Location: South Africa, Mali and Benin

 Date: 2023/3/24

On March 24, 2023, the supplier members, led by Jin Hao, general manager of Jiangsu Suhao Honggang, set out to visit South Africa, Mali and Benin to bring thoughtful services to equipment users, project investors and trading partners.  After-sales service, detailed project promotion plan and value-added opportunities combining trade and investment.

This time, honggang took the initiative to send technical service personnel to solve special equipment problems. After on-site debugging, the old equipment that has been installed and running has regained its full performance, and the new equipment that has just been installed has been put into production steadily. This trip was praised and fully trusted by the customer. When the Honggang personnel left, the purchasing manager of M Oil Plant took the initiative to hand over the equipment supply order from another domestic industry that he contacted to Honggang Company for tracking and processing, which helped Honggang Company develop in South Africa. The market has taken another hit.

Honggang is the turnkey contractor of the CIM integrated processing project in Mali. Due to the epidemic, the construction plan was interrupted and the customer encountered huge difficulties. During the epidemic, Honggang overcame the difficulties and started part of the construction work. Now that the epidemic has basically eased, it rushed to We discuss recovery plans with customers on site and assist in communicating with project financiers. So far, there have been no negative disputes and we are actively planning for the future.

In 2021, the West Africa office of Honggang Company was established in Benin, and personnel were dispatched at the end of October 2022. This time, the general manager and his delegation went to Benin to consolidate the construction of the office and laid a solid foundation for the expansion of the West African market. After inspecting the local market, it was found that steel and glass products can be profitably sold after being formed and processed locally. In order to combine the strengths of all parties and develop favorable situations, Honggang Company acted as a communication bridge in the early stage, trying to promote domestic partner manufacturers and Benin sellers to cooperate in establishing local production workshops, and later served as a domestic raw material export platform for multi-party cooperation. This time The trip to Benin is an important part of investigating the feasibility. On April 20, the Chinese Embassy in Benin, the Economy and Finance Ministry, and the Investment and Export Promotion Agency of Benin jointly organized the first China-Benin Investment Forum. This arrangement was designed to implement the goals set by the two heads of state for the sustainable development of bilateral relations. We will work together to build a China-Africa community with a shared future in the new era through practical actions. During the period, Honggang Company personnel participated in the forum activities, communicated with the Chinese Ambassador to Benin, the Counselor of the Economic and Commercial Office, Benin Minister of State for Economy and Finance Wadani, etc., introduced Soho Holding Group, and had an in-depth understanding of Benin Gru The investment promotion policy of Jibei Industrial Park has laid the foundation for subsequent business development and docking services with domestic related mechanical and electrical equipment manufacturers.

At the beginning of 2023, the country opened its doors, and companies in various regions went out to grab orders in full swing. Honggang Company actively planned and led the general manager to focus on electromechanical products. Through long-term B2B promotion and communication channels, it developed many African customers and gradually developed into a small and medium-sized complete set of electromechanical products focusing on the African market, targeting the Belt and Road Initiative and emerging market countries. exporter. In response to the situation that many small and micro electromechanical equipment manufacturers have joined the e-commerce army in recent years and directly carry out external sales, Honggang reviewed the situation and proposed the idea of transforming from general traders of electromechanical products to small service providers of electromechanical trade in emerging markets along the Belt and Road. This trip to three African countries is an attempt to implement this transformation.