Chinese Abrasives Association Leaders Visit Shanxi Taiyue Abrasive Co., Ltd.

JULY 17, 2025 – Senior officials from the Abrasives Branch of the China Machine Tool & Tool Builders' Association (CMTBA) recently conducted a significant inspection tour at Shanxi Taiyue Abrasives Co., Ltd., focusing on market challenges and future development strategies.

Secretary-General Chen Peng and Deputy Secretary-General Xia Xuefeng, leading a five-member delegation, visited Taiyue Abrasives on July 15th. They were welcomed by Song Xinyuan, General Manager of the Shanxi Taiyue Abrasives Co., Ltd., along with production and supply chain managers Lu Jinhui and Yang Lin.

During the visit, General Manager Song Xinyuan briefed Secretary-General Chen on Taiyue's current operational status, product portfolio planning, market strategies, and shared the company's perspectives on industry competition and policy responses.

Secretary-General Chen provided a detailed analysis of the macro challenges facing the abrasives sector. He highlighted critical issues including shifting export policies, evolving market consumption trends, significant raw material price hikes, overcapacity, and intensified competition.

Chen expressed strong approval of Taiyue's strategic adjustments amidst these complex market conditions. He offered key recommendations for the company's future development:

1.Pursue High-End & Differentiated Products: Firmly commit to premium and specialized product positioning. Continuously optimize the product mix, deepen R&D and manufacturing capabilities, enhance product quality and value-added features, and strengthen core competitiveness. Maintain the development path of being "specialized, refined, distinctive, and innovative."

2.Champion Green Standards: Actively support the establishment and refinement of industry access norms, particularly green energy consumption standards. Use such mandatory standards to drive macro-level adjustments in industry capacity and markets. Chen specifically encouraged Taiyue to take a leading role in revising energy consumption standards for alumina products, promoting low-carbon, sustainable industry growth.

Chen affirmed the Association's commitment to acting as a bridge, assisting enterprises in overcoming practical difficulties to facilitate industry transformation and high-quality development.

General Manager Song Xinyuan responded by outlining Taiyue's approach. He emphasized the company's focus on precisely tracking market shifts, implementing refined management practices, concentrating on differentiated product development and quality enhancement to meet diverse market needs, and seeking breakthroughs while maintaining stable operations. He stated Taiyue will actively monitor market dynamics, seize opportunities, leverage its brand and quality strengths, explore new profit avenues, and take decisive action in technological innovation, cost reduction, and capacity optimization to accelerate differentiated and branded growth.

The visit significantly enhanced communication and alignment between the industry association and Taiyue Abrasives, forging a shared commitment to tackling sector-wide challenges. Taiyue stated it will leverage this visit as a crucial opportunity to deepen collaboration with the CMTBA Abrasives Branch. Future cooperation will focus on information sharing, technical breakthroughs, market expansion, standard development, and green transformation, jointly overcoming industry bottlenecks and driving the high-quality development of China's abrasives sector.