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GST Autoleather and Shanghai Richina Hold Supplier Appreciation Day in Shanghai
June 9, 2010: Shanghai, PRC: Shanghai Richina Leather Co., Ltd. (SRL) and joint venture partner GST Autoleather, Inc. held a supplier conference at their Shanghai facilities on June 7. 120 executives comprised of suppliers, technical advisors and other service providers attended the event. The program included a business review and strategic update, tours of the facility and an afternoon and evening visit to Shanghai's Expo.
Presenters included Richard Yan, CEO of Richina, Inc, Dennis Hiller, CEO of GST, and Bob Moore, Shanghai Richina's CEO. In addition, Huang Zhi Feng, the honorable Vice Mayor of Fuxin made a presentation on Fuxin's new leather park and infrastructure. SRL is constructing new state of the art wet blue facility in Fuxin. SRL presenters also included Ernst Hagan, Hellen Xia, Felix Lu and Lucy Dou.
Special recognition was given to guests President Robert Tsai and executive Emily Shen of Genfort, and to Su Chaoying, Secretary General of the China Leather industries Association,
"Today more than ever before, suppliers and the supply chain are pivotal to our future success. The June 7 event was about strategy, and identifying future opportunities; it's through our close supplier relationships we can maximize these opportunities," according to SRL's Bob Moore.
The guests were treated to a special exhibit of new autos displayed on the factory floor including the new Citroen C5, Toyota's new Camry Hybrid and RAV 4, all featuring GST leather interiors.
The day's events were capped off with a VIP tour of Shanghai's World Expo. Richina, Inc., a lead sponsor of the New Zealand Pavilion, hosted a cocktail buffet dinner there. Secretary General and Ambassador Phillip Gibson welcomed the guests, and gave a private tour of the spectacular NZ exhibition.
Attendees included Tyson Foods, JBS Swift, NBP, Twin City Tanning, Rich International, CML, BASF, Stahl, Clariant, Lanxess, TFL, Trumpler, Dystar, Union Chemical, Novozymes, Adina, Zenith, Tannin, Buckman, Olcina, Bergi, Bauce, Rizzi and Xinji Julong Machinery. In addition, technical advisors BLC, W20, BVQI, and SGS were in attendance.
Shanghai Richina Leather Co., Ltd. is headquartered in Shanghai, China and produces auto, garment and footwear leather for global brands including Citroen, Peugeot, Toyota, Coach, Cole Haan, Johnston and Murphy, Born, Clarks, HH Brown, Merrell, Wolverine, CAT, Hush Puppies, Sperry Topsider, Rockport, Justin, Rocky Brands and others.
SRL is LWG Silver certified, ISO 9001 and 14001, and TS 16949 rated.