Asian Metal visits Georg Fischer and Suzhou Welbow Metals

On 29-30th January, Daphne Zhang, magnesium market analyst of Asian Metal, visited Georg Fischer Automotive Group and Suzhou Welbow Metals Co., Ltd. Daphne Zhang was welcomed by the two enterprises.

On the afternoon of 29th January, Daphne Zhang visited Atul Malhotra, Head of Purchasing, Daniel Hu, Procurement, from Georg Fischer Automotive Group. Daphne Zhang discussed about the magnesium production situation in China with the Atul Malhotra and they also shared opinions on the export market after the cancellation of the export duty. Asian Metal will hold World Magnesium Forum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China on March 20-22nd, 2013, and Atul Malhotra claimed that he will attend it, and also make a report for the summit.

Georg Fischer, which headquarter is in Swiss Schaffhausen, has become a transnational enterprise with businesses in 140 cities around the world after more than two hundred years’ development. It has three subsidiaries of GF Automotive, GF Agie Charmilles and GF Piping Systems with fifty production bases, over 12,000 of staffs and CHF3.5 billion of annual sales revenue. GF Automotive provides light large castings for various automobiles with world class casting techniques of light metal and iron.

On the afternoon of 30th January, Daphne Zhang visited Suzhou Welbow Metals Co., Ltd., and talked about the magnesium market with Yang Chunlin, General Manager, from Welbow, and they also shared opinions on the current market. As a member of Asian Metal, Mr. Yang appreciated highly of Asian Metal’s timeliness, objectiveness and cautiousness. About the upcoming Magnesium Forum in Hangzhou on March 20-22nd, the Welbow will attend it.

Suzhou Welbow Metals Co., Ltd., which was founded in October, 2005, has developed to a modern domestically well-known middle-scaled enterprise specializing in strontium metal, magnesium alloy, intermediate alloy and aluminum alloy. Suzhou Welbow has carried out related works successfully relying on current technologies with trial production for magnesium alloy, magnesium alloy grains and zinc alloy in May, 2007 and full production at year end.