Vision:
To
be recognised amongst the top five flexible packaging manufacturers
in the Asia Pacific Region by 2010.
Mission:
To
maintain our position of leadership in the flexible packaging
industry through building upon our existing businesses, operating
in market segments where we have the opportunity to become the
recognised leader and through application of emerging technology
to manufacture innovative products at competitive cost.
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Values:
Integrity:
Honesty and fairness are essential to the way we do business and
we interact with people. We shall consistently treat our customers,
employees, shareholders, suppliers and the community with honesty,
dignity, fairness, and respect. We shall conduct our business
with the highest ethical standards.
Customer: Customer satisfaction is the source of employee,
shareholder, supplier and community benefits. We shall exceed
customer expectation through continuous improvement in quality,
service, productivity, and lead time reduction.
Employees: Involvement of our people in the business is the foundation
of our strength. We are committed to their fair and effective
selection, development, motivation, and recognition. We will provide
employees with the tools, training, and support to achieve excellence
in customer satisfaction.
Innovation: We shall seek improvement and innovation in
all elements of our business through application of world-class
technology to our products, processes, and services.
Safety & Environment: Our products, services, and workplaces
shall reflect our belief that what is good for the environment
and safety & health of all people is good for The Merchants.
Objectives:
TO MEET or exceed our customer's expectations, producing
superior quality and exceptional service at a fair profit.
TO PROVIDE services and produce products which value, performance,
and market success for our customers.
TO FOCUS on continuous improvement and constantly strive
for total quality in all areas.
TO
ESTABLISH an absolute commitment to customer satisfaction
through establishing an empowered team of employees.
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Packaging
in Bangladesh:
Printing
and Packaging in Bangladesh is comparatively a young industry
by world standards. However, from a very modest beginning the
packaging industry has come of age now and has really taken off
during the last two decades or so. Today it can be said with pride
that all types of packaging products specially based on paper
and paper board, plastic film, aluminium foil are manufactured
locally. Quality of locally produced packaging material are excellent
and comparable to international standard.
Packaging
industries are fully capable to meet the local requiremnts. There
are also sufficient technical manpower to run these industries.
The local industries are regularly updating the their technical
know-how keeping in line with the technological advancement of
this sector. The pre-press facilities available here are also
upto the highest standard of the present age.
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Our
Background:
Founded in 1983 as the pioneer flexible packaging manufacturer
with the goal of providing innovative products locally to meet
or exceed customer expectations in very focused products and applications.
To this date this company has retained its leadership position
in the specialty and flexible packaging market and has grown its
reputation as a national company recognized for integrity, innovation,
absolute commitment to customer service and value through complete
quality and process management. The company's first plant was
a 25,000 square foot facility in BSIC Industrial Area, Tongi,
Dhaka. Business expanded at a comfortable rate and in 1995 acquisition
of 60,000 square foot manufacturing space was made adjacent to
existing site and in 2001 the operation expanded to Pagar, Tongi,
where 130,000 square foot green field site was purchased.
The
Merchants Limited is a custom manufacturer and converter of flexible
packing materials. Specialising in manufacturing plain and printed
pre-made barrier and high barrier bags, pouches and various kind
of laminated flexible packaging films, The Merchants provides
flexible packaging solutions for customer in food, prepared food,
spices, medical, pharmaceutical, nutritional, confectionary, personal
products, and non-food industries.
With
over 30 years of packaging experience, The Merchants Limited has
re-engineered the model for a packaging company. The Merchants
is not only a packaging vendor; they are the marketing partners
of customers - a partner that understands the necessity of packages
innovation and its contribution in enhancing sales. Use of innovative
design, techniques, and materials combined with a tremendous reputation
give The Merchants Ltd. distinct competitive advantages.
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Manufacturing
Capabilities:
The
Merchants was established on wealth of knowledge and experience
of its founder in flexible packaging and on his ability to exploit
emerging technology for manufacturing innovative products. The
company has wide range of sophisticated converting equipments
and long term reliable resources that gives it the capability
and flexibility to meet all packaging needs of customers. Typical
manufacturing facilities available are:
·
Bag manufacturing
· Pouch manufacturing
· Four colour flexographic printing
· Eight colour gravure printing
· Laminating
· Slitting
· Tube stock
Feature
on bags: Flat bottom seal, lap seal, fin seal, crimp bottom seal,
and gusset capabilities.
Feature
on pouches: Three side seal, Two side seal, One side seal, and
Zipper capabilities.
Feature
on printing: Surface and reverse printing capabilities.
Features
on lamination: Adhesive or extrusion laminating films.
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Packaging
applications:
The
Merchants is geared to provide products in different gauges, width,
length and film structures to meet customer specification and
specific needs. The bags, pouches and films are custom designed
according to customer specifications and applications. Products
are supplied to the following industries:
·
Cigarette
· Cosmetics & Toiletries
· Food products
· Detergent
· Pharmaceutical
· Insecticide & pesticide
· Spices
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