INCHCAPE Repromac, part of the marketing arm of Inchcape Pacific, is to open a joint venture operation in Nanjing next month to assemble and market Konica copiers and facsimile machines in China.
To be called Nanjing Inchcape Repromac Office Products, the joint venture company will provide after-sales service and maintenance for Konica office products.
The joint venture partners will include Nanjing Cine Equipment Manufactory and the Nanjing Instrument and Meter Industrial (Bureau) Corporation.
Inchcape Repromac recently established a service centre and showroom in Beijing.
The move into Nanjing is expected to herald a major shift into the former Chinese capital by Inchcape Pacific, with umbrella companies covering all aspects of the company's business operations - motor vehicles, marketing and services - to take advantage of China's booming Yangtze River Basin.
The company will cover everything from cars, food, beverages, clothes and accessories, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment to construction materials, engineering equipment and transportation.
Few details are available about the move but it is expected it will complement the company's other business activities on the mainland.