A new era of innovative packaging: exploring the development path of MINTPACK

Great Wall Mintpack’s new site is equipped with world-leading printing and laminating lines, digital management systems, modern clean workshops, and a suite of BOBST equipment. With an expert team comprising technical R&D and quality management professionals, and over four decades’ experience supplying high-quality consumer goods packaging, Great Wall Mintpack has successfully diversified into several markets and is primed to achieve further growth.

Great Wall Mintpack’s packaging solutions
Great Wall Mintpack oversees a diverse portfolio of innovative packaging solutions, including aluminum pouches, paper bags, boxes, and flexible packaging. The company also produces secondary packaging such as folding leaflets and postcards, and prides itself on its reputation for creating high quality products that are often finished with hot foil stamping and anticounterfeiting technology.

The company is committed to creating packaging that is designed with sustainability in mind. In collaboration with academics, it has conducted extensive research into biodegradable and recyclable materials and has adopted its findings to incorporate these environmentally-conscious design features into its products. Throughout its history, Great Wall Mintpack’s expertise in packaging design and commitment to innovation has helped it forge lasting relationships with leading brands. Today, it caters to more than 20 partners in sectors including food, beauty, cosmetics, daily chemicals, electronics, and more – and through its partnership with BOBST, is overcoming any emerging challenges to ensure it can continue offering outstanding packaging.

General Manager Li Deng emphasized: "Great Wall Mintpack has persistently faced challenges, investing in both hardware and software, elevating management standards, and expanding production scale. The strategic partnership with BOBST has proven to be a wise decision, and as our business continues to thrive, our collaboration with existing customers has strengthened, and we have forged partnerships with new, outstanding corporate clients."

BOBST NOVA DA 800 LAMINATOR running at 300 m/min

Joining forces with BOBST
Great Wall Mintpack’s investment in BOBST equipment was intended to enhance its internal capabilities and digital management proficiency with advanced SAP & ERP systems. These investments included BOBST's RS 5003 gravure printing press and the NOVA DA 800 multi-technology laminator.  

Just over a year after its installation, the benefits of this technology are clear to see. The RS 5003 gravure printing press operates smoothly and efficiently, significantly improving Great Wall Mintpack’s production efficiency and helping it reduce energy consumption. Wang Dong, Director of Great Wall Mintpack’s Equipment Department, highlighted several key features: The RS 5003’s tension system enables high-precision rewinding and unwinding tension control, reducing splicing and cutting losses. Even at speeds of 300-350m/min, it ensures high-precision winding and stable registration.

He said: “Fast changeovers are facilitated by a swift-changing scraper, improving accuracy, and reducing knife lines. The dryer design, featuring BOBST's dryer slag liquid system, enhances drying efficiency and energy savings. The dynamic balancing design of the cooling tube improves overprinting accuracy. Even when overprinting with matte ink, it’s easy to achieve the ideal state. “Finally, the TAPS system facilitates one-key registration. When transitioning to a new plate, registration can be calibrated directly, reducing the need for manual color checks, minimizing losses, and making it user-friendly for operators.”

The DA 800 multi-technology laminator is also helping Great Wall Mintpack achieve faster changeovers through its swift disassembly and recipe memorization. Its horizontal dryer facilitates easy adjustments without causing damage, and the maximum material change waste is only 50 meters. Its Registron® automatic registration and positioning cold sealant coating technology can detect the cold sealant coating position in real time, reducing waste, improving the optical performance of composite products, and minimizing the generation of crystal points and bubbles.

The uniqueness of Great Wall Mintpack's equipment extends beyond BOBST's printing and laminating equipment, encompassing intelligent three-dimensional warehouses, automatic color matching systems, ERP management systems, lamination curing workshops, and one-object-one-code inkjet coding workshops. These devices underscore a strong commitment to digital management, technological innovation, and customer service. Looking ahead, Li Deng stated: "Many of our outstanding customers have successfully distributed their products around the world, in no small part thanks to our packaging solutions. Our goal is to manufacture high-quality packaging, support exceptional Chinese brand enterprises, and collaborate with customers to showcase Chinese products worldwide. This is our long-term planning objective for the future."

Great Wall Mintpack believes the key to its success lies in its unwavering entrepreneurial spirit. The company understands that only by continuously enhancing its capabilities can it maintain a competitive edge, and this mindset has established its commendable reputation. Going forward, supported by BOBST, the company looks set to expand its innovative horizons and reach new heights in the packaging industry.

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