Facility Focus: Guangzhou, China

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Facility Focus:
Guangzhou, China
The ASG facility in Guangzhou was established in 1998 as a “greenfield”
operation. It features the most advanced packaging technology in China,
including electronic pre-press and two press formats. A diverse customer base
of Chinese and multinational manufacturers benefit from its value-added
packaging expertise and its proximity to the Asia-Pacific region. This facility
provides high-quality packaging for the Cosmetics & Fragrances, Personal
Care, OTC Pharmaceutical, Sporting Goods, Candy & Confectionary, Tobacco
and Consumer Products markets.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Total Employees: 237
Total Size: 125,000 square feet (11,613 sq. m.)
CUSTOMER BENEFITS
§  World-class quality system, QS and ISO
9001:2000 certified
§  ISO 14000 certified
§  FSC and PEFC Chain of Custody certified
§  G7 certified
§  “Class A Enterprise” certified by China's General
Administration of Customs (GAC) – eligible for
express customs clearance
§  Flexibility, efficiency, cost-effectiveness for short to
long runs
§  Conveniently located in southeastern Guangdong
Province, between Guangzhou and Dong Guan
City and 80 miles (128 km) from Hong Kong
UNIQUE FEATURES
§  Packaging Design and Development Center with
comprehensive prototypes, CAD/CAM
manufacturing support, integrated with AGIShorewood Creative and AGI-Shorewood Digital
in North America
§  In-house sheeting capability line
§  Complete electronic pre-press system and
Computer-to-Plate (CTP) capability
PRESSES
Press Formats: Offset Lithography, Rotogravure
All gravure presses have 100% Vision Scanning
Inspection Systems.
Five sheet-fed offset litho presses:
§  40” KBA Rapida 6-color press with tower coater,
extended delivery, IR drying; aqueous coating
§  40” Heidelberg Speedmaster CD102-7+LY-1 7color press with tower coater, extended delivery,
IR and UV drying; aqueous and UV coating
§  40” Heidelberg CX102-8+L 8-color UV press +
coating
§  51” KBA Rapida 7-color press with tower coater
extended delivery, IR and UV drying; aqueous and
UV coatings
§  28” Mitsubishi 2-color press
One web-fed gravure press:
§  32” Bobst 850 Champlain Lemanic 10-color press
with in-line LCC (light cured coating) / inert UV
capability and in-line dual rotary or platen
embossing and platen die-cutting
CONVERTING & FINISHING
§  Embossing, hot foil and registered holographic
stamping, blanking and stripping, die cutting,
straight-line and right-angle gluing, and windowing
CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT
ASG – Guangzhou, China
No. 1 Hong Yuan Rd, Eastern Section GETDD, Nan Gang
Huangpu, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510760, PRC
Tel: + 86 20 8226 8088 Fax: + 86 20 8226 8188
General Manager: Jack Chou, jack.chou@asg-worldwide.com
Facility Focus:
Kunshan (Shanghai), China
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This ASG facility is located just outside Shanghai in Kunshan, a satellite
city in the greater Suzhou region of southeast Jiangsu Province, China.
This region ranks as the most economically successful county-level
administration in China. The Kunshan facility features advanced packaging
technology and the latest equipment. It serves multinational manufacturers
of consumer products in the Personal Care, Cosmetics & Fragrances, OTC
Pharmaceutical, Candy & Confectionary and Consumer Products markets.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Total Employees: 125
Total Size: 120,000 square feet (10,000 sq. m.)
CUSTOMER BENEFITS
§  World-class quality system, utilizing cGMP and
ISO 9001:2000 guideline
§  FSC and PEFC Chain of Custody certified
§  G7 certified
§  EDI capability for enhanced communication
§  Flexibility, efficiency and cost effectiveness for
short to long runs
§  Conveniently located in the Kunshan Economic &
Technological Development zone (KETD) in close
proximity to Shanghai
§  Sony GP (Green Partner) certified
PRESSES
Press Format: Offset Lithography
Two sheet-fed offset litho presses:
§  40” Heidelberg Speedmaster CD102 6LX-3, 6color press with tower coater, extended delivery,
IR and UV drying; aqueous and UV coating
§  40” Heidelberg Speedmaster CD102 6LX, 6-color
press with CP 2000 Color Control & Press
Monitoring console, tower coater, extended
delivery, IR drying, and aqueous coating
CONVERTING & FINISHING
§  Complete converting and finishing capabilities,
including die-cutting, embossing, foil hot stamping,
blanking and stripping, and straight-line gluing
UNIQUE FEATURES
§  In-house design and prototyping, CAD/CAM
manufacturing support; integrated with AGIShorewood Creative and AGI-Shorewood Digital
in North America and with AGI-Shorewood
Guangzhou
§  Digital workflow, including: electronic data
transfer, electronic pre-press and Computer-to
Plate (CTP)
CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT
ASG – Kunshan (Shanghai), China
368 Xiongying Road, Southeast Section KETD
Kunshan, Jiangsu Province 215300 PRC
Tel: + 86 512 8616 6616 Fax: + 86 512 8616 6611
General Manager: Leon Zhao, leon.zhao@asg-worldwide.com