7-11 may 2018, in sunny orlando, florida!
but wait… it is not disneyland, universal studios, or the numerous theme parks dotting this land that is the center of attention. rather, it is the once-every-three-year2 international show called npe, held at the orange county exhibition center. a grand reunion of more than 65,000 professionals who is who in the plastics industry worldwide!
for as far as it can be remembered, chen hsong has been a regular fixture of the npe show, exhibiting there since the 1990’s. this time around, however, there is something different. something magical. and it all starts with a single number: 60.
60th year anniversary
yes, chen hsong just turned 60 years old in 2018! what a cause for celebration indeed! from humble beginnings as a small mechanical repair shop opened in 1958, to eventually becoming one of the largest producers of injection moulding machines in the world, and one of the industry’s undisputed leaders, chen hsong has been with the plastics industry for a solid 60 years.
chen hsong 60th year logo
but the booth you see in npe is not that of an old 60-year-old company. instead, it shows remarkable dynamism and energy amidst decades of know-how, technical expertise and professionalism. this is the “new chen hsong,” a new rendition of chen hsong into the “next” 60 years. and somehow, it feels just magical.
ch-america booth
ch-america
the usa, being one of the largest markets for plastic processing in the world, and one of the highest-end markets for injection moulding machines, has been in the sights of chen hsong for quite a while. this year, in 2018, chen hsong enters the usa in force, forming a partnership with a couple of industry veterans to form ch-america, responsible for the sales and service of chen hsong products in the usa and canadian markets.
ch-america team
headquartered in torrington, connecticut and with branch offices in detroit, michigan and dallas, texas, ch-america is committed to providing the world-class professional service that worldwide clients of chen hsong have come to expect. to know more about chen hsong in the usa, simply visit www.ch-america.com.
orange is the new black
and what is npe without demonstrations of advanced technologies, the “latest and greatest” that each can offer? this year, chen hsong displays two high-end machines in the main hall (w205 to be exact, right next to krauss maffei) – the amazing super-star jm208-mk6, as well as the sm700-tp advanced two-platen. these two machines, configured to complete us standards and meeting every aspect of the market’s expectation, have been drawing crowds of visitors non-stop, from morning till evening.
talking about non-stop… that’s exact the “secret weapon” offered by the sm700-tp two-platen machine for usa molders – the japanese non-stop™ to be exact. this cutting-edge technology – a product of chen hsong’s 8-year-long (and still going strong!) worldwide strategic cooperation with mitsubishi of japan – actually comprises of a package of related technologies designed to work together to make a machine very, very stable indeed. in fact, non-stop™ guarantees unscheduled down-time of less than 0.5% annually – now that’s wild!
sm700-tp two-platen
he sm700-tp makes a nice stackable crate, non-stop, from morning till evening without human intervention. the crate is an instant hit – visitors grabbing them up as fast as they’re being produced! if you visited npe this year, and wondered where all those orange-colored crates everybody had in his/her hands came from… now you know!
sm700-tp producing stackable crates
in addition to a two-platen machine that just doesn’t stop (so you can stop… and rest easy), the new superstar product line of chen hsong also put in a showing here – the simply amazing mk6. this line of fast, precision and stable small-to-medium machines encapsulates so much advanced technologies – the amazing japanese precision hydraulics™ for example – that it can really be called a technological marvel.
making a nice household strainer (also orange in color of course), the jm208-mk6 runs so quiet, all its motions so snappy, so fluid, so silky-smooth that it never fails to astonish all who set eyes on it. visitors bring back more visitors, and there is a constant crowd in front of the machine all day long. the strainers, of course, are also an instant hit, and if you walk around the npe halls, you’ll never fail to see orange bowl-like objects in the hands of just about anybody you bump into!
jm208-mk6 producing strainers
as one of the visitors who (patiently) waited in line to get his strainer said it all, “orange is the new black!”
after-words
all in all, npe 2018 has been a blast. well, have we successfully convinced you to make plans for npe 2021?
be seeing you there, at the ch-america booth!