On September 9, 2024, Global New Material International Holdings Limited (hereinafter referred to as “GNMI”) held a strategic meeting of middle and senior management on the theme of “Collaborative Innovation, Global Leadership – Building the Future of Global Functional Materials Science and Technology” at its headquarters. The meeting explored in depth the latest developments in M&A integration and market expansion, and laid the foundation for the company’s further expansion in the global market. The symposium combined the achievements of recent mergers and acquisitions, market development and other aspects, and conducted in-depth discussions on future development strategic planning. By adopting a combination of online and offline methods, and setting up four sub-venues in South Korea CQV, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Zhejiang, we achieved multi-location linkage, and all leaders and middle managers of the company actively participated.

At the beginning of the meeting, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Su Ertian conducted an in-depth review and forward-looking outlook on the results of recent mergers and acquisitions. He stressed that GNMI, with its robust internationalization strategy, has taken a leading position in the global functional materials market. Through the successful signing of the acquisition of Surface Solutions business of Merck, a world-renowned company, and the deep synergy with CQV in Korea, GNMI has not only significantly enhanced its technical strength, but also further consolidated its market position as a global leader in the industry. These two milestone initiatives not only expanded the company’s coverage in the global market, but also injected a strong impetus for continued innovative development.

Su Ertian highlighted collaborative innovation as the core driving force for the company to continue to lead the global market. By increasing investment in technology research and development, GNMI will not only maintain its technological leadership in the field of synthetic mica and high-end functional materials, but also open up the future of more new material applications. The company unswervingly promotes global scientific and technological innovation, and is committed to building the world’s most influential functional materials technology ecosystem.

At the meeting, the company’s Chief Strategy Officer Kim Sang-bae, Director of International Sales Chen Min, Technical Director and Director of Market Management Lin Zhengjiao, Chief Integration Officer Zhu Chunlin and Director of Human Resources Center Li Guangjiang shared the progress and results of post-merger business integration and future work plan on their respective business segments. From their respective perspectives, they demonstrated in detail how Global New Material International continues to maintain its competitive advantage through global resources integration and innovation strategy, and is fully prepared for the company’s future rapid growth.

Participants actively shared the company’s outstanding achievements in the merger and integration process, including significant improvement in production efficiency, acceleration of technological innovation, optimization of global market layout, and in-depth application of digital transformation in the business. Through continuous optimization of the quality management system and equipment maintenance, the global supply chain is more resilient and flexible. Executives of each department analyzed the company’s future innovation strategy and market expansion plan from different angles, which provided a strong guarantee for the company’s rapid growth in the next stage.

In the discussion session, the participants actively spoke and shared their valuable experience and profound insights in production efficiency improvement, research and development innovation, sales strategy, market insight, information technology application, quality management and equipment maintenance management from multiple aspects. These discussions not only covered key areas of the company’s operations, but also touched on the innovative thinking that drives the company’s continued progress. Through the exchange of these insights, it not only enhanced the understanding and collaboration between the team, but also provided rich ideas and motivation for the company’s future strategic planning.

At the end of the meeting, Su Ertian elaborated on the core values, vision and mission of the company after the merger and acquisition, and made a concluding speech. He once again stressed that collaborative innovation is not only the core driving force of the company’s development, but also an important way to achieve global leadership. Every step of the company’s progress is inseparable from the efforts and contributions of every employee, he encouraged all employees to actively participate in the company’s effort of building a global leading functional materials technology enterprise and creating a more brilliant future.

GNMI will always adhere to the strategic vision of “Collaborative Innovation, Global Leadership” , continue to accelerate the global market layout, promote technological innovation, to ensure that the company in the future competitive landscape to maintain a leading position. The company firmly believes that with the joint efforts of every employee, GNMI will make unremitting efforts to pursue excellence, strive to become the benchmark of the global functional materials industry, provide global customers with more innovative and environmentally sustainable solutions, promote industry change, and lead the future development.

Through an open dialogue between senior leadership and the middle management team, the symposium ensures alignment of objectives and execution at all levels of the company, while stimulating innovative thinking and laying a solid foundation for the realization of the company’s long-term vision and goals. In the future, GNMI will continue to work with the global team to expand the application boundaries of new materials, promote the progress of the industry, and become the industry standard setter and market trend leader in the field of global functional materials.