Mersen Graphite Industry (Chongqing) Co., Ltd.

The French Mersen Group was founded in 1892. It is a joint-stock company listed in France, with industrial and commercial facilities in 39 countries and agents/representative offices in more than 70 countries. The French Mersen Group currently has approximately 8,000 employees, with sales of approximately 694 million euros in 2007.

The French Mersen Group holds a leading position in the following fields:
1. Electrical industrial products: electrical carbon brushes, protection of electrical equipment
2. Advanced carbon/graphite materials and technologies: high-temperature and composite braking materials, chemical equipment

In summary, the French Mersen Group is divided into three major divisions: the Electrical Applications Division, the Electrical Protection Division, and the Specialty and Advanced Materials Division (including the Chemical Equipment Department). The French Mersen Group includes three functional management departments: Administration and Financial Management, Human Resources Management, and Technology Research and Development. The French Mersen Group entered the Chinese market in the 1970s and began establishing representative offices and factories in 1997. At present, its total investment in China has reached 60 million US dollars.

The French Mersen Group has the following institutions in China:
1. Mersen (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
2. Mersen (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
3. Mersen Electrical Protection Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
4. Mersen Graphite Industry (Chongqing) Co., Ltd.
5. Mersen Carbon Products (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
6. Mersen Advanced Graphite (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.
7. Shanghai Carbone Lorraine Chemical Equipment Co., Ltd.
8. Shanghai Xianda Mersen Process Equipment Co., Ltd.
9. Yantai Mersen Graphite Co., Ltd.
10. Zhejiang Mingrong Electrical Protection Systems Co., Ltd.


Mersen Graphite Industry (Chongqing) Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary established in Chongqing in November 2004 by the French Mersen Group. It is located in the Economic and Technological Development Park of Chongqing Northern New Area, covering an area of nearly 70,000 square meters, with a total project investment of 99 million US dollars. From production equipment to process flow, the factory fully adopts advanced French technology. Ultimately, the annual output of high-precision graphite materials at the Mersen Chongqing factory will reach 5,000 tons.
The high-precision graphite materials produced by Mersen Graphite Industry (Chongqing) Co., Ltd. are widely used in precision mold finishing, high-precision alloy strip casting, monocrystalline and polycrystalline manufacturing, optical fiber perform and drawing, semiconductor chip manufacturing, optoelectronic technology, high-temperature vacuum furnaces, aerospace, and the emerging environmentally friendly energy industry—the photovoltaic industry.
As the group's second graphite production base in the world, Mersen Graphite Industry (Chongqing) Co., Ltd. will strengthen the Mersen Group's leadership position in the global graphite industry and become an important part of the group's global growth strategy.