19APRIL 2024Automation In PackagingPackaging industry is moving to new horizons, completely automating the packaging process, integrating all steps seamlessly to automation. Factors like labour shortages, manufacturing speed and safety of workers and products are some of the reasons which predicts that automation will increase and will become less complex with time. Automation will also lead to the availability of products more efficiently at lowcost. In an assessment, India-based Future Market Insight in Pune, valued the global packaging automation market at $.53 billion in 2023, while predicting it will grow at around eight percent per year to reach $161.66 billion by 2033.The report noted that the food and beverage, pharmaceutical and personal care sectors are enthusiastically embracing automation in packaging, and that growth in this area is being partly driven by rising demand for customised packaging. In October 2023, Amazon launched its first a automated packing technology, initially at its UK and German Centres, which uses in-built sensors to cut specially developed paper packaging according to the size of the item to be delivered. The Advent of Robotics in packaging production lines as a significant step forward in streamlining the progress of packaging evolution. With the search of more renewable packaging the industry is the path of growth, reinventing and modifying itself. Sustainability & FIBCThe Global FIBC market has seen a constant and robust growth in 2024, which is expected to continue positively until 2030. A prominent trend for environmentally sustainable and eco-friendly products is leading the market. The rising tendency of end users to replace conventional packaging and carriers by FIBC is one of the aspects propelling the need. The demand for high durability had a nominal effect on the adoption rate of FIBC, hence manufacturers are expanding new product lines to cater to the growing demand from end users. Some of the characteristics of FIBC bags such as load-carrying capability, versatility, reusability, cost-effectiveness, and eco-friendliness are driving the product demand in the global market. Especially bulk bags with a mixture of polyethylene, foil or other kind of linings are witnessing immense popularity. When it comes to food industry, these carriages help to keep food products safe from severe climates, spillage, and deterioration. Easy modification and quality printing of FIBCs are benefitting end users. FIBC Industry in IndiaIn India, the growth of varied industries and improving trade movements are pushing the demand for FIBC. Various types of industries, including food products & agriculture, pharmaceuticals products, and chemicals & fertilizers, have encountered substantial mechanization, due to improved global commerce and several optimistic standards by the Indian government, leading FIBC industry in India to growth. Industry Outlook magazine in this issue lists out of some of the Packaging Machinery & FIBC Manufacturers in the country, which we believe are the among topmost manufacturers in India. The following list has been prepared after being closely scrutinized by a distinguished panel of judges including CXOs, analysts and our editorial board. PACKAGING MACHINERY & FIBC MANUFACTURERS -2024
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