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Baowu and Fives Group strengthen their long-term cooperation

Wangming Hu, Chairman of Baowu, and Frédéric Sanchez, Chairman and CEO of Fives Group, strengthened the cooperation between the two groups in key fields, such as smart manufacturing, low-carbon metallurgy and digital development. The executive meeting was held at Baowu’s headquarters in Shanghai, China on July 10, 2024.

Beneficial partnership 

Wangming Hu stated that Baowu’s long-term commitment to a high-end strategy and differentiation has allowed the company to achieve good business performance. He expressed his gratitude to Fives for its long-term cooperation and support, adding that Fives’ products and technologies have played a very important role.  

Frédéric Sanchez highlighted that Fives and Bawou have maintained a good cooperative relationship for a long time. Baowu has provided Fives with many valuable cooperation opportunities and has always supported the company’s continuous growth and development. He also stated that Fives Group is proud of the successful explorations that both sides have made in the development of the steel industry. 

Cooperative history

Baowu Group and Fives Group have a longstanding history of cooperation that began in 1982. More recently, the cooperation has expanded to include strip processing lines and cold rolling mills for electrical steel, which are in high demand in China.

In this spirit of cooperation, this year also marks the 60th anniversary of China and France's diplomatic relations which have led to development opportunities in various fields, including the steel industry. These relations are a part of the longstanding history which have enabled the two groups to successfully maintain their cooperative relationship.