High-level Schweitzer-Mauduit Delegation Visits Hongyun Group

Source from:  hongyun news 08/11/2008

A high-level delegation from Schweitzer-Mauduit of France visited Hongyun Group in southwest China's tobacco-producing Yunnan Province - one of the largest Chinese tobacco manufacturers - on July 30, to exchange views with Hongyun Group on cooperation between the two sides. The Schweitzer-Mauduit delegation was led by Frederic Villoutreix, Chief Operating Officer of Schweitzer-Mauduit International. Upon its arrival, the Schweitzer-Mauduit delegation attended a symposium held by Hongyun Group, with the participation of senior officials from both sides, including Schweitzer-Mauduit's China project director and chief agent, and Hongyun's deputy president Wu Yi and leaders of its technical center, manufacturing center and raw materials supply department. At the symposium, Wu Yi briefed the Schweitzer-Mauduit delegation on Hongyun's development over recent years, market sales of Hongyuan's Yunyan's brand cigarettes and technical transformation at subsidiaries of Hongyun Group. In light of the status quo of overall development and direction of Hongyun's brands development in a future period of time, Wu exchanged opinions with the French guests, expressing the hope that the two sides will continue to deepen their cooperation, and jointly conduct research and development of new technologies and new techniques, which will contribute to promoting better development of Hongyun Group. Speaking on the same occasion, Villoutreix said that Schweitzer-Mauduit has always maintained favorable relations of cooperation with Hongyun for many years, and has always attached great importance to the development of both Hongyun Group and its Yunyan's cigarette brand. He said that Schweitzer-Mauduit has full confidence in cooperation with Hongyun Group as a powerful tobacco manufacturing enterprise. In future, Schweitzer-Mauduit will strive to well fulfill the projects of cooperation between the two sides, in accordance with the requirement of Hongyun Group for the research and development of brands, he said, expressing the hope that the two sides will further extend the existing scope of cooperation on the basis of success already achieved, and in anticipation of greater success in bilateral cooperation in future. Enditem