China: Project of Technological Transformation of Production Line Passes Acceptance Appraisal

Source from:  TobaccoChina Online 10/17/2012

The project of technological transformation of the Golden Bridge cigarette production line at Xiamen Cigarette Factory of China Tobacco Fujian Industrial Co., Ltd. in southeast China's Fujian Province passed appraisal for technical acceptance at a meeting held by the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA) in cooperation with the relevant units and departments on September 28. The meeting was presided over by Deputy Division Chief Wang Qian with the Planning Department of the STMA.

Speaking at the meeting, Deputy Director Sun Guifang of the Planning Department of the STMA announced the conclusion of the acceptance appraisal, and issued the certificate of acceptance. According to the conclusion of the acceptance appraisal, the execution of the project of technological transformation of the production line was closely in accordance with the target of developing the world's first-rate all-function production lines for making Chinese-style blend-type cigarettes and high-end low-tar flue-cured cigarettes. In the execution of the project, Xiamen Cigarette Factory of China Tobacco Fujian Industrial Co., Ltd. conducted independent innovation and research of technologies and equipment, and boldly applied many latest achievements in the research of technologies, patents and particularly made equipment. As a result, the enterprise succeeded in developing an exclusive production line for making cigarettes of high-end brands with a high content of technology and with self-owned core technologies of brands within a relatively short period of time, with its overall technological level reaching the first-rate international standards. In test run over the past nearly two years, the production line proved to be operating well, with the achievement of remarkable economic and social efficiency, and with the achievement of relatively favorable investment gains. It was reported that the project of technological transformation of the Golden Bridge cigarette production line at Xiamen Cigarette Factory involved a total investment of 2.08 billion yuan (330 million U.S. dollars), and covered a total construction area of 110,000 square meters, with the annual production capacity reaching 400,000 cases (20 billion cigarettes). The execution of the project was started in April 2009. In September 2010, the technologically transformed production line went into trial operation upon completion of the work of construction. Enditem