Analysis of packaging industry in Finland

Analysis of packaging industry in Finland

the Finnish packaging technology and Research Association was founded in 1982, mainly providing various technologies and formulating specifications for the Finnish packaging industry and serving various packaging enterprises. The total output value of Finnish packaging products industry is about 9billion Finnish marks every year. 30% of them are for export. The largest user of packaging products is the food industry, about 50%. Paper products account for about 60% of packaging products, of which 55% are for export; Plastic products account for 23%, of which 30% are for export; Metal products account for 10%; Glass products account for 2%; Wood products account for 3%; Others account for 2%. Finns use 180 kg of various packaging products every year, of which more than 50% can be recycled. The total amount of packaging products used in Finland every year is 2.2 million tons of paper and paper products, 50% of which are transportation packaging cardboard; 310000 tons of plastic packaging, of which 90000 tons are not recyclable; 30000 tons of metal products, most of which are beverage packaging; 460000 tons of glass products, of which about 400000 tons are recycled glass packaging products. Finland joined the European Union in 1995. According to the regulations of the European Union, all EU countries should use similar packaging as much as possible and use similar materials that reduce pollution as much as possible. It is required that the recycling rate of packaging products should reach about 50-65% by 2001. Finland is very heavy, with a year-on-year increase of 14.6%; The net profit attributable to the parent company is 2.23 billion yuan. Depending on environmental protection, all enterprises producing packaging products are obliged to recycle the used packaging. The general method is that several large enterprises producing packaging jointly form a subsidiary responsible for recycling the used packaging to do this work

VPM Kymmene is one of the largest forest industry groups in the world. It not only produces all kinds of printing paper, packaging paper and other packaging materials, but also produces logs and plywood suitable for various purposes. The group has an annual output value of 45billion Finnish marks, about 11.3 billion US dollars, and 34000 employees. Huichuan group, headquartered in Finland, has paper mills in Finland, France, Germany and the United Kingdom. Paper making accounts for 56% of the total turnover, with an annual output of 7.5 million tons. In recent years, UPM group has expanded and improved most paper mills. 80% of the paper mills are equipped with the most advanced technology and equipment, and its sales cover more than 100 countries on five continents

UPM group, as a forest industry company, has a history of more than 100 years and has been operating in Asia for decades. UPM group magazine paper department is the largest department of the group, with an annual turnover of 2.8 billion US dollars. It is the largest magazine paper manufacturer in the world, mainly producing coated and uncoated paper for periodicals, product manuals, advertisements and commercial printing. With an annual output of 3million tons of magazine paper, the ag600 large-scale fire-fighting/relief amphibious aircraft in China will realize the light weight coated (LWC) and medium weight coated (MWC) paper used in magazines and advertisements in the first flight country in the near future. Asian markets are mainly China, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other countries and regions. UPM group's cultural paper products are mainly office and printing paper, with an annual output of 1.7 million tons. It is the largest cultural paper supplier in Europe. UPM group's paper department mainly produces standard paper, high-grade and special paper and book paper. It is the world's largest enterprise in the field of paper production, with an annual production of 2million tons of paper. Standard paper and book paper are mainly sold to China

the packaging Department of UPM group (VPM pack) is a packaging group under UPM group, which is composed of 8 subsidiaries and more than 40 factories. Due to their rich experience and extensive resources, they can further study and develop new, advanced and economic packaging solutions at a lower cost. Their products are based on paper and paperboard. They are the largest manufacturer of vacuum packaging, silicone coated paper and industrial packaging paper in Europe. Special products include self-adhesive paper, labels, envelope paper and paper bag paper, with annual sales of US $20million. It is the world's largest supplier of anti sticking paper in the self-adhesive paper market. The products sold to China are mainly anti stick silicone coated paper, bleached or unbleached kraft paper for food packaging, kraft paper bags, paper bag paper and self-adhesive paper. All kinds of products they produce are tailored to their end use. If paper is used to make small packages of packaging powder products, it should not only be loose and breathable, but also have high strength, and sometimes the oil resistance of packaging materials is also very important. Each specification of coating and composite materials produced by them has been carefully studied and repeatedly tested according to their specific uses. For packaging materials, in addition to realizing their uses, they should also be able to decompose easily so as not to pollute the environment. Based on this point, the packaging materials that UPM group packaging department is committed to developing are recyclable, which can be dissolved in fertilizer and re released energy. Wag VESA group is jointly named after wag composite packaging materials Co., Ltd. and VESA packaging group. It is the largest subsidiary of fenou United Packaging Materials Co., Ltd., with an annual output value of more than 1.7 billion Finnish marks, about 400 million US dollars

wagevisa can provide different users with packaging materials for various purposes. The production process of the appearance of their typical Valmet external coater is mainly to cover and mount various kinds of paper and paperboard through extrusion technology, and also to carry out flexographic printing. Their products include roll packaging paper, special roll packaging paper, multi-color printing packaging paper, film coated cartons, multi-purpose food packaging paper, biodegradable film coated paper, corrugated boxes, film coated liners for cardboard boxes, logs and plywood and other forestry packaging paper, tray packaging paper, steel packaging paper, paper woven tarpaulins, fire-proof paper, construction film coated paper, packaging paper for technical industry, pharmaceutical paper, textile paper, etc. Wagevisa's aim is to obtain the greatest protection with the least packaging materials, which fully reflects their awareness of environmental protection

wager film packaging Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of wagevisa group, specializing in the research and production of film for food packaging, and has rich experience in the production of fresh-keeping packaging of meat, cheese and other products for nearly half a century. It is one of the largest suppliers of such packaging materials in Europe and has a good cooperative relationship with tetra Laval and other major packaging machinery suppliers. Our products are well known in Europe, North America and Australia. They have developed and produced high barrier composite packaging materials for perishable food. A series of composite materials produced by the company are suitable for vacuum and inflatable packaging for various general and special purposes. They can grasp new materials with one hand and produce high-quality top and bottom films, which are suitable for films of horizontal packaging machines, ordinary or printed vacuum bags. Their production goal is to use less raw materials than traditional products and provide products with excellent barrier, efficient heat sealing and perfect operation. High barrier is essential to prolong the shelf life of food. Excellent mechanical strength can meet the needs of packaging, handling and distribution. Good transparency and smooth surface beautify the packaging appearance. Excellent heat sealing performance ensures the high-speed operation of packaging machinery and the integrity of packaging. They also produce some special films for chassis capping and heat treatment products, which can be pasteurized, disinfected and hot dipped after packaging

Valmet is a group company specializing in the production of paper machines, paperboard machines and related process control equipment. Its total sales in 1996 was 11.8 billion Finnish marks. The Group employs more than 13000 people, one third of whom work outside Finland. 90% of the total annual sales come from paper machines, paperboard machines, tissue machines, pulp preparation equipment, paper decoration equipment, etc. Valmet has six production bases in Finland, Sweden, the United States and China, manufacturing paper machines, tissue machines and paperboard machines for printing paper, writing paper and special paper types. The company also produces pulp drying lines and pulp preparation equipment in Finland. Valmet has introduced intensive and sustained investment in scientific research and technological development, which has significantly strengthened the strength of the company. The company specializing in the production of paper machines and paperboard machines has considerable scientific research funds. The three technology centers have six pilot machines and a large number of other pilot equipment, which are used to constantly develop and update more efficient and environmentally friendly production methods and equipment structures. Many development projects are carried out in cooperation with users, ensuring that the scientific research results directly meet the needs of users. The world's widest finishing production line began to be shipped in batches from Valmet's finishing equipment production base, yavinpa, Finland, to Jiangsu Province, China in the first half of this year. This production line ordered by a Sino foreign joint venture will become the largest paper finishing equipment ever produced by Valmet. The outside coater of the production line has a copy width of 9.77 meters, which is used to produce high-grade coated paper after two coating processes, with a quantitative range of 60 grams to 135 grams per square meter. The production line is planned to start in 1999. The production line after completion will include a new generation of opti coater coater, four opti coat jet spray applicators or applicators, an opti reel and two opti reel pre rewinder, two opti load multi roll super calenders, two Jr 1000e rewinder and a win belt rewinder, as well as a complete set of paper roll transportation and paper loss treatment system. This production line fully reflects the most advanced paper finishing technology in the world today. The design speed of opti coater of external polyester machine is as high as 200 meters per minute, that of opti load calender is 1300 meters per minute, and that of jr1000e is 2300 meters per minute. The total order volume of the whole production line is up to 700 million Finnish marks

Valmet's creative finishing technology has been fully supported by its scientific research center. The center is the most complete finishing research base in the world today, and its research objects include coating, overpressure, soft pressing, rewinding, coating preparation, drying process and web control of all kinds of paper and paperboard. Almost all the equipment used in this production line can be found in the scientific research center. The renovation project of the scientific research center with a cost of 60million Finnish marks was officially completed and put into use on February 5 this year. The transformed pilot coater will fully meet the needs of 12 to 14 paper roll experiments per day, and can combine and experiment with various test materials, retention and metering processes. At the completion ceremony, the opti coater coater set a world record for the coating speed of 3100 meters per minute, which fully demonstrated the scientific research level and equipment strength of the center. The research center also has two high-power pilot calenders. The 13 roll super calender named calamander is equipped with a new polymer vermicelli roll, which can be simulated according to the original opti load calender concept of Valmet at a machine speed of 61500 meters per minute. The multi roll soft calender named Calibri is equipped with a variety of calendering methods such as belt type and shoe type, which can test various soft calendering concepts from single pressing zone to four pressing zones at speeds up to 1800 meters per minute. The new equipment in the scientific research center includes a running performance simulator, which is used to study the characteristics and phenomena of paper and paperboard at high speed under various process conditions

Valmet is the only company in the world with such a simulator among all paper machinery manufacturers. This machine will be available to the global users of Valmet