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Schmolz + Bickenbach is expanding its
sales and services network in China. In
January the company began operating
a new warehouse for special steel with a
first focus on tool steel in Chongqing.
The 2,000m² facility is equipped with
sawing technologies and high-tech
milling machines. Customers benefit from
shorter delivery times and tailor-made
cutting services for the tool steels from
the group’s own production.
The product portfolio includes cold-work
and high-speed steel grades, steel for
plastic moulding and hot work steel from
the Schmolz + Bickenbach companies
Deutsche Edelstahlwerke and Finkl Steel.
With expanded sales and service
capacities, Schmolz + Bickenbach
International is now also able to meet
the needs of local companies in the
automotive and plastic moulding
industries from a central location in China.
The Chongqing-Chengdu area represents
between 10 and 15 per cent of the
total Chinese tool steel demand. Jack
Huan, former sales manager of the
Ninghai (Zhejiang) warehouse, has
been appointed manager of the new
warehouse. He has many years of
experience in senior management in the
Chinese tool steel business and with his
team will provide local customers with
the necessary technical support to benefit
from the group’s product quality.
Other warehousing and commercial
platforms of Schmolz + Bickenbach
International in China are located in
Dongguan (Guangdong), in Taicang
(Jiangsu), in Ninghai (Zhejiang) and in
Shanghai.
Schmolz + Bickenbach International
GmbH – Switzerland
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Expanding sales and service in China
▲ ▲ With the new warehouse for special steel in Chongqing, China, the company is able to meet the needs of local
manufacturers of automotive components and plastic moulds