136 | Southwest China‘In 2021, the Covid-19 pandemic became normalized, which indeed brought numerous challenges to industrial development. The restriction of international logistics, the increasing price of upstream raw materials and the launch of updated environmental policies compel us to strive for innovation and change,’ says Yan Tianhui. ‘Take increasing costs, for example. Apart from a small number of brands willing to accept cost increases, generally these costs need to be absorbed within the factory by means of introducing new processes, exploring added value pathways and going after new business orders.’UseEveryDay Printing has organized an effcient team, holding team meetings every week, and regularly organizing visits to professional exhibitions such as Labelexpo Asia to learn more about industrial updates. ‘In 2021, the annual output value of Chengdu Daily Printing is expected to be over 40 million RMB (USD 6.4m). Such achievements are inseparable from the hard work of everyone in Satellite rotary letterpress in Chingqing Zhiweithe company,’ he adds.Yunnan GuolianYunnan Guolian was founded in 2013. From the outset the Chengdu Youpincompany invested heavily in equipment, installing a 5-color Chengdu Youpin was established in 2015. Luo Xiaobing, the general intermittent offset press, a Taiwanese 6-color rotary press, two manager, started out in a quick print operation in 2004, then turned Taiwanese high-speed die-cutting and hot stamping machines, a to the label printing industry.screen printing press, Esko CTP platemaker and automatic offset In just seven years, the company has expanded from renting a plate punching machine, covering the whole workfow from workshop of only a few hundred square meters, to purchasing its pre-press and platemaking to print production and fnishing. Yunnan own plant in 2020 and moving to a new plant in November 2021.Guolian’s investment has also extended to digital equipment, Youpin mainly produces PS labels, flm stickers, shrink sleeve installing a UV inkjet press in April 2018, and in July 2021 updated labels, variable QR code traceability labels and similar products. its existing production equipment with the frst Weigang 12-color They are now developing multi-layer labels.in-line fexo press in Yunnan Province. Their labels are used mainly in the household chemical, food, In order to promote the introduction of new processes and beverage and wine felds. Mineral water labels account for the materials, Yunnan Guolian set up its Design and Development largest proportion of the company’s sales, which is related to department in January 2021, consisting of a general manager, the abundant water resources and related industrial chains in marketing director, factory director, chief designer, printing Sichuan Province.workshop supervisor and die-cutting workshop supervisor. They Chengdu Youpin attaches great importance to equipment cooperatively study and discuss each customer’s design documents investment. Its press park includes an intermittent offset press, regarding the materials, technologies and process fow, then HP Indigo 4600 digital press, and Qianrun satellite full rotary conclude a fnal production scheme. Such working practices have letterpress introduced in 2017. Additionally, the company reduced both production costs and the cost of introducing new introduced an HP Indigo 6900 at the end of 2019 and then invested products, and this has been recognized by its customers. in a 13-color Gallus ECS 340 press in early 2020.‘After years of cultivating this in-depth development, Yunnan The company added supporting equipment at the same time, Guolian has gradually gotten recognition from our customers and including a Reborn digital die-cutting machine, inkjet printing the wider market,’ says general manager Zhang Guolian. She tells unit in-line with the fexo press, in-line inspection system, off-line L&L that Sinopharm group, Hongxiang Yixintang, Duoshang Fruit inkjet printer, Kaiwei variable data inkjet printing system, Reborn Juice, Zhenming Jinlong Water, Mingcheng Group, Heqing Royal high-speed die-cutting and hot stamping machine, automatic Liquor, Europe-Asian Dairy, Lesson Dairy and Zhadian Dairy have high-speed inspection-slitting machine and single-sheet QR code all become loyal customers and partners of the company. inspection system. In addition, the company set up a platemaking room to support its fexo and letterpress machines.UseEveryDay Printing In 2021, the company’s turnover increased by 23 percent UseEveryDay Printing was founded in 2018, but the company has year-on-year. At present, Youpin handles a large proportion of small a history of 21 years in the label printing industry with the original and medium-sized orders, which is the main reason it invested in name of Chengdu Qingyang Daily Printing, Now the company digital technology. In the future, it will continue to apply digital has its own plant in Xinhe Industrial Park, Pengzhou City, Sichuan printing technology to develop more products and applications Province, about 25 minutes’ drive from the central urban area with such as VIP labels and smart labels.very convenient transportation. In 2022, Chengdu Youpin will focus heavily on fexible package Yan Tianhui, general manager of UseEveryDay, says, ‘Each label printing. ‘The growing demand for short orders in the fexible not only gives the user information, but also adds luster to the packaging market provides a wealth of opportunities for label brand. That’s why our company insists on carefully producing labels manufacturers, presenting huge space for future development,’ for customers, from raw materials, technology, design, creativity, says Luo Xiaobing, general manager of Chengdu Youpin.transportation to after use at the consumer.’ For the future, Luo insists on diversifed development and reveals The company is equipped with a Gidue 12-color fexo press, that he plans to invest in an advertising printing company in 2022.Haide 9-color fexo press, Zonten offset press, Weigang offset press, Reborn high-speed die-cutting machine, Rhyguan die-cutting machine, Luster inspection system and Daheng inspection system. To see the machinery mentioned in this article in action, UseEveryDay’s main markets are food, condiments, pharma, visit Labelexpo Asia in Shanghai June 28 to July 1, 2022. beverage, water and wine industries.www.labelexpo-asia.comlabelsandlabeling.com