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apt SEDANT Group Holds the First Shareholders and Board Meeting in Beijing

2015-12-17 01:52:09 ·

apt Hiller GmbH (hereinafter referred to as “apt Group ” or “apt”) holds the first shareholders and board meetings in Beijing from July 28th to July 29th 2015 after SEDANT Holding Foundation Co., Ltd (hereinafter referred to as “SEDANT”) acquired apt. SEDANT ´s president Mr WANG Xudong, CEO and shareholder of apt Group Frans Kurvers, both CFOs of SEDANT and apt attend the meetings. Furthermore, the managers of SEDANT and managers of Livingstone Partners, a German M&A advisory firm, are also present at the meetings.

From left to right: Mrs Gregor; Mr Kurvers ; Mr Wang Xudong ; Mr Grandin; Mr Fu Hua

On the meeting, President Mr Wang Xudong stated that apt will keep the original operation policies to maintain its leading position in the industry. Sedant will support current apt management with manpower, material resources and financial resources, to ensure apt will make further achievements in its internationalization. Mr Kurvers explained the “2gether4future” strategy, which includes development direction, product positioning, custom targeting, creative research and development, SWOT analysis, vision and tasks, etc. apt CFO Mrs Gregor gave an analysis on the main finance numbers for the first half year of 2015, which shows that apt is under a continuous and healthy development towards aimed targets. Mrs Gregor later introduced the budget plan and investment plan of apt from 2015 to 2017. President Wang Xudong hopes apt will maintain its leading position and strive for greater achievements in the fields of architecture, automobile and industrial aluminum profiles. The board also discussed the strategic target of 500 million Euro sales amount by 2017 and 1 billion Euro by 2010 through acquirement of apt into Chinese market with support of Sedant.

Sedant Holding Top Management and APT managers

At last, Mr Wang expressed his sincere gratitude to apt founder Mr Hiller from Beijing for his contributions and as promised he will try his best to fulfill the trust of Mr Hiller. He also expressed his appreciation for the past contributions of apt staff and their families and the assistance and support from all the financial institutes, social groups and friends of different fields.

The meetings concluded in an atmosphere of confidence for the future. These meetings are an important milestone in the development history of SEDANT Holding and are an important step for SEDANT to realize the going overseas strategies. In the future, SEDANT will improve internal management system by usage of foreign management concept, and combine technology and market to achieve company strategic transition and upgrading. In this way, it will build a scientific and reasonable way of making profits to contribute to the rejuvenation of the country through industrialization.