Industry Activities
by Gang Hao Chang, Vice Editor-in-Chief of Fastener World
On March 3rd (Sat.), F. REYHER Asia-Pacific Co., Ltd. (the Shanghai office of F. REYHER Nchfg. GmbH & Co. KG headquartered in Hamburg) gave a banquet at Grand Hi-Lai Hotel in Kaohsiung in celebration of the opening of its new Taiwan representative office. Essential staff from the core management of the German HQ and the Shanghai office (incl. general manager of F. REYHER Nchfg. GmbH & Co. KG Klaus-Dieter Schmidt, vice president of purchasing of F. REYHER Nchfg. GmbH & Co. KG Hergen Oetjen, general manager of F. REYHER Asia-Pacific Co., Ltd. Thomas Haug, strategic purchasing manager Kevin Yang and stockholder Mr. Rainer Blinckmann) were present to receive guests in attendance. In addition, VIP guests from the fastener industry and supply chain (incl. TIFI chairman Tu-Chin Tsai, TFTA chairman Jimmy Chang, Taiwan CSC president Jih-Gang Liu, and TAITRA president & CEO Walter M.S. Yeh) were present with their warmest congratulations. After the gala, REYHER also invited all attendees to visit their new office, in order to make them get more information about the company.
With more than 130 years of company history and the annual sales of around 320 million euros, F. REYHER Nchfg. GmbH & Co. KG founded in Shanghai office in 2005, which coordinates and takes care of sourcing activities for standard/non-standard fasteners in various materials and with different specifications in the Asia-Pacific region and carries out sourcing market research. Before goods are dispatched to its central warehouse in Hamburg, its Shanghai office will monitor if manufacturing processes of partnered supplies are compliant with industrial standards and if quality is satisfying to clients’ expectations. This year, in order to further fulfil its purchasing strategy for high quality, efficiency and better service in the Asia-Pacific region as well as meet the purchasing needs of global clients for better quality fasteners (e.g., automotive, electronics, and customized fastener), REYHER chose one of the fastener manufacturing heartlands “Taiwan” as the location of its new operation and anticipates that this new office can become a firm and solid bridge that connects REYHER HQ and Taiwanese high quality fasteners suppliers.
According to REYHER, the technical level and quality of Taiwanese products are both recognized in the global market, and through the new operation in Taiwan, it is looking forward to establishing collaboration with more Taiwanese suppliers. REYHER adds, its staff of the Taiwan office located in 85 Sky Tower will take care of the communication between Taiwanese suppliers and the German HQ, and more staff will also join in the team in the future to make REYHER’s sourcing activities in Taiwan more diversified and smoother.
REYHER contact: Thomas Haug, general manager of F. REYHER Asia-Pacific Co., Ltd.
thomas.haug@reyher.de
