
Packaging Supply Chain news from the Asia Pacific
CHINA – Paper packaging converter Zhejiang Jingxing Paper Joint Stock Co Ltd has invested in a new containerboard production line to produce high-quality containerboard grades out of 100% recycled raw materials.
AUSTRALIA - Centrum Printing Pty Ltd in Sydney, Australia, has made its biggest ever press investment as the company makes a move into packaging and POS print.
INDIA – Local packaging converter HBD Packaging has invested in pre-owned printing kit to meet its target of achieving a turnover of US$17.7 million (Rs 100 crore) by 2016.
TAIWAN - Chen Yi Paper Container Co Ltd has invested in a total of six presses for two of its plants in Taiwan.
TAIWAN - Leading international Taiwanese label and decoration company CymMetrik Group has invested in a Xeikon 3030 Plus to gain the short-run digital advantage that can be used on conventional substrates.
CHINA – Zhejiang-based Ningbo Beike Packaging has installed a KBA Rapida 145 at its plant in Ningbo, China, for the printing of packaging and display products.
This is the first KBA Rapida 145 large format press installed in Chin, and the second in Asia.
THAILAND – Siam Kraft Industry, a subsidiary of SCG Paper, has invested in a new containerboard production line for its Ban Pong mill in Ratchaburi, Thailand.
HONG KONG – Bright Future Pharmaceutical Ltd has invested in three new carton packing lines to expand its capacity for pharmaceutical packaging.
S KOREA – Xeikon, an innovator in digital color printing technology, has announced that South Korean self-adhesive label converter HANA Graphic Art Co., Ltd. chose the Xeikon 3030Plus as its first digital press to meet increasing customer demand for short run jobs while ensuring maximum cost efficiencies.
CHINA – Chinese corrugated giant Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd has invested in a new containerboard production line for its Chongqing site in Sichuan province.
THAILAND – Siam Kraft Industry Co has invested in a new containerboard production line for its Ban Pong mill in Ratchaburi, Thailand, increasing its production capacity by as much as 300,000 tonnes.
SINGAPORE – In its search for cutting-edge label printing technologies that both aid production efficiency and provide quality in print, Singapore-based Orient Quality Print Pte Ltd selected Xeikon’s high-performing digital printing technology as the best solution.