Currently, the corrugated box industry is struggling with rising production costs, increasing competition and shrinking profit margins. With the price of energy, and environmental considerations, playing an increasingly prominent role in industry, energy issues are at their most prominent today. The 11th fiveyear plan stated that energy consumption per unit of gdp should be 20 less than it was at the end of the 10th fiveyear plan. During the 12th fiveyear plan, the focus on reducing energy consumption will remain. To meet the energy saving and emission reduction targets, many local governments now restrict the use of electricity, with load shedding now common in some places. This measure has had an adverse effect on many carton factories. Additionally, equipment made by chinese carton factories, particularly corrugated equipment, experienced low overall growth, delivered low efficiency and has a low degree of automation. Several pieces of cartonmaking equipment were not upgraded when they should have been, resulting in the waste of raw and auxiliary materials in production. This slump is a challenge. It is also an opportunity to seek breakthroughs in how cardboard box manufacturers develop. In the future, the use of complete corrugated carton equipment with a high level of automation, high speed, stable performance and low power consumption will be key to overcoming the current difficulties. For carton printing, 2 to 5 of waste is generated during color printing, a practice that wastes material and cuts profits. Now technology for fully automatic digital color printing presses has been introduced into the industry, eliminating the need for plates. Inkjet printing has full automatic computer control and is more efficient. A special low cost printing ink costing approx. Rmb 0.25 per sqm is now widely used. Through these trends, the problem of excessive printing waste is addressed. The nt1225 full vacuum suction printing slotting diecutting machine, developed by nantai industrial, is equipped with an ink saving system that saves 0.4kg0.5kg ink per unit during ink color changing or cleaning. In response to the need for lowcarbon, energy saving and emission reduction, noncarbon, low temperature corrugated line technologies have been introduced. Compared to the traditional use of hightemperature steam, the production line has no heating of boilers and is powered by coal and steam. It generates no pollution or emissions. It also reduces production costs and improves board strength. To improve efficiency, raise productivity and reduce costs, carton manufacturers taiwan tang cheng launched the new as2009s g automatic stitcher gluer after years of independent research, development and testing. The machine is easy to operate with full computer control. It can accurately complete order changing in 3 to 5 minutes. The machine can be used for stitching and gluing. It can also integrate gluing first and then move on to the stitching phase. Highly automated equipment like yutian chengyuan&rsquos cy series automatic gluer, shanghai yoco&rsquos jy1650e automatic stripping cardboard and corrugated diecutting machine and chengdu chuangxin&rsquos automatic glue prep system will help carton manufacturers reduce costs and increase profit margins. Each of these advanced technologies and pieces of equipment will be showcased at sinocorrugated 2011, the world&39s largest corrugated packaging manufacturing exhibition. The event will be held at the shanghai new international expo center from april 6 to april 9, when the leading international corrugated box equipment and consumables suppliers will exhibit. The show is an excellent platform for understanding industry trends and purchasing machinery. Sinocorrugated contributes to promoting the china corrugated industry&rsquos prosperity and the development of a lowcarbon economy.
