The morning sun shines on the assembly line through the glass windows of the factory. The metal body is shining with a cold luster. Several engineers are surrounding an automated packaging machine that will be shipped to Kazakhstan for final debugging. This equipment is a customized model designed by the ply-pack factory specifically for the countries along the "Belt and Road". The side of the body is printed with a striking Chinese and English logo: "Belt and Road Packaging Machinery-The Link Connecting the World".
Technical Director Li Ming tightened the last screw and turned to the reporter and said: "Since last year, our production line has been fully turned to the research and development of 'One Belt, One Road Packaging Machinery'. For example, this equipment is equipped with an intelligent temperature control system and a multilingual operation interface, which can adapt to the characteristics of large temperature differences between day and night in Central Asia and weak technical foundation of operators." He pointed to a row of blue indicator lights on the control panel, "A remote diagnosis module is also integrated here. A customer in Uzbekistan reported a fault last week, and we solved the problem in 2 hours through the cross-border cooperation platform."
In cross-border cooperation, localized services have become a key breakthrough. The service center set up by the ply-pack factory in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, displays moisture-proof packaging machines developed for tropical climates. Engineer Nguyen Van Son wiped the condensate collection tank on the surface of the equipment and introduced: "The most troublesome thing for Southeast Asian customers is the short circuit of equipment in the rainy season. Our One Belt, One Road packaging machinery has specially added a double sealing structure, and 12 units have been delivered this month."
The formulation of industry standards is reshaping the competitive landscape. In the "Guidelines for Equipment Adaptability in Countries Along the Belt and Road" recently released by the China Packaging Machinery Industry Association, the modular design case of the ply-pack factory was listed as a recommended solution. This document, compiled by more than 20 leading enterprises, marks the beginning of the shift of Chinese packaging machinery enterprises from simple equipment export to technical standard output.
"When we chose the Belt and Road packaging machinery, we were attracted by the complete after-sales system." Amir, a Pakistani buyer who was inspecting the goods in the factory, gave a thumbs up, "Our food factory in Lahore needs to process more than 30 specifications of nut packaging. Ply-pack not only provides equipment, but also sends a technical team to train on site for two months. This kind of in-depth cooperation is simply impossible to achieve with European and American suppliers."
As the industrialization process of countries along the Belt and Road accelerates, the demand for packaging machinery has shown obvious differentiation: Central Asia prefers agricultural deep processing equipment, Southeast Asia focuses on daily chemical product production lines, and Eastern Europe focuses on pharmaceutical-grade aseptic packaging. For this purpose, the ply-pack factory has established a regional database, and dynamically adjusts the direction of product research and development by analyzing the industrial policies, raw material characteristics and even power stability of the customer's country.
The factory is still brightly lit in the twilight, and container trucks with slogans of "Belt and Road Packaging Machinery" are heading to the port. These equipment carrying Chinese intelligence are following the ancient Silk Road and writing a new footnote for modern industrial civilization.
