NPES Explores Printing Industry in South China

Shanghai Guanghua Machinery and Jielong Printing
On Wednesday, the group spent the morning in meetings with potential dealers and distributors in the region and then departed Guangzhou for Shanghai. Most people view the printing machinery manufactured in China to be inferior in quality to U.S., German and Japanese manufactured products. Our visit to the Shanghai Guanghua Printing Machinery plant changed that perception for us. Owned by Shanghai Electric, which also owns NPES member Goss Graphic Systems, Shanghai Guanghua manufactures its own line of sheetfed offset presses and in 2002 bought the Akiyama Bestech line of sheetfed presses. They claim to have manufactured over 325 of the 4- color models since that time.