PETpla.net Insider 11 / 2013

BOTTLE MAKING 22 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 11/13 www.petpla.net Chum Power Machinery Corp. Taiwan No local service, no business On their stand at the drinktec 2013 exhibition in Munich, we caught up with the Chum Power Machinery Corp., Taiwan and their directors, Bush Hsieh, Managing Director and Peter Pan, Director R&D to talk about recent develoments. Chum Power has been in exist- ence in Taiwan for the past 32 years. The company began life produc- ing key components for tooling machines and these are still a mainstay of the company today. Two further mainstays have subsequently been added: a range of two-stage stretch blow moulding machines and the manufacture of blow moulds for such machines. Apart from the Taichung/ Taiwan facility, there are another two loca- tions in China. One is in Putian/ Fujian Province and the newest plant in Jiaxing/ Zhejiang Province which was established two years ago. In total Chum Power has 455 employees, 260 of whom are based in Taichung, 160 in Putian and 35 in Jiaxing. The company headquarters and main base for all divisions of the company are in Taichung. The linear stretch blow moulding machines are made here but it is also the exclusive manufacturing site for the entire range of rotary machines. In the Jiaxing and Putian facilities (in mainland China), linear stretch blow moulding machines are also manu- factured, and Jiaxing has additional capacity for a blow moulding manu- facturing facility. Stretch blow moulding machines The range of machinery is made up of linear stretch blow moulding CPSB machines with up to 16 blow moulding stations and a capac- ity of up to 24,000 0.5l bph. Over and above this, rotary stretch blow moulding machines incorporating ten blow moulding stations are pro- duced. The linear CPSB machines are available in three different models: Peter Pan, Director R&D Dept. (left) and Bush Hsieh, Managing Director (right) in front of the Chum Power stretch blow moulding machine type CPSB-LSS12C at Drinktec in Munich