Taking advantage of Asian, European & North American technical resources to serve customers locally, regionally and globally
Jan Strid, General Manager of Sapa Technology, Torbjörn Sternsjö, Managing Director - Sapa Profiles China, Yu jianhua, Local government offical, Bengt Johansson, Consulate General of Sweden in Shanghai, Johan Menckel, President of Sapa Profiles Asia and Colin Xu, Managing Director of Sapa Heat Transfer (Shanghai)
Sep. 6th 2011, One of the world’s leading aluminium manufacturers, Sapa Group of Sweden announced that it has established its third technology centre; Sapa Technology (Shanghai), in Jiading, Shanghai. Jan Strid, General Manager of Sapa Technology Global, Johan Menckel, President of Sapa Profiles Asia , and Colin Xu, Managing Director of Sapa Heat Transfer (Shanghai) Ltd. attended the opening ceremony.
Currently Sapa Group has in total three technology centres globally; Sapa Technology in Finspång Sweden, Sapa North America Tech Centre in Portland, Oregon USA and now Sapa Technology (Shanghai). It’s newest technology establishment shares the same important strategic position within the group as the other two, and contributes to strengthening the group’s leading position in the aluminium extrusion and heat exchange industry even further by leveraging on global R&D capabilities, engineering competence and technology transfer. Jan Strid, General Manager of Sapa Technology Global, said; “Sapa Technology (Shanghai) is an R&D centre built on the group’s global combined knowledge serving both local and global customers. Sapa Technology (Shanghai) will provide a full range of technical support and services both to Sapa Profiles & Sapa Heat Transfer, and be a strong contributor to enhancing their values and supporting their strategic direction.” In addition, Sapa Technology (Shanghai) will offer process optimization, as well as product and solution development. Its long-term vision is to build Sapa Technology (Shanghai) as Sapa’s technical backbone in Asia to serve, develop and grow with its customers.
Colin Xu, Managing Director of Sapa Heat Transfer (Shanghai) said, “The considerable amount of investment we put in R&D is a significant key driver of the company’s success. Through more than 30 years of efforts, Sapa has occupied a dominant position in the aluminium heat transfer industry and it cannot be separated from the vigorous and continuous investment in R&D projects.” Sapa’s investment in a new technology centre in Shanghai is another evidence of the Group’s focus on the Chinese market, and understanding of the capability of the engineering talent available in the region.
Johan Menckel, President of Sapa Profiles Asia , said, “Sapa Group is making full preparations to meet a rapidly growing demand from our customers, both in Asia and elsewhere. The Chinese market is huge and still growing especially in engineering intensive segments. Sapa Technology (Shanghai) is a major investment and a part of our long-term strategy in Asia. It will bring the latest environment of technical development to better serve our customers, locally, regionally and globally. We are confident that, through product innovation, technology development & efficiency in using resources, we will contribute to the sustainable development of the aluminium industry.”
About Sapa (Shanghai)
Sapa Heat Transfer (Shanghai) went into operation in 1999 and is one of the leading suppliers in the Asia Pacific region of aluminium heat exchanger. The company has gone through different phases of expansion in 2006 & 2010, leading to a total current capacity of 80,000 tons per year, of which 70% is for domestic customers and 30% for export.
Sapa Profiles (Shanghai) was established in 2003, and has since then been successful in delivering professional, high-value ad aluminium profiles based fabricated components for thermal management, new energy and automotive applications.
For further inquiries please contact:
Johan Menckel
President Sapa Profiles Asia
Email: johan.menckel@sapagroup.com