industry and agriculture is 0.4:1. Foreign countries have reached 1:1 or 1:1.5, or even 1:3; if China can reach 1:1.5, the total output value of the food industry can exceed 4 trillion yuan. . With the adjustment of the structure of China's traditional food industry, residents urgently need health foods suitable for China's taste of industrialized nutrition, health, convenient table foods and student lunches, infants, and elderly people to get rid of the heavy domestic chores of the people. .
At present, China's residents consume only 15-30% of the industrially produced food, most of which still come from natural foods directly provided by agriculture, while industrial foods from developed countries account for 70-95%. Since 80-90% of the domestic food and packaging industry are from small and medium-sized enterprises and industrial technology and equipment are backward, 10% of food, 25% of fruits, and 30% of vegetables are rotted or deteriorated, which affects the increase of the added value of these agricultural products. Its economic loss is as high as 30 billion yuan.
In addition to the food industry, other needs such as electronics, petrochemicals, daily chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and electromechanical products are also great for packaging machinery. With the strengthening of people’s awareness of environmental protection, higher demands are placed on packaged food machinery.
In recent years, China's exports of food and packaging machinery have shown an upward trend. However, export products are of low quality and have few varieties. Compared with industrialized countries, there are still more than 1,000 kinds of products waiting for development. More products need to be improved. Exports of food and packaging machinery in industrialized countries generally account for 20-30% of output value, some as high as more than 50%, while China only accounts for 2.4%. From the analysis of domestic food and packaging machinery imports, 50% of the total domestic product is exported abroad. Occupation, coupled with losses caused by poor packaging in China, is as high as 20 billion yuan a year. Therefore, there is great potential for the development of domestic and foreign markets.
Third, the current industry, the main problems (a) less variety, low technology, many high-tech products are still missing, the level of product technology and foreign advanced technology of the same gap, the overall level of about 20 years behind.
(II) Product quality is unstable, reliability is poor, service life is short, and the original foundation of the company is weak.