Beijing New Friend Insulation Material Co., Ltd.

Founded in 1996, Beijing Friend Group is headquartered in Beijing Yizhuang Economic and Technological Development Zone. Over the years, the Group has been committed to intensive development in the field of new materials, forming a multi-region development pattern with Beijing headquarters as the centre of management, R&D, and production, while the Hebei Qianxi branch and Jiangsu Kunshan branch as the production bases. The three main business segments of the Group are Insulation Laminates, moulded and pultruded profiles, and deep machined parts, with more than 400 employees. Friend Group is the vice chairman unit of the Insulation Materials Branch of the China Electrical Appliance Industry Association and the chairman unit of the Molding Special Committee of the China Composite Materials Industry Association. It is one of the drafting units of the national standards for insulating materials and thermosetting moulding plastics for electrical purposes in China. The Group and the Institute of Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have jointly established a new product research and development centre, recognized as the Beijing Enterprise Technology Center and owns independent research and development capabilities. Mr Yu Cunhai, the general consultant of the Center, once served as the chief engineer and deputy director of Beijing Insulation Materials Factory, with more than 60 years of experience in insulation material technology and industry-standard compilation, presided over the drafting of the national standard GB/T 24,124-2009 C850 series of phenolic cotton fabric laminates, which match with American military standards. In addition, he has cultivated many successors for the insulation material industry in China. Relying on its regional advantages, the Group's headquarters has successfully cooperated with the Beijing University of Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology and other academies, and several scientific research institutions, further promoting talent training in the industry.

The core products are laminated insulation materials, SMC/DMC moulded parts, GPO-3, UPGM series insulating sheets, epoxy moulded composite materials and deep machined products of various engineering plastics. The products are widely used in aerospace, military, naval architecture, petrochemical, rail transit, power, electrical, electronic, medical, machinery and other fields. The core products have been used in the Shenzhou, Chang'e, Tiangong, and other critical national aerospace projects. The Group has been appraised as the designated insulation material supplier of China Aerospace Group after years of assessment by the satellite manufacturer of China Aerospace Plant. At the same time, relying on advanced technology, excellent quality and high-quality service, it has become a global strategic supplier of well-known corporations such as General Motors, ABB, Siemens, Schneider, Alstom, Goldwind Technology, CRRC, Dongfang Electric and Shanghai Electric. Its products are exported to dozens of countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, North and South America and Oceania, winning the favour of customers at home and abroad."