Swop 2025 Packaging World (Shanghai) Expo: Paper Packaging Machinery Enters a New Era of Intelligent Green Customization
From November 25th to 27th, 2025, the core event of the Asian packaging industry, the swop 2025 Packaging World (Shanghai) Expo, will grandly open at the Shanghai New International Expo Center. As a member exhibition of the Interpack Alliance, a global processing and packaging machinery exhibition, the scale of this exhibition has been greatly upgraded. With a grand space of 70000 square meters, it gathers about 950 companies from around the world, focusing on cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence and intelligent packaging, bringing innovative solutions for the entire packaging industry chain to eight terminal industries including food, beverage, and medicine. Under the trend of intelligent and sustainable transformation in the packaging industry, the technological innovation and market trend of paper packaging machinery and equipment have become the focus of attention at this exhibition.
Empowered by intelligent manufacturing, significant leap in production efficiency
The paper packaging machinery industry is undergoing a significant leap from traditional manufacturing to intelligent manufacturing. With the deepening application of advanced technologies such as the Internet of Things and big data, high-speed automated carton forming machines and labeling machines equipped with integrated visual recognition can automatically adjust production parameters and detect product defects. With the help of cloud computing platforms, remote monitoring and fault diagnosis services can also be smoothly implemented. Industry report data shows that the global smart packaging market will reach $27.575 billion in 2024, and it is expected that this number will exceed $38.6 billion by 2030. The intelligent upgrade of paper packaging machinery is undoubtedly a key driving force for this growth.
The "Innovative Packaging Equipment Demonstration Area" specially established by Swop 2025 will showcase intelligent production lines that integrate AI algorithms. The German KOCH Pac Systeme brings modular customized solutions, and the automated packaging systems developed by domestic companies such as Yongchuang and Yihe will also be showcased. These advanced equipment and technologies will provide valuable practical examples for the intelligent transformation of the industry.
Environmental protection technology innovation, practicing the concept of green development
Driven by the "dual carbon" goal, environmental protection technology innovation has become the core development direction in the field of paper packaging machinery. Green technologies such as energy-efficient motor drives and the application of biodegradable materials are gradually becoming mainstream in the industry. At the Swop exhibition site, equipment such as corrugated cardboard production lines can reduce production energy consumption by more than 20% by optimizing energy utilization; Packaging machinery using renewable materials such as bamboo pulp and plant fibers effectively reduces reliance on traditional wood.
Multivac, ESSEL Packaging and other companies in the international exhibition hall will showcase packaging solutions based on the concept of circular economy, which complement and complement China's local environmental protection technology. This technological integration not only responds to global environmental policy requirements, but also meets the growing demand of consumers for sustainable packaging, injecting new vitality into the green development of the paper packaging machinery industry.
Personalization and digital transformation reshape the market landscape
Personalization and digital transformation are profoundly reshaping the market landscape of paper packaging machinery. Exhibitors of Swop 2025 bring customized technologies such as laser engraving and 3D printing molds to meet the demand for differentiated packaging in e-commerce, fast-moving consumer goods, and other fields. The flexible production line developed by Jinwei Machinery can quickly switch between different paper box shapes, and Shanhe New Materials achieves small batch and multi variety production through digital printing.
The "fast-moving consumer goods themed pavilion" held concurrently with the exhibition will delve into how to use digital design tools to shorten the product launch cycle. The industrial Internet platform launched by Beiren Group has helped many enterprises improve the order response speed by 40%, fully demonstrating the powerful efficiency of digital transformation.
From the exhibitor lineup and technological layout of swop 2025, it is clear that the paper packaging machinery industry has entered a new stage of development in parallel with intelligent, green, and customized three tracks. The high-speed intelligent equipment of Haitian Plastic Machinery and the biodegradable material production line of Kezhe Environmental Protection both reflect the collaborative innovation achievements of the industrial chain. This industry event, which gathers global wisdom, not only provides a docking platform for equipment manufacturers and end users, but also promotes China's paper packaging machinery to achieve a leap from "following" to "leading".
(From Shunqi Network, November 19, 2025)