China opens up to lightweighted ends

摘要

Xiamen Baofeng Industry in China has grown from scratch to become the world's largest manufacturer of easy-open-ends (EOE) for beverage cans in just seven years, now yearly producing around 20 billion - primarily traditional B64-type ends. While its EOEs are only sold to carmakers, the cans are used by brand owners such Tsingtao, Snow beer, Wong Lo Kat Herbal Tea, Coca-Cola, Budweiser, PepsiCo, JDB, Ymlu, Nestle, Six Walnut, Lulu and other well-known names. With its sights set on further growth, Baofeng recently invested in new lightweighted end manufacturing capacity to capitalise on the surge in demand for lightweight EOEs from brand owners and canmakers that is expected in Asia over the coming years. Baofeng's huge EOE manufacturing plant, located in the city of Xiamen, Fujian province, on the southeast coast of China, is a modern facility that was founded by entrepreneur Chen Qingshui, now the company's chairman, in early 2012.