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ƒ ECCB Cavibel ƒ SMLC PepsiCo ƒ Wilmar Oil main players in Chinese cuisine SOURCE DE BATNA, ECCB CAVIBEL & WILMAR OIL Three lines Neck in Bottle the new stackable containers European Business Awards SMI is finalist

or several years now, food and beverage manufacturers have to operate in an increasingly competitive and demanding field, which requires continuous improvements in terms of lower consumption of resources and reduction of production costs. This result is a growing demand for simple, versatile, affordable and ecofriendly packaging solutions to which bottling and packaging line suppliers must respond promptly with increasingly innovative and technologically advanced products. SMI believes that to keep pace with a changing market, it is essential to share expectations and objectives with its...

China: Lee Kum Kee Algeria: Société Source de Batna Republic of Cape Verde: ECCB Cavibel Lebanon: SMLC PepsiCo Lebanon South Africa: Wilmar Oil The new heat recovery system for the shrinking tunnel “Neck in bottle”: the new stackable containers Smy Reader: the App that simplifies spare parts requests Smipack: “ad hoc” solutions for packaging square and rectangular products > New ßP monoblock shrinkwrappers with dividers “European Business Awards”: SMI is finalist SMI’s 25th anniversary: retracing the milestones Sales Network Convention: the 2012 edition exceeds all expectations 2012/2013:...

FOOD SECTOR Lee Kum Kee Food Co. Ltd. Jiangmen City, China Group: Lee Kum Kee International Holdings Ltd. Wrap-around casepacker Smiflexi WP 400 + PID

o understand the dynamics of the Chinese industry, you need to visit the area of the Pearl River, one of the busiest areas in the country that, based on a complex social, economic and industrial architecture, extends among the metropolises of Hong Kong, Shenzen, Macao and Guangzhou. The development of these large urban centers is the result of a combination of various factors including government intervention, private business strategies and a series of local, national and transnational dynamics. This is the economic context in which Lee Kum Kee was created and developed, now leader in the...

Lee Kum Kee How an international brand is born t’s hard to imagine that a small careless mistake during the cooking of oysters can lead to such international fame. Yet this is exactly what happened to Lee Kum Sheung in the late nineteenth century, founder of the homonymous company, while working at a small restaurant selling oyster soup. One day, when he was cooking oysters as usual, Lee Kum Sheung lost track of time and the prolonged cooking of the food emanated a strong smell throughout the kitchen. It was only then that this chefinventor noticed, when he lifted the pot’s lid, that the...

China cuisine. Over the years, the company’s output has gradually expanded to include more than 300 varieties of sauces and condiments, among which soy sauce, hoisin sauce and chili sauce. Through the use of high-tech machines, Lee Kum Kee also specializes in the production of herbal seasonings and health foods that fulfill the traditional Chinese culture, which is sensitive to one’s personal well-being. The oyster sauce in Chinese cooking Oyster sauce is essential in Chinese cooking: obtained by boiling oysters, this condiment is very rich and tasty and is used both for meat and...

Chinese cuisine between philosophy and medicine Lee Kum Kee was also named the most popular on-line brand and has received prestigious awards and prizes. Lee Kum Kee has a long business tradition, based on values such as pragmatism, integrity and constant resourcefulness. Since its origins in the nineteenth century, the company is committed to creating high quality products that promote at best Chinese food worldwide, thereby building a culinary and cultural bridge between East and West. Chinese cuisine distinguishes “yin” food, feminine, soft and refreshing such as legumes and fruit, from...

Today, 124 years after its foundation, the company has significant market shares at national and international level. In fact, Lee Kum Kee is a well-known brand even outside of China. It has become synonymous with Chinese entrepreneurship and a symbol of quality and trust. In fact, all the business activities of this Chinese company revolve around the concept of “taking into account the interests of others” as well as the principles of pragmatism, integrity and commitment. The two corporate missions, namely “promote Chinese cuisine in the world” and “modernize and promote its traditional...

Innovative packaging he Smiflexi WP series wraparound casepackers installed at the Lee Kum Kee factory are automatic machines that package various types of containers in diversified packages, highly innovative for the marketing of the product. The containers can be packaged both in completely closed corrugated cardboard boxes and cardboard trays. After purchasing the first packer in 2008, the Chinese company has once again turned to SMI technology for the recent supply of a new automatic machine capable of packing 12 glass bottles of various sizes (from 250 g to 905 g) in the 4x3 collation...

PID - preassembled Partition Inserting Device The PID SBP® and relating magazine containing the preassembled separators are located at machine infeed, above the package-formation area. Compared to the traditional method of inserting unassembled corrugated cardboard separators, the PID SBP® allows you to: • reduce the purchase cost of the separators by about 20% and their storage volume by at least 60%; • maintain the same space of a standard wrap-around casepacker, because both the separators magazine and the insertion device are mounted in the upper part of the packaging machine; • speed...

THE WORD TO THE CUSTOMER Interview with Fan Xiao Gang, Chief Executive of Lee Kum Kee Xinhui From the left: Jack Lee, SMI Machinery Beijing Co. Sales Account Manager with Mo Guo Dong, Lee Kum Kee Production Manager and Fan Xiao Gang, Lee Kum Kee Xinhui Chief Executive. Lee Kum Kee Group is a well-known Chinese company that provides a wide variety of sauces and seasonings to more than 100 countries on five continents. What is the key to your success? “For years, Lee Kum Kee is committed to the continuous improvement of its organization; its main goal is to keep gaining market shares to...