SGL Group Profile:

• One of the world's leading manufacturers of carbon graphite materials and related products      

• Complete product lines ranging from carbon graphite products to carbon fiber and carbon-carbon composites  

• 45 production bases worldwide       

• Service network covering more than 100 countries       

• Headquartered in Wiesbaden, Germany   

• Approximately 6,700 employees worldwide   

• Listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, one of the constituent companies of the German MDAX index  

• BMW Automotive Group (BMW) holds 49% of the shares

Service areas:

Ironmaking/Steelmaking, Aluminium Smelting, Electronic Semiconductor, Solar Energy, High-Temperature Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Industry, Chemical Industry, Energy and Environmental Technology, Aerospace, and High-Performance Sporting Products

SGL Quanhai Carbon (Shanxi) Co., Ltd. Profile:

• Established on 1 July 2007 by the SGL Group of Germany and Shanxi Quanhai Carbon Co., Ltd.    

• Its total investment reaches RMB 200 million and its premises are 136 mu. Its main production equipment includes 2 ring furnaces and 16 graphitizing furnaces. Production capacity is 2,500 tons.      

• 155 employees, more than 95% of whom are recruited locally.

• Its main product is isostatic pressuring graphite mainly used in emerging industries such as solar energy, semiconductors, and light emitting diodes (LED).