Foreign Manufacturers Forum : Government challenges in China….is the situation about to get worse for foreign businesses? Go back »
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Time2012-09-04 | 14:00 - 17:00
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Venue:Rm 802, China Europe International Business School 中欧国际工商学院802室
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Address:8/F.,Block A, Rongchao Business Center No.6003, Yitian Rd., Futian CBD Shenzhen 深圳市益田路6003号荣超商务中心A座8楼
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Fee:Members: 200 RMB |
Non Members: 400 RMB
Foreign Manufacturer’s Forum :
Government challenges in China….is the situation about to get worse for foreign businesses?
Date : 4th September, 2012
Time : 14:00 – 17:00
Agenda :
14 :00 – 14 :30 Registration
14 :30 – 14 :35 Welcome Note
14:35 – 15 :20 Presentation by Ms. Bérénice Voets, director in APCO Worldwide's corporate affairs practice in the Hong Kong office
15 :20 – 15 :45 Coffee Break
15 :45 – 16 :30 Presentation by Mr. Thierry Jamet, managing director of Altra Industrial Motion Shenzhen Co.,Ltd.
16 :30 – 17 :00 Q&A Session
Registration : If you are insterested to join the seminar, please kindly send email to Ms. Mingyue at sz.intern@europeanchamber.com.cn before 3rd September to book your seat!
From the public affairs and strategic communication firm’s perspective
APCO: Regulatory Landscape in China and Implications for Foreign Business
Current major government challenges (i.e. local government debt, economy restructuring and economy development, political reform, aging of the population) involve stricter regulations. A few minutes to talk about nationalism.
Company Introduction:
APCO is a public affairs and strategic communication firm with 31 offices worldwide offering integrated services with local experience and global perspective.
From an electro-mechanical manufacturing company’s perspective
Altra Industrial Motion ShenZhen:
Chinese government and local authorities are facing new challenges (i.e. local government debt and autonomy, International mutations and impact on domestic economy, political and social reforms, demographic issues, social welfare, environmental questions, natural & energy resources…) already lead to a new deal for foreign companies in China.
We will develop some vivid examples combining stricter regulations and opportunities for proactive firms.
Company Introduction:
Altra Industrial Motion ShenZhen (AIMS) is part of the Altra Motion Corporation (Nasdaq – AIMC) with 20 brands and 4,000 employees worldwide, acting in the Power Transmission Industry.
Established since the 80’s in Hong Kong and 1992 under a manufacturing arrrangement in China, AIMS was registered under a WOFE in 2008 and manufactures brakes, clutches, couplings, actuators, gear motors… from several grams to 5 tons each.
These components, sub-assemblies or finished goods are sold per unit or per thousands to various markets such as: Automotive, Elevators, Forklifts, Medical, Food, Handling, Oil & Mining, Marine and even Military applications.
Thanks to continuous improvement, employees commitement and a good Administration including a solid ERP and Supply Chain system, this Chinese company multiplied sales by 6 within 7 years with approximately the same number of employees (425), achieving fair quality and delivery to overexceed customers’ expectation on both Chinese and International markets.
For more information, please visit: www.europeanchamber.com.cn
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Speakers
Ms. Bérénice Voets
Bérénice Voets is a director in APCO Worldwide's corporate affairs practice in the Hong Kong office. Ms. Voets also heads APCO’s food and consumer products practice in the Asian region. She has more than 15 years of corporate affairs experience in government relations, corporate communications, crisis management, marketing and corporate responsibility (CR). She has spent the last ten years in Asia, including Singapore, Shanghai and Hong Kong. Ms. Voets began her career in France in the food and retail industries. Between 1997 and 2002, she worked for Nestlé and PinaultPrintempsRedoute on marketing, change management and e-commerce projects. Arriving in Asia ten years ago, Ms. Voets worked in Singapore on developing a CR programme for a leading international pharmaceutical company to extend access to HBV medication to underserved populations in India. Ms. Voets completed a master’s degree in business management and administration at EDHEC Business School in France (1997) and a Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy / Harvard Kennedy School joint master's degree in public policy in Singapore (2005). She is fluent in French and English, speaks conversational Spanish and Portuguese and has notions in Dutch and Mandarin Chinese.
Mr. Thierry Jamet
With more than 20 years experience for Small & Medium Enterprises (SME) in various industries such as: Building &Construction, Automotive, Chemicals, Food & Vending Machines…, Thierry JAMET is currently Managing Director – Operations of Altra Industrial Motion Co. Ltd (ShenZhen – China) and Warner Shui Hing Ltd. (Hong Kong).
After some experiences in the Industrial Controlling environment, he is used for 15 years to carry out restructuring and organizational assignments over Europe, North America and Asia.
Graduated from the French University, with CPA and Supply Chain studies, he got an Executive MBA from HKUST-Kellogg in 2007.
Thanks to an extensive experience with French, English, Swiss and US firms, most of the time listed on famous Stock-Exchange markets, he enjoys Human Resources development in parallel of capital investments implementation and process improvements…