| 31Regulars / Young managers Young managers – Wang Yuehao, KindeAssistant general manager of Kinde, Wang Yuehao, explores new ways to add value to the Chinese label converting business. Yolanda Wang reportsn March 2022, Wang Yuehao joined development. Its immaturity phase Kinde and began to learn and take over coincided with the early development the enterprise founded by his father of China’s label printing industry. Then IWang Jiancheng. Kinde, located in Shantou came Kinde’s rapid development phase City, Guangdong Province, was founded that followed the boom in e-commerce. in 2002. The company celebrated its 20th Today, the company is witnessing steady anniversary last December. growth and is now updating to meet the current trends and demands of the Chinese label market. “The more you learn, ‘Label printing has been a term I have known for as long as I can remember,’ the more you fnd Wang Yuehao says. ‘From a slight what you don’t know”understanding at the beginning to an imperceptible understanding of this Wang Yuehao, assistant general manager of KindeBefore joining Kinde, Wang Yuehao industry, to offcially taking over the worked in the fnancial industry for company now. I understand that this is three years. He was born in 1996 and a long-term career that needs patience professional experience for fresh ideas that graduated in 2019 with a degree in and persistence. I think I’m starting a new he could bring to his current role. business administration. round of systematic learning and research ‘With my previous experience in the At Kinde, Wang Yuehao is responsible for for improvement.’ fnancial industry, I have carefully analyzed internal control management. He spends After entering Kinde, Wang Yuehao spent the input-output ratio of each process his days optimizing and standardizing the time learning about the technology and and think about every detail and whether internal training and managing systems how the business operates from colleagues the overall effciency could be improved,’ that then help reduce production costs, in different departments. To Wang Yuehao, he says. ‘I asked: ‘Does it help to reduce improve production effciency, and improve the label printing industry is one in which costs? What needs to be managed more the overall proft rate of the company. theory needs to be combined with practice. systematically?’ As a new manager, I’m It’s why he uses all his spare time to stay in asking myself: ‘how can I introduce some Learn and improve the workshop, learning from the front-line new ideas into the company?’ ’By joining the label printing industry, Wang workers, including the paper, ink, press Yuehao had a sense of destiny, and because operation, die-cutting, inspection and other More than simplethe enterprise was founded by his father, different processes. ‘Now that I have been in the company for Wang Yuehao, witnessed every stage of the ‘The more you learn, the more you almost a year, I feel I have gained a lot company’s growth and development. fnd what you don’t know,’ comments during this period. Now I understand that During the past 20 years, Kinde has Wang Yuehao. the label printing industry is both simple experienced all phases of business He has tapped into his earlier and complicated,’ Wang Yuehao says.Cymmetrik Group opens new production facility in ChinaCymmmetrik Group has opened a new printing technologies, making it suitable factory in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province. for the increasing demand for the The inauguration ceremony was personalized, short-run shrink sleeve attended by nearly 100 representatives label market.from the local government, industry ‘Now the equipment in this suppliers and media. production facility has been put into Founded in March 2021, Cymmetrik operation, our high capacity and Zhejiang in Baibu Development Zone, technical expertise will provide better Cymmetrik Group opens a new factoryBaibu Town, Haiyan County, Jiaxing City, products and services for our customers,’ produces mainly high-end shrink sleeve said Zhao Keyu, general manager of labels. It is equipped with three fexo Cymmetrik Shanghai. ‘I want the Zhejiang facility to become presses, seen by the company as more ‘Cymmetric Group has been here for a 100 million RMB (14.4 million USD) environmentally friendly. more than 50 years, and the building of factory, be an eco-friendly, high-tech Cymmetrik points to advances in this new factory is an encouragement enterprise that cultivates talent.’fexo technology which have made for the entire group as it faces challenges The chairman, CEO and vice president platemaking more fexible, and press such as Covid-19, rising material prices of the household chemical division operation more automated. Flexo can and infation,’ added Liao Junhong, of Cymmetrik Group sent their video be combined with gravure and other deputy general manager of Cymmetrik. message of congratulations.Jan - Mar 2023