CLYDEUNION Pumps & Shandong Shuanglun Co. Form Joint Venture

CLYDEUNION Pumps would like to announce the formation of a new joint venture based in the Eastern Shandong Province of China. The opening ceremony for this new company, Shandong Shuanglun Clyde Union Pumps Ltd, was held on 17th October 2011. Leaders from China General Machinery Industry Association, China General Machinery Industry Association Pump Branch and Weihai local government, all attended the opening ceremony.

Shandong Shuanglun Clyde Union Pumps Ltd is a joint venture company, with 50% invested by both Shandong Shuanglun Co. Limited and CLYDEUNION Pumps. Currently, the JV employs 105 people. The JV shall absorb the advanced technology, design, manufacturing and management model from CLYDEUNION Pumps to become a global pump supplier. Shandong Shuanglun Clyde Union Pumps will cover the upstream, downstream oil, conventional power and minerals & mining markets by integrating sales, technical and management teams to gain differentiated products, services and competitiveness. 

From the first cooperation negotiation through to the opening ceremony, both state industry and local government attached great importance and provided excellent support to this new joint venture. Yao Hongchun, President of Shandong Shuanglun and Thomas Burley, Joint CEO of CLYDEUNION Pumps, expressed their sincere thanks and respect for all the support received during this initial intercession period....................................................              

E-mail: m.raffaelli@clydeunion.com