I. Company Overview and Core Philosophy:
1. Basic Information of the Enterprise
Far East Copper Foil (Yibin) Co., Ltd. was established in May 2021. It is a high-tech enterprise integrating the research and development, production, and service of lithium-ion battery electrolytic copper foil. The company is located in Nanshi District, Yibin City, the economic powerhouse with convenient transportation, at the source of the Yangtze River. The planned annual production capacity of lithium-ion battery copper foil is 30,000 tons, with a total investment of 2.8 billion yuan.
The company adheres to the development strategy of "strengthening the factory through science and technology", has established a deep cooperation model of university-enterprise research and development with Electronic University of Science and Technology, and set up its own research and development center. It has successively developed products such as high-precision ultra-thin lithium-ion battery copper foil. High-precision ultra-thin lithium-ion battery copper foil is a key material for manufacturing lithium-ion batteries and is widely used in new energy batteries. It is also directly supplied to the largest lithium-ion battery manufacturing enterprises in China, such as Ningde Times, and the products have reached the leading level in China.
The company's current factory area covers approximately 284 acres, specializing in the production of double-sided bright lithium-ion battery copper foil with different widths ranging from 4 to 10 μm.
Through scientific management, the company has gathered and cultivated a group of high-quality innovative talents. The company currently has 35% of its staff as engineering technicians, with strong R&D and manufacturing capabilities. The product performance is reliable, and the quality is stable. The production equipment is advanced, and key equipment such as cathode rollers is imported from Japan. The process equipment is excellent, reaching international advanced levels, and has a high market competitiveness, meeting the growing market demand. To meet the needs of product research and production, the company is equipped with multiple advanced production equipment such as copper dissolution tanks, foil production machines, and cutting machines, as well as various chemical analysis instruments, stretching performance testing instruments, Prisma E scanning electron microscope, atomic spectrophotometer, and other detection equipment.
The company adheres to the business philosophy of "honesty and trustworthiness, customer satisfaction", stable and reliable product quality, and the service tenet of continuous improvement. It is willing to work together with domestic and foreign friends to create a brilliant future!
2. Core Concept of Social Responsibility
Green and Low-Carbon Development: Adhere to the concept of green and low-carbon development, actively build a green manufacturing system, and comprehensively promote the construction of green factories.
Technological Innovation and Global Layout: Through technological innovation and market expansion, strive to occupy a leading position in the global market. The company closely follows the national development strategy, actively lays out three major businesses, and seizes the opportunities in emerging fields such as new energy and artificial intelligence.
Customer-Centric: The core values include centering on customers, paying attention to customer needs and satisfaction, providing high-quality products and services through technological innovation and market expansion, and winning the trust and support of global customers.
Sustainable Development: The company believes that finding the right talents is not the greatest challenge; what is more important is having excellent cultural genes that can enable outstanding talents to grow in the enterprise and face future challenges.
II. Social Responsibility Practices in 2024
1. Economic Responsibility: Driving Industrial Upgrading and Regional Collaboration
Capacity Building: In 2024, the first phase of the company's intelligent industrial park was put into operation, generating an annual production capacity of over 100,000 tons of high-performance copper foil, creating over 150 job positions in the local area.
Supply Chain Management: Through tendering and procurement (such as the pipeline project for composite current collectors and lithium-ion copper foil packaging wooden boxes), strict screening of green supply chain partners was carried out to promote the compliant operation of upstream suppliers.
Tax Contribution: In 2024, the company achieved a 20% increase in revenue and paid over 10 million yuan in taxes, ranking among the top in the manufacturing sector of Nanxi District.
2. Innovation Responsibility: Research Investment and Industry-University Integration
Technology Research: In 2024, the company was included in the list of proposed establishment of the Chengdu City Academician (Expert) Workstation, and jointly conducted research on the optimization of copper foil processing technology with universities. The number of patent applications increased by 30%.
Industry-University Integration: Six major training bases such as the production foil workshop and the cutting workshop were established, and in collaboration with Yibin universities, professional courses such as mechanical engineering and new energy materials were developed. A total of 200 technical talents were trained.
3. Environmental Responsibility: Green Production and Energy Saving and Emission Reduction
Energy Control: Through intelligent factory transformation, the energy consumption per unit product was reduced by 15% compared to the industry average, and the carbon emission intensity decreased by 10% in 2024.
Circular Economy: Implementing wastewater classification treatment and metal recovery technology, the hazardous waste was disposed of harmlessly at 100%, and solar photovoltaic energy was built to meet 20% of the lighting electricity demand of the factory.
4. Employee Responsibility: People-Oriented and Career Development
Rights Protection: All employees signed labor contracts, the social security coverage rate was 100%, and the average salary of employees increased by 8% in 2024, higher than the regional average.
Skill Enhancement: More than 40 training sessions were organized, covering quality management, safety production and other fields, and the proportion of management-level employees promoted was 20%.
5. Community Responsibility: Public Welfare Empowerment and Regional Collaboration
The 12th Five-Year Session of the National Federation of Industry and Commerce successfully held, and the "Top 100 Chinese Private Enterprises' Social Responsibility" list was released at the meeting. Far East Holding Group ranked 36th.
III. Compliance Governance and Risk Management
Compliance Operations: Our company has obtained certifications for ISO 9001 quality management system, ISO 14001 environmental management system, and ISO 45001 occupational health management system. We also place great emphasis on product quality and the safety of workers during our production and operation management.
Work Safety: There were no major safety accidents throughout the year. Through a three-level safety education and training system, the qualified rate of employees' safe operation reached 100%.
No major safety incidents occurred throughout the year.
IV. Future Outlook
In 2025, the company plans to promote the construction of intelligent production lines, deepen technical cooperation with universities, and through technological innovation, better serve customers and contribute to society. At the same time, it will increase efforts to expand the market in the southwest region, aiming for a 30% increase in revenue. It will continue to fulfill the commitment of "carbon peak", and build zero-carbon demonstration factories and green factories.
The Far East Charity Foundation was initiated by well-known private enterprises such as Far East Holdings Group. It was officially established on May 11, 2007 and registered with the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Civil Affairs. Since its establishment, it has been committed to helping the disabled and vulnerable groups in society, and has won multiple awards such as "National Advanced Social Organization", "China Charity Award", "Top Ten Exemplary Public Welfare Projects", and "Jiangsu Charity Award". Has made positive contributions to social welfare and the progress and development of social civilization, and has had a huge social impact.
Established in 2010, Far East University is one of the top ten business schools in China, and has maintained cooperative relationships with more than ten universities and colleges.
Talent Development Plan: "Academic, Career, and Career"
Talent cultivation philosophy: Provide employees with a systematic learning platform for the positions where the Far East provides you with wealth and the wisdom of wealth creation; Adhering to the training management philosophy of "learning Chinese culture, building spiritual qualities, and achieving others to build spiritual qualities", we provide services for on-site inspections and case teaching of cooperative units.
Adhere to the ecological and environmental protection concept of "ecological priority, green development, energy conservation and emission reduction, and benefiting society", and continue to promote the construction of green factories.
Implement the energy management policy of "energy conservation, emission reduction, efficiency enhancement, law-abiding innovation, and efficiency enhancement" on the production side.
Establish a strict management system and production system, strictly implement the national major industrial energy consumption quota standards, always pay attention to the application of energy-saving equipment and new energy-saving technologies, and improve the comprehensive utilization rate of energy.
It has won the honors of national green factory, national green design product, star level benchmark enterprise of Chinese green company, demonstration unit of energy-saving and low-carbon technology promotion and application, exemplary organization of safe production and ecological environment, etc.
