Since its establishment in 1998, the inks business has three strategically well positioned manufacturing bases in Southern, Eastern and Northern China, the three plants locate in Zhongshan, Zhejiang and Hebei respectively. The inks business has specialized in the development of offset inks, gravure inks and screen printing inks and the total production capacity nearly 70,000 tons. In 2011, the sales volume of inks business reaches49,043 tons and the annual turnover reached 1.9 billion. Bauhinia Variegata has got China Production and Sale???s champion for many years, and ranked 13 in the global ink ranking.
Bauhinia Variegata Inks has enjoyed excellent reputation and support from the international market. In 2005, it has named as Guangdong Famous Trademark and was also granted China Famous Trademark by the Trademark Office of The State Administration For Industry and Commerce of the People's Republic of China in 2010.
Keeping pace with the global environmental trends, inks business employs aromatic-free workshops and fully piped transmission system to ensure the production is in line with international standard. To further broaden the inks business profile, development of offset printing inks commenced in 2006, and is expected to provide the Group's inks business with further impetus for growth in the years ahead. Many new types of offset inks has been developed. Offset ink has been awarded ???China Environmental Certification???; ???Mattel rank A supplier???. In May 2008, Bauhinia Variegata soybean oil-based offset printing ink of FD series has successfully acquired the permission to use the Soy seal trademark of the American Soybean Association(ASA).