Unveiling ceremony of Donghua University-Vulcan Technology High-Performance Composite Materials Joint R&D Center and project signing ceremony

Thursday, March 21, 2024

The unveiling ceremony of the "Donghua University-Vulcan Technology High-Performance Composite Materials Joint R&D Center" and project signing ceremony were held at the reception center of the Vulcan Technology Park. Zhu Meifang, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences/dean of the School of Materials, Donghua University, Yang Fan, vice chairman of the Qiantang District CPPCC/director of the Core Valley Management Office, Yao Shoukun, director of the Office of the Hangzhou Science and Technology Bureau, He Guohua, researcher of the Qiantang District Economic and Information Technology Bureau, Zheng Fei, deputy director of the Qiantang Core Valley Management Office, Han Cuihua, deputy director of the Qiantang Science City Management Office, Han Jian, vice dean/professor of the School of Materials and Textiles, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Xiang Hengxue, researcher/doctoral supervisor of the School of Materials, Donghua University, Zhu Liping, associate professor/doctoral supervisor of the School of Materials, Donghua University, Yu Senlong, senior engineer of the School of Materials, Donghua University, Su Juanjuan, associate professor of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, and Shi Chen, associate professor of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, attended the ceremony.

Unveiling ceremony site

Academician Zhu Meifang of Donghua University and his party first visited the production workshop and corporate culture exhibition hall, and felt the production strength and unique charm of Weiken Technology at close range, and had a more intuitive and profound understanding of the company's innovation platform construction, scientific and technological achievements transformation, talent training and other aspects.

Academician Zhu and his party visited the production workshop

Academician Zhu and his party visited the exhibition hall

At the ceremony, all guests delivered speeches. Yang Fan, vice chairman of the Qiantang District CPPCC, first expressed warm congratulations on the establishment of the joint R&D center and recognized the company's emphasis on R&D investment and achievement transformation. She pointed out that Weiken Technology has made significant contributions to the science and technology industry in Qiantang New District with its outstanding innovation capabilities and unremitting pursuit of scientific and technological progress, and has played an important role in stabilizing growth, expanding employment, and promoting innovation. She hopes that both the school and the enterprise will further strengthen exchanges and carry out in-depth technical research and development to provide more strength for promoting high-quality economic development in the district. She also said that the Qiantang CPPCC will fully support the construction of the joint R&D center.

Speech by Yang Fan, Vice Chairman of the Qiantang District CPPCC

Yao Shoukun, Director of the Office of the Hangzhou Science and Technology Bureau, said that the establishment of a research and development center is the first step in technology empowering the industry. Weiken Technology and Donghua University have carried out in-depth school-enterprise cooperation. The two parties have established a joint research and development center for high-performance composite materials based on the principle of "cooperation, development, and win-win", providing dual support of science and technology and talents for the research and development of new technologies and new products of high-performance composite materials, providing strong technical support for the research and development of high-performance composite materials in my country, bringing higher quality development to China's carbon fiber composite materials industry, and making greater contributions to the sustainable development of my country's economy and society. At the same time, Director Yao also said that the Municipal Science and Technology Bureau will give strong support to the development of the project.

Speech by Yao Shoukun, Director of the Office of Hangzhou Science and Technology Bureau

Academician Zhu Meifang of the Chinese Academy of Sciences introduced the cooperation background, goals, and vision of the joint R&D center in combination with the progress of the fiber materials industry. He placed high hopes on the future development of the joint R&D center and said that the R&D center will focus on its respective advantageous resources, build a new technology innovation system that combines production, learning, research and application, accelerate the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and promote the organic connection of the innovation chain, industrial chain, and market demand. Through school-enterprise cooperation, the research efforts of scientific researchers can be transformed into productivity, benefiting the people, and enterprises can enhance their high-tech competitiveness. This is a strong alliance and a win-win situation for all parties.

Speech by Zhu Meifang, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Tang Bo, chairman of Weiken Technology, said that Weiken Technology has been adhering to the R&D and innovation spirit of Donghua University since its establishment, and has continuously promoted the R&D and application of new materials technology. The establishment of the joint R&D center undoubtedly provides a platform to connect with world-class scientific and technological resources, and can jointly explore the application potential of new materials in the semiconductor field with the top academician expert team, jointly overcome technical difficulties, and jointly transform scientific research results into practical products and services, and contribute to the development of the country in related fields. Weiken Technology will continue to take R&D innovation as the foundation of the company's survival, take the establishment of the joint R&D center as an opportunity to jointly write a brilliant chapter of scientific and technological innovation, jointly contribute wisdom and strength to the development of the semiconductor industry, and achieve a new win-win situation.

Speech by Tang Bo, Chairman of Weiken Technology

As the ceremony drew to a close, Zhu Meifang, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences/Dean of the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Donghua University, and Tang Bo, Chairman of Weiken Technology, unveiled the "Donghua University-Weiken Technology High-Performance Composite Materials Joint R&D Center".

Unveiling Ceremony of Donghua University-Vulcan Technology Joint R&D Center

Finally, Xiang Hengxue, a researcher at the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Donghua University, and Zhu Liping, an associate professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Donghua University, signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Zhou Gang, the R&D director of Weiken Technology, and Dai Xuming, the director of the Operation Center, on behalf of both the school and the enterprise, respectively. Weiken Technology has entered a new milestone.

Strategic cooperation agreement signed

Vulcan New Material Technology Co., Ltd. is a high-tech enterprise focusing on the research, development, production and sales of high-purity graphite, carbon fiber high-temperature thermal field materials and new carbon material products. At present, the company's products have been widely used in domestic semiconductor silicon wafer crystal growth, SiC crystal growth, photovoltaic crystal growth, high-end metallurgy & industrial furnaces, optical fiber preforms & optical fiber drawing, sapphire crystal growth, ion implantation, MOCVD and other industrial fields, and can provide customers with thermal field application technology services and solution design.