Serving Companies Like Yili, Mengniu, And Panpan, What Achievements Has This Printing Enterprise Made in Digital Construction?

At present, digital transformation has become an essential path for printing companies to seek survival and development, enhance competitiveness, and achieve sustainable growth. However, what to transform? How to transform? These remain challenging questions for printing enterprises. The Printing Technology magazine has specially launched the "Smart Talks" column, focusing on the "principles" and "techniques" of digital transformation in printing companies, paying attention to industry trends, exploring development paths, and sharing outstanding cases.Shandong Huashang Printing Technology Co., Ltd. was established in June 2018 and is located in Xiaozhi Industrial Park, Pingyin County, Jinan City, Shandong Province. With a total investment of 280 million yuan, covering an area of 66,667 square meters and a building area of 45,000 square meters, it is an intelligent digital packaging operations enterprise specialized in packaging decoration, printed materials printing, printing technology research and development, and printing design innovation. The company has consecutively received honors such as National High-Tech Enterprise, Shandong Province Specialized and Innovative Enterprise, Shandong Province Green Supply Chain Enterprise, Shandong Province Innovative SME, Jinan City Green Factory, Jinan City Safety Standardization Enterprise, and Jinan City Industry Leading Enterprise.

The company has established strategic partnerships with numerous well-known enterprises and is a strategic supplier for Yili Group, while also serving companies such as Mengniu, Adopt a Cow, Panpan Group, and Genki Forest. The company achieves comprehensive digital management in design and development, production and manufacturing, logistics and distribution, and business operations, helping to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance overall corporate competitiveness.Key Measures of the Smart Factory Project01/ Top Printing Technology and EquipmentIn 2024, the company launched the Komori GL544A C printing press, which integrates automation, digitalization, and intelligent functions, with the advantage of short job setup times. Its precise and stable paper feeding and collection system ensures equipment stability and print precision at high speeds. It supports fully automated workflows, reducing manual intervention, and significantly improving product quality, production capacity, and efficiency.

In addition, the company has purchased a Goss imported large-format offset printing machine, along with more than 100 other supporting printing and packaging equipment, achieving integrated production of paper packaging products such as offset boxes, watermark turnover boxes, shopping bags, and high-end boutique boxes. It is also equipped with multiple automated paper production lines, providing more comprehensive supply and support for printing and packaging needs.02/ Full-Process Intelligent Manufacturing Production LineBy constructing a full-process intelligent manufacturing platform that includes paper feeding, printing, die-cutting, box gluing, packing, and wrapping, the company not only improves efficiency but also significantly reduces the labor intensity of workers.

(1) Fully Automatic Palletizing Robot: Achieves full-process intelligent manufacturing of cartons from printing to film wrapping, reducing labor intensity and increasing productivity.(2) Automated Online Inspection System: High-speed cameras and image processing modules are installed in key processes such as printing and die-cutting to detect surface defects in real time, such as scratches and color differences.(3) Water-based Laminating Machine: Uses environmentally friendly processes to reduce volatile organic compound emissions, balancing efficiency with environmental protection.(4) Fully Automatic Handle Attaching Machine: Each unit can install around 70,000 plastic handles per day, far exceeding the previous manual line capability of 4,000 handles per day, with a work efficiency more than 15 times that of traditional processes.03/ Data Traceability and Quality AnalysisBy using RFID tags and blockchain technology, the full lifecycle data of products from raw materials to finished products is recorded. Managers can scan QR codes to check production batches, equipment parameters, operators, and other information, enabling rapid tracing and improvement of quality issues, reducing waste, and effectively avoiding resource loss.04/ Intelligent Warehousing and Logistics SystemIntroducing automated vertical warehouses and AGV vehicles to achieve unmanned operations for the storage of raw materials and dispatch of finished products. Combined with the WMS system, inventory management is optimized, material turnover time is reduced, and warehouse space utilization is improved.Project AchievementsShandong Huashang Printing's "High-end Digital Intelligent Printing Factory" project was awarded the second prize in Shandong Province's "10th Intelligent Manufacturing Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition," received the "Best Industry Application Award" special honor, and was also recognized as a "Digital Workshop in Shandong Province."Through promoting digital and intelligent transformation, the company has built an intelligent factory, driving the transition from traditional manufacturing to intelligent and digital manufacturing. Leveraging new technologies helps reduce costs and increase efficiency, enhancing the company's core competitiveness. It is reported that the company's total revenue reached 290 million yuan in 2022 and 330 million yuan in 2023, both with a year-on-year growth of over 10%, and is expected to reach 400 million yuan in 2024, maintaining continuous growth for three years.In the future, Shandong Huashang Printing will continuously improve R&D capabilities, implement lean management, accelerate the adoption of digital, networked, and intelligent transformations, and promote deeper integration of digital technology with the real economy, creating a new engine of intelligent manufacturing to promote high-quality enterprise development.