| Our Mission | |||
| We are a service-oriented company focused on identifying, sourcing, marketing and supplying quality products and services to targetted market segments | |||
| About Us | |||
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| Melchers is a diversified international services
group with a historic focus on Greater China. In Hong Kong and China we
offer a wide range of specialised services from marketing and distribution
to sourcing, processing and production. We work with a wide range
of business partners from large well-known multinationals to small highly-specialised
companies seeking to expand into new markets. The strengths we offer to our business partners are: |
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| Our Experience | |||
| Melchers has over 130 years experience of doing business in Hong Kong and China. The Group has gained the practical knowledge, relationships and cultural understanding necessary for success in Greater China. |
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| Our Infrastructure | |||
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We maintain an extensive network
of offices in Greater China including our main centres in Hong Kong,
Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou where we also operate substantial warehouse
facilities. We also maintain satellite offices in Dalian, Wuhan, Xiamen
and Chonqing. click on map for location of offices |
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| Our Team | |||
| Over 300 experienced staff in specialised product department operate throughout Greater China. Our staff remain in close contact with our principals, our customers and the market in general. This allows us to quickly adapt our approach to changes in the market for individual product lines. |
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| Our Diversification | |||
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Our product departments cover most of the key industries in Greater China including plastics, packaging, pharmaceuticals, printing, petrochemical, oil and gas, automotive, electronics, as well as retail and sourcing. We offer a range of specialised services with a focus on entry into the Greater China market, specialised importing and logistical services and sourcing and manufacturing in China. | ||
| Our Support Service | |||
| Our specialised product departments are able to maximize customer and supplier benefits through a substantial support infrastructure. We currently employ more than 15 service engineers to support the sales and maintenance of technical products in Greater China. Our sourcing teams include over 20 experienced quality inspectors. Our importing and logistics capabilities are greatly enhanced by our ability to warehouse, invoice and distribute locally in China through the Group's Chinese-registered company, Melchers Shanghai Limited. |
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| Our Flexibility | |||
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We maintain a highly flexible rganizational structure able to react quickly to changing economic and political conditions. All of our business units operate with a high degree independence ensuring the organization is constantly ;evolving tomaintain a competitive advantage. | ||
| We believe that our flexible organization, which fosters creative thinking and innovative ideas, and our dedication to customer satisfaction as well as our spirit of partnership with our principals are all essential elements for success in Greater China. For more information, or if you are interested in business development or employment, please Contact Us and one of our representatives will contact you. | |||
| History of Melchers in Hong Kong and China | |||
| Melchers began trading in Hong Kong in 1866 with the establishment of a branch of Melchers & Co. of Bremen. The business quickly prospered and in 1877 a second branch was established in Shanghai with further branches being established by 1910 in Hangkow, Canton, Tientsin, Chingkang, Ichang, Nanjing, Chongqing and Tsingtao. |
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Melchers Building
Hong Kong, 1908 |
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| Melchers were forced to close these branch
offices during World War I but business activities resumed in the early
1920s with help from the Chinese Government. However, the Second World
War and the Communist Government, which followed, saw the complete cessation
of Melchers business operations in China. As a result, Hong Kong became
the focal point of business in the region with the formal re-establishment
of the office there in 1952. The business in Hong Kong was initially based on the export of garments from China to Europe. By the early 1970s,Melchers had also begun to develop a substantial import business based on the growing demand for machinery and equipment for the region's export-driven manufacturing industry.Both the import and export businesses continued to grow and diversify with the gradual opening of China's economy. In 1979 Melchers were able to re-establish an office in Beijing, followed in the early 1980s by offices in Shanghai and Guangzhou. With their strong links to China, Melchers were one of the first foreign companies to re-establish representative offices in the country. This commitment to China has allowed Melchers to benefit from the business opportunities arising from the country's rapid economic expansion since the 1980s. The Group has continued to strengthen its presence in China with the establishment of satellite offices to benefit from specific regional economic development. Today, Melchers remain firmly committed to the Greater China region based on an extensive infrastructure and an increasingly diverse range of products and services. |
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