Recently, Terence Lim, the Asia Pacific Director of SMC in the United States, led a team to visit the Beijing branch of Gree Group for in-depth strategic consultations.

Face the challenge

Under the continuous five-year wave of global supply chain restructuring, the special steel industry is facing a severe test of tariffs. Both sides candidly analyzed the current trade pain points: from the sharp increase in shipping costs to the frequent waves of trade wars, from exchange rate risk control to terminal price transmission, every data reflects the real difficulties of international steel trading enterprises.

Complementary advantages

During the meeting, the SMC team demonstrated the unique value of its global layout - relying on cutting-edge material research and development capabilities, vertically integrating multiple production bases into a production system, combined with a digital order management system, which can achieve rapid response. Meanwhile, Gree Group has demonstrated its advantages in deeply cultivating the local market: full network coverage of high-end manufacturing in seven major industries, comprehensive services of spot warehousing and technology collaboration, and customized financial solutions for end users. This dual wheel drive model of "global intelligent manufacturing+local services" has shown both sides the breakthrough direction of cost reduction and efficiency improvement.

Innovation Breakthrough

It is worth noting that both parties are exploring the establishment of a joint technology service model, which will deeply integrate SMC's material research and development capabilities with Gree's terminal application data. At the same time, pilot the "bonded zone pre warehouse" model to build a "strategic reservoir" that buffers international market fluctuations. These new measures will effectively help downstream manufacturing enterprises save comprehensive procurement costs.

At the crossroads of deep adjustment in the global industrial chain, SMC and Gree's strategic handshake not only provides a model for cross-border cooperation in the special steel industry, but also demonstrates the wisdom and responsibility of leading enterprises to actively break through the situation. As Mr. Pang said after the meeting, "True partnership is the tacit understanding of jointly steering the ship in storms."