Hebei Botou Match Co., Ltd. is the largest match manufacturer in Asia.
The century-old brand "Botou Matches" is well-known to every household and is the city card of Botou City, Hebei Province. Since its birth, it has won a series of honorary titles: nationally renowned brand, six best-selling brands in Hebei Province, and key brand in Hebei Province. Famous brand products, high-quality products in Hebei Province, trustworthy products for consumers in Hebei Province, gold medals in the "5th Asia and Pacific International Trade Fair", among which the flagship product GB393-88 matches won the "Revitalization of Hebei Economic Award" and are the first matches of the China Light Industry Association The excellent product recommended by the branch, "Botou Brand" was named among the first batch of famous trademarks in Hebei Province. On September 6, 2012, Hebei Botou Match Co., Ltd. held an asset disposal auction, and the last batch of equipment was auctioned. This marked the complete bankruptcy of Asia's largest match manufacturer, and the century-old brand "Botou Match" has since become history.
Hebei Botou Match Co., Ltd., formerly known as Bozhen Yonghua Match Co., Ltd., was founded in 1912. Feng Guozhang, then acting president of the Republic of China, invested 40,000 yuan in cash in the company, rewriting the story of people’s dependence on the company. The history of "match". [1] In 1948, Bozhen Yonghua Match Co., Ltd. became one of the earliest public-private joint ventures in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region and even in the country. In May 1950, Bozhen Yonghua Match Co., Ltd. became state-owned. "Botou Match" accelerated its development and quickly grew into the largest match manufacturer in China and even Asia. Many well-known domestic writers and artists will invariably mention "Botou Match" when talking about their impressions of Botou. As a century-old brand, "Botou Match" can be said to be a household name and has long become the business card of this city.
Botou Match Co., Ltd. is a large-scale enterprise integrating match production, scientific research and match machinery. Its annual production capacity is 3.7 million pieces (100 packs and 1,000 boxes each), making it the largest match manufacturer in China and Asia. production company. The company's headquarters is located in Botou City, Hebei Province, with the Beijing-Shanghai Expressway, Beijing-Shanghai Railway and 104 National Highway passing by. It is adjacent to Tianjin Airport and the Huanghua Port under construction. It has 8 branches and 12 departments, offices, institutes and institutes, integrating production, scientific research and services, with a total area of ??33998.66m2 and more than 2,400 employees.
The company has a long production history, advanced technology and scientific management. It has a group of excellent managers, scientific researchers and technicians, and is equipped with the design, installation, debugging, technical training and technology for complete sets of equipment in the match industry. Transformation and technical consulting capabilities.
The company's products include safety match series, match machinery series, particleboard and other products. The company is equipped with advanced scientific research facilities and professional scientific researchers, constantly develops new products, and unremittingly improves equipment and technology. Innovation and transformation. Its match series products have many varieties and specifications, and can undertake the processing of all kinds of matches. Its match machinery is advanced, practical, high-quality and low-priced, and is favored by the majority of users. The company has continuously maintained the title of provincial advanced enterprise in light industry and "Top Ten Leading Factory" in the provincial light industry industry. The company has been promoted to provincial advanced enterprise, national second-level enterprise and key enterprise of the Ministry of Light Industry. In the national match industry, the main economic and technical indicators have ranked first in the domestic industry for many years.
With the influx of substitutes such as lighters and electronic lighters, competition within the industry has intensified, and the overall decline of China's match industry is an indisputable fact. However, in the large-scale breakthrough and collapse of the match industry, All the well-known state-owned match production companies have been shut down one after another. Except for Botou Match Co., Ltd. (formerly Botou Match Factory), one of the "Five Golden Flowers" (Botou, Kaifeng, Anyang, Jining, Bengbu) that is famous in the industry has maintained normal production. In addition, the rest have disappeared, closed down or been converted into several small private match factories. As the last survivor of the industry-wide state-owned enterprise operating model, Botou Match Co., Ltd., a century-old factory that is a leader in China's match industry, is facing chronic problems such as incomplete corporate restructuring, heavy burdens, excessive staff, and disparity in taxes. Troubled by the fact that it has the advantage of being "domestic leader, Asia's first-class, and world-renowned", it is difficult to fly high, which is a pity.