China's Packaging Machinery Market Research Report - PMMI

Interviewee Beijing Double-Crane Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Address 9 Guanghua Rd., Chaoyang District, Beijing
Phone 10-6506-0077
Fax 10-6502-4698
Ownership State-owned public enterprise
G. Manager Zhang Yu
Number of Staff 500
1. MAJOR PRODUCTS OF THE COMPANY
(1) Antibiotics (2) Various medicines
2. ASSETS, TURNOVER, AND PROFIT AS OF 1999 (US$ 1,000)
Assets Turn Over Gross Profit
190,554 121,376 53,422
3. CURRENT PACKAGING STATUS
Mainly in bottles, pouches, boxes, and capsules.
4. NAME, QUALITY, AND MANUFACTURER OF PACKGING MACHINERY IN USE
(US$
1,000)
Name Quantity Unit Value Manufacturer
Year of
Purchase
1 Box Assembly 3 353 German 1993-1994
2 Pouch Assembly 12 35 for imported,
9 for domestic
Italian and domestic 1992
3 Bottle assembly 2 94 Taiwanese
domestic
and 1994-1995
4 Capsule 2 47 Korean 1996
5. EXPECTATIONS AND PLANS ON IMPROVEMENT OF PACKAGING QUALITY
Imported machinery is preferred to reduce manpower packaging.
6. KIND OF PACKAGING MACHINERY TO BE PURCHASED AND ESTIMATED COST
An annual fund of several hundreds of thousands of US dollars is applied to the
purchase of packaging machinery.
7. DO YOU ATTEND ANY EXPOS FOR PACKAGING MACHINERY? PLEASE SPECIFY
THE NAMES. ANY EQUIPMENT PURCHASED ON THE OCCATION.
Sometimes purchase through expos but sometimes suppliers contacts them directly.
For imported machinery the trade affair is conducted by its own import and export
company. Major expos attended include China International Packaging Technology
Expo.
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