National Tobacco Corporation, Manufacturer Sign Pact on Research of Core Technologies

Source from:  Longyan City 08/22/2008

China National Tobacco Corporation and Longyan Tobacco Industry Co., Ltd. in southeast China's Fujian Province - a key Chinese tobacco manufacturer - have signed a contract for the research and development of core technologies for the latter's exclusive tobacco cutting line for producing superior class products of its leading competitive Seven Wolves brand family. The contract was signed at a national-level conference to start the implementation of major projects for developing tobacco cutting lines for the production of Chinese-style cigarettes, held in central China's Zhengzhou City on July 29. Over recent years, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA) - the regulator of China's tobacco industry - has been promoting the development of more than 10 leading big tobacco manufacturing enterprise groups and also more than 10 leading big cigarette brands, in a bid to sharpen the competitiveness of China's tobacco industry. In response, Longyan Tobacco Industry Co., Ltd. has been striving to further develop its already competitive Seven Wolves brand family, in order that it will be ranked among the more than 10 leading big cigarette brands of China. In doing so, Longyan Tobacco Industry Co., Ltd. has adhered to the policy of taking technological innovation as the basis for its subsistence and development, and has started the project of technical transformation of its production lines for making the Seven Wolves brand cigarettes. In accordance with the STMA's requirement of developing tobacco products "with Chinese characteristics at a higher start point and at a high level", in implementation of the spirit of independent innovation in developing tobacco cutting lines for producing Chinese-style cigarettes, and in compliance with the STMA's target for developing technologies for producing Chinese-style cigarettes with unique characteristics, Longyan Tobacco Industry Co., Ltd. has been striving to improve the style of the Seven Wolves, improve the quality of its cigarette products, expand the scope of use of raw materials, turn itself into an energy-saving and environment-friendly enterprise and secure sustainable development of all its cigarette brands. Besides, it has followed the principle of "giving priority to the research and development of technologies, taking innovation as the guideline, taking technical transformation as a carrier, determining product development in accordance with the market demand, determining technologies on the basis of products, and determining equipment and control models on the basis of technologies", and has adhered to development guideline of "using the innovation of technological equipment to lead the renewal of brands and using competitive brands to lead development of the enterprise". It has implemented this principle and guideline in the whole process of fulfilling the project of technical transformation. Through efforts over the past more than one year, Longyan Tobacco Industry Co., Ltd. has made smooth progress in fulfilling the project of technical transformation for the current stage. Also at the conference to start the implementation of major projects for developing tobacco cutting lines for the production of Chinese-style cigarettes, China National Tobacco Corporation signed similar contracts for the research and development of core technologies for exclusive tobacco cutting lines for producing Chinese-style cigarettes with manufacturers of such big competitive cigarette brands as Chunghwa, Furongwang, Yunyan, the Yellow Crane Tower, the Double Happiness (Guangdong), Guiyan and Dihao. Enditem