Shanghai Yaohua Pilkington Glass Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Yaopi Glass" in Chinese, "SYP" in English) was established in 1983. It was the largest Sino-British joint venture in China at the time. It was restructured in 1993 Listed on the market, the headquarters is located at No. 100 Jiyang Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai. The company has a municipal-level enterprise technology center and a domestic first-class testing center. Its main business covers three major fields: float glass, construction processing glass and automotive glass. By the end of 2006, the company's total assets exceeded 4.6 billion yuan, and sales revenue exceeded 1.7 billion yuan.
In the field of float glass, the company continues to grow and develop. In 2000 and 2003, the company successively acquired Guangdong Float Glass Co., Ltd. (now renamed Guangdong Yaopi Glass Co., Ltd.) and Tianjin Rippan Float Glass Co., Ltd. (now renamed Tianjin Yaopi Glass Co., Ltd.). In 2005, the company established a joint venture with Pilkington, Jiangsu Pilkington Yaopi Glass Co., Ltd., and a joint venture with Graslin Co., Ltd. to establish Changshu Yaopi Special Glass Co., Ltd. Today, the company has high-quality float glass production lines using British Pilkington technology, American PPG technology and Japanese Glass Glass (NSG) technology. The float glass business has five production lines including Shanghai Jiyang Factory, Guangdong Yaopi Glass Co., Ltd., Tianjin Yaopi Glass Co., Ltd., and Jiangsu Pilkington Glass Co., Ltd. The main products are: 1.8mm-25mm high-quality transparent float glass, 2mm-12mm high-quality F green, H green, blue, gray and black body tinted float glass. There is also an ultra-clear rolled glass production line involved in the field of solar cells, which is a new breakthrough for the company in the fields of energy conservation and environmental protection.
The company is an excellent supplier of domestic commercial architectural glass. In 1995, the company invested in Shanghai Sunshine Coated Glass Co., Ltd. and was entrusted with its management. After that, the company spent nearly 700 million yuan to build a comprehensive architectural glass processing base in Shanghai Kangqiao Industrial Park. In 2002, the company took full control of Shanghai Sunshine Coated Glass Co., Ltd. In 2012, the company had four factories in Shanghai and Beijing and Tianjin, and dozens of glass deep processing production lines. It is currently one of the glass deep processing enterprises with the largest scale, the most advanced equipment and the strongest comprehensive supporting capabilities in the domestic glass processing industry. The main products include: coated, hollow, laminated, tempered, glazed, hot-bent, furniture and other series of safe, environmentally friendly, energy-saving and decorative processed glass.
In 2000, the company acquired Shanghai Fuhua Auto Glass Co., Ltd. (now renamed Shanghai Yaopi Auto Glass Co., Ltd.) and began to get involved in the field of automotive glass. At the end of 2004, a new automotive glass factory with an annual output of 800,000 units was completed and put into operation in Kangqiao Industrial Park. The company has introduced a complete set of automotive glass processing technology and equipment from Pilkington from the UK, and is mainly engaged in various types of automotive front screen printed curved laminated glass, automotive single-curved tempered glass, hot-wire printed glass and various automotive glass assemblies. The output, quality and market share of our products are among the best in the industry. Since the company was put into production, it has adhered to the development path of market, quality and efficiency. It has struggled tenaciously and arduously to start a business in the tide of market economy. The scale of the company has been continuously expanded and the management level has been continuously improved. In March 1994, Yaopi Glass was the first in China's glass industry to establish an ISO9002 quality system certified by an international authoritative organization; in July 2000, the company was the first to pass the ISO14001 international environmental management system certification. In 2012, the company's products passed international certifications such as 3C, Australian Standard, the United States, and the United Kingdom, and formed strong independent development capabilities for new products. The company has applied for and obtained more than 10 invention patents, and has won many new product development awards at all levels. Yaopi trademark is a famous trademark in Shanghai, a famous brand product in China, and a national inspection-free product. Years of efforts have kept the company's production efficiency and economic benefits at a high level in the same industry. The company has been rated as one of the top ten joint ventures in the country three times, and since 1989 has been continuously rated as a national enterprise with excellent foreign investment, foreign exchange and profit. What is more important than the growth in profits and the honors received is that the company has cultivated a group of high-quality employees in practice and formed a pioneering style.
“Always have new pursuits” is the company’s philosophy. Since its establishment, the company has never been satisfied with its past achievements, never stood still and waited and watched. Instead, it has continued to move forward along the established goals, striving to build the company into an enterprising company with the best reputation and the strongest strength in China. Glass manufacturing and deep processing enterprises, and make unremitting efforts to become a world-class enterprise as soon as possible!