China's Pharmaceutical Packaging Materials Industry Budding

    China's pharmaceutical packaging materialswill commence a PET film production line from
industry, it's very promising, but its contribution to theGermany to relieve their present composite
pharmaceutical industry, relatively lowmembrane of the acute shortage of raw materials.
    In the recently held a national packagingAccording to the company's bottle factory director
exhibition, Southern Packaging Co., Ltd. Deputy GeneralZhang Biei introduction, the production line to invest up
Manager of Po Kam-Bo told reporters that theto 50 million U.S. dollars, was designed not only to fully
company from the world's three major PETmeet the needs of the South packaging PET film, but
(polyethylene terephthalate) production line suppliersalso the external supply.
learned: As of 2003, end of the year, China's Yao    It is reported that Southern Packaging has been
Baocai manufacturing enterprises and their raw22 years of history, is now an annual production of
material suppliers to the above three companies wereflexible packaging - 5,000 tons of composite films, rigid
ordered 24 PET production lines. This number seemspackaging - plastic bottle nearly 3,000 tons, in 2003
small, is actually quite amazing, becauseGDP of 2.5 billion, of which Yao Baocai product sales
pharmaceutical packaging PET film is the main materialaccounted for around 60%, nearly 150 million yuan.
of composite membranes, and launched a large-scaleZhang Biei that, if the output value and product
PET production line easily cost tens of millions ofdiversity, taken together, then the South should be
dollars, "no company would dare easy to park theirpacking the current domestic production enterprises
money on something like that, from This shows theYao Baocai the strongest.
potential of China's pharmaceutical packaging industry,    Southern Packaging's customers include
how attractive. "According to experts, China'sGlaxoSmithKline, Sino-US GSK, Merck joint venture
pharmaceutical packaging materials for pharmaceuticaland other well-known pharmaceutical companies. The
industry's contribution rate is low: in developedPharmaceutical Group is a wide of their main partners,
countries, pharmaceutical packaging accounts forthe group's annual consumption of more than half
about 30% of the value of medicines, while in China it acame from the South Yao Baocai packaging, the total
ratio of less than 10%, an increase of the space isamount of their order is packaged sales accounted for
quite big. In addition, an endless stream of new dosage20% of the South! Pu Jin-bo said that the South
forms of drugs, while a matching rate of drugpackaging and Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings
packaging materials, follow-up is still relatively slow,Limited has been formed a few years ago a strategic
there is great potential to be tapped.partnership, "They have always regarded us as an
    Alluring prospectexample type of raw material supply base to develop,
    "Yao Baocai industry's prospects are verywe are now both joint-venture projects." Wide
attractive." Some experts predict that: the next fivePharmaceutical Group, financial support, greatly
years will be the rapid development of China'scontributed to the development of the South
pharmaceutical packaging industry, a critical period. Atpackaging. According to insiders, a Southern Packaging
present, China's pharmaceutical packaging industry'sCo., Ltd. is currently five directors of the two drugs
annual output value of 150 billion yuan, can only meetwere from Canton.
the domestic pharmaceutical industry about 80% of    The rise of the professional town
the demand, according to Chinese medicine industry in    China's state pharmaceutical packaging industry,
recent years, the pace of development Yaobao Cai"15" Development Plan put forward, will strengthen the
annual gross domestic product will be in the nearmedical packaging waste on the environmental impact
future breaking 20 billion yuan.studies in support of environmentally friendly packaging
    According to Guangdong Food and Drugproduct development, production; will be explored to
Administration Drug Registration Department,control degradation of polymer materials in the
responsible for registration of trial Yaobao Cai Xiangpharmaceutical packaging应用. Some experts
Chen, Deng, China's Yao Baocai since 2000, began topointed out that this transformation will bring about a
implement the registration system management since,transition period, during which bears attractive
in the three years of time, the country has more thantremendous business opportunities. According to the
740 varieties by the former State DrugGuangdong Chaozhou Chao Wu, deputy magistrate in
Administration's review, of whom more than 100 incharge of industry, Song said the county-owned
Guangdong Province, ranking first in the provinces andenterprises, Anbu, this talent had already been efforts
municipalities.to seize the opportunities.
    Yao Baocai industry is growing faster than in    Anbu is located in Guangdong, in this small town
recent years, the industry is obvious to all. Yet it ispopulation of less than 13 million, there are 650 food
precisely because of this reason, and themanufacturing companies and more than 500 printing
pharmaceutical industry, matched some of theand packaging companies. Um, according to deputy
surrounding conditions, the software has significantlymayor in charge of industry port Wu Yuebo
lagged behind, keep up with the pace of itsintroduction, the town's food industry is the traditional
development. Reporter found that the domesticadvantages of the project, due to the rapid growth of
industry, Yao Baocai the general pattern of the currentthe food industry, led to a compound used in food
situation of all parties concerned lack of accuratepackaging film printing and packaging product
statistics. Another more serious problem is domestic indevelopment. The last century, the early 90s, anbu
new drug formulations and new package materialsome of the packaging and printing enterprise
compatibility test area needs to be improved.discovery and production process of food packaging
    materials like Yao Baocai have higher profits, and so
    It is understood that the pharmaceutical industrythe text where paper and plastic, paper and plastic,
within the national drug trade fairs, bulk drugs tradeetc. 6 Pei Chinese companies began producing the first
fairs, exhibitions and other professional medicalkits material, thus unveiling a anbu Yao Baocai a
equipment exhibition held every year, except there isprelude to industrial development. The enterprises have
no Yao Baocai an independent exhibition, Yao Baocaiso far done a better job of Chaozhou America
packaging materials are usually mixed with Fair FairTOPSTAR Color Printing Co., Ltd., Chao Jin Chao
Lane out. Thus, the number of fast-growing industry,Medicinal Packaging Co., Ltd. and so on, these
there are some embarrassment. 1 in Yao Baocaienterprises and Guilin three gold, Kazakhstan Sixth
production and business for many years in the industryFactory and other famous enterprises have a long
believe that: After the efforts of businesses and somehistory of cooperation.
local governments, the domestic industry, there are    At present, the town has 10 manufacturing
two modes Yao Baocai gradually emergence of theenterprises Yao Baocai "drug packaging materials,
industry is becoming the mainstream of development:registration certificate", there are three companies at
one is Lianyungang Zhongjin medicine packaging,Yao Baocai registration certificate application process,
Southern Packaging giant companies such as the Pathe four companies are doing the preparatory work
party; the other is anbu as Guangdong, Hebei, Xiongprior to the application, this 17 companies are all private
County, Jiangyin, Jiangsu, Zhejiang Longgang and otherenterprises. In 2002, GDP reached Anbu Yao Baocai
places, although the size of local enterprises are1.6 billion; is expected in 2003 of 2.5 billion yuan, up 56%.
generally not large, but the large number of TheseTheir Yao Baocai manufacturing enterprises to the
"Xiaoshan Ban" cluster together, help each other totown, printing and packaging account for only 3.5% of
form a powerful force, accounting for market share istotal number of enterprises, but the output has
considerable.accounted for 18.5%. Anbu now in production to
    The charm of leading companiesflexible packaging composite film consisting mainly of
    Sichuan China International Capital Corporationfive series of 11 types of drug packaging materials,
is a pharmaceutical packaging company, Lianyungang,"such as the anbu Yao Baocai highly concentrated
China International Capital in June last year, beginproduction base in the country as a whole is relatively
construction, and covers an area of 54 acres, with arare."
total investment of more than 8000 million yuan, is    
divided into two. First input 46 million yuan, all the main    Anbu Yao Baocai manufacturers compared
equipment imported from abroad and designed annualwith their peers, there are four advantages: adjacent
production capacity of PTP (blister packaging) 500to the port, convenient transportation; manufacturers a
tons of aluminum foil, SP composite membrane ofnumber of varieties and complete; low-cost, low price;
1,500 tons.to keep their promises, supply in time. It is reported that
    Pharmaceutical packaging is in gold productionanbu Yao Baocai industry over the next three years
and promotion of the earliest medicinal PTP aluminumof development objectives are: Yao Baocai the total
foil, SP composite film companies, is one of the largestnumber of manufacturing enterprises to around 50, and
professional pharmaceutical packaging materialsfurther highlighting the clustering advantages; GDP
manufacturing plant, now has fixed assets of almost 4more than 600 million yuan, accounting for the total
billion, in line with built 4 GMP standard manufacturingvalue of the town printing and packaging industry more
facility.than 20%.
    Earlier this year, Southern Packaging Co., Ltd.