AlCircle: What kind of equipment does HWAPENG supply to carbon plants? How do you foresee the year 2023?

Kathy Yuan: Since its establishment in 1994, HWAPENG has been specializing in special purpose equipment and intelligent technologies for carbon plants manufacturing anodes, cathodes, graphite electrodes, carbon electrode paste, ramming paste and other carbon and graphite products. Our main equipment include carbon paste preparing system, vibrocompactors, baked anodes robotic cleaning system, extrusion press and hydraulic crusher. Our market share in China is over 90% at present. 

In 2023, HWAPENG will still keep itself competitive, focusing on creating values for customers and continuous innovation and breakthroughs. HWAPENG will uphold the corporate value of being brave in innovation, achieve the leadership of the new generation of information technology and artificial intelligence technology, and make unremitting efforts to achieve the strategic goal of becoming a leading service provider of digital and intelligent technology and equipment in China's industrial field.

AlCircle: What are your supplies to aluminium smelters?  

Kathy Yuan: For aluminum smelters, HWAPENG mainly supplies coke heaters, carbon paste kneaders, carbon paste coolers, green anode vibrocompactors, cathode vibrocompactors, robotic cleaning system for baked anodes and hydraulic crushers for anode butts. HWAPENG has been continuously researching and developing new technologies and products, and actively providing advanced technological achievements to aluminum smelters.

AlCircle: Who are your major customers in China as well as in other countries?  

Kathy Yuan: Our major customers in China include CHINALCO, Fushun Aluminum, Sinosteel, China Power Investment Group, China Datang Group, East Hope, Xinfa Group, Sunstone Development, Jinan Wanfang Carbon, Jinan Chenyang Carbon, Jinan Aohai Carbon, Fangda Carbon, Chengdu Carbon, KFCC, Nantong Yangzi, Hebei Shuntian, Shanxi Sanyuan, Jiaozuo Dongxing, Shanxi Liangyu, Shanxi Sanjin, Hoshine Silicon, Japan Showa Denko Sichuan Plant.

Our major customers abroad include Korea POSCO, Brazil CarbonVix, and Elkem.

AlCircle: What are the growth points of the company’s development in recent times?

Kathy Yuan: There are two growth points recently; one growing demand is intelligent and digital products. The other growing demand is special graphite paste preparing system and vibro compactors. 

In recent years, HWAPENG has been focusing on research and development of intelligent and digital products and has put the products into the market. Of all the products, its baked anodes cleaning robot is in growing demand; we have supplied such robotic cleaning systems to Fushun Aluminum and Sun Stone. The digital carbon paste kneader is also one of our hot products recently. It can help users trace paste quality, collect production data, diagnose and prevent equipment malfunctions in advance, and remotely check equipment operation status. 

Along with the development of electric vehicles, the demand for lithium batteries is growing. During the production of anode materials for lithium batteries, crucibles are in a large amount of consumption. Square crucibles are made of graphite blocks, which is why our vibrocompactors forming graphite blocks and special graphite paste preparing system are in hot demand.