On June 14, 2019, a group of 6 members from the municipal party and government delegation headed by Mr Jiangtao Zhao, deputy secretary of the Baotou Municipal Party Committee, accompanied by Mr Le Xia, the deputy general manager of HBT, visited our Swedish client,Husqvarna Group and the delegation were warmly received by the local government.

The Husqvarna Group is the world's leading producer of gardening power tool products, providing innovative solutions for forest, park and garden care. Products include chainsaws, trimmers, robotic lawn mowers and riding lawn mowers. (The Group's products and solutions are sold to consumers and professionals in more than 100 countries worldwide through distributors and retailers under the Husqvarna, Gardena, McCulloch, Flymo, Zenoah and Diamant Boart brands. Net sales in 2010 were 41 billion SEK. The group has approximately 13,000 employees in 40 countries.)

Rare earth environmentally friendly pigments are one of the main colorant addition of Husqvarna Group. Since 2001, they have used rare earth environmentally friendly pigments. After our company completed the acquisition of Solvay Rare Earth Environmental Pigment Industry in 2016, Established a good relationship of cooperation. After the technical upgrade, our products have reached the Solvay product standard and have been tested in Husqvarna Group. It is expected to start mass application next year (2020).

During the visit, the director of the company, Staffan introduced the development history of Husqvarna Company in detail and led the delegation to inspect the production situation and test situation of the factory.

Through the visit, Mr. Jiangtao Zhao and his party learned about the current testing of our products and have already reached the requirements of Husqvarna to start trials. At the same time, I also learned in detail the problems and difficulties faced by the development of Hbt. Mr. Zhao expressed that he hopes that through this visit, he can better promote the cooperation between Baotou Hbt and Husqvarna, and realize the “Made in China”. Large_scale export of rare earth new materials.