SMM visits Nihoff Machinery Manufacturing (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.

Published: Sep 30, 2021 13:18

On September 17, 2021, Zhou Bai, assistant general manager of SMM Information & Technology Co., Ltd., Xu Dean, copper manager, and Zhang Guolei, senior manager, visited Nihoff Machinery Manufacturing (Changzhou) Co., Ltd. The party was warmly entertained by Chen Liangping, deputy general manager of Nihoff, and sales engineer Shan Liquan. The two sides exchanged views on the electrical equipment industry and their judgment on the future development trend. During this period, General Manager Chen made a systematic introduction to Nihoff's development history and management philosophy, and led the SMM representative to visit the factory, introduced the technological process and equipment, and the SMM representative also made a detailed introduction on the historical evolution, development direction and management concept of SMM. This visit has laid a good foundation for deepening cooperation and mutual benefit between the two sides in the future.

Brief introduction of Nihoff Machinery Manufacturing (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.

Nihoff Machinery Manufacturing (Changzhou) Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary (foreign joint venture) invested by Nihoff Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in Jiangsu Wujin Economic Development Zone in 2011, and has been officially put into production since February 2012. In March 2021, after nearly two years of construction, the new self-built factory was completed and put into use. Nihov Changzhou new factory covers an area of 30 mu, with a total construction area of 12000 square meters in the first phase of the project. The project is designed and built in accordance with German standards to meet the needs of providing high-quality equipment to Chinese customers in the coming decades.

The company belongs to the German Nihof Group, and its parent company is (Maschinenfabrik NIEHOFF GmbH & Co. KG), the German Nihof Machine Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Nihof, which has been developing and producing various types of wire drawing machines since 1951, is an international well-known equipment manufacturer in the global copper processing and wire and cable industry.

Authorized by the headquarters in Germany, Nihoff Machinery Manufacturing (Changzhou) Co., Ltd. provides Chinese customers with various types of MMH 121series multi-head wire drawing production line, D631 and D801 two types of high-speed electronic pitch beam wire equipment as well as supporting ARH active take-up rack, SND series automatic double-disk take-up equipment, WF series loop take-off equipment and Nihoff NPS system are widely used in copper processing and wire and cable manufacturing special production lines and equipment. Since the establishment of the company has been widely praised by domestic customers.

After 70 years of development, Nihof Group has grown into a professional supplier of wire drawing machines and wire and cable equipment with annual sales of more than 200 million euros and customers all over the world. With the commissioning of the new factory of Nihof Changzhou Company, it will certainly be able to contribute to the further development of domestic customers and common development.

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