PIAOAN
Henan Piaoan Group is a Chinese medical consumables and hygiene materials group founded in 1989, best known for its absorbent gauze and absorbent cotton dressings.
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Overview
PIAOAN (飘安) is the brand of Henan Piaoan Group Co., Ltd. (河南飘安集团有限公司), a Chinese manufacturer of medical consumables and hygiene materials headquartered in the Piaoan Industrial Park in Changyuan City, Henan Province. According to the company's own profile, the group was founded in 1989 and has grown into an integrated modern enterprise group combining research and development with production and sales. It reports a site area of 360,000 square meters, a building area of 200,000 square meters, fixed assets of RMB 1 billion, and more than 5,100 employees, including 25 master's degree holders and 1,680 technicians with college-level or higher education. The group's core business is medical dressings and disposable hygiene products. Its main product lines are organized into seven major categories — absorbent gauze, absorbent cotton, disposable non-woven products, medical device equipment, biomaterial products, medical polymer products, and civilian (consumer) products — spanning more than 70 product varieties and over 1,360 specifications. The company states that its products hold more than 48% of the domestic Chinese market and are exported to Europe, the United States and other countries. Typical items include elastic bandages, surface disinfection wipes, X-ray detectable sterile absorbent gauze pads, and Piaoan medical cotton pads. Piaoan describes itself as a national central reserve materials enterprise, a key enterprise in China's medical hygiene materials industry, and one of Henan Province's hundred key enterprises. It also states that it is recognized by the National Development and Reform Commission and the General Logistics Department of the People's Liberation Army as a reserve agent for military war-preparedness materials. The company has emphasized quality and certification: it reports ISO9001 and ISO13485 quality management system certification together with dual certification for absorbent gauze and absorbent cotton products, self-managed import and export rights obtained in 2000, CE certification in September 2004, ISO14025 international environmental certification in December 2004, and U.S. FDA certification in 2006. The Piaoan brand has been recognized in the Chinese dressings industry, including being named among the "Top Ten Well-Known Brands of Chinese Dressings" for its absorbent cotton gauze and absorbent cotton series. In December 2007 the brand was valued at RMB 3.108 billion by R&F Ruifu Global Ranking Information Group and a Beijing appraisal company, and the group reported sales revenue of RMB 1.2 billion and taxes and profits of RMB 110 million for 2007. The group has also engaged in public welfare, establishing the "Maternal and Infant Health Charity Piaoan Fund" with the China Women's Development Foundation in September 2010, with a planned cumulative donation of RMB 100 million over five years. Today Piaoan remains a private Chinese corporate group active in medical dressings, disposable medical supplies and related hygiene products, serving hospitals, medical distributors and export markets under the PIAOAN brand.
History
Henan Piaoan Group Co., Ltd. was founded in 1989 in Changyuan City, Henan Province, an area of China known for medical consumables manufacturing. From its beginnings the company focused on medical dressings, particularly absorbent gauze and absorbent cotton, and expanded into a broad range of disposable medical and hygiene products. Through the 1990s and 2000s the group grew into an integrated enterprise group combining research, development, production and sales. In January 2000 it states that it became one of the first companies in its domestic industry to pass CMDC audit by the China Medical Device Certification Center, obtaining ISO9001 and ISO13485 international quality management system certification together with dual certification for its absorbent gauze and absorbent cotton products. In the same year it obtained self-managed import and export rights. In September 2004 it passed CE certification, and in December 2004 it obtained ISO14025 international environmental certification. In 2006 it passed U.S. FDA certification. Product development and recognition followed. In 2004 Piaoan Group worked with Donghua University to develop E·P-A pure cotton spunlaced non-woven fabric, described as filling a domestic gap and suitable for medical, civilian and environmental applications. Also in 2004 the company was recognized as a "National Contract-Honoring and Credit-Reliable Enterprise" and a "National Large Enterprise," and its Piaoan-brand absorbent cotton gauze and absorbent cotton series were named among the "Top Ten Well-Known Brands of Chinese Dressings" by the China Brand Supervision and Management Promotion Committee and the China Quality Management System Certification Center. The Piaoan brand was repeatedly recognized by the provincial industry and commerce bureau as a Henan Province trademark. By the late 2000s the group had become a substantial player in China's medical hygiene materials industry. It describes itself as a national central reserve materials enterprise, a key enterprise in the industry, one of Henan Province's hundred key enterprises, and a military war-preparedness materials reserve agent recognized by the National Development and Reform Commission and the PLA General Logistics Department. In December 2007 the Piaoan brand was valued at RMB 3.108 billion by R&F Ruifu Global Ranking Information Group and a Beijing appraisal company, and the group reported 2007 sales revenue of RMB 1.2 billion and taxes and profits of RMB 110 million. In September 2010 Piaoan Group entered a strategic partnership with the China Women's Development Foundation to establish the "Maternal and Infant Health Charity Piaoan Fund," planning cumulative donations of RMB 100 million over five years, including 500 "Mother Health Express" vehicles and support for the "Million Women Piaoan Hall Entrepreneurship Project." The group framed this as part of its long-term development and corporate social responsibility. The company continues to operate from its Piaoan Industrial Park base in Changyuan, Henan, marketing its products in China and exporting to Europe, the United States and other markets. Its product range has continued to expand, including newer offerings such as indwelling needles alongside its established gauze, cotton, non-woven and medical polymer lines.
- 2010
Established the Maternal and Infant Health Charity Piaoan Fund with the China Women's Development Foundation, planning RMB 100 million in donations over five years.
- 2007
Piaoan brand valued at RMB 3.108 billion; group reported sales revenue of RMB 1.2 billion and taxes and profits of RMB 110 million.
- 2006
Passed U.S. FDA certification.
- 2004
Passed CE certification in September and ISO14025 international environmental certification in December; recognized as a National Contract-Honoring and Credit-Reliable Enterprise and National Large Enterprise; Piaoan dressings named among China's Top Ten Well-Known Dressings Brands.
- 2004
Developed E·P-A pure cotton spunlaced non-woven fabric with Donghua University.
- 2000
Passed CMDC audit and obtained ISO9001 and ISO13485 certification with dual certification for absorbent gauze and absorbent cotton; obtained self-managed import and export rights.
- 1989
Henan Piaoan Group founded in Changyuan, Henan Province.
Products and positioning
A large-scale Chinese medical dressings and hygiene materials group emphasizing quality, certification and domestic market leadership in absorbent gauze and cotton.
Absorbent gauze series
Core medical dressing line including X-ray detectable sterile absorbent gauze pads.
Absorbent cotton series
Absorbent cotton products for medical and hygiene use.
Disposable non-woven products
Non-woven disposable medical and hygiene items.
Medical device equipment
Medical device equipment within the group's product portfolio.
Biomaterial products
Biomaterial-based medical products.
Medical polymer products
Medical polymer product line.
Civilian products
Consumer and civilian hygiene products.
Elastic bandage
Elastic bandage product.
Surface disinfection wipes
Surface disinfection wipes.
Piaoan medical cotton pad
Medical cotton pad product.
Indwelling needle
Newly launched indwelling needle product.
Controversies
2020
Taobao sues a shop over counterfeit masks
Taobao sued a shop selling counterfeit Piao'an masks and sought one million yuan in damages, also asking the defendant to apologize to consumers, law-abiding merchants and the platform. The source says the masks were identified as counterfeit in a statement from the brand owner; it does not report a court determination.
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