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BUSINESS Market survey: Asia Sinomatech Wind Power Blade set to make a name for itself in China New company Sinomatech Wind Power Blade is highly motivated to contribute to the development of China’s wind energy market. No time has been wasted in concluding agreements with foreign companies in order to acquire all the know-how needed to fulfill the Sinoma group’s objectives. Sinomatech Wind Power Blade Co., Ltd is a high-tech enterprise established by parent company Sinoma Science & Technology. The new company benefits from nearly 50 years of technology and experience in composite product research and development from Beijing FRP Research & Design Institute. With its high-level research, development and production team, Sinomatech Wind Power Blade specializes in the research, design, manufacture, sales, and technical service of wind-turbine blades and moulds. The new Sinoma 40.2 blade Substantial means The company has a 30,000m2 R&D centre in Beijing that focuses on economic and technological development in the field of blade design, testing and material research. The mould production centre and blade-production demonstration line occupy 70,000 m2 in Beijing’s Badaling industrial development zone. The plant occupies 18,000 m2. Its current annual its customers, and trusted by its staff and shareholders in China’s materials industry. JCM: Which is your target market? L. Y.: Our target market is specialty fibre composites. Sinomatech is already, or soon will be established on large-scale industries such as CNG cylinders, highstrength glass fibre, wind-turbine blades, glass microfibre paper, automotive composites and glass-fibre-based hightemperature filtering materials. JCM: Do you plan to invest? L. Y.: According our five-year plan, Sinomatech will reinforce its investment dynamics in its main target industries. capacity is 10 sets of blade moulds and 200 sets of 1.5MW turbine blades. Sinomatech is now acquiring the land around these brand-new buildings. The company’s plans for the blade production plant include an annual output of 1500 sets of MW-class turbine blades and At present, the capital for our investment projects comes from either raised or group-generated funds. We have already begun to implement these projects. JCM: What is your strategy for Sinoma's development in the AsiaPacific region and abroad? L. Y.: According to our company's strategic development plan, Sinomatech will focus on the construction of two platforms in the near future: an industrial manufacturing platform for highperformance core products, and a research and development platform for industrial technology and equipment. INTERVIEW WITH MR. LIU YAN, PRESIDENT, SINOMA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. JEC Composites Magazine: what is driving Sinoma's policy today? LIU YAN: Our driving force is our mission: promoting the development of the new-materials industry and advancing society technologically. JCM: What are your company’s main targets? L. Y.: The main target of Sinomatech is to become the most famous science and technology enterprise, to be respected by JEC Composites Magazine / No38 January - February 2008

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