China's Packaging Machinery Market Research Report - PMMI

Interviewee C-bons Group Ltd.
Address C-bons Building, Huangpu Rd, Wuhan, Hubei Province
Phone 027-82920888
Fax 027-82920889
Ownership Joint-ventured
G. Manager Liang Liangsheng
Number of Staff 3,000
1. MAJOR PRODUCTS OF THE INTERVIEWEE: C-bons, Lihua Sibao and Shulei.
2. THE ASSETS, TURNOVER, AND PROFIT AS OF 1999 IS LISTED BELOW:
(Unit: USD 1000)
Assets Turnover Profit
76,471 115,294 4,706
3. CURRENT PACKAGING STATUS: Bottled, bagged.
4. NAME, QUALITY, AND MANUFACTURER OF PACKGING MACHINERY IN USE
(Unit: USD 1000)
Name Quantity
Unit
Value
Manufacturer
Year of
Purchase
1 Tube-processing line 15 141 Sweden 1993~1996
2 Bag-processing line 35 94 Japan 1994~1995
5. EXPECTATIONS AND PLANS ON IMPROVEMENT OF PACKAGING QUALITY
The applied imported equipment has reached the standard packaging requirements in
both technology and quality.
6. KIND OF PACKAGING MACHINERY TO BE PURCHASED AND ESTIMATED COST
We have put no investment in purchasing packaging machine for years, nor will we
purchase in the years to come. But we may purchase some if we expand our business
scope.
7. DO YOU ATTEND ANY EXH IBITIONS FOR PACKAGING MACHINERY? PLEASE
SPECIFY THE NAMES. ANY EQUIMENTS PURCHAS ED ON THAT OCCASION?
We often attend fairs and make direct negotiations with manufacturers during the
fairs. In addition, there are packaging machinery manufacturers which promote their
products through mail and E-mail. Sometimes, we surf on the network for the
machine needed. The transactions are mainly completed with the agencies of foreign
enterprises in China as well as direct contact with foreign manufacturers through our
import company. The fairs we attend often are: International Pharmaceutical Fairs,
and Cosmetics Packaging Tech Fair.
8. REMARKS ON USE OF BOTH DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN PACKAGING MACHINERY
Imported machines are reliable in quality and seldom go wrong; but domestic ones
are much worse. And a big gap exists in the way of processing speed. Highly
automated, the imported machinery leads to quite a reduction of labors.
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