China's Packaging Machinery Market Research Report - PMMI

Interviewee Sino-America Tianjin SmithKline Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
Address Chengzhou Rd. Chenglinzhuangdao, Dongli District, Tianjin
Phone 22-2470-0888
Fax 22-2470-0666
Ownership Joint Venture
G. Manager Yang Weiqiang
Number of Staff 1,200
1. MAJOR PRODUCTS OF THE COMPANY
1. Stomach Medicine 2. Contact (for cold) 3. Anti-verminosis
2. ASSETS, TURNOVER, AND PROFIT AS OF 1999 (US$ 1,000)
Assets Turn Over Gross Profit
110,897 148,722 48,393
3. CURRENT PACKAGING STATUS
At present mainly packaged in bottles, boxes, and pouches.
4. NAME, QUALITY, AND MANUFACTURER OF PACKGING MACHINERY IN USE
(US$ 1,000)
Name Quantity
Unit
Value
Manufacturer
1 Bottle Packaging Assembly 1 German
2 Pouch Packaging Assembly 10 Italian
3 Box Packaging Assembly 1 German
5. EXPECTATIONS AND PLANS ON IMPROVEMENT OF PACKAGING QUALITY
The currently applied packaging is taking the lead in the market.
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Year of
Purchase
6. KIND OF PACKAGING MACHINERY TO BE PURCHASED AND ESTIMATED COST
A regular annual fund of approximately RMB 2 million is applied to equipment
replacement.
7. DO YOU ATTEND ANY EXPOS FOR PACKAGING MACHINERY? PLEASE SPECIFY
THE NAMES. ANY EQUIPMENT PURCHASED ON THE OCCATION.
Originally, all machinery import was conducted through a Hong Kong agency, which
represents for quite a few international packaging machinery manufacturers. Now
some direct contact with overseas suppliers is getting started. Some expos are
attended in Shanghai, Nanning, and Zhengzhou, especially the Shanghai
International Expo of Pharmaceutical Machinery & Packaging Equipment. The