1. Cone / pleated cup

The paper cup that came out at the beginning is cone-shaped made by hand. It is easy to separate by glue. It must be used as soon as possible. In the later folding paper cup, the side wall is added with pleats to increase the strength of the side wall the durability of the paper cup, but it is more difficult to print patterns on these folding surfaces, the effect is ideal.

2. Wax coated paper cup

In 1932, the first two-piece paper cup with wax was produced. Its smooth surface can be printed with various exquisite patterns to improve the promotion effect. Wax coating on paper cup, on the one hand, can avoid the direct contact between the beverage the paper material, can protect the adhesive enhance the durability of the paper cup; on the other hand, it also increases the thickness of the side wall, greatly improving the strength of the paper cup, thus reducing the paper consumption necessary for making a stronger paper cup reducing the production cost.

With the wax coated paper cup becoming a container for cold drinks, people also hope to use a convenient container for hot drinks. However, the hot drink will melt the wax layer on the inner surface of the paper cup, the adhesive joint will separate. Therefore, the general wax coated paper cup is suitable for holding hot drinks.

3. Straight wall double cup

In order to expand the application scope of paper cup, in 1940, straight wall double-layer paper cup was introduced to the market. This paper cup is only easy to carry, but also can be used to hold hot drinks. After that, the manufacturer coated latex on these cups to cover the "cardboard smell" of the paper material strengthen the leakproofness of the paper cups. The single-layer wax coated cup is widely used in self-service vending machine to hold hot coffee.

4. Polyethylene coated paper cup

Some food companies began to apply polyethylene on cardboard to increase the barrier sealing of paper packaging. Because the melting point of polyethylene is much higher than that of wax, the new type of beverage cup coated with this material can be used to hold the hot beverage ideally, which solves the problem of affecting the product quality due to the melting of coating material. At the same time, the polyethylene coating is smoother than the original wax coating, improving the appearance of the paper cup. In addition, the processing technology is cheaper faster than latex coating.

2、 Basic knowledge of paper cup

1. Paper cup, paper bowl, paper barrel:

A. Unit of measurement: Oz ml are commonly used to measure the volume;

B. According to the size of caliber domestic habits, it is divided into: paper cup, paper bowl paper barrel.

Paper cup: in China, we call the cup of 3-18 oz (oz) as paper cup

Paper bowl: a 20-60 ounce paper cup is called a paper bowl (the diameter of the bowl is larger than the diameter of the paper cup. If the diameter of the bottom is more than 70mm, a paper bowl machine is needed to produce the paper bowl).

Paper barrel: we call 60-200 oz. paper barrel, which is produced on the super bowl machine (paper barrel machine)

2. Tray, tray:

A. Paper plate, paper plate material: 100-1000 g / m2 (base paper, white board paper, white cardboard, aluminum foil other);

B. Shape size of paper tray: square paper tray, round paper tray, special paper tray, etc.; 4-12 inch paper tray, paper tray;

3. Raw material description:

A. PE coated paper: production of paper cups, paper bowls, paper barrels, paper lunch boxes, etc.. Paper is PE coated paper

B. PE: polyethylene;

C. PE film: is in the paper with the film machine (laminating machine) on a layer of PE (polyethylene) film;

D. Single side PE coated paper: only one side of the paper with PE coating is called single side PE coated paper. The common paper cups in China are single side coated paper cups (you can go to the market to watch, only the side with water has PE coating);

E. Double sided PE coated paper: both sides of the paper have PE coated paper called double-sided PE coated paper;

F. Paper weight: refers to the weight of one square meter of paper, for example: 170 g / square meter (170 GSM);

G. PE weight: refers to the weight of PE on one square meter of paper; (generally 10-20 g / m2)

H. Weight of PE coated paper: weight of single-sided coated paper is (weight of base paper + weight of PE g); weight of double-sided coated paper is (weight of PE on one side + weight of base paper + weight of PE on the other side)

3、 Analysis of paper cup Market Industry

1. Common paper cup size in China

3-16 oz (1 British oz = 28.41 ml 1 US oz = 29.57), of which 7 oz, 9 oz 12 oz paper cups are more common

2. Analysis of paper cup Market Industry

According to the supply mode, Chinese paper cups can be divided into customized paper cups supermarket paper cups (non customized paper cups). Customized paper cups are the paper cups that customers need to customize their customers to manufacturers. Manufacturers customize them according to customers' requirements ensure regular supply. This customized demand is huge, accounting for more than half of the market share. In 2005, customized paper cups accounted for about 59.2% of the total The demand is nearly seven billion.

A. Customized paper cup market demand (advertising paper cup): McDonald's, KFC, pizza hut, beverage ice cream paper cup, Starbucks, Nestle, etc., airline paper cup, internal paper cup of the company; industrial commercial enterprises, government departments, banks, aviation, transportation, catering, instant noodles manufacturers, etc. In order to publicize the corporate image, the industry mostly adopts the way of purchasing directly the manufacturers in large quantities. Their demand is large stable, occupying a considerable share of the paper cup, paper bowl paper box consumer market, also an important source of customers for paper product manufacturers.

B. Supermarket paper cup (non customized paper cup, market paper cup): at present, all major shopping malls have all kinds of paper catering equipment sales. The retail prices of domestic paper cups, paper bowls paper boxes are 0.05-0.08, 0.08-0.12, 0.12-0.15, 0.30-0.35 0.25-0.30 yuan respectively, the prices of import export paper cups are slightly higher. In recent years, China's product consumption has kept pace with the development of the national economy, with an annual growth rate of 10% - 11%, the average annual consumption of paper cups has increased by more than 12%. In 2000, the total consumption of paper cups was about 6 billion. In recent years, due to the impact of SARS, China's paper cup consumption has grown rapidly. In 2004, the annual consumption growth rate of China's paper cups reached about 16%, the consumption of paper cups exceeded 10 billion. After that, although the growth rate of paper cups declined to a certain extent, it remained at about 13%.