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[News]Medical Pulp Molding Market Embraces Development Opportunities

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Sep 27,2025

Among all application scenarios of pulp molding, medical packaging has firmly established itself as the second-largest application field, second only to the traditional egg packaging. This position stems from the medical industry's rigid demand for "safety + environmental protection".

[News]Medical Pulp Molding Market Embraces Development Opportunities
[News]Medical Pulp Molding Market Embraces Development Opportunities

        Among all application scenarios of pulp molding, medical packaging has firmly established itself as the second-largest application field, second only to the traditional egg packaging. This position stems from the medical industry's rigid demand for "safety + environmental protection". With the tightening of global new regulations on medical waste management and the advancement of the "dual carbon" goals, degradable and pollution-free pulp molding has become the preferred alternative to traditional plastic and metal packaging. It is estimated that its penetration rate in the medical packaging market will rise to 15% by 2025.

I. Scale of Segmented Scenarios: Breakthroughs in Multiple Areas from Packaging to Consumables

The application of pulp molding in the medical field has expanded from a single packaging scenario to diverse ones. The scale expansion of different segmented fields shows differentiated characteristics, which together support the overall market growth.

1. Medical Packaging: The Core Fundamental Sector, Covering the Entire Chain

Medical packaging is the main application scenario of pulp molding, covering the entire chain of pharmaceuticals, equipment, diagnostic products, etc. By 2025, the relevant market scale has approached 3.2 billion US dollars. Among them:

Precision equipment packaging: It accounts for the highest proportion, focusing on high-end products such as cochlear implants and heart stents. For example, the double-layer pulp molding packaging used for Medtronic's heart stents has passed 50,000 vibration tests. Such high-value-added products drive the annual growth rate of this segmented scenario to exceed 20%.Pharmaceutical packaging: It is growing rapidly. Driven by giants like Bayer, dry-process pulp molding packaging for tablets has become a new hotspot. The relevant market scale is expected to increase by 1.6 times from 2025 to 2028.

Diagnostic kit packaging: The annual sales volume of degradable test kit packaging produced by enterprises such as Morrama has exceeded 10 million units, making it a segmented incremental market.

2. Medical Consumables: An Emerging Growth Point with Untapped Potential

The extension of pulp molding to the field of medical consumables has opened up new growth space. Although its current scale is smaller than that of the packaging scenario, its growth rate is more rapid:

Medical sterilization trays: As core consumables in operating rooms, they have become the fastest-growing segmented category, with the annual growth rate of FDA-certified product exports reaching 45.2%.Degradable medical splints: Degradable fixation splints based on natural plant fibers (such as loofah fibers) have been applied in some developing countries and regions. By 2025, the relevant market scale has reached hundreds of millions of US dollars, showing development potential.

II. Growth-Driving Factors: Policy, Technology and Demand Joining Forces

The rapid growth of the pulp molding market for medical purposes is not accidental; it is the result of the combined effect of policy impetus, technological breakthroughs and demand upgrading.

Strong Policy Drive: Global "plastic restriction orders" and new regulations on medical waste management have formed rigid constraints. For instance, the European Union requires that the degradability rate of medical packaging reach 80% by 2030, which directly promotes the replacement of traditional materials with pulp molding.Technological Breakthroughs to Overcome Bottlenecks: Technological breakthroughs such as dry pressing and nano antibacterial coatings have enabled pulp molding to achieve "asepsis, water resistance and high precision", meeting medical-grade standards.Demand-Side Upgrading: The combination of patients' attention to "safe medical care" and enterprises' demand for "green brand" building, along with the demonstration effect of giants like Johnson & Johnson and Bayer, has driven the rapid improvement of the industry's penetration rate.

III. Future Outlook: Expected to Exceed 6 Billion US Dollars by 2030

Based on the current growth trend, the expansion path of the pulp molding market for medical purposes is clear: in the short term (2025-2028), it will exceed 3.2 billion US dollars with an annual growth rate of 17.4%; in the medium and long term, as technological costs decrease and application scenarios expand (such as packaging for implantable devices and medical aesthetic consumables), the growth rate is expected to remain at around 15% from 2029 to 2030. By 2030, the market scale is expected to exceed 6 billion US dollars, making it the absolute main force in the field of medical green packaging.

 

 

 

 

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