Meikei makes big plans

Established in 1998 and headquartered in Guangzhou, China, Meikei Printing Corporation, founded by Zhang Yuzhong, has grown into one of the largest and fastest-growing label printers in south China. In terms of equipment, Meikei owns ten flexo presses from international brands including Nilpeter, Omet, Gallus and Nuova Gidue (now Bobst); seven satellite letterpress printing lines; and two rotary offset presses. The company has also invested heavily in digital printing with two Epson SurePress L-4033A presses and an HP Indigo WS6800 digital label press.

The company’s customers include major brands in the cosmetics, household chemicals, food, beverage and wine industries.

Since 2010, Meikei has been establishing subsidiaries in different regions of China by means of investment or joint venture. It now owns Guangzhou Hongwu Packing & Printing, Shenzhen Meihong Information Technology, and Tianjin Meihong Label Printing as well as the newly established Hubei Meikei branch office, opened in 2015.

Among these, Hubei Meikei and Guangzhou Hongwu are solely-in­vested companies, and Tianjin Meihong is a joint venture. Through these investments, Meikei has expanded both its service offering and business reach.

The developments do not stop there, however. Mekei has ambitious plans to establish a nationwide platform which integrates label printing plants, upstream suppliers/distributors and downstream end users. Everyone taking part in this platform will share financial, logistics, supply, sourcing and other information.

Zhang Yuzhong says that building this platform will be Meikei’s key strategy over the coming years, building on the challenges and opportunities presented by the current trends in China’s industrial development.