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| Sino-Swiss Investment, located at the beautiful West Lake of the tourist city of Hangzhou, is specialized in investment and trading in construction materials, especially cement from where we started our business. During a short period of time we have accomplished a series of mergers and acquisitions in the cement sector in east China’s most developed province of Zhejiang with cement consumption at 2 tons per capita. Today Sino-Swiss is already a fore-runner and the largest cement exporter in Zhejiang with annual production capacity of 110 million tons in 2008. Import of iron ore and coal, export of cement and steel, build up our extra strength in the freight market so that we supply our overseas clients with top quality construction materials at most competitive prices. We sincerely hope for in-depth partnerships with more fleet owners to build up a win-win situation amid the volatile freight market. |
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| As eastern China’s leading supplier of construction materials, Sino-Swiss Investment: - has exported cement to Africa, South America, Russia, the Southeast Asia and the Middle East from east China ports; - is the Official Designated Exporter of China’s newly merged No.2 cement Group of South Cement with annual capacity totaling 110 million tons; - is the Sole Designated Exporter of China’s leading cement associations (www.chinacements.com and www.cementchina.net); - is the largest cement exporter in China’s most developed and largest cement province of Zhejiang with cement consumption over 2 tons per capita. With certificates of quality, weight, packing and loading issued by independent inspection agencies of SGS or Bureau Veritas (BV), we supply quality cement and clinker conforming to the following standards: - China’s cement standard GB 175-2007 and clinker standard GB/T 21372-2008; - American standard ASTM C-150 07; - European standard EN 197-1:2000; - Russian standard GOST 30515-97. In 2007 we accomplished a series of mergers and acquisitions projects in the cement sector in Zhejiang. Currently, we are investing into Africa to build a new cement plant with 2,500 tons of daily capacity. STANDARD CEMENT & CLINKER STANDARDS
SINO-SWISS SPECIFICATION FOR CEMENT & CLINKER
PACKING We export bagged cement as well as bulk cement and clinker. For bagged cement, we offer the following types of packing: I.Direct small bag packing Packed into PP (Polypropylene) bag, paper bag, or paper+PP bag of 25kg, 42.5kg or 50kg.
II. Direct jumbo bag packing Packed into 1 ton, 1.5 ton or 2 ton jumbo bags with PE (polyethylene) inner inside the PP outfit to better protect cement from moisture.
III. Double bagging Packed into 25kg, 42.5kg or 50kg small bags and then into 2 ton jumbo bag (no PE inner bag needed). READINESS OF CARGO & WAREHOUSING  For bagged cement, our monthly export capability of bagged cement is 270,000 tons in 6 shipments of 45,000 tons each from east China ports. Only 15 working days maximum are needed, after receiving the Letter of Credit, for cement shipments of 45,000 tons each to be stored in the port warehouses ready for loading, with all the work done for bag manufacturing, cement production, packing and bagging, trucking, warehouse storage, quality and quantity inspection, and customs clearance, etc.Due to the length of time needed for cement export, cement is carefully handled during the process of bagging, loading, trucking and discharging. Special care is taken in storage to protect our cement from leakage, breakage, caking and chaos. All our bagged cement is carefully stored in dry warehouses with PP plastic sheets at bottom and tarpaulin covered and fastened on top. Open ground storage is strictly forbidden. Maximum four layers are allowed. Bulk cement is carefully stored at the loading ports in silos of 5,000 tons, 3,000 tons or 1,500 tons. For bulk clinker, no storage facilities are needed as direct ship-to-ship loading will be done. LOADING & SHIPPING  For bagged cement with quantity at 10,000 tons and above, bulk shipping is proved to be a low cost, well adopted means ofdelivering cement and clinker. We are able to handle per month a total of 270,000 tons of bagged cement simultaneously in 6 shipments of 45,000 tons each from our loading ports, with draft of 10.8 meters each, situated alongside Yangtze River in east China. Minimum 6,000 tons WWD SHINC of loading rate is guaranteed and we can do more. For bagged cement below 10,000 tons in quantity, container shipment is a possible means of delivery, each container loaded with 25 tons. For bulk cement, specialized bulk cement vessels are chartered for sea delivery, with each shipment from 12,500 tons to 25,000 tons and with minimum 10,000 tons WWD SHINC of loading rate guaranteed. For bulk clinker, smaller bulk vessels, with 5,000 tons of dead weight each, are used to deliver bulk clinker from plant terminals to the sea port for clinker to be directly loaded ship-to-ship into a handy vessel size of around 45,000 tons maximum or panamax vessels, with minimum 10,000 tons WWD SHINC of loading rate guaranteed. For all the above shipping methods, we always invite BUREAU VERITAS, SGS and other independent inspection agencies to make sure that vessel holds are carefully inspected on dryness, cleanness and suitability for bagged cement to be stewed, trimmed and lashed after loading. PROJECTS EXHIBITION
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Due to the persistent high level of freight during the past few years, the export volume was very much restrained. Financial crisis in 2008-09 led to an economic recession, a drop in oil prices, and eventually, saw the international freight market hitting a historic low. And cement, which requires much lower freight than steel and equipment, turns out to be again one of the most welcomed cargos for ship owners. In 2009, Sino-Swiss started to import iron ore and coal. And trucks and equipment also add to the traditional export business of cement and steel, thus re-positioning Sino-Swiss in the freight and trade market in a very favorable way in a bid to supply top quality building materials at most competitive prices. Currently, we are working closely with domestic shipping companies of COSCO, Sino-Trans and China Shipping in the shipments of cement and other building products to Africa, the Middle East, the Southeast Asia, Russia and South America. We look forward to establishing in-depth partnerships with more international ship owners to build up a win-win situation amid the volatile freight market. |
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| Hangzhou Sino-Swiss Investment Management Co., Ltd. ADD: NO.193 Baochu Road, 310007 Hangzhou, China TEL: +86-571-87974726 / 86473430 FAX: +86-571-88917958 / 87974726 E-MAIL: sinoswissco@gmail.com WEBSITE : www.sino-swiss.cn |
Cement export to Africa used to be and still is the main, steady business of Sino-Swiss Investment. The loading ports for the cement shipments are located in east China’s Yangzi River ports of Zhangjiagang, Nantong, Nanjing, Shanghai and Zhenjiang, etc., while the discharging ports in Africa include Bata and Malabo of Equatorial Guinea, Pointe Noire of Congo (Brazzaville), Luanda of Angola, Matadi of Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa), Conakry of Guinea, Cotonou of Benin, Lagos of Nigeria, Durban of South Africa, Dar es Salaam of Tanzania, and Monbasa of Kenya, among other African ports.