Medicines are special commodities and are related to people's lives and health. Pharmaceutical packaging is an important part of the pharmaceutical industry. Packaging materials and containers that directly contact drugs are the basic elements of drugs, which have an important impact on drug quality and drug safety. In recent years, with the continuous development of the pharmaceutical product market and my country’s increased policy support for the pharmaceutical packaging industry, the pharmaceutical packaging industry has ushered in rapid development. However, compared with developed countries, the level of my country's pharmaceutical packaging industry still needs to be improved. The industry believes that in the process of advancing the high-quality development of the industry, automated packaging equipment bears a heavy responsibility.

　　The pharmaceutical packaging industry will achieve rapid growth

　　 But high-quality development is facing "blockers"

　　Data shows that the market size of China's pharmaceutical packaging industry exceeded 100 billion in 2018, reaching 106.8 billion yuan. In recent years, the average annual growth rate of China's pharmaceutical packaging market has also remained above 10%. Facing the huge blue ocean of the market, relevant pharmaceutical packaging companies have benefited significantly.

　　 Entering April, most pharmaceutical packaging companies also disclosed the 2019 annual report and the first quarter performance report. The overall performance has achieved substantial growth. For example, the 2019 annual report released by Global Printing shows that the company achieved operating income of 1.247 billion yuan last year, a year-on-year increase of 124.7%, and realized net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies of 66.562 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 136.77%; Kane shares achieved business in 2019 Total revenue was 1.15 billion, a year-on-year increase of 2.1%; net profit attributable to owners of the parent company was 46.393 million, a year-on-year increase of 87%. The company stated on the interactive platform that in the first quarter of this year, it increased its production investment in medical packaging materials and medical dialysis paper, which contributed to the improvement of its performance in the first quarter. The company's quarterly report shows that in the first quarter of 2020, it is expected to achieve a profit of 8 million to 12 million yuan, an increase of 56.67% to 900% over the same period last year, and a profit of 1.2 million yuan in the same period last year.

The industry believes that in the next few years, the growth of the domestic pharmaceutical packaging industry market is mainly driven by three factors. One is the increase in the penetration rate of automated packaging equipment, the second is the continuous expansion of the pharmaceutical retail market (out-of-hospital market), and the third is the improvement of the drug traceability system. Fully and in-depth advance. Driven by a series of factors such as prescription outflow, the industry expects that the pharmaceutical packaging industry will still achieve a relatively high growth rate.

However, it should also be noted that there is still a certain gap between China’s pharmaceutical packaging industry and the level of the pharmaceutical packaging industry in developed countries (which accounts for more than 30% of the total output value of the pharmaceutical industry). China’s pharmaceutical packaging industry is still facing high-quality development. Various efforts.

　　Automated packaging equipment shoulders heavy responsibility

　　How should the company make efforts?

　　As the upstream of the pharmaceutical packaging industry, automated packaging equipment needs to shoulder the important task of helping the pharmaceutical industry develop towards high quality.

　　 It is understood that the current problems encountered by many pharmaceutical companies in the production process are capacity issues. Therefore, automated packaging equipment companies need to continuously renovate and update equipment and technology to help pharmaceutical companies break capacity bottlenecks and meet their capacity needs.

　　 Then, how do you use it? The industry believes that grasping the market direction and strengthening technological innovation capabilities are the key. The market is changing rapidly, and the pharmaceutical packaging industry has experienced a development process from manual packaging to semi-mechanical packaging, automated packaging and smart packaging. Pharmaceutical packaging machinery and equipment companies need to continuously strengthen R&D and innovation according to the market development direction to create products that meet market needs.

For example, a packaging machine company said that the company has always grasped the market direction. At first, it provided high-speed online packaging for pharmaceutical manufacturers. Later, it provided customers with anti-counterfeiting and anti-aliasing solutions, as well as providing customers with functional smart packaging. The number of orders continues to grow.

At present, with the comprehensive and in-depth advancement of the drug traceability system, as well as the upgrading of "Internet +" and intelligent manufacturing related development concepts, some powerful packaging companies will also take the blockchain technology as the lead to study its use in pharmaceutical traceability and pharmaceutical logistics. The development and application of consumer safety medication, medical insurance control fees, supply chain platforms and other fields provide the industry with an integrated solution of "Internet + smart manufacturing".

　　 In addition to grasping the market direction, pharmaceutical packaging companies also need to improve product delivery capabilities and market response speed. Due to the limited production capacity of packaging equipment companies, some companies will inevitably miss some market opportunities when their current capacity is saturated. The industry suggests that strong packaging equipment companies can continue to expand the production capacity of their original products, and at the same time need to improve product delivery capabilities and market response speed.

　　 In addition, packaging equipment companies and downstream pharmaceutical companies need to enhance business synergy, improve service levels, create diversified service content, and create more value for customers.

　　 Conclusion

　　 With the intensification of aging and the advancement of favorable pharmaceutical policies, new products and new pharmaceuticals are emerging in an endless stream. The pharmaceutical market demand will continue to expand, and the pharmaceutical packaging industry has a very broad market prospect. As the upstream of the industry, automated packaging equipment also needs to innovate continuously, keep pace with the times, appreciate fresher market information and innovative results, meet the needs of pharmaceutical packaging, and help the pharmaceutical industry to develop better.