Press Release
SCG & SCGP TAKES IMMEDIATE ACTIONS TO JOIN HANDS WITH VIETNAMESE PEOPLE AGAINST THE LATEST WAVE OF THE PANDEMIC
Binh Duong Province, May 24th 2021 : In the face of COVID-19 fourth strike in Vietnam, SCG has taken timely actions to provide paper innovative applications, mobilizing resources from all its subsidiaries and staff to support the community in the latest combat of the pandemic. These contributions expressed SCG’s relentless commitment as a good corporate citizen to different communities in Vietnam.
Paper innovations for safety and convenience
Provided by SCGP ( Packaging Business of SCG ) , these paper innovations have arrived timely in Vietnam to aid the government and societies in different battles. Specifically, to ensure social health for the National Election, SCGP has presented 100 premium paper partitions produced by Alcamax Packaging (Vietnam) Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of SCGP to keep a safe distance and limit the spread of the pandemic during the voting process in Binh Duong and Dong Nai provinces. The additional 300 sets of paper partitions, subsequently, will also be transferred to Central of Disease Control Binh Duong (CDC), Dong Nai Department of Health and Hai Duong province to support the pandemic prevention at government and health offices.
Besides, SCGP also immediately produces and transports 100 paper beds to field Hospital in Bac Giang, the success-proven paper bed to support the pandemic fighting in Bac Giang province. These paper beds, made of 100% recycled paper, built to provide comfort and safety, easy to transfer and install to both patients and medical workforce are expected to assist the authorities in Bac Giang province effectively.
“As a responsible corporate citizen, SCGP has deployed necessary initiatives to support the local communities in Vietnam during this challenging time. With our innovative paper products, we hope to assist Vietnamese government and authorities to protect the people’s well-being, helping people get back to normal life soon.”, said Mr. Sompob Witworrasakul – General Director of Vina Kraft Paper Co., Ltd. – a subsidiary of SCGP.
During the last outbreak of COVID-19 in the Northern provinces, SCGP has donated to Hai Duong province 10,000 premium quality paper boxes to transfer provisional contents to the lockdown zone, and 100 paper beds made from paper.
Provide timely support at critical touch points
Not solely supplying innovative applications, SCG and its subsidiaries have also joined hands to donate plentiful necessities in response with the needs at critical pandemic touch points. In the hot spot Bac Giang, SCG Vietnam donates 1,000 face shields to protect medical team
Prior to this, as the situation of COVID-19 remains unpredictable, to support the borderland security, SCG Vietnam Co., Ltd has teamed up with Tin Thanh Packing JSC (BATICO) – a subsidiary of SCGP to donate 25,000 masks for the border’s force to support the force to overcome this hardship.
Along with this, Prime Group also coordinated with Lac Viet Friendship Hospital to organize sample checking for 850 officials and employees in 5 business units in improving local testing capacity, contributing to the process of tracing and preventing COVID-19. Other SCG subsidiaries such as: Prime Group, SCG Cement-Building Materials Vietnam SCG staff also utilized their resources to share with Vietnamese people through this difficult time of the pandemic.
As the regional leading sustainable business, SCG has always gone to the forefront to support the different communities in Vietnam. In the past year, the company has mobilized and contributed billions dongs to the fight of Covid-19 in various parts of Vietnam. Besides, SCG has also led the way in Circular Economy, by being one of the first enterprises in Vietnam to join a Public-Private Cooperation (PPC) with MONRE to apply Circular Economy in plastic waste management. These actions, amongst others, manifests SCG’s relentless commitment to the sustainable orientation in Vietnam field hospitals. The paper bed is one of SCGP innovations that enable quick installation, maintenance and dismantle, as well as offer comfort and utter hygiene for the users, supporting the local and medical workforce in the combat of COVID-19 pandemic.
About SCG:
SCG, one of the leading conglomerates in the ASEAN region, comprises three core businesses: Cement-Building Materials, Chemicals, and Packaging (SCGP). With more than 200 companies under its umbrella and approximately 57,000 employees, SCG creates and distributes innovative products and services that respond to the current and future needs of consumers. SCG began its business operations in Vietnam in 1992 with a trading business and gradually expanded investment in diversified businesses in the cement-building materials, chemicals, and packaging.
Today, with a total of 22 companies across Vietnam driven by more than 10,800 employees, SCG offers a variety of premium products and services to markets. Available products in cement-building materials include concrete roof, fiber cement board, fiber-cement wood substitute products for floor and ceiling, white cement, ready-mixed concrete under the brand ‘SCG’ and wall and floor ceramic tiles under the brand ‘Prime’ and sanitary ware & fittings, bathroom fixtures under the brand ‘COTTO’. The latest is the cement product under ‘SCG Super Cement’, ‘Song Gianh’, and ‘StarCemt’. In the packaging business, available products are writing & printing paper under the brand ‘IDEA’ and corrugated containers, kraft paper, and flexible packaging. In the chemicals business, available products are downstream chemicals products such as PE&PP, XLPE, PVC resin, and compound, etc.
About SCGP
SCGP is a leading comprehensive packaging solutions provider in ASEAN offering Fiber-based Packaging, Performance and Polymer Packaging, Foodservice Products, Design, Printing and other diversified solutions to meet customers’ needs.
SCGP is the largest Packaging Paper and Corrugated Containers producer in ASEAN (according to Frost & Sullivan, 2019). In 2019, SCGP has invested more than THB 25 billion to increase production capacity, strengthen business operation efficiency as well as expand its operations through the acquisition of other businesses in ASEAN. In addition, SCGP has provided packaging solutions and other services to respond to customers’ diversified needs, namely; Circular Economy Solutions, Small Lot Solutions, Convenience Solutions, Smart and Functional Solutions, E-Commerce Solutions, and Marketing Events Solutions.
Furthermore, SCGP also provides new experiences to consumers through design and creative packaging. SCGP has diverse innovations in designing and developing packaging and services to cover the needs of its customers throughout the supply chain and support consumer growth in the region with an environmental-friendly production process and efficient resource usage in accordance with the Circular Economy philosophy.
SCGP businesses in Vietnam include Vina Kraft Paper Co., Ltd., New Asia Industries Co., Ltd., Alcamax Packaging (Vietnam) Co., Ltd., Packamex (Vietnam) Co., Ltd., AP Packaging (Hanoi) Co., Ltd., Tin Thanh Packing Joint Stock Company (BATICO), Bien Hoa Packaging Joint Stock Company (SOVI), and Go-Pak Vietnam Co., Ltd.
Some images at the events:
Mr. Suwat Phadungsinlapasathaporn – Managing Director of Alcamax Packaging (Vietnam) Co., Ltd. – a subsidiary of SCGP, donated paper partitions for the Central of Disease Control in Binh Duong to support the fight of COVID-19 pandemic.
Paper partition innovation keeps a safe distance and limits the spread of the pandemic during the voting process in Dong Nai provinces.
Paper partition innovation helps ensure safety for the medical workforce in the process of health checking for patients, preventing the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.
Paper beds made of 100% recycled paper, transported to Field Hospitals in Bac Giang, supporting the pandemic fighting.