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China Foma
(Group) Co., Ltd. (shortened as CFCL hereinafter) was established
in 1979, and it is one of the 520 major state-owned enterprises
directly under the leadership of the Central Government.
Headquartered in Beijing, China, CFCL has 13 subsidiaries including
some listed companies such as Changlin Joint-Stock Company, Linhai
Joint-Stock Company, and Sufoma Joint-Stock Company. In addition,
CFCL has set up a number of joint ventures with some world-class
enterprises including Komatsu and Yamaha from Japan and Hyundai
from Korea. These joint ventures are located in major cities of
Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Harbin, and in some eastern
developed areas such as Jiangsu Province, with their marketing offices
spreading all over the country. CFCL has also established its trading
and marketing facility in Malaysia.
CFCL is the only large-sized enterprise in China’s forestry
machinery industry. The Company manufactures and markets more than
300 products, which can be classified into four categories including
synthetic wood board and woodworking machinery, mini-type power
generating machines, autocycles, engineering machinery, and tools,
etc. Of all the products manufactured by CFCL, forestation machinery,
wood chippers, thicknessing and grinding lines, veneer dryers, synthetic
wood board secondary processing lines, impregnation and drying lines
have occupied over 50% of the domestic market share. Many of these
products have been exported to many industrialized countries and
regions such as the U.S., Canada, Japan, Germany, and some Southeast
Asian economies. It worth particular mentioning that CFCL is the
leading manufacturer of the synthetic wood board lines in China,
the innovations achieved by this Company has made great impact on
the country’s synthetic wood board line development.
Through the deepened reform, shifted operation mechanism, readjusted
structure and strengthened management, CFCL has increasingly enhanced
the innovations in institutional improvement, operation mechanism
reform, management readjustment, and scientific and technological
development, maintaining a momentum for a stable and sustainable
development. The Company has provided a large amount of advanced
and serviceable techniques and equipment for the country’s
forestry construction and production, making a significant contribution
to the establishment of a sound forestry ecological system and a
well-developed forestry industry in China. By the end of 1999, the
Company’s total assets had reached 2.6 billion RMB, and its
profit payments and tax turnover had exceeded over 100 million RMB.
The total market value of the three listed companies controlled
by CFCL has exceeded 7 billion RMB.
Approved by the relevant government department, Foma Group was
established on the basis of China Foma (Group) Co., Ltd. To date,
the group has developed into an intertrade and transregional enterprise
with 35 group members.
With good understanding of its mission -- “being dedicated
to the development of forestry industry, being oriented to the market,
and getting ready for competing on the international market”,
CFCL will increasingly strengthen its competitiveness in the market
and seek the opportunities for cooperation with business partners
home and abroad by continuously carrying forward its corporate spirit
- “being honest, pragmatic, innovative, and strong”,
by adhering to the development concept that “the corporate
development should be human centered and should never become self-content”,
and by following the strategic management concept focusing on “reform,
readjustment, enhancement and development.”
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