美国包装机械市场未来几年将以6.4％的年均速度增长,到2000年市场规模将达50亿美元,到2005年更将达到68亿美元。 这一市场得以维持高增长率,主要得力于包装机械性能不断提高,电脑控制日益普及,新的包装材料问世取代旧产品;许多被限制的医疗及制药产品最近解禁及人口增加 The US packaging machinery market will grow at an average annual rate of 6.4% in the next few years. By the year 2000, the market size will reach 5 billion U.S. dollars, and by 2005 it will reach 6.8 billion U.S. dollars. This market has maintained a high growth rate, mainly due to the continuous improvement of the performance of packaging machinery, the increasing popularity of computer control, the emergence of new packaging materials to replace old products, and the recent lifting of the ban on many restricted medical and pharmaceutical products and an increase in population.