Rizhao Steel Holding Group Co., Ltd.
Rizhao Steel Holding Group Co., Ltd. is one of the largest steel companies in China, having over 16,000 employees and major production bases across the country. Founded in 1995, the enterprise has grown steadily over the past two decades, becoming the leading integrated steel enterprise in Shandong province with an annual sales revenue totaling ¥40 billion in 2018.
The core of the group’s business is the production of high-grade carbon steel, stainless steel and seamless steel tubes. Its leading products include hot-rolled carbon steel plates to meet the needs of a wide variety of industries, corten steel plates for the infrastructure industry and finished pipes for the energy industry. Rizhao Steel also produces high-quality steel for civil engineering projects, construction steel for factories and warehouses, structural steel for ports and bridges, and other products.
The group has established more than ten subsidiaries, with its main production bases located around important port cities like Qingdao and Tianjin. It boasts seven processing centers, two research centers and a number of intellectual property rights. In 2017, the enterprise established the Centre for Steel Research and Product Quality with the aim of improving the quality control of steel products. To meet the needs of customers, the centre is continuously conducting research into new technologies and automation processes.
Apart from a series of advanced technologies, Rizhao Steel has adopted modern management and maintenance models as well as a number of energy-efficient measures. The group applies enterprise resource planning systems and widely uses robotics and automation in its production process. It has also adopted an environmental management system that targets an 80 percent reduction in energy consumption per ton of steel produced.
Rizhao Steel is strongly committed to promoting the application of energy saving technologies in the steel industry. The group has built and is running key provincial-level steel energy saving demonstration projects and has received over 140 awards in the past 20 years, of which two were from the National Development and Reform Commission of the People’s Republic of China.
Moreover, the group is always looking to strengthen its own capacity and promote the local economy by actively engaging in scientific activities, such as the study and application of agricultural science and ecology. In 2017, it established a scholarship fund for students of Rizhao Normal University and opened a independent college in the area.
The Stated-owned Assets Management and Supervision Department of the State Council fully appreciates the high-quality development of Rizhao Steel and has honored the group with the title “State Advanced Enterprise.”
Looking to the future, Rizhao Steel will further cement its leading role in the Chinese steel industry through the further development of its advanced technologies, its proactive approach in adopting energy-saving measures, as well as its commitment to corporate social responsibility activities.
