Associate Sponsor
Grundfos
Headquartered in Bjerringbro, Denmark, the Grundfos Group, since its founding in 1945, has
grown into a leading pump manufacturer with a global presence. With its 2012 sales revenues
at 22.6 billion Danish krone, the company are operating more than 80 companies in 56 countries;
its 18,000strong workforce are producing over 16 million pumps each year. Over the past 68 years,
Grundfos has been dedicating itself to the advancement of pump and related products and technologies
and endeavoured to provide all-round solutions to clients.
Since its entrance into the Chinese market in 1994, Grundfos has established one holding
company, one sales company, 13 offices, 4 production operations, and one R&D center,
employing the staff of over 1,600 and generating annual sales exceeding 1.8 billion RMB,
as its products are widely used in construction, industry, infrastructure, regional heating
supply, and water utility. Besides the Chinese mainland, Grundfos China is also responsible
for the markets of Hong Kong SAR and the Mongolian Peoples Republic.
Grundfos has been the worlds first pump company to be awarded the ISO9001 certification
and has met the ISO14001 environmental standards. Besides, it has been the first foreign
company recognized by Chinas energy conservation standards for clean-water centrifugal pumps and has for years been a leading supplier to the countrys government
agencies.
In 2007 Grundfos China R&D Center was set up in Suzhou. As the groups second largest
R&D facility, it is staffed by some 80 talented engineers from China and Denmark, who focus
on innovations for environment-friendliness and energy efficiency. Joining forces with higher educational institutions, the
researchers bends their efforts to pursuing ingenuity and energy conservation in product
design and functionality for the specific needs of the Chinese market.
To date Grundfos has been a supplier for such prestigious projects as the National
Stadium (Birds Nest), National Aquatics Center (Water Cube), Olympic International
Broadcasting Center, the Great Hall of the People, National Centre for the Performing
Arts (NCPA), Oriental Plaza, and CCTV New Headquarters in Beijing, and the World
Financial Center, 2010 World Expo Axle, Expansion of the Hongqiao Airport, and
Suntime Havana Hotel in Shanghai. Also, as a main sponsor for the Denmark
Pavilion at the 2010 World Expo, Grundfos has supplied dozens of air-conditioning and water supply systems for over ten venues at the Expo.