Recently, the 2026 Advanced Manufacturing Technology and Green Development Forum for the Plastic Packaging Industry, together with the 4th Annual Conference of the Plastic Packaging Branch of the China Packaging Federation, concluded successfully in Haining, Zhejiang. The event brought together over 300 industry chain representatives to discuss hot topics such as green and low-carbon transformation, VOCs treatment, and the localization of high-barrier materials, jointly exploring the path to high-quality development of the flexible packaging industry.

In the highly anticipated roundtable session "Green Breakthrough - Technical Routes and Practical Choices for VOCs Deep Treatment," Gao Shang, General Manager of Guangzhou Gluexpert Intelligent Equipment, joined industry experts and leading enterprise representatives on stage to share practical experience in implementing VOCs treatment for flexible packaging companies.

As VOCs environmental taxes and performance grading policies continue to take effect, many flexible packaging enterprises have fallen into a misconception during their environmental upgrades: blindly purchasing end-of-pipe equipment at high cost, yet failing to achieve stable compliance.

The roundtable guests reached a consensus: VOCs treatment cannot rely on end-of-pipe treatment alone; source reduction and process control are the keys. Enterprises must select equipment precisely based on their own production conditions, coordinate the entire chain, and balance environmental compliance with economic benefits.

As a provider of intelligent adhesive mixing solutions for the flexible packaging industry, Gluexpert has long focused on automatic adhesive mixing, starting from the production source to help packaging enterprises control VOCs emissions.

In traditional manual mixing, poor ratio accuracy and uncontrolled solvent volatilization - with open, exposed operations - cause large amounts of organic solvent to evaporate. This not only wastes materials but also raises VOC concentration in the workshop, increasing the load on downstream end-of-pipe treatment.

Gluexpert's automatic adhesive mixing machine adopts a closed mixing design: the entire dosing and conveying process runs in a sealed environment, greatly reducing the unorganized solvent volatilization during the mixing process and lowering VOC generation at the front end of production.

The equipment automates and precision-controls adhesive ratios, stabilizes formulations, reduces residual glue, and lowers solvent consumption - cutting pollutants at the source and easing the burden on enterprises' end-of-pipe treatment systems such as RTO and solvent recovery.

VOCs treatment is a coordinated effort across the entire industry chain, not a retrofit of a single process.

At the same time, automated operation replaces manual mixing, avoiding ratio fluctuations caused by human operation, ensuring stable production processes, and helping enterprises' workshops meet environmental performance control requirements.

This source-reduction solution aligns precisely with the VOCs treatment philosophy raised at the roundtable: treatment is not a single-link retrofit, but requires coordinated source, process, and end-of-pipe efforts - avoiding blind investment and using the right equipment to achieve green upgrade.

The green transformation of the flexible packaging industry is an inevitable trend, and VOCs treatment will remain a long-term focus of enterprise production management. Guangzhou Gluexpert Intelligent Equipment continues to refine its closed mixing and intelligent adhesive supply technologies, empowering flexible packaging enterprises through equipment innovation.

In the future, we will continue to deepen our commitment to the packaging and printing sector, constantly optimize the automatic adhesive mixing system, and help more flexible packaging enterprises achieve VOCs source control, reduce costs and improve efficiency, easily respond to environmental policies, and advance on the green and low-carbon development path.