In the morning hours, the festivities began by hosting a plant tour for all the invitees. The private tour enabled our customers to get an interesting and precise look at our various departments that our company has to offer. Customers, suppliers and notably the local government representatives exposed their enthusiasm of the used technologies and produced components for our international customers of the automotive and medical sector.
The highlight of the day was the reception at the Pullman New Lake Hotel where all of our invited guests, as well as the entire Gaudlitz staff, participated.
Mr. Roelofsen, the CEO and Managing Director of the GAUDLITZ GmbH in Coburg and of GPT in Wuxi did not only mention the past years throughout his opening speech, but also briefly introduced the future strategy of the Chinese subsidiary. Mr. Roelofsen and Mrs. Scharrer (member of the board of GPT) honored numerous employees for their multi-year company loyalty and outstanding commitment. The representative body of the government Meicun, Mr. Li, highlighted the excellent German - Chinese relationship and the continuous expansion of the GPT plant during his speech.
Throughout their speech, the representatives of the customers Continental and Iwis underlined the progress GPT has made in the past years and noted that the successful business relationship with GPT will be expanded in the future.
Another highlight of the ceremony was the signing ceremony of the agreement between the government Meicun and GPT for the future expansion of the plant in Wuxi. These documents were signed by Mr. Zhang and Mr. Roelofsen on stage and witnessed by all members partaking in the celebratory activity.
The following day, the entire GPT team along with parts of the management of the headquarters in Coburg, took a two-day trip to the Mogan Mountains.
One of the first travel destination was the XiaZhue Lake. It is a large lake with fascinating flora and fauna, untouched nature, a gigantic reed-bed area and big spots with superb lotus flowers. The next day was dedicated to the mountains, which allowed a wide and spectacular view - during terrific weather - at the surrounding area.
Strengthened by numerous impressions of the anniversary trip, the GPT Team is looking ahead at continuous prosperous years with a steadily expanding firm.