Tran Hoai Nhan esablished Nam Viet Barcode in 2008, with an emphasis on high-quality printing. Located in Hi Chi Minh City, with additional offices in Thu Dau Mot City and Bac Ninh City, as well as Phnom Penh in Cambodia, the company started out as an import and trading company for barcode printing materials in both the industrial and non-industrial sectors.   

Through constant development and innovation in search of new markets, Nam Viet Barcode has emerged as a top supplier of TTR thermal transfer ink, TTO ink, hot foil, and cold foil labels in Vietnam.  Its current focus is on investment in technology for the label printing sector that uses modern flexo presses to meet the demand for high-quality printing products in market. Bobst and Vetaphone have helped Nam Viet Barcode deliver that quality to its growing customer base.

Nhah learned more about Vetaphone technology after installing a Bobst narrow web press in 2020. The press came with a Vetaphone corona treater as part of its original specification.  The Vetaphone unit exceeded Nhan’s expectations, and when the company encountered issues with an older corona unit on one of its other presses, it chose to replace it with a Vetaphone supplied by Nguyễn Anh Tú of Song Song Co Ltd, Vetaphone’s agent in Vietnam. 

Nhan explains, “The Vetaphone unit has always performed well on the Bobst, and we cannot afford to have a press out of production because an ancillary process fails, which happened on our older machine. It was an easy choice for us to make to replace the corona treater that was failing with a Vetaphone unit, and we can now produce top quality print products from both presses.” 

With a variety of substrates being processed at Nam Viet Barcode, including OPP and PET, the company appreciates the fine control of corona treatment that the Vetaphone units and iCorona generators offer. Holger Selenka, Vetaphone’s sales manager for Asia, adds, “Far from setting and forgetting, a corona treater can be finely tuned for a variety of variables such as press speed, substrate thickness, and any downstream processing requirements, amongst others.  It’s Vetaphone’s unique and patented technology that gives it this unrivaled capability and offers its users a significant advantage over their competition.” 

Today, Nam Viet Barcode is a growing converting business that employs more than 100 people in its 2,000 square-meter headquarters and production facility.  The company will continue to diversify its portfolio in the future, adds Nhan.