包装是商品进入时常的必经步骤，包装商品也必然离不开各种包装机械，随着社会的不断发展，人们对于商品的外包装要求越来越高，也促进了包装机械行业的不断发展，因此包装机械在包装工业中有着举足轻重的地位和作用。它给行业提供必要的技术支持，以完成产品的包装工艺过程。尽管包装机械的产值在整个包装工业中所占的比重不如包装材料大，不属于经常性消耗品，但对包装工业的现代化却是不可缺少的支撑。它为包装工业提供先进的技术装备，保证包装产品的高质量、高效率、多品种、低成本、高环保，因而获得较强的生命力，带来巨大的社会效益和经济效益。没有现代化的包装机械，就没有现代化的包装工业。据国际模具及五金塑胶产业供应商协会秘书长罗百辉预测，当今世界包装机械的市场需求将保持5.2%的年增长率，到2012年有望达到398亿美元。

Packing is a key step the goods into the often, goods must also leave the all kinds of packaging machinery, with the continuous development of society, people are increasingly demanding for the outer packing of goods, also promoted the development of packaging machinery industry, so packaging machinery in the packaging industry has a very important position and role. It to the industry to provide the necessary technical support, to complete the product packaging process. Although the production of packaging machinery is better than a share in the packaging industry packaging material is big, do not belong to the regular consumables, but for the packaging industry modernization is an indispensable support. It provides advanced technology and equipment for the packaging industry, ensure a high quality packaging products, high efficiency, many varieties, low cost and high environmental protection, thus obtain the strong vitality, bring huge economic benefits and social benefits. Without modern packaging machinery, there is no modern packaging industry. Suppliers according to the international mold and metal plastic industry association secretary general luo hui prediction, the world's packaging machinery market demand will be 5.2% annual growth, is expected to reach $39.8 billion by 2012.