Barrier materials and plastic barrier packaging
Release time:
2024-12-24
The rapid development of barrier packaging market
Without barrier packaging, perishable items such as food, beverages and pharmaceuticals would be vulnerable to a variety of quality degradation processes. Consumer demand for convenience and products continues to grow, promoting the rapid development of barrier packaging technology and its applications. Related reports predict that the use of barrier packaging will grow at a rate of about 6% per year, nearly 8% in the healthcare industry, faster than most GDP growth rate, is one of the fastest growing packaging markets.
Packaging materials are increasingly expected to better protect their contents, initially primarily in the food and pharmaceutical industries, but now in a growing number of industries such as agrochemicals, electronics and healthcare. As plastics become more common in these areas, there are concerns about the degree of penetration of gases and vapors their products can allow, and whether the packaging products used can guarantee the quality of their products. A wide variety of technologies have been developed and commercialized to meet this demand. They can optimize the shelf life of products, also reduce the need for preservatives, provide transparency and gloss, and can be used as printing substrates, thus achieving excellent preservation, protection and marketing.
In addition to rigid and flexible packaging for goods such as food, pharmaceuticals, electronic equipment and chemicals, barrier technology is also suitable for a variety of other packaging, such as containers or equipment such as automotive fuel tanks, pipelines, and gas cylinders.
There is no doubt that food packaging is the most concerned market for barrier technology, which is closely related to food commercialization and shelf life extension, quality and other issues. Market analysis believes that the biggest driving force blocking the packaging market is the following two consumer trends:
The change of people's food preferences and the trend of smaller families;
There is a growing preference for durable packaging to prevent product oxidation and maintain quality for a long time.
In addition to meeting the needs of barrier and product quality assurance, the final packaging must be recyclable and easy to print. In addition, to be economical, the barrier must be easy and inexpensive to apply, with different substrates suitable for a variety of applications and possibilities. No material can meet all of these requirements, so it is often necessary to select different materials or combinations of materials for specific applications.
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