Technological Innovation in Packaging Industry (1)

With the development of China's national economy and accession to the WTO, the packaging industry has become the 16th industry in the 40 major industries of the national economy, with an annual gross output value of more than 200 billion yuan and an average annual growth rate of 13-14%. Therefore, the continuous, rapid and healthy development of the packaging industry in China is the key to meeting the needs of the economic development of the packaging market in China.
Throughout the course of China's packaging industry, it is not difficult to find that state-owned enterprises have achieved economic benefits through technological transformation, technology introduction, new product development, design, and manufacturing, that is, technological innovation. However, many packaging companies have yet to find a way to achieve innovation. Even companies that have achieved technological innovation lack the ability to continue to innovate. Once technological innovations are imitated by competitors, they are once again in a predicament. Therefore, timely technological innovation is formed. The ability to quickly improve the technological innovation mechanism is the key to promoting the development of China's packaging industry in the decades to come and even longer historical periods.
Technological innovation refers to the technical and economic activities related to the development and commercialization of new products, new processes, and new equipment. It is the core and key to technological progress. Its main feature is the combination of technology and economy. It emphasizes that the market is the ultimate goal of testing the success of innovation. Therefore, in essence, high-tech innovation is not only scientific research activities but also economic activities. The formation of packaging technology innovation capability does not depend on people's subjective willingness, but on objective economic rules.
This article starts from the theory of technological innovation and combines with the development law of packaging technology, analyzes the characteristics of packaging technology innovation and its significance to the development of packaging industry, and provides certain reference and enlightenment for the decision-making of packaging technology innovation.
1. The basic characteristics of packaging technology innovation Since packaging is a systematic project, it involves many disciplines such as machinery, materials, automation, art, and management. At the same time, packaging is one of the areas where new technologies are applied first. Therefore, the competition of goods depends to a large extent on the competition of new packaging technologies. The packaging technology has the following basic characteristics:
1.1 The application and breakthrough of high-tech high-tech in the packaging field can all lead to a leap in the packaging industry. For example, the emergence of corrugated boxes has become a major form of packaging with its superior performance. The development of honeycomb corrugated cardboard has been successful. , making it a cheaper alternative to wood and steel.
1.2 High investment, high profitability High-tech nature determines high investment, and high investment is one of the important features of scale production. The characteristics of high investment determine that packaging innovation decision-making is based on the premise of high investment intensity.
High investment also means high returns. Innovative packaging technology products are the value created by high-intellectual labor. Compared with traditional packaging products, the knowledge value involved is several times or even tens of times higher.
1.3 Technical cross-cutting The technological innovations in other fields are often presented in a separate form. Packaging technology innovation is no longer a single branch, but is a combination of natural sciences and social sciences, cross-disciplinaryly, and group-based. (To be continued)