Driving technological change in the food packaging industry: the case of Jiamei Food Packaging

Technological change in the food packaging industry is being driven by companies such as Jiamei Food Packaging. This company has been an example of how technology can transform and improve food packaging processes. Its success demonstrates that technological innovation is essential to keep pace in an increasingly competitive market.

A Chinese company called Jiamei Food Packaging is engaged in the manufacture of cans and food packaging. Its main objective is to reduce costs and promote technological progress in its production. In addition, it is also known as Canmaker Jiamei and supplies different types of packaging for fast food establishments, bakeries and pastry shops.

The company is engaged in various activities related to food and beverage packaging. This includes researching and developing new products, designing, manufacturing and selling them. Among its most important products are three-piece cans, two-piece cans, aseptic paper containers and PET bottles, which are mainly used to package beverages containing milk, vegetable proteins, ready-to-drink tea and other types of beverages.

Jiamei Food Packaging is a company that has the capacity to produce 8.55 billion three-piece cans and 100 million two-piece cans in a year. They can also fill 4,202 billion cans, make 2,660 million packages with sterile paper bags and create 1,479 million PET 1 bottles. The company has 18 production bases throughout the country, located in places such as Anhui, Guangxi, Hubei, Fujian and Sichuan.

In 2022, Jiamei Packaging was recognized as one of the top packaging companies in China, ranking sixth in the metal packaging category. In addition, they recently announced their financial results for the first half of 2023, where they recorded sales totaling 1,398.93 million yuan and net profits of 27.21 million yuan after earning revenues of 1,432.02 million yuan.

In 2021, Jiamei Packaging was recognized as one of the best packaging enterprises in China, winning several honorary awards such as the title of Top 100 enterprises and Top 30 metal packaging enterprises. In addition, Zhang Wukai was elected as the eighth vice chairman of the Metal Packaging Professional Committee of the China Packaging Federation and Sha Rong was selected to serve on the Expert Committee. These achievements show Jiamei Packaging’s success and excellence in the metal packaging industry.

In a single month, the Yingtan Jiamei two-piece can factory achieved an output valued at 102.5 million yuan and a yield rate of 98.09%. This achievement set a new record for the highest production in a single month since the plant opened. This demonstrates the factory’s production success and efficiency and its ability to surpass previous targets.