SinoCorrugated South 2014 to Host Dedicated Honeycomb Paper Zone
In the honeycomb paper industry, paper-based materials are used as raw materials to produce honeycomb-shaped composites. As the main alternative to packaging materials like wood and EPS foamed plastic, honeycomb paper is an emerging branch in the packaging industry. Thanks to it special advantages and features, it has become a growing industry focus. In recent years, honeycomb paper materials are not only growing in use in paper container packaging, but also extensively across the building materials, furniture, door, and window material industries. As the application scope continues to expand, honeycomb paper materials are garnering more attention from within the packaging industry. Against this backdrop, SinoCorrugated South 2014’s honeycomb paper zone is a timely new feature. It is China’s first display platform of honeycomb paper products and will explore future development trends in the industry.
Honeycomb paper is a new type of sandwich-structured, energy saving composite. The raw material used to make corrugated paper is glued into hollow, hexagonal structures to form a whole load-carrying paper core. Surface paper is pasted on both sides of it. Because it is lightweight, inexpensive, high strength and recoverable, honeycomb cardboard is popular, especially in developed countries like the Netherlands, the United States and Japan. This new type of green packaging can save resources and conserve the environment.
Currently, the Honeycomb Paper Market is Mature, Stable and High-Level
China’s honeycomb paper technology did not start at a high level. However, the introduction of advanced foreign technologies, combined with nearly 20 years of research and development, has spurred the advancement of industry technology. Today, fifth and sixth generation honeycomb cardboard production equipment has successfully been developed. With certain production capacity, an entire industry has emerged with products such as raw and auxiliary materials, production equipment, honeycomb cardboard, pallets, packaging boxes, building materials decorations, furniture and liner plates.
China currently has hundreds of honeycomb paper equipment producers. This total is gradually increasing too. At the same time, a batch of chemical fiber production companies in provinces like Jiangsu and Shandong are using honeycomb cardboard to replace EPS foamed plastic as partitions, to good effect. Industry experts predict that, if the annual output of filament in China reached 5 million tons, it would need about 100 million sqm of honeycomb cardboard. This is a sign of the honeycomb cardboard market’s great potential. It is also confirmation that China’s honeycomb paper technology needs continuous innovation.
In recent years, Chinese honeycomb cardboard production equipment has been exported in large numbers to countries like the Czech Republic, Chile, Indonesia, Turkey, Malaysia and Poland. This marks an end to China’s reliance on imported honeycomb cardboard production equipment. It also shows how locally manufactured equipment has entered a mature, high level, high quality stage. With scientific research institutions at its core, a substantial science and technology research and development team has been established to support this new branch of the packaging industry.
Honeycomb cardboard has attracted a great deal of attention since it first appeared. However, due to various restrictions, its application in some aspects has been slow. Paradoxically, the material’s unique advantages make it irreplaceable in some areas, especially in terms of enhancing environment conscious behaviors. Problems related to environment protection, such as how to reduce and eliminate pollution from packaging waste and how to recycle packaging waste, have increasingly become focuses. This is promoting research and application of honeycomb cardboard. It is believed that in the near future, with the continuous development of honeycomb cardboard production technology, processing technology and printing technology, honeycomb cardboard will be widely used in packaging and other related fields. As a new type of green environment friendly material, honeycomb cardboard will get more extensive attention, research and application.
Honeycomb Paper Becomes New Paper Packaging Favorite, Application Fields Extend Rapidly
The hexagonal comb made by bees is considered a masterpiece. The extremely robust honeycomb is made with the fewest materials of any such structure. Its structure is also stronger than any other shape. People are enlightened by research into honeycomb structures developed by scientists. Even very thin material can bear great pressure if formed into a honeycomb shape.
Because honeycomb cardboard is light, has strong flat crush strength and good cushioning performance, it is an environment friendly green material used more and more in the building, packaging transport, funeral, agriculture and furniture industries.
After the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, during the reconstruction of the devastated areas, lightweight honeycomb wallboard, with paper as its raw material, was used on houses. Using Honeycomb Cardboard as internal filler is a major feature of furniture manufacturing. This method of production has many advantages. It not only saves boards, but it also reduces the weight of furniture, and is easier to shape and transport. This kind of honeycomb paper, which is used as furniture internal filling material, has strong supporting forces and high durability, thanks to technical upgrades. In European furniture and door industries, more than 80% of inside doors are honeycomb composite doors, and most furniture boards with the thickness of more than 20mm are honeycomb composite boards.
If 20% of China’s total wood consumption in furniture manufacturing were to substituted by honeycomb paper cores for furniture, about 154.3 million tons of carbon emissions could be eliminated each year. If the use of honeycomb board parts for furniture in furniture manufacturing can be promoted, about 10 million cubic meters of wood can be saved each year. Therefore, honeycomb cardboard has great long term market potential, thanks to its excellent performance, environment friendliness and low cost.
SinoCorrugated South 2014 to Introduce Honeycomb Paper Zone
To demystify honeycomb paper, a new type of environment friendly material, SinoCorrugated South 2014 will feature a honeycomb paper zone for the first time. This area will showcase new application fields of honeycomb paper products, including honeycomb lightweight walls, honeycomb logistics packaging materials, honeycomb light furniture, etc. The exhibition will also show a variety of honeycomb paper manufacturing equipment, including fully automated honeycomb cardboard core production lines, honeycomb paper post processing equipment, paper angle bead production lines, honeycomb raw paper and all kinds of consumables and accessories. The show promises will be the leading display platform for honeycomb paper.
In addition to exhibiting the latest honeycomb paper production equipment and materials, the zone will also exhibit new types of honeycomb paper furniture, toys and other new products made of honeycomb paper. Visitors will also see high-end furniture (tables, chairs, sofas, storage racks, etc.) As well as having the practical utility of standard furniture, creative furniture also has extraordinary visual appeal and represents spectacular craftsmanship. The smooth curve on the edge of the paper frame, the innovative design, color, contour … This original honeycomb paper world promises to be a feast for the visual senses.
Honeycomb Paper Industry Development Set for SinoCorrugated South, Industry Leaders to Gather to Explore Key Topic
SinoCorrugated South 2014 will feature a Honeycomb Paper Industry Development Summit. The Summit will serve as an information channel, an exchange platform and a network of connections and development opportunities for honeycomb paper industry professionals interested in technology, production and sales. Participants will include equipment and material producers, industry experts, scholars, designers, policy makers, manufacturers of honeycomb paper products and users . The meeting will establish an elite honeycomb alliance (of production equipment manufacturers, material producers, product designers and users) to improve technology and manufacturing and processing solutions. It will also allow for the formulation of standards for the paper honeycomb product industry and promote the marketing of paper honeycomb derivatives.
The Honeycomb Paper Industry Development Summit will span over 1,000 sqm. Additionally, there will be over 350 honeycomb paper products factories, as well as 200+ end users and buyers onsite. In order to enrich the exhibition contents, Reed Exhibitions will also host a series of value-adding activities. Among them will be over 10 presentations on key industry topics, three business matching activities and two site visits to highly automated honeycomb paper processing factories. More than 500 local and international senior managers and principles from Procurement and Technology departments of paper honeycomb buying companies with high purchasing power will attend the meeting. The buyers will mainly be from industries such as building and construction materials, home appliance packaging, logistics, furniture, advertising, building materials, automobiles and shipbuilding.
The popularization and application of honeycomb paper products play a vital role in developing paper and a low-carbon environment. These have significant social and economic benefits and comply with environmental and circular economy policies on a national scale. They also define the industry’s development direction. Therefore, honeycomb paper production enterprises will seize the opportunity to discover the latest key equipment and learn about the process and popularization of certain applications.
Companies will continue to enhance their competitiveness through independent innovation, constant development of new products, improvement of product quality and enhanced service. Through SinoCorrugated South’s publicity platform, they will drive development in the honeycomb paper industry and upgrade the quality of industrial product packaging in China. They will also improve environment friendly processes and develop the circular economy.
SinoCorrugated South 2014 is Asia-Pacific's leading trade show for the global corrugated manufacturing industry. The event features the latest, most innovative corrugated equipment and consumables on the market. As a sourcing platform for manufacturers of corrugated boxes, honeycomb paperboard, paper stock models and paper pipes, the show attracts manufacturers, buyers and end-users alike. It is a must-attend event that sharpens participants' competitive edge by providing networking opportunities, technological updates and news of the latest industry developments.
(Reed Exhibitions (Shanghai) Co. Ltd)