Director of international business department of Japan Sumitomo Osaka Cement Corporation Mr. Masaaki “Masa” Ichimura, manager of construction materials division Mr. Yasuhiko Shimada and Mr. Li Wei from Shanghai Office of the Corporation visited Shanghai Ceramic Association on Oct. 27th, 2017. The secretary general of Shanghai Ceramics Association Madam Gu Zhonghua and professor Jiang Danyu from Shanghai Ceramic Institute, Chinese Academy Sciences as well as Madam Tian Junjing from the secretariat of Shanghai Ceramic Association received the delegation.
Japan Sumitomo Osaka Cement Corporation is a member of Shanghai Ceramics Association. It belongs to Sumitomo Group who is one of the world's top 500 companies. It has more than 100 year’s history in the cement industry. Recently it devotes itself to advanced ceramic materials and expansion of worldwide market. Supply side reform and environmental protection policy of China would bring a big impact and influence on the marketing of Japanese enterprises. The Sumitomo Osaka Cement Corporation is also actively dealing with the challenge and undertaking strategic deployment. Both sides discussed the topics on cooperation in demand and supply of inorganic raw materials and the new materials in energy, photoelectricity and infrared field, and then carried out communication between Chinese and Japanese specialists. It is hoped that both sides will continue to strengthen cooperation and promote communication on technology, talent and market information.