Packaging machinery is special industrial equipment that can complete all or part of the commodity packaging process.
Before the 1980s, my country’s packaging machinery was mainly imported from manufacturers in developed countries such as Italy, Germany, and Japan.
With the development of my country’s economy and the rise of the machinery industry, domestic packaging machinery companies have gradually broken through the monopolistic competition pattern of international manufacturers.
Nowadays, the level gap between my country’s machinery manufacturing and foreign developed countries is constantly narrowing. The main technical indicators of products, such as working speed, positioning accuracy, operating stability, automation level, etc., have reached or are close to the international advanced level.
At the same time, my country’s packaging machinery production capacity is also constantly expanding.
According to Choice data, my country’s output of special packaging equipment will reach 1.9758 million units in 2025, a year-on-year increase of 21.0%, and supply capacity has increased significantly.
From the perspective of the industrial chain, the upstream of the packaging machinery industry mainly includes raw material suppliers such as steel, aluminum alloy, copper, plastics, rubber, and adhesives, as well as PLC, HMI, servo controllers, reducers, motors, solenoid valves, sensors and other component suppliers; the midstream of the industry is packaging.
Packaging machinery research and development, design, production and other links; the downstream of the industry is the application market, packaging machinery can adapt to the production needs of multiple scenarios, and is widely used in the product packaging process of many industries such as food and beverages, medicine and health, daily chemicals and cosmetics, chemical agricultural materials, e-commerce logistics, etc., comprehensively covering the entire process of commodity production and circulation.
In terms of trade, with the continuous enhancement of technical strength, the global recognition of domestic packaging machinery has increased significantly, and the penetration rate of overseas markets has increased rapidly.
According to Chinese customs data, my country’s packaging machinery exports will increase from US$2.967 billion in 2020 to US$5.527 billion in 2025, nearly doubling in scale, while imports will fall from US$1.572 billion to US$902 million, and the trade surplus will continue to expand.
This change not only marks a significant acceleration in the substitution process of domestic equipment for imported products, but also highlights the simultaneous rise in the technological competitiveness, internationalization level and local supply capacity of my country’s packaging machinery industry.
In terms of market competition, the threshold for R&D and production of complete sets of packaging machinery is relatively high, and there are strict requirements on technical aspects such as CNC system application, mechatronics design, and precision parts finishing.
Although my country’s packaging machinery manufacturing strength has continued to rise in recent years, well-known overseas companies such as Italy, Germany, and Japan still have advantages with their leading core technologies and mature processes.
Foreign brands such as IMA Group, Robomo, Krones, MULTIVAC, Omori Machinery, and Fuji Machinery still occupy a large market share in my country’s high-end packaging equipment market.
Domestic domestic companies represented by Yongchuang Intelligent, Tech-Long, Newamstar, Central Asia Co., Ltd., Huayan Precision Machinery, Dongfang Precision, Jingshan Light Machinery, and Chunguang Intelligent are currently deeply involved in the mid-to-low-end market. At the same time, they continue to strengthen technology research and development and product upgrades, and actively extend their layout to the high-end market. The speed of domestic substitution in the industry continues to accelerate.
Overall, my country’s packaging machinery industry has formed a competitive landscape in which foreign capital dominates the high-end market, local companies firmly occupy the mid-range market, and local smart equipment companies accelerate their breakthrough.
At present, the listed companies in my country’s packaging machinery industry mainly include Yongchuang Intelligent, Tech-Long, Newamstar, Zhongya Co., Ltd., Dongfang Precision, Jingshan Light Machinery, Chunguang Intelligent, etc.
From the perspective of revenue, the revenue of Yongchuang Intelligent, Tech-Long, and Newamstar has maintained a long-term growth trend. Among them, Yongchuang Intelligent’s revenue has increased from 1.377 billion yuan in 2017 to 3.989 billion yuan in 2025, achieving a nearly three-fold expansion in scale; Jingshan Light Machinery and Dongfang Precision have relied on their excellent business layout
It is expected to remain at the forefront of the industry’s revenue. Jingshan Light Machinery’s revenue climbed from 1.537 billion yuan in 2017 to 8.723 billion yuan in 2024. Although it fell slightly in 2025, it still maintained a high volume. Dongfang Precision’s revenue steadily recovered after undergoing periodic adjustments, reaching 5.229 billion yuan in 2025.
Zhongya Co., Ltd.’s revenue shows the characteristics of rising fluctuations, and will remain within a stable range after exceeding 1 billion yuan in 2021; Chunguang Intelligent’s revenue is relatively small, and the overall growth is slow but accompanied by periodic fluctuations.
In the future, the core of competition in my country’s packaging machinery industry will focus on technological innovation, with intelligence and flexibility becoming the key for companies to build competitive barriers.
Enterprises will focus on the integration and application of technologies such as the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and machine vision, promote the upgrade of packaging equipment from single function to intelligent collaboration, and realize automatic control, fault prediction and remote operation and maintenance of the production process.
At the same time, the personalization and diversification of consumer demand will force companies to develop flexible production equipment to achieve rapid switching of multi-specification and small-batch products to adapt to the customized needs of different downstream industries. The speed of technology iteration directly determines the company’s market voice.
