NPES Explores Printing Industry in South China

Nick Bruno, President of Harris and Bruno and Kevin McLaughlin, President of Flexo Concepts joined NPES China Representative, Ya-Ping Zhou and NPES VP Global Programs, Kip Smythe to better understand the opportunities in South China.

Located in Guangdong province, Printing South China had a heavy emphasis on package and label printing which mirrors the composition of the printing industry in the region. According to Li Jiong, the Vice-General Secretary of the Guangdong Printing and Replicating Industrial Association, “there are about 19,000 total printing companies in the province and about 10,000 of those printers are involved in packaging NPES Explores Opportunities in South China related print products.” The total production of those packaging printers was 140 million RMB ($20,487,305 US) of which about 40 million RMB ($5,853,515 US) was exported, mainly to other adjacent Asian countries. About 60% of the output is folding cartons, 10% corrugated, 10% flexible packaging, 10% labels and 10% miscellaneous packaging.