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Printing in Asia, Year 2000
Sally Taylor -- 6/26/00
Direct contacts for Far East manufacturers



Hong Kong
A-D E-K L-P R-Z

India - Indonesia - Japan - Malaysia

Singapore - South Korea - Taiwan - Thailand


Hong Kong A-D
Acorn Press Ltd Contact: Yvonne Wong, general manager
27 Paterson St., 12th floor, A1, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2890-5738
Fax: 852-2576-1813
acornpr@netvigator.com
Personalized conventional print brokering services in Hong Kong by an old hand at the biz.
Anpak Printing Ltd (part of Anpak Holdings Ltd) Contact: Caren Ip, marketing manager, overseas
9/F Eastern Centre, 1065 Kings Road, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2811-4118
Fax: 852-2565-7710
anpak@anpak.com
www.anpak.com
Juvenile picture, pop-up and novelty books, 40% percent export with most of their factory in China.
Asia One Printing Limited Contact: Peter M.P. Lau, managing director
7/F, Units A&B, Sunview Industrial Bldg., 3 On Yip St., Chaiwan, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2889-2320
Fax: 852-2889-3837
laupeter@pacific.net.hk
www.asiaone.com.hk
A small Hong Kong operation, begun in 1997 with local commercial and financial work and now expanding to export business. Conventional work only.
Bright Arts (HK) Ltd Contact: Sunny Shum, managing director
Tung Chong Facty Bldg., 11/F, 659 Kings Road, North Point, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2562-0119
Fax: 852-2565-7031
williyue@bahk.com.hk
Color separation services including digital proofs and wet proofs. William Yue, senior customer service manager. Uses Imago and also works directly with overseas customers
C&C Offset Printing Co. Ltd. Subsidiary of C&C Joint Printing Co. (HK) Ltd.
Contact: Zhuang Xian Qing, director and GM
3/F, C&C Bldg, 36 Ting Lai Road, Tai Po, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2666-4988
Fax: 852-2666-4938
offsetprinting@candcprinting.comkenlee@candcprinting.com
www.ccoffset.com/~ccoffset
First Hong Kong book printer to be awarded ISO9002 and ISO14001, plus hundreds of awards worldwide for printing quality since 1980. Large Hong Kong operation with nine presses and full prepress, including CTP. Sister operation in Shenzhen with 10 additional sheet fed and web presses and conventional prepress, plus major hand assembly factory. Jackson Leung, director & deputy manager, and Ken Y.L. Lee, sales director & assistant general manager. See U.S. sales offices.
Colorcraft Ltd. Contact: Bundy Walker, director
Kodak House, Phase II,16/F, Unit 8&9, 321 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2590-9033
Fax: 852-2590-9005 or 2590-9271
info.cc@colorcraft.com.hk
Bundy.cc@colorcraft.com.hk
Doing a wide variety of work, from textbooks to four-color picture books, calendars and novelty products involving a lot of hand assembly, also CD production. The oldest print brokerage firm in Hong Kong, run by the daughter of the founder.
Colorprint Offset (Colorprint Int'l Ltd) Contact: Lydia Choy, production manager
Unit 1808-09, 18/F, 8 Commercial Tower, 8 Sun Yip Street, Chai Wan, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2896-7777
Fax: 852-2889-6606
colorprt@hkstar.com
Now with seven presses, as well as a NYC office, this family-held company d s everything from hand assembly to stochastic printing, all in China. Peter Lau, managing director. Also see Justin Wakefield, Lee Moncho and Kate Brady in New York.
Creative Printing Limited Contact: Edmond Yeung, director & general manager
15C Wah Ha Industrial Building, 8 Shipyard Lane, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2563-2187
Fax: 852-2565-9069
rayshing@creativeprinting.com.hk
Has a long history with U.S. clients and the jobs; invested in direct-to-plate technology last year to reduce front-end costs on high-quality projects in Hong Kong. Offers a range of printing services, from hand assembly contracted in PRC to coffee-table, including juveniles. Raymond Shing, marketing manager. See Suzy Morris in New Jersey office.
Dai Nippon Printing Co. (Hong Kong) Ltd. Contact: Yoshio Akasaka, sales & marketing director for U.S. book publishers
Tsuen Wan Ind. Centre, 5/f, 220-248 Texaco Rd., Tseun Wan, NT Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2408-4203
Fax: 852-2407-6201
info@dnp.com.hk
One of the pioneer Hong Kong printers, the printing school for most of the rest, DNP is still doing the bulk of their printing in Hong Kong, with a new CTP system installed last year and digital printing services as well. A new 8-color Heidelberg press gives them three times the productivity, and a close relationship with one PRC printer gives them hand-assembly services and traditional softcover titles at more competitive prices. Also Tatsuya Hisakura, Deputy Director. See the DNP (America) Inc. operations in New York and California
Digital Prepress & Printing Professional Ltd. Contact: Billy Tse, director
Rm 3, 20/F, Block B, Fortune Fty Bldg, 40 Lee Chung St, Chaiwan, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2505-1933
Fax: 852-2595-9151
dppp@netvigator.com
Color separation and printing, all for export. Works closely with agents and also deals directly with customers abroad. Color separation and film output in Hong Kong, printing in Hong Kong and China.

Hong Kong E-L
Elegance Printing & Book Binding Co., Ltd Contact: Ngai Kam Seung, managing director
Block A, 4/f Hoi Bun Ind. Bldg., 6 Wing Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2342-0109
Fax: 852-2790-3614
elegpg@hkstar.com
www.elegancebooks.com
Conventional, nonconventional and hand assembly work. Using the latest CREO front end DTP system, Scitex output, Heidelberg flat-bed scanner, plus 11 Macs and 11 presses, including 2 to 6-color Heidelbergs in Hong Kong and another 4-color new in April. In China, 600 workers and 5 additional presses. Candy Leung is Customer Services Manager. See Frank DeLuca at Elegance in New York State.
Elite Printing Company Ltd Contact: Fred Chu, sales & marketing manager
1401 Hong Man Ind. Centre, 2 Hong Man Street, Chaiwan, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2558-0119
Fax: 852-2897-2675
sales@elite.com.hk
elitemkt@elite.com.hk
www.elite.com.hk
A medium-sized printer with a giant China operation, 500,000 sq ft, offering export work in both conventional work and hand assembly. Uses Powerscan for prepress work. Susan Chan is sales directress.
Everbest Printing Co. Ltd. Contact: Kenneth Chung, managing director
C5, 10/F, Ko Fai Ind. Bldg., 7 Ko Fai Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2727-4433
Fax: 852-2772-7687
sales@everbest.com.hk
ken@everbest.com.hk
www.everbest.com.hk
With a range of services from books to book plus, this company is a regular winner of printing awards, including high quality photographic and photo stock books and catalogs. Big operation in Nansha, China, where all production and hand assembly work is done. Also Ronny Ng & Frankie Lee, Customer Account Executives. See George Dick at Four Color in Kentucky & New York, Spectrum or Adgrafix on the West Coast.
Evergreen Colour Separation (Scanning) Co. Ltd. Contact: Edward Yu, sales manager
19F, Melbourne Ind Bldg., 16 Westlands Road, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2565-0329
Fax: 852-2811-0554
egscanhk@vol.net
Prepress house, working independently and with Kwong Fat in export book printing work. See Kwong Fat and ISCOA in the USA.
Excel Printing Co. (Excel United Co. Ltd.)Contact: Samuel Chung, director
Block B, 6th Floor, Sunview Industrial Bldg, 3 On Yip St, Chaiwan, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2889-1078
Fax: 852-2889-1721, 2889-1443
excelptg@netvigator.com
Printing, binding and hand assembly in both Hong Kong and China. Hong Kong staff manages 3000 PRC workers on a 600,000-sq.-ft. site, where six new four-color presses will be installed this year. Highly specialized in pop-up work and stationery products, and largest producer of sound-module books for the U.S. See Patrick Riley at Excel USA.
Global Printing Services Ltd.
Contact: Celine Chow, production manager
Flat 11B, E Tat Factory Bldg., 4 Heung Yip Rd, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2553-9168
Fax: 852-2518-4063
globalprt@hknet.com
High-quality conventional work for export in shorter runs in a medium sized operation in Hong Kong. Twelve years old, with five Heidelberg presses and perfect binding line, they use a casebound line in PRC and partner with Ocean for prepress work. Henry Lam is managing director. See Pacific Rim International Printing in Los Angeles.
Golden Cup Printing Co Ltd. and Sota Graphic Arts Co. Ltd. Contact: Mary Yeung, deputy gen. manager
6F Seapower Ind Ctr., 177 Hoi Bun Rd, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2343-4254
Fax: 852-2341-5426
mary@goldencup.com.hk
www.goldencup.com.hk/
From desktop graphics to full color printing, various binding and packaging projects, including hand work in the PRC. KK Yeung is managing director.
H&Y Printing Ltd. Contact: Louis C.K. Ma, director, Blk C, 4/F, Shing Tak Industrial Bldg., 44 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2870-2379
Fax: 852-2555-0028
hyphk@netvigator.com
Part of the Hing Yip Printing company, this is the export printing arm, mostly conventional books with copious printing and binding equipment, both in Hong Kong and China. Jason Ma is operations director. See Thomas Chung at H&Y in California.
Hindy's Enterprise Co. Ltd. Contact: Cecilia Chung, general manager
20A Melbourne Ind Bldg., 16 Westlands Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2516-6318
Fax: 852-2516-5161
wcprint@netvigator.com
D s all printing work in Hong Kong, with access to hand assembly in China. Law Ming Wah is director .
Hoi Kwong Printing Co. Ltd Contact: David Chan, director
5/F, Block C-D, Wah Ha Industry Bldg, 8 Shipyard Lane, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2562-1096, pager 7301-4756
Fax: 852-2564-2142
dchan@hoikwong.com
www.hoikwong.com
Printing and binding in Hong Kong with hand assembly in Shenzhen. Started export work seven years ago and works with many HK graphic designers. Family-owned; son David spent 15 years in the U.S.
Hong Kong Scanner Arts Intl. Ltd. & Hong Kong Graphics & Printing Ltd. Contact: Wayne C. Ling, director, operations and marketing
Blk B1., 6/F, Ft. B1, Fortune Fty. Bldg., 40 Lee Chung St., Chaiwan, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2976-0289
Fax: 852-2976-0292 or 2719-1442
hksagp@netvigator.com
Color separation, prepress, printing and binding services in Hong Kong and China, plus distribution services in China. Y.C. Luk, managing director. See Thomas Hau at HK Scanner Craft Co Ltd, Astoria, NY, or Laurie Gilbert at HK Scanner Arts Intl. in Santa Monica, CA, or Allan Cabrera at HK Graphics & Printing Ltd., in Philadelphia, PA.
Hua Yang Printing Holdings Co. Ltd. Contact: Alex M.K. Ngan, president, CEO
Unit B, Block 1, 25/F Tai Ping Ind. Centre, 57 Ting Kok Road, Tai Po, NT, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2256-6888 (direct) or 2665-6992
Fax: 852-2411-0235 or 2416-6318 (North American Marketing)
richardb@huayangprinting.com
The pioneer pop-up manufacturer in China, they now offer a wide range of novelty and book-plus services. Part of toy manufacturer, Zindart, listed on the NASDAC and using their customer service system. efficiency. Richard Burgess is v-p of marketing.
Hung Hing Offset Printing Co Ltd. Contact: Alvin Chan, Executive Director
Tai Po Industrial Estate, 17-19 Dai Hei St., Tai Po, NT Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2664-8682
Fax: 852-2664-2070
info@hhop.com.hk
matthew@hhop.com.hk
Excellent commercial and packaging printers with massive operations in China and a joint venture paper company. Printing and hand assembly projects for a wide range of juvenile clients, including both toy and book companies. Doing lenticular printing among many unique services. Piquet Graphics is prepress house. Matthew Yum is Managing Director. See Bill Tollin in US office.
Imago Services HK Ltd. Contact: Kendrick Cheung, managing director
653-659 Kings Road, 6th Floor, Flat B, Tung Chong Fkty Bldg, North Point, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2811-3316
Fax: 852-2597-5256
kendrickc@imago.com.hk
Print broker with full-time staff for book-plus work as well as conventional jobs both in Hong Kong and China. Singapore office as well as New York and California offices.
Jade Productions (A Division of Murrayfield Ltd.) Contact: Ken Kong, general manager
Flat 12, 18/F, Kodak House, Phase 2, No 39 Healthy St. East, North Point, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2967-9360
Fax: 852-2967-1800
jadepro@netvigator.com
Coordinating novelty, book plus and regular juvenile books, this broker service is owned by specialist print "old hands" James Binnie in the UK and Dave Zable at Blaze in New York
Kwong Fat Offset Printing Co. Ltd. Contact: Lawrence Wong, managing director
10/F, Wah Ha Factory Bldg,8 Shipyard Lane, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2562-2144
Fax: 852- 2565-7736
kwongfat@kwongfat.com
With two plants, one in Hong Kong and one in Dongguan, China, they offer full-service printing and binding plus hand work, die-cutting and co-packaging facilities. See U.S. sales office in Yardley, PA.

Hong Kong M-P
L. Rex Printing Co. Ltd.
Contact: Patrick Liu, Sales Manager
3 Fl., Blue Box Factory Bldg., 25 Hing Wo Street, Tin Wan, Aberdeen, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2553-4211
Fax: 852-2873-0032 or 2873-9123
patrick@l-rex.com
anthony@l-rex.com
Works directly with overseas customers, all export. Dongguan plant d s everything, including hand assembly. Anthony Fan is export manager.
Lammar Offset Printing Ltd. Contact: Mak Chiu, managing director
19F, Aik San Ind Bldg., 14 Westland Rd., Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2563-1068
Fax: 852-2811-3375
lammar@netvigator.com
Printing in HK for all kinds of books. March Printing and Graphics is prepress partner. Vicki Ho is assistant to Mr. Chiu. See Peter Siu in Darien, IL
Leefung-Asco Printers Ltd. Contact: Peter Yang, managing director
Rm 1001, Wing On House, 71 Des V ux Rd, Central Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2810-6801
Fax: 852- 2810-5530 or 2810-5612
rebecca@leefung-asco.com.hk
All printing operations an hour north of Hong Kong with the first web machine in China (now two) and a wide range of sheetfed and binding services for books. Big facility in Dungguan for hand work, with dormitories for 3000. Ronald Yang Sales Manager for hand assembly. Rebecca King is general manager. See JY in New York.
Leo Paper Products Ltd. Contact: Kelly Fok, Marketing Director
Federal Ind. Bldg., 3/F, 8 AKung Ngam Village Rd, Shaukeiwan, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2884-1374 or 2535-2446
Fax: 852-2513-8400
lpp@leo.com.hk
www.leo.com.hk

A wide array of casebound to novelty book manufacturing, including prepress and hand-assembly all in China in 2 huge plants, in Lanhai for complicated work and in Hisan for board books and simple hand assembly, with 8000 workers. Lots of work for Readers Digest, Tormont, Random House, etc., they handle all the manufacturing safety codes and requirements, as well as the strictest workers' rights. With 24 presses, they are one of the world's biggest and growing by double digits in each of the last two years. Johnny Fung MD (see Leo office in Seattle)
Man's Co. Contact: David Kwok, manager
Flat D, 2/F, Sunview Ind Bldg, 3 On Yip St, Chaiwan, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2505-0558
Fax: 852-2896-3808
pcprint@hkstar.com
Printing in Hong Kong and binding in China.
Midas Printing Ltd. Contact: Gloria Y.P.Kan, executive director
1/F, 100 Texaco Road, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2408-0777, 2408-4029
Fax: 852-24065850
bgloria@midas.com.hk
bangela@midas.com.hk
Two plants in China, one for books the other for packaging printing, give this company a full range of services and a top rate team in Hong Kong overseeing the works. Angela Lee is overseas sales manager. See Martin Pugh in Midas office in Colorado.
Mission Productions Limited Contact: Ronald Tse, Unit B, 3/F, Lok's Industrial Bldg., 204 Tsat Tsz Mui Road, North Point, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2811-0026
Fax: 852-2811-0966
ronald@missionpro.com.hk
welcome@missionpro.com.hk
New company but an old timer in prepress services, seven Mac stations and a Crosfield scanner, they are gradually going toward CTP and meanwhile offer a very experienced crew for high-end requirements. Also Aubrey Wai.
NdeB Graphic Arts Consultancy Contact: Norman DeBrackinghe
12F, Block 32, Lower Baguio Villa, Victoria Rd., Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2813-1567
Fax: 852-2813-7092
deb@netvigator.com
Former quality control guru at Mandarin, Norman has retired but still trouble-shoots all sorts of existing projects and is not looking for more work, but the expert for advice.
New Arts Graphic Reproduction Co. Ltd Contact: Paul S.K. Choy, managing director
4/F, Lok's Industrial Bldg., 204 Tsat Tse Mui Rd, North Point , Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2564-1323
Fax: 852-2565-8262
newarts@writeme.com, andchoy@netvigator.com
Color separation services, with three imagesetters including the Avantra 44S with press proofs in Hong Kong and China, also the Rainbow Imation Digital Proof. Andrew S.C. Choy is general manager (and son). See Karen Greatrex at United Color in New York.
New Island Printing Co Ltd.
Contact: John Currie, director of business development
New Island Printing Centre, 38 Wang Lee St., Yuen Long Ind. Estate, Yuen Long, NT, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2442 8282 or -8223 (direct)
Fax: 852-2443-9882
jcurrie@newisland.com
www.newisland.com
A major supplier of book-plus, novelty and also a developer of a wide range of new materials, electronic and acetate compotents, with major plants both in China and Hong Kong. Karen Fung is group executive director of sales & marketing.
Newcon Ltd. Contact: Walter Lui, managing director
Liven House, 1/F, 61-63 King Yip St, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2343-2308
Fax: 852- 2763-6128
info@newconlimited.com
Develops and manufactures cloth, plastic, vinyl and plush materials from publishers' designs and supplies to printers for book-plus projects. David Lui is account executive (and son)
Nordica Printing Co. Ltd.
Contact: Allan Wong, MD
16 Westlands Road, Block B, 3/F Melbourne Ind Bldg, Quarry Bay Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2564-8444, 2565-9234
Fax: 852-2565-6445 or 2565-9270
nordica@netvigator.com, nordaprnt@aol.com
Printing and hand assembly. Works directly and through brokers. China plant in Panyu for export work.
Palace Press Hong Kong Office Contact: Lesley Sun, production manager
10/F, Wah Ha Factory Bldg, 8 Shipyard Lane, Quarry Bay Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2357-9019
Fax: 852-2561-3616
Lesley@palacepress.com
www.palacepress.com
Coordinates production services with the various Palace Press offices in the U.S. and Singapore. See various U.S. listings.
Paramount Printing Company Ltd. Contact: Alvis Loo, production director
3 Chun Kwong Street, Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, Junk Bay, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2896-8688
Fax: 852-2897-4890
paraprin@netvigator.com,
jasonscc@netvigator.com
www.paramount.com.hk
Majority bought by NEXT Media Ltd. which use the webs for its local weekly magazines, with 12 sheetfed presses available for books and sister company, Rainbow, doing prepress. Peter Kok is COO. See Paramount office in New York.
Ph nix Offset Ltd Contact: Edmond Chan, managing director
2/F, Unit F1+2, Yeung Yiu Chung No 8 Ind Bldg, 20 Wang Hoi Rd, Kowloon Bay Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2751-9962
Fax: 852-2755-8408, 2755-9204
phoffset@netvigator.com
Born out of the ashes of Mandarin Offset (which was closed by Reed Elsevier in 1997), Ph nix now offers brokerage serves in much the same professional style, offering the full range of Hong Kong printing skills, from high quality coffee table books to boxed books and book plus. See Asia Pacific Offset in U.S., with Timothy Linn in New York, Andrew Clarke in DC and Rick Conant in SF
Pimlico Book International Contact: Herbert Law, marketing manager
Unit 2010, 20/F Modern Warehouse, 6 Shing Yip St., KwunTong, Hong Kong
Phone: 852 2342 4183
Fax: 852-2342 1627
herbert_law@pimlicobook.com.hk
Serving U.S. customers with Hong Kong/PRC resources for packaging projects. See U.S. office in Baltimore.
Pioneer Printers Ltd.Contact: Michael Pak, business director
10B Khuan Ying Commercial Bldg., 85-89 Wellington St., Central Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2815-0863
Fax: 852-2815-1400
pionprin@hkstar.com
www.hkstar.com/pioneerprinters/
A good example of a smaller, agile commercial and book printing operation in Hong Kong, with good connections elsewhere in Hong Kong and China for binding they dont do themselves. This one has a specialty add-on service of promotional mailings from Hong Kong. They also do color covers for jackets or inserts.
Power Color Scanning & Lithographics Co. Ltd. Contact: Tang Tak, managing director
Workshop A, 2F, Sunrise Ind Bldg., 10 Hong Man Street, Chaiwan, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2557-0822
Fax: 852-2557-1998
powerc@hkstar.com
Prepress services, mostly commercial and packaging work for local customers, this is a ten year old company, founded by a former technology teacher for Dainippon Screen.

Hong Kong R-Z
Rainbow Graphic & Printing Company Contact: Willie C.H. Lim, general manager
8 Chun Ying St., 4/F, Tseung Kwan O Ind. Estate, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2752-3423
Fax: 852-2897-4890
willylim@netvigator.com, rgarts@netvigator.com
www.paramount.com.hk
Prepress and printing services for export, with Paramount Printing the sister company. See Paramount in NYC.
Regal Printing Ltd. Contact: Maurice Kwan, managing director
Good Prospect Ind. Bldg., 1/F, Wong Chuk Hang Rd, Aberdeen, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2552-2202
Fax: 852-2552-0700
maurice@regalprinting.com.hk
www.regalprinting.com.hk
Hard- and softcover book printing, as well as other binding abilities in house with hand assembly operation in the PRC.
Regent Publishing Services Ltd. Contact: George T.Y. Tai, managing director
24/F Federal Centre, 77 Sheung On St. Chaiwan, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2897-7803
Fax: 852-2558-7209
regentps@regent-hk.com.hk, tchoy@regent-hk.com.hktinaw@regent-hk.com.hk
High-quality print broker in Hong Kong and China. U.S. customers are 60% of the business with reps across the country. Some book-plus work and sourcing, as well as conventional work. Tina W.S. Wong, production & manufacturing manager. Five U.S. offices.
Sing Cheong Printing Company Ltd.
Contact: Karen Shen Fishel, managing director
G/F, 655 Kings Road, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2561-8801
Fax: 852-2565-9467
larry@singcheong.com.hk
Karen@singcheong.com.hk
Full-service printing, casebound and softcover, calendars, book-plus in China, but print in HK. A 36-year-old, family-owned company with U.S. guy on the scene in Hong Kong. 30% of market is U.S.. Larry Lazopoulos is sales director
Sing Kee Printing Factory Ltd. Contact: Franky Ip, director
3/F Yau Lee Centre, 45 Hoi Yuen Road, Kwun Tung, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2763-6633
Fax: 852-2763-6586
singkee@netvigator.com
Printing and binding in China and some in Hong Kong. See Snow Lion Graphics in CA.
Sino Publishing House Ltd.
Contact: Malcolm J. Lee, director
7/F, Asia Harvest Comm. Centre, 324 Shau Kei Wan Rd, Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2884-9963
Fax: 852-2884-9321
sinophl@netvigator.com
British book printing pro Malcolm Lee is in charge of this print brokerage. Working with Hong Kong, Singapore and Indonesia printing services, Lee says it is having his own people on the ground that keeps everything on schedule. See Keith McGinnis at KMI in Greenwich CT.
South China Printing Co. (1988) Ltd.
Contact: Raymond Ching, general manager
6 Fl, Block B, Shatin Ind. Centre, 5-7 Yuen Shun Circuit, Shatin, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2637-3611;Fax: 852-2637 4221
ayuen@scpc.com.hk
With a major four-color book printing plant in Hong Kong, with binding and a hand-assembly operations in China, and two sales offices in the U.S. Ivan Cheung is Senior Manager. See Peter D. Lawrence in New York and Moon-Chuen Lo in Temple City, CA.
South Sea International Press Ltd. Contact: P.Y. Lee, managing director
3/F, Yip Cheung Centre, 10 Fung Yip St., Chaiwan, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2897-1083
Fax: 852-2558-1473
ssiphk@pacific.net.hk
D s all printing and binding in Hong Kong, soft and hardcover books and calendars, with contacts in China for hand work as needed. Franky Ho is general manager.
Steiner Graphics Ltd. Contact: Steiner K.W. Fung, director
Unit 1, 2F, Eastern Centre, 1065 Kings Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2535-6886, mobile 9018-1853
Fax: 852-2535-9129
steinergraphics@yahoo.com
New print brokerage service run by a veteran in Hong Kong printing and prepress.
Sun Fung Offset Binding Co. Ltd.
Contact: Raymond Chau, executive director
Room 801 -803, 8/F, Westlands Centre, 20 Westlands Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2561-8109
Fax: 852-2811-0638
sunfung@sunfung.com.hk
www.sunfung.com.hk
Works directly with U.S. customers, specializing in conventional book printing, binding, all in China plant, with a new 8-color Heidelberg installed last year. Hand assembly work also.
Sunny Printing (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd. Contact: Albert T.W. Chan, managing director
Rm 1601, Chaiwan Ind City, Phase 1, 60 Wing Tai Road, Chaiwan, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2557-8663
Fax: 852-2889-8070
sales@sunnyprinting.com.hk
www.sunnyprinting.com
With its own plant in China with single-color printing and softcover binding, the majority of work done in Hong Kong, specializing in prepress and printing computer manuals.
Technoprint International Ltd. Contact: Simon Cheung, managing director
459-469 Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2498-9511
Fax: 852-2498-0511
tecnophk@netvigator.com
With 95% of their business overseas, this company specializing in odd bindings and book-plus projects requiring hand assembly, all done in Shenzhen plant.
Toppan Printing Co. (HK) Ltd.
Contact: Megumi Sonoda, senior manager
1 Fuk Wang Street, Yuen Long Ind. Estate, Yuen Long, NT, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2561-0101
Fax: 852-2475-4321
mizuno@toppan.com.hk,
jameslee@toppan.com.hk
The PRC plant in Baoan was one of the first into China from Hong Kong to do conventional work and proved definitively you could get Hong Kong quality there. Film work is still in Hong Kong. About half the business is hand assembly with a wide range of reproduction skills beyond ink on paper. James Lee is managing director. See Toppan Printing America in New York and LA.
Twin Age Limited Contact: Li Suk Woon, manager
Rm 1401, Chung Ying Bldg., 20-20A Connaught Rd West, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2868-3822
Fax: 852-2840-1701
twinage@netvigator.com
Broker specializing in small projects. Skilled working with sister Hong Kong publishing company on book packaging and printing projects. Part of the Odyssey Books & Guides company in Hong Kong, with Magnus Bartlett, MD
Universal Colour Scanning Co., Ltd.
Contact: Johnny Leung, sales director
14 Westlands Rd., Quarry Bay, 10/F Block B Aik San Factory Bldg, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2565-0311
Fax: 852-852-2565-7770
kinkl@netvigator.com, mw@netvigator.com
A strong client list including the world's source book and fine arts publishers, doing prepress using all high-end computers and color scanning systems in Hong Kong and China now, with proofing, stripping and platemaking in PRC, 80% book work. Satelite transmission. Shenzhen/Zhuhai Factories for stripping and proofing, with high-end scanner and computers in Hong Kong. William Lau is sales director.
Wing King Tong Co. Ltd. Contact: Alex Yan, managing director
3/F Leader Ind. Centre, Phase 1, 200 Texaco Rd., Tsuen Wan, NT, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2407-3287
Fax: 852-2407-4130
books@wkt-group.com,
jkuo@wkt-group.com
The first company to have a printing operation in China, long before the free trade zone existed, this company built a brand new facility in Shenzhen in 1998, where they do both conventional and hand-assembly work. Still, they do some major printing in Hong Kong, including all the multiple language work on a 10-color press, the only one in Asia, installed last year. This added capacity gave them the busiest year in their long history. Jeremy Kuo is marketing director.
Winner Offset Printing Factory Ltd Contact: Adrian C.M. Watt, marketing manager (overseas)
8/F Derrick Ind Bldg, 49-51 Wong Chuk Hang Rd, Aberdeen, Hong Kong
Phone: 852-2553-8207
Fax: 852-2873-0316
adrian@winnerpp.com.hk
A packaging printer, they began working with book publishers four years ago, and specialize in all kinds of novelty and book-plus projects, with three factories and 3000 workers in China. Arthur C.W. Tang is director.
Wishing Printing Company Ltd Contact: Moby Lau, director & sales manager
1/F, 8 Shipyard Lane, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong; Phone: 852-2561-1880 Fax: 852-2565-8351
wishing@netvigator.com
Included mainly as a calendar manufacturing source. Stephen Cheung is sales.

India - Indonesia - Japan - Malaysia

INDIA
Ajanta Offset Contact: Indranil Mukherjee, Head, International Business
Madani Hall, 1 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002 India
Phone: 91-11-331-5341, mobile 91-9811080245
Fax: 91-11-3712692
kkvijay@vsnl.com, aopl@nda.vsnl.net.in
Complete printing services. No U.S. rep but d s U.S. business. U.K. rep is Bobby Blackstock, bbassociates@talk21.com
Laser Words Contact: Bal Menon
4 and 5 Second Canal Crossroad, Ghandinagar, Madras 600020;Phone: 91-44-491-5416;
Fax: 91-44-491-5277; bal@laserwords.com
Wide variety of electronic services including e-commerce, at competitive rates. See New York office.

INDONESIA
PT Ikrar Mandiriabadi Offset Printing & Promotion Contact: Hanggoro Santosa, director
Jl H. Sulaiman, No 12, Petukangan Utara, Kebayoran Lama, Jakarta 12260 Indonesia
Phone: 62-21-735-4568
Fax: 62-21-736-3929
imaprint@rad.net.id
An export printer with good communication skills and the advantages of Indonesian prices, including computer composition through to a variety of soft and hardcover bindings. Shipping may take a little longer than Hong Kong or Singapore, however.

JAPAN
Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. Contact: Ryuichi Nishide, manager, international publications
1-1-1 Ichigaya-Kagacho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8001 Japan
Phone: 81-3-3266-6924 Fax: 81-3-3235-4279
kaoru-n@po.iijnet.or.jp,
Nishide-R@mail.dnp.co.jp
High-quality book printing, mostly coproductions, in Japan. See also DNP in Hong Kong, Tien Wah in Singapore and DNP offices in the U.S.
Toppan Printing Company Contact: Yukio Takeshige, GM, international operations, publications division
1-11-1 Shimura Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 174-8558 Japan
Phone: 81-3-3968-5390
Fax: 81-3-3558-3004
Yukio.Takeshige@toppan.co.jp
High-quality book printing, mostly coproductions, in Japan. Also see Hong Kong operation and U.S. offices.

MALAYSIA
Color Gallery Sdn Bhd Contact: Connie Then, managing director
14A Jalan Brunei Barat, off Jalan Pudu, Kuala Lumpur 55100 Malaysia; Phone: 60-3-245-3228; Fax: 603-245-8373; ctcolor@tm.net.my
www.colorgallery.com.my
High-quality repro and printing services. Also see Karen Tee, executive director, and Wendy Heng, marketing manager.
Times Offset, Malaysia Contact: Hassan Bakar, v-p & general manager
Bangunan Times Publishing, Lot 46, Subang Hi-Tech Industrial Park, Batu-Tiga, Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan 40000 Malaysia
Phone: 603-735-1511; Fax: 603-735-1553; tosb@po.jaring.my
Major hard- and softcover printing operation run by Singapore firm. Chandriga Raman is marketing manager. See Suresh Kumar in Tarrytown, NY, print sales office of Marshall Cavendish.

Singapore - South Korea - Taiwan - Thailand

SINGAPORE

AAP Printing Pte Ltd, Contact: Kok Weng Chin, sales and marketing director
118 Pioneer Road 639598 Singapore
Phone: 65-861-6633; Fax: 65-862-0123 wengchin@app.com.sgandy@evergreenideas.com
Now owned by Asia Pulp & Paper, a NYSE listed company founded in Indonesia and headquartered in Singapore. Services from papermaking through book printing. A new plant in Surubaya with 30 new Heidelberg & Roland sheetfed presses and full binding facilities gives ample export capacity. Jamie Wong is sales service executive. Andy Hyde is director of new business development in Nashville, TN, at Evergreen Ideas Inc.
C.O.S. Printers Pte Ltd. Contact: Jerome Ang, marketing dir., 9 Kian Teck Crescent, Jurong 628875 Singapore
Phone: 65- 265-9022; Fax: 65-265-9074; cosprint@singnet.com.sg; www.cosprinters.com
D s full color printing services for export, both through brokers and directly.
Chroma Graphics (Overseas) Pte Ltd. Contact: Thomas K.P. Chan, managing director
Blk 12 Lorong Bakar Batu, #05-08/10 348745 Singapore
Phone: 65- 742-3706
Fax: 65-748-6712 or 748-4097
chroma@pacific.net.sg
D s color separation work for export, from children's to trade and reference. Digital imaging and CTP.
Colourscan Co Pte Ltd.
Contact: Johnny Tsao, managing director
53 Ubi Avenue 3 408863 Singapore
Phone: 65- 253-8888
Fax: 65-749-7651
col scan3@singnet.com.sg
The largest front-end color supplier in Asia, d s all descriptions of prepress, plus sheetfed printing. Also contact Joseph Ong or Jimmy Tsao or U.S. office. See Separacolor International, Carson, CA.
Craft Print International Ltd. Contact: Charlie Chan, managing director
9 Joo Koon Circle, Jurong 629041 Singapore
Phone: 65- 861-4040
Fax: 65-861-0530 craftprt@singnet.com.sg, craft@singnet.com.sg
www.craftprint.com
Technology and high quality are the strengths here, in both prepress and printing. With a new eight-color press, its own case-binding line and a front-end CTP system, Craft has pushed the envelope in printing quality for decades. Desmond Chan is marketing manager. U.S. office in Chico, CA, at Mach1.
CS Graphics, Pte Ltd. Contact: Lee Sian Tee, managing director
10 Tuas Avenue 20 638822 Singapore; Phone: 65- 861-0100; Fax: 65-861-0190; csgpl@singnet.com.sg
With the strength of their own office in the Bay Area, CS focuses on high-quality work for the U.S., including direct-to-plate. Margaret Leong is admin. manager; Pamela Ang, customer service. Rick Marment runs Granite Bay, CA, office.
Dominie Press Pte. Ltd. Contact: J Yip, sales
Blk 1200 Depot Road, #01-21/27, Telok Blangah Ind. Est 109675 Singapore; Phone: 65-273 0755; Fax: 65 273 0060; sales@dominie.com.sg
Owned for 20 years by Oh Teng Hin, who trained at Tien Wah, this company specializes in book printing.
Eurasia Press Pte Ltd.
Contact: Allan Fong, executive director
10/14 Kampong Ampat oof MacPherson Road 368320 Singapore; Phone: 65- 2805522
Fax: 65-2800593;
eurasia@mbox3.singnet.com.sg
Consistent winner in Gold Ink awards; now g s direct to U.S. customers, with stochastic printing and other high-end services. W0rks with Perdama Grafik Scanning in Malaysia, John Sum, MD. See Kay Lau & Assoc. in LA and Jonathan Yuen in NYC office.
Insight Print Services (Pte) Ltd. Contact: Victor Quek, general manager
38 Joo Koon Road 628990 Singapore
Phone: 65- 865-1600, 865-1608 (direct)
Fax: 65-861-6438
apasin@singnet.com.sg
Prints APA Publications' Insight Guides for international distribution with a growing list of outside customers wanting similar quality.
Kyodo Printing Co. (Singapore) Pte Ltd. Contact: C.S. Chong, business manager
112 Neythal Road, Jurong Town 628599 Singapore; Phone: 65-265-2955; Fax: 65-264-4939
chongkps@mbox4.singnet.com.sg
The only plant outside of Japan of this 100-year-old Japanese printing operation. Sheetfed Komori and Heidelberg presses and both perfect and case binding. D s all export, mostly to the U.K. but with a growing list of U.S. customers and strong textbook services.
Palace Press Singapore Contact: Lesley Sun, production manager
239C Joo Chiat Road 427496 Singapore
Phone: 65- 342-3117; Fax: 65-342-3115; ppispore@palacepress.com
www.palacepress.com
Print brokerage with five U.S. offices and Asia headquarters in Hong Kong.
Pica Colour Separation Overseas Pte Ltd.
Contact: Dosmond Chew, Customer service manager; 55 Ayer Rajah Crescent, #04-11 139949 Singapore; Phone: 65- 776-1311; Fax: 65-779-3055;
picaosea@singnet.com.sg
www.picaosea.com.sg
Two prepress plants, in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Works with printers for prepress and into CTP workflow.
SNP Printing Contact: Patrick Chung, marketing mgr.
97 Ubi Avenue 4 (near airport) 408754 Singapore; Phone: 65- 741-2500; Fax: 65-743-9661;
patchung@snp.com.sg, edwintan@snp.com.sg;
www.printing.snp.com.sg
With most of its conventional manufacturing now in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and hand assembly in Thailand, SNP offers everything from prepress to unique binding. Edwin Tan is business manager.
Stamford Press Pte Ltd. Contact: R. Theyvendran, chairman & MD
Stamford Press Center, 209 Kallang Bahru 339344 Singapore; Phone: 65- 294-7227; Fax: 65-294-4396 or 294-3319; md@stamford.com.sg, balu@stamford.com.sg;
www.stamford.com.sg
D s some export work to the U.S. and Europe. Offers total solutions, using electronic data for a wide range of products beginning but certainly not ending with paper. Includes "instant" book production, with ISO 14001 Certificate and a new joint-venture plant in Sri Lanka. Mr V. Balu handles sales.
Tech Wah Printing and Packaging Pte Ltd. Contact: James Chua, general manager
25 Pandan Crescent, TIC Tech Center 128477 Singapore; Phone: 65- 872-8181; Fax: 65-872-8229; jquek@teckwah.com.sg,
james@techwah.com.sg;
www.teckwah.com.sg
Packaging, CD and conventional printing services available, including digital prepress and on-demand digital documentation services, with plants in Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Korea, Thailand and Taiwan. John Quek is sales manager.
Tien Wah Press Contact: Ms. Chiu Leng Campos-Chia, director, marketing & corporate development
4 Pandan Crescent 128475 Singapore; Phone: 65- 466-6222; Fax: 65-469-3894; camposchia@twpsin.com, erickoh@twpsin.com, bernardwee@twpsin.com
A major player in both conventional and novelty book manufacturing, one of the originators of pop-up assembly services in Asia, with enormous capacity and hand assemply plants in Malaysia and Indonesia. Part of the Dai Nippon group. Eric Koh & Bernard Wee, general sales service managers. See Kathy Kueneman and Lois Turel, TWP America Inc., New York and Berkeley.
Times Printers (S) Pte Ltd.(Print division of the Times Publishing Group, Singapore); Contact: Mr. Ronald Pereira, v-p, international marketing & special projects; 16 Tuas Avenue 5, 639340 Singapore; Phone: 65-862-3333; Fax: 65-862-1313
tplmgrp@corp.tpl.com.sg;
www.tpl.com.sg
Leading commercial web offset printer with book printing operations in Malaysia and sales offices in Tarrytown, NY, through subsidiary Marshall Cavendish.
Universal Graphics Pte Ltd. Contact: Frankie Tan, marketing & sales director
Block 171 Kallang Way, Kolam Ayer Ind. Estate#03-05 349250 Singapore
Phone: 65- 747-7521
Fax: 65-749-4754
uniemily@pacific.net.sg
With two plants in Singapore and Malaysia, this prepress house offers digital file preparation for CTP, direct digital proofs, four-color separation in up to 16 page layouts, and other services. Works direct with U.S. customers and welcomes agents. Emily Tan, sales services manager for exports.

SOUTH KOREA
Daehan Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd.
Contact: Tony Kim, trade dept.
344-12 Sangdaewon-Dong, Jungwon-ku, Sungnam-City, Kyungkee-do South Korea
Phone: 82-342-730-3830
Fax: 82-342-735-8104
vividcolor@myhost.com
A strong export printer in South Korea serving the U.S. market via office in New Jersey.
Dong-A Publishing & Printing Co. Ltd. Contact: Jay-Hun Koo, manager, export team
295-15, Doksan-Dong, Kumchun-ku, Seoul 153-600 South Korea
Phone: 82-2-866-8800 ext 276
Fax: 82-2-866-0127
This major Korean printer has an export team with U.S. experience and produces in a variety of formats, from note cards to casebound books, and strives to be competitive in every range, and is well known for calendar work. Also Hak S. Kim. Codra is U.S. rep.
Sung In Printing Co. Ltd. Contact: Joon Ho Suh, president
242-2 Dang Jung Dong Kunpo-Si, Kyung-gi Do South Korea
Phone: 82-343-429-0256
Fax: 82-343-452-7519
h2o@sungin.com, john@sungin.com
www.sungin.com
The largest export printer in South Korea, with offices on both coasts. Also d s hand assembly work. See offices on East and West Coasts.

TAIWAN
Hsing Tai Printing Co.
www.tigax.com.tw

See U.S. office for contact information.
Shen's Art Printing Co. Ltd. Contact: Ricky Chung, overseas department coordinator
No. 7, Lane 365, Sec. 1, Chung-Yung Road, To-Chen, Taipei Hsien Taiwan
Phone: 886-2-2270-6161 ext 235 or mobile 886-931-066574; Fax: 866-2-2270-6110
ricky@shen.com.tw
Complete book printing services, this is the largest printer in Taiwan, owned by the country's largest paper manufacture. See IPEX in Seattle

THAILAND
SNP-Sirivatana Contact: Tan Jin Yan, managing director
76/76 Char n Krung 57, Sathorn, Bangkok 10120 Thailand
Phone: 62-2-675-8772
Fax: 66-2-675-8770
jinyan@snpsirivtn.th.com, alicetan@snpsirivtn.th.com
One of the two large and established hand assembly and popup operations in Thailand, part of the SNP Corporation in Singapore, held 49% by Singapore Technologies. Alice Tan is Customer Service Rep. See SNP-Sirivitana U.S.
Starprint Company Ltd.
Contact: Prinya Taithongchai, deputy managing director and marketing director
144/1 Moo 17, Bangna-Trad Rd, T. Bangsaothong, King A Bangsaothong., Samutprakarn 10540 Thailand
Phone: 66-2-705-1450, 315-1611
Fax: 66 2-315-1010
prinya@ksc.th.com
Packaging and educational children's titles, with two large factories, first-class facilities and ISO 9001 certification. Capacity for three million books a month.


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