ZYprint | 115ZYprint’s new factory in ChongqingZYprint opens new factory in ChongqingIn 2019, Yolanda Wang reported on the frst Domino-Spande hybrid press installation in China. Three years later she visits ZYprint’s new factory in Chongqinghongqing ZYprint, located in “Due to the limitations of the site and local Qijiang District, Chongqing, is Ca wholly-owned subsidiary of policies, ZYprint Shanghai has been unable to Shanghai ZYprint, registered in August 2017.meet the needs of the company’s development. The company’s investment program We decided to make Shanghai our sales and totals 270 million RMB (40m USD), divided into two phases. The construction service center and to move the production base of the frst phase began in August 2018 and was completed in September 2019. to east and southwest China”The completed workshop covers an area of 27,432 sqm and hosts more than 150 employees. industry in Chongqing has been developing main production bases of liquor in China,’ Xu Benkui, the director of Chongqing since ancient times. Ju Jinyuan, general says Xu Benkui. ‘In this feld, wine packaging ZYprint, tells L&L: ‘Although the frst phase manager of Shanghai ZYprint, was born in is mostly in the form of transfer printing of construction was affected by Covid-19, Chongqing, and the investment there also and shrink sleeve labels, which are fully the whole investment was basically under meets his aspiration to give back to his integrated with the body of the bottle, so as our control, and all the construction and hometown. to meet different wine bottle types.’ completion were in accordance with Another eastern China production base, In March 2021, Chongqing ZYprint our plans.’ Jiangsu ZYprint, located in Yanghe New invested in the frst Xeikon 3500 digital Why did they choose Chongqing as the Area, Suqian, Jiangsu Province, has also been press in southwest China.new company’s location? ‘At the present put into production. In the future, these two ‘This is the frst equipment investment time, due to the limitations of the site branches will implement local production since the new plant came into production,’ and local policies, Shanghai ZYprint has and distribution to further improve delivery explains Ju Jinyuan. ZYprint installed its frst been unable to meet the needs of the new times to customers. digital press in 2010, the frst HP Indigo company’s expanding development. After press in the Shanghai factory, and the different feld observations, and taking into Southwest China’s frst Xeikon Domino-Spande inkjet printing equipment account the future layout, we decided to Chongqing ZYprint began trial production in 2019. make Shanghai our sales and service center in March 2020 and was offcially put into ‘As with traditional printing technologies, and to move the production base to east production in August of the same year. there are different areas of application and southwest China,’ Xu Benkui explains. Now, Chongqing ZYprint mainly produces for different digital printing technologies,’ As an important manufacturing town heat transfer labels, PS labels and shrink continues Ju Jinyuan, ‘Considering our in China, Chongqing is built beside a sleeve labels, of which PS labels have current order structure and the needs of major river and has the advantage of around a 20 percent share. ‘This also major customers of the Chongqing factory, water transportation, which is rarely refects the label trend of liquor products we decided to invest in toner digital seen in inland cities. Besides, the printing in southwest China, which is one of the printing technology this time.’Apr - Jun 2022