The printing industry is advancing from green to intelligent enterprises, and the practice outlines a high-quality development landscape

In recent years, China's printing industry has shifted towards green, digital, and intelligent transformation, anchoring the "dual carbon" goal to accelerate the transformation of old and new driving forces. A group of benchmark enterprises have promoted the formation of a new quality productivity pattern in the industry through technological innovation and model innovation. Data shows that the market size of green technologies such as flexographic printing has exceeded 48 billion yuan in 2024, and is expected to steadily grow to 51.82 billion yuan by 2025. Green, low-carbon, and intelligent upgrades have become the core engines of industry development.
Green transformation is the only way for the high-quality development of the printing industry. Enterprises should build a low-carbon system throughout the entire chain from source reduction, process control to end of pipe treatment. The century old brand Yongfa Printing has achieved remarkable results. Its factories in Henan and Jiangsu use renewable raw materials such as bamboo pulp and sugarcane pulp to replace traditional wood, replacing 300 million plastic products annually and reducing emissions by over 3400 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent within two years. The Sichuan factory has fully replaced environmentally friendly raw and auxiliary materials, covering low VOC products such as photo cured ink and water-based adhesives. The Qingdao factory has been transformed through drying methods, reducing carbon emissions by over 50% per ton of product. The country's first paper container pulp molding production line has reduced the plastic content of products by 75% compared to plastic bottles.
Technological innovation empowers green transformation, accelerating the implementation of digital and intelligent technologies. The four-dimensional intelligent control heating system independently developed by Yongfa Printing has achieved an 8% reduction in energy consumption per unit product and a 13% increase in production efficiency; The dual station synchronous molding equipment enables a single device to save 74000 kWh of electricity annually and reduce carbon emissions by 39 tons. Xingtai Shengshi Zhonglian's liquid resin version adopts UV second level curing technology, which improves production efficiency by 80% compared to traditional processes, and can restore 0.01mm details with precision, serving well-known brands such as Mengniu and Yili. Zhejiang Chenglong Printing invested more than 60 million yuan to introduce Heidelberg equipment from Germany, which can complete 9 processes with one machine, driving the doubling of order volume.
The changing market demand drives the cross-border integration of industries, and new business models continue to emerge. Zhejiang Xinzhen Printing has crossed over from drug packaging printing to children's board book production, using environmentally friendly processes such as soy ink, with an annual output growth rate of 20% -30%, solving the "off-season dilemma". Longgang Printing Enterprises actively layout in the field of cultural and creative industries, deeply cultivating customized cultural and creative products, and creating more than 880 original children's picture books by Huaxu Industrial, promoting the deep integration of printing and cultural industries.
Industry insiders indicate that with the tightening of environmental regulations and the increasing awareness of environmental protection among consumers, the green standard system for the printing industry will be further improved, and the research and application of new materials and processes will be accelerated. In the future, the construction of green factories, the construction of smart ecosystems, and the collaborative innovation of industrial chains will drive the industry towards higher quality development and contribute to the achievement of the "dual carbon" goal.