August 6, HBIS Chairman Liu Jian met SMS Group GmbH China CEO Peter Langner in Shanghai, jointly explored new models for expanding cooperation and promote mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation.

SMS Group GmbH CTO Thomas Hansmann was also in the meeting.

Liu Jian said, facing the current situation of the steel market, HBIS Group is making effort to enhance the grade and value margin of its products, to reduce energy costs and carbon footprints, and utilize digital technology to build a vertical large model of steel production, further enhancing the core competitiveness of the enterprise. HBIS and SMS have a long history of cooperation, both promoting the achievement of design goals and the improvement of various indicators in the cooperation projects between the two sides is the foundation for deepening cooperation in the future. HBIS is willing to further enhance communication and exchanges with SMS such as in energy-saving technologies, digital models, and green low-carbon development, to promote mutually beneficial and win-win development for both sides.

SMS stated that its innovations in product research and development, technology application, and development direction are in line with the future development goals of HBIS Group. SMS will leverage the advantages of its professional team, keep the services concept of entire life cycle, continuously promote the improvement of cooperative projects performance, and fully meet the demands of HBIS Group. SMS looks forward to further strengthening communication and exchanges with HBIS in areas of common interesting areas such as reducing carbon footprints and model-based production, seeking more cooperation opportunities, and promoting win-win cooperation through practical actions.

Executives from HBIS and SMS China were also in the meeting.