What Are the Reasons for the Limited Market Application of In-Mold Labeling (IML)? What Development Recommendations Are There?

Currently, the main bottleneck in domestic IML market promotion lies in high upstream material costs and core technology controlled by others. Since high-end synthetic paper and polymer film materials rely on imports from countries such as the US and Japan, overall packaging costs remain high. Breaking this limitation requires the dual-wheel drive of industry chain collaborative R&D and automation cost reduction & efficiency improvement.

    I. Core Reasons for Limited IML Market Application

    II. Development Recommendations to Break IML Limitations

III. Summary & Exchange

High material costs and upstream polymer technology controlled by others are the root causes restricting the rapid domestic adoption of IML. Breaking bottlenecks relies both on self-developed breakthroughs in domestic chemical materials and on the efficient empowerment of downstream automated labeling systems.

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