Hubergroup invests in Chinese ink manufacturing

Pressroom consumables specialist hubergroup has installed an MGA mixing station in China in order to capitalize on the growing food packaging market in the country.

The food packaging market in China is continuing to expand, hubergroup stated, and after scandals surrounding contaminated food and environmental pollution, officials are looking at the environment and consumer protection.

This is not looking at packaging thus far, but great urgency is currently being attached to drawing up guidelines for food itself, based on European Directives.

In addition, multinational food corporations and confectionery manufacturers are forcing their way onto the Chinese market more and more.

Every brand of chocolate available in Western markets, for example, can already be found in selected high-end supermarkets in China. At the moment China still imports packaged confectionery, but as soon as sales volumes start to rise, it will be necessary to manufacture the packaging locally in China.

Hubergroup said the MGA mixing station in Shenzhen will allow Chinese customers to benefit from the full range of services and the same product safety provided by MGA products and good manufacturing practice (GMP).

Selected printing houses in China have already produced small test print runs of food packaging destined for the European market using MGA.

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