China's Packaging Machinery Market Research Report - PMMI

a. To develop new products of different types, for example, a bakery that is
considering producing soft drinks.
b. To expand scale of operation for greater production capacity.
c. To introduce automation in order to reduce manual labor.
d. To enhance the image of the companies and upgrade their products.
e. To replace the machinery in use.
(4) Major means of importation as collected in survey:
a. To entrust foreign trade company to import packaging machinery.
b. Centralized purchasing by home office of transnational corporations.
c. Stable relations with familiar manufacturers
d. Enterprises also get information from professional periodicals, and then
contact the desired manufacturers or agency.
e. Recommendation by other enterprises in the same trade.
f. Some corporations make use of its control-stock agency to import packaging
machinery for its subsidiaries.
g. A small percentage of transactions are done at expositions, which function as
important sources for information about the development of packaging
machinery.
h. The Internet may provide a direct source to learn about manufacturers.
i. Tendering.
(5) As suggested in the question survey imported machinery is in better
performance in terms of:
a. Speed
b. Stability
c. Automation
d. Precision
e. Easy operation
(6) The survey also reflects the major problems with imported machinery:
a. Expensive. The price of the machinery imported from Europe or the United
States is usualy ten times that of domestic ones.
b. Longer period of purchase. As a rule, it takes one year or so to receive the
machinery after an order is placed.
c. Inadequate maintenance
d. Passive manufacturers. Some manufacturers do not inform their Chinese
end-users of the cease of production of some parts.
e. Higher demand for the quality raw materials required by imported machines.
Many imported machines are not compatible with domestic raw materials.
f. Expensive parts and fittings. To solve the problem caused by expensive parts
and the lack of parts and fittings with the sale agency, most of domestic
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