Delcam hosts visit by China Ministry of Commerce

CADCAM developer Delcam was proud to host a visit to its Birmingham headquarters by Director-General Sun Yongfu and a delegation of officials from the China Ministry of Commerce on the 29th March. The delegation was accompanied by senior representatives of the Chinese Embassy to the UK, UK Trade and Investment, the China-Britain Business Council and Advantage West Midlands.

The primary reason for the group’s visit to the UK was to have discussions at senior official level in preparation for the UK-China Joint Economic and Trade Commission Ministerial meeting to be held in Birmingham in autumn 2010. The JETC Senior Officials meeting was hosted by UKTI Deputy Chief Executive Susan Haird. DG Sun also addressed a seminar organised by China-Britain Business Council entitled "New Prospects for China-UK Business Relationship in New Economic Conditions” which was attended by over 100 companies.

Delcam was chosen to be part of the visit because of its growing success in the Chinese market and because of its reputation for world-leading engineering technology. The company’s software sales in the region grew by over 10% last year, despite the impact of the downturn in global manufacturing.

Delcam now has more than 2,000 customers in China. This number includes leading organisations like China First Auto Works, Xi’an Aircraft Industry Group, Changchun Railway Vehicles, Dongfang Electrical Machinery, Gree Electrical Appliances, Foxconn Technology Group, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of mobile phones, and Pou Chen, one of the world’s major producers of footwear, together with hundreds of smaller toolmakers, mouldmakers and subcontractors.

These customers are supported by 30 sales and support offices throughout the country. The Delcam China subsidiary is based in a head office in Beijing, plus regional offices in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Xi’an, Wenzhou, Qingdao and Chongqing. In addition, the Delcam Hong Kong and Delcam Taiwan joint ventures operate two offices each in mainland China, and there are also 18 reseller offices in the country.

Commenting after the visit, Joe Zhou, Delcam’s Business Development Manager for Greater China said, "It is a great honour for Delcam to be chosen to host such a prestigious delegation. Our staff in China have worked extremely hard to build our reputation in the country and will be very encouraged that we have been selected to be part of such an important event.”