Sunkist stays ahead in providing needs of foam manufacturers

Sunkist Chemical Machinery founder and general manager Ken Hwang has the uncanny ability to foresee what foam manufacturers require. Even before the business world coined the term "one stop shop", Sunkist has been offering complete turnkey solutions to foam manufacturers looking for quality but reasonably priced machines.

"When we started 32 years ago, I envisioned offering all the machines needed by foam manufacturers," Hwang says. "We have everything from A to Z."

The company designs and produces at least 89 machine systems for foam manufacturing, storing, dispensing, cutting, quilting, moulding, recycling, rebonding, laminating, peeling, chipping, sealing, milling and bedding.

Each machine is backed by comprehensive service support and may be customised for the specific requirements of its clients in the food packaging, transportation, household goods and apparel industries in more than 108 countries.

Besides opening a new facility in Taiwan this year, Sunkist will begin operation of a new plant on the mainland this month to serve the mass market and bring customer service closer to existing clients there.

"Timing is most important," Hwang says. "If we had focused on the mainland earlier, we would have gotten just a few orders because most manufacturers were looking for cheaper, low-quality machines then. The mainland is slowly embracing quality and we're ready for that."