On July 1, 2005, Dieter Honta-Jekel, Purchasing Director of GKN Transmission Department, a world-renowned engineering and industrial service group, Walter Huber, Commodity Purchasing Manager, Jerry Tan, Purchasing Manager of Asia Pacific Japan Region, and GKN's joint venture in China-Shanghai GKN Four people, Zhang Lei, Manager of Machinery and Equipment Purchasing Section of Fu Transmission Shaft Co., Ltd. visited Shanghai Rifa.

     GKN is an internationally renowned large company with a history of 245 years and one of the world's top 500 companies. It mainly involves transmission systems, powder metallurgy, aviation parts and so on. Its transmission department is well-known internationally and is the main supplier of Toyota, Ford, and Volkswagen engines.

Before inspecting Shanghai Rifa, Shanghai Rifa has reached a technical agreement with Shanghai GKN Drive Shaft Co., Ltd. on the purchase of CNC ball and cage grinding machines. In just half a day, Dieter Honta-Jekel and his entourage listened to the company's introduction, visited the Shanghai Rifa R&D Center, assembly plant, prototype workshop and carefully understood the quality management system. Foreign guests are deeply interested in the development history of Zhongbao Group and Shanghai Rifa, and are quite satisfied with our R&D capabilities and design platform, quality control processes and methods, production assembly and debugging sites, and the current level of products. And made some very pertinent suggestions

     The main purpose of GKN Transmission Department's trip was to investigate the possibility of Shanghai Rifa entering its global supply chain system. The requirements for becoming a GKN supplier are demanding. Mainly whether it has sufficient competitive advantages in terms of R&D and design capabilities, manufacturing capabilities, quality assurance systems, continuous supply capabilities, and corporate culture and management models. Such investigations will be long-term, detailed and strict. Whether it can enter GKN's supplier system is of far-reaching significance to Shanghai Rifa. If we can successfully pass the inspection to become a qualified supplier of GKN, we will get help and support from GKN in terms of technology, production, management, etc. GKN represents the world level of its industry. At the same time, it also prepares for Shanghai Rifa to enter new markets and product areas.

     Since its debut at the China International Bearing Exhibition in June, Shanghai Rifa Digital System Co., Ltd. has received eager attention from many international customers in the industry. On June 10th, Keith Mayo, president of the famous Swiss bearing manufacturer WIB, and representatives of its parent company (Canada) visited Shanghai Rifa in detail. On June 15th, ANADULO RULMAN, the largest bearing manufacturer in Romania, URB's factory in Turkey, ordered an automatic production line for small ball bearings from Shanghai Rifa, and follow-up orders are also under discussion. In addition, some bearing manufacturers from India have also paid attention to Shanghai Rifa. After visiting Shanghai Rifa, they expressed their hope to establish business cooperation relations.