One of the biggest food and beverage companies in Taiwan now applies BLOMAX in their Beverage Division in China. After two BLOMAX 16D, Uni-President is now getting a new BLOMAX 24 for their plant in Wuhan

Uni-President Enterprises Drink & Food Co., Ltd. today is one of the biggest food and beverage companies in Taiwan. They own more than 20 business divisions and invest in more than 170 affiliated companies with business ranging from foodstuff, consumption goods, distribution, fast food, construction, electronics, biotechnology, finance, leisure, and entertainment within and outside of Taiwan, e.g. in China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam. Alone in China they run nearly 25 factories, 11 of which are beverage plants. Among the many products Uni-President also produce soft drinks, dairy products, juice, tea, sports drink, coffee, mineral water, and functional drinks, most of the latter filled in PET. Having started with four machines for production of HR-PET bottles from a different supplier, the Beverage Group of Uni-President started to install their first machines from SIG Corpoplast in China in 2002. Based on very good references and also influenced by the positive experiences reported from Japan, Uni-President decided in favour of two double-cavity machines BLOMAX 16D, one of which was installed in their plant in Bejing and the other in Kunshan in November/December 2003. The Bejing plant was founded in February 2001 and started production in June 2001. The products which are aseptically filled in the PET bottles with sizes 0.35 and 0.50 liter were mainly iced tea and orange juice. In 2004 a number of new products were launched such as green tea (0.56 liter) and dairy products (tea and coffee mixed with milk) mostly in 0.28 liter bottles. In March 2002 the Bejing plant was ISO 9000 certified. From the Bejing plant, with a capacity of 150 million bottles per year, President supply beverages to five regions, mainly in the north of China. The plant in Kunshan will provide an area of 500 km in diameter with aseptically filled beverages. Very satisfied with the BLOMAX 16D machines, Uni-President decided in September of last year to invest another stretchblowmolder from SIG Corpoplast. The new BLOMAX 24 is dedicated for the Uni-President plant in Wuhan, approx. one hour flight from Shanghai. The machine for 36,000 orange juice bottles per hour, in the size of 0.5 liter, will be installed on site in April 2005. Whereas, influenced by the Taiwanese market, green tea will remain a main product of President, the market for orange juice is growing. A significant market growth for coffee and coffee-products is expected in approximately five years. President pursue the classical distribution channels as well as supply to 24h convenience stores.