Meech opens Chinese subsidiary

Meech International, a UK-based manufacturer of web cleaning equipment, has opened a subsidiary in China, Meech Static Eliminators (Shanghai). The company says it is winning an increasing number of sales in the country, and plans to open additional offices in Beijing and Guangzhou in the next 12 months.

‘China is a very important market for Meech and also for many of our OEM customers, several of which have set up local manufacturing facilities and sales channels,’ said CEO Chris Francis. ‘We’ve had a presence in China since 2004, at first via a CBBC (China-Britain Business Council) program and later on with help from the PPMA (Processing & Packaging Machinery Association). This new Meech subsidiary is the next stage in our expansion plan to provide even more comprehensive on the ground sales and support to our OEM partners, as well as Chinese companies, whether they are end users or manufacturers.

The new Shanghai operation is headed by general manager George Ren, whose current staff of six is expected to be added to over the coming months.

‘We don’t intend to produce equipment in China because the expertise and manufacturing facilities are so extensive at the Meech factory in the UK,’ said Ren, who joined Meech in 2004. ‘However, it is vital that Chinese customers have immediate access to support in their own language and timescale, with the ability for technical engineers etc to make on-site calls when required. This is an incredibly exciting time to be expanding in China, where the opportunities are enormous for a company able to improve the productivity of production lines across so many different industries.’

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