On August 27, the 5th Qingdao Multinationals Summit was held as scheduled. Looking back over the past five years, the Qingdao Summit has witnessed the solid steps of the deep integration between multinational corporations and Chinese economy, and with its unique charm and outstanding results, it has built a bridge across national borders and connected to the future, so that the wisdom and strength of global companies have converged and mingled here, and jointly written a new chapter of win-win cooperation.
In order to better tell the "Qingdao story" of the business environment during the 5th Qingdao Multinationals Summit and intensify efforts to attract and utilize foreign investment, Jiemian Shandong specially planned the special topic "Qingdao@World Multinational Corporation Talk". Through the dialogue, we will tell new stories about multinational companies choosing Qingdao and investing in Qingdao, and convey to the world the good news that Qingdao is building a first-class business environment, and then open up channels and build bridges for foreign capital to understand Qingdao and choose Qingdao.
"I feel that this year, the connection between Bekaert and Shandong and Qingdao is getting closer," said Kurt Van Rysselberge, head of Bekaert China and vice president of global engineering and operational excellence.
On the afternoon of March 26, Zhou Naixiang, Deputy Secretary of Shandong Provincial Party Committee and Governor of Shandong Province, met with Bekaert Group CEO Yves Kerstens; Later in July, Zhang Hui, Deputy Secretary of Qingdao Municipal Party Committee, met with Dirk Moyson, senior vice president of Bekaert's European, Middle East, Africa and Asia Steel Wire Business Unit, and expressed recognition of Bekaert's good development in Qingdao.
"I still remember Qingdao's official commitment to continue to improve the business environment, actively build a platform for exchanges and cooperation between enterprises, promote the synergistic development of upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain, so that enterprises can get a broader development space in Qingdao." Kurt memories.
As a large multinational group company from Belgium, Bekaert was founded in 1880. It is a global leader in the field of steel wire deformation and coating technology, as well as a global champion of steel wire products. In the 1990s, Bekaert began to enter China and has 19 joint ventures or wholly owned companies in more than ten cities, including Qingdao.
In 2011, Bekaert （Qingdao） Steel Wire Products Co., Ltd. was registered and established in Qingdao Economic and Technological Development Zone, mainly engaged in the research and development, manufacturing and sales of steel wire products. 2022, Bekaert invested an additional USD 50 million (of which the registered capital increased by USD 30 million) to set up the world's most technologically advanced and environmentally friendly production line of galvanized and galvanized aluminium alloy steel wire at the original site.
The construction and implementation of the new project provides strong support for promoting the transformation and upgrading of the traditional advantageous industries in the region in the direction of specialisation, high-end and intelligence, and has become one of the wonderful epitomes of the many foreign-invested manufacturing industries in Qingdao in recent years to increase their investment and expansion.
"Qingdao stands at the forefront of opening up, with natural port advantages, and is close to the broader Asian market, which makes it easier for us to seize business opportunities. This is one of the reasons why Bekaert chose Qingdao." Kurt said, "The most important thing is that Qingdao has also created an international and open business supportive environment for us."
In August this year, Qingdao Economic and Technological Development Zone specially formed a service team to accompany Bekaert Group executives to visit Qingdao Water Management Bureau and Shandong Port Group Qingdao Port Group, organizing all parties to communicate on application scenarios, product technology, industry standards and norms, product application cases, problems and difficulties, etc. , helping Bekaert expand its "circle of friends" in Qingdao and enhance the company's confidence and determination to develop in Qingdao.
"Currently, Bekaert is producing products in a wider range of fields, and some new products are planning to enter the Chinese market." Kurt said that as the market expands, Bekaert will make the necessary investments to support this development and is ready to unveil a new chapter in Bekaert's story in Qingdao and even China in the future.
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