Suzhou Packaging Plant Erupts in Flames: Blaze Rages for Over 10 Hours, Imported Corrugating Line Severely Damaged

On August 23, a paper-plastic packaging factory in Xiangcheng District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province suddenly caught fire in the early morning. Video showed thick smoke billowing at the scene, with flames raging across the entire factory area. It is reported that the local fire department dispatched more than 30 fire engines to the scene and fought the fire for more than ten hours.

Nearby residents said the company mostly produces flammable products such as paper and plastic, and the fire was large and burned for a long time. The company involved is Suzhou Hengshun Paper & Plastic Co., Ltd. Information from Tianyancha shows that the company is mainly engaged in paper packaging and other businesses.

According to a video report by The Beijing News, learned from Taiping Subdistrict, Xiangcheng District, Suzhou City, as of 10:00 on August 23, the fire had been brought under control, with no casualties, and the cause of the fire and property losses are under investigation.

According to industry insiders, the factory is one of the earlier board enterprises in China to introduce a 2.8-meter Fosber corrugated line, with an annual output value of hundreds of millions, and is a large comprehensive corrugated board and carton manufacturer. The cause of the fire accident is still under investigation.

According to its official website: Suzhou Hengshun Paper & Plastic Co., Ltd. was founded in July 1997. It is a modern private enterprise specializing in the production of high-end corrugated board and carton packaging. It can not only provide customers with complete solutions for high-end carton packaging of household electronic products, but also provide customers with one-stop production services from inner boxes to outer cartons.

The company covers an area of more than 150 mu, with a plant area of 70,000 square meters and hundreds of employees. As an advanced enterprise in technological transformation and upgrading in Xiangcheng District, Suzhou City, it has one automatic production line for 2.2M-wide five-layer corrugated board and one for 1.8M-wide seven-layer corrugated board from Taiwan's Hsieh Hsu, plus one 2.8M-wide corrugated board production line from Italy's Fosber. It has also introduced 2 high-end fully automatic four-color printing machines, 4 semi-automatic printing machines, one 1600*3200 large-format carton printing machine, 2 high-speed automatic die-cutting machines and a complete set of professional supporting back-end carton equipment. It can produce high-end corrugated board in various flute profiles from three to seven layers, ensuring product quality.

Editor's reminder: As autumn begins, the air is dry and fires are highly likely to occur, which papermaking and packaging enterprises especially need to guard against. After all, paper products are dry and flammable, and once a fire breaks out the consequences are unimaginable! Factories and enterprises must pay attention to fire safety and must never be negligent.

——This article is reprinted from China Packaging Network (pack.cn). Original link: http://news.pack.cn/show-378055.html