{"id":5092,"date":"2024-06-27T08:41:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T05:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.packlab.gr\/?p=5092"},"modified":"2025-06-12T12:46:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T09:46:49","slug":"high-demand-for-packaging-machines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.packlab.gr\/en\/high-demand-for-packaging-machines\/","title":{"rendered":"High Demand for Packaging Machines Drives Record Production in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2023, the production value of food processing and packaging machinery hit a record-high of \u20ac 16.5 billion, marking a 5 % increase from the previous year. This notable achievement was highlighted in a press release by the <a href=\"https:\/\/vdma.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">VDMA<\/a> (Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association), establishing the sector as the fifth-largest in the mechanical engineering industry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"cursor:pointer\">TABLE OF CONTENTS<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packlab.gr\/en\/high-demand-for-packaging-machines\/#High_Demand_for_Packaging_Machines\" >High Demand for Packaging Machines<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packlab.gr\/en\/high-demand-for-packaging-machines\/#Impact_of_EU_Packaging_Regulation\" >Impact of EU Packaging Regulation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packlab.gr\/en\/high-demand-for-packaging-machines\/#Developments_in_Food_Machinery\" >Developments in Food Machinery<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packlab.gr\/en\/high-demand-for-packaging-machines\/#Industry_Outlook\" >Industry Outlook<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"High_Demand_for_Packaging_Machines\"><\/span><strong>High Demand for Packaging Machines<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/vdma.org\/viewer\/-\/v2article\/render\/97155774\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">press release<\/a>, <strong>packaging machines<\/strong> significantly contributed to the growth, accounting for nearly half of the total production value. Production in this segment increased <strong>by 10 % to nearly \u20ac 8 billion<\/strong>, with the <strong>beverage packaging machinery<\/strong> <strong>sector<\/strong> seeing an impressive <strong>18 %<\/strong> <strong>growth to<\/strong> <strong>\u20ac 2.8 billion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Impact_of_EU_Packaging_Regulation\"><\/span><strong>Impact of EU Packaging Regulation<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A large part of the 2023 turnover was based on orders from the previous year, as incoming orders remained rather restrained in 2023, due to the uncertainties that surrounded the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.packlab.gr\/en\/ppwr-eu-reaches-provisional-agreement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EU packaging regulation<\/a>. However, after the regulation was adopted in April 2024, it provided <strong>standardized conditions<\/strong> and greater <strong>planning security<\/strong> for the industry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5093\" src=\"https:\/\/www.packlab.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/High-Demand-for-Packaging-Machines-Drives-Record-Production-in-2023.jpg\" alt=\"High Demand for Packaging Machines Drives Record Production in 2023\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Developments_in_Food_Machinery\"><\/span><strong>Developments in Food Machinery<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The food machinery industry showed a mixed performance, with meat and protein processing technology maintaining high production levels at <strong>\u20ac 1.3 billion<\/strong>, while bakery machinery production remaining steadily at <strong>\u20ac 688 million<\/strong>. The confectionery machinery sector, recovering from previous challenges, saw a <strong>23 % increase<\/strong> in production to <strong>\u20ac 354 million<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Industry_Outlook\"><\/span><strong>Industry Outlook <\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The outlook for 2024 remains positive, with global demand for food, beverages, and pharmaceutical products on the rise. Despite a <strong>6 % decrease<\/strong> in incoming orders in the first four months of 2024 compared to the previous year, <strong>experts anticipate a positive trend<\/strong> in orders, <strong>particularly for<\/strong> <strong>packaging machinery<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2023, the production value of food processing and packaging machinery hit a record-high of \u20ac 16.5 billion, marking a 5 % increase from the previous year. This notable achievement was highlighted in a press release by the VDMA (Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association), establishing the sector as the fifth-largest in the mechanical engineering&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5093,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-industry-trends-reports-en","category-28","category-541","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packlab.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packlab.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packlab.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packlab.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packlab.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5092"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.packlab.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5098,"href":"https:\/\/www.packlab.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5092\/revisions\/5098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packlab.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packlab.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packlab.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packlab.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}