Approaching the end of 2021, we are about to embark on a new journey in 2022. Our Jiangnan Dryer Company will solemnly hold the "500 Steel Yankee Cylinder Achievement Celebration" in the factory on the morning of December 27, 2021.
Dr. Cao Zhenlei, Director of the Household Paper Professional Committee of China Paper Association; Zhang Weimin, Secretary-General of the National Light Industry Machinery Standardization Technical Committee; Niu Qingmin and Secretary-General Liu Ke, Jiangsu Paper Association; Kari Humalajoki, Vice President of Operations of Valmet China; Executive Director of Vinda Group Leading guests including Dong Yiping, Chief Engineer Jiang Peng of Sinar Mas Group, Peng Jinchao, Vice Chairman of Baosuo Group, and Chen Xiaokang, Chairman of Shanghai Qingliang attended the event.
To commemorate the 45th anniversary of the birth of the first domestically-made steel dryer in Daibu Comprehensive Factory in Liyang County in 1976, our company specially manufactured a steel dryer display. At the event site, Chairman He Weizhong, Director Cao Zhenlei, Kari Humalajoki Vice President of Operations, and Executive Director Dong Yiping jointly unveiled the display dryer.       In 1976, the first steel dryer was born in Liyang, Daibu Town, China. Up to now (2021), 26,000 units/sets have been successfully put on the market! The development of domestic steel dryers, the founder of our dryers, Mr. Chu Mingliang, and our older generations such as Xu Hongsheng, Jiang Xiangbin, You Jianhua, Fei Youquan, Wang Shenghai, Yu Xinhe, Di Guohua, Rao Jinchang, Zhu Shunzheng, etc. have made great contributions ! Under the conditions of backward technology and equipment, they completely relied on their wisdom and hard work to overcome each difficulty.   Afterwards, Chairman He Weizhong accompanied the guests and stepped into the large workshop of the steel Yankee cylinder production line to celebrate the 500th steel Yankee cylinder (18 feet) to be shipped, which will be equipped with a Valmet toilet paper machine and shipped to APP Group Rudong for production. base.

      After the celebration, the guests went to the "Forty-Five Years of Inheritance and Casting of National Brands" Steel Dryer & Steel Yankee Product Development Exchange Conference held at the Liyang Marriott Hotel.
At the exchange meeting, Chairman He Weizhong reviewed the development history of domestic steel dryers. At the same time, he pointed out that since the establishment of the company for nearly 30 years, our "Jiangnan dryer people" have always carried forward the spirit of craftsmanship, constantly innovated, tapped the market, and will continue to increase production capacity. At present, the expansion project of a modern standard new plant with an annual output of 500 units/sets of high-speed and wide steel dryer production line has been approved, and the construction is planned to break ground in the spring of 2022.

      In 2013, the company successfully developed the first domestic steel Yankee cylinder and put it on the market in May 2014, breaking the situation that the industry could only import steel Yankee cylinders from abroad and filling the domestic gap. At present, the steel Yankee cylinder produced by the company has grown from the first 12 feet to the current 22 feet in Asia and the largest in the industry, and weighs 190 tons. It overcomes various difficulties and combines land and water transportation to successfully enter the international market!
From 2013 to 2021, 500 steel Yankee cylinders were put on the market!       Dr. Cao Zhenlei, Director of the Household Paper Professional Committee of China Paper Association, Kari Humalajoki, President of Valmet China, Dong Yiping, Executive Director of Vinda Group, Peng Jinchao, Vice Chairman of Baosuo Group, Chen Xiaokang, Chairman of Shanghai Qingliang, and Niu Qingmin, Chairman of Jiangsu Paper Association , Zhang Weimin, Secretary-General of the National Light Industry Machinery Standardization Technical Committee, and Yao Juecheng, Secretary of the Party Committee of Daibu Town, and other leading guests delivered speeches respectively. Everyone said that the technical level of high-quality steel Yankee cylinders manufactured by Jiangnan dryers has been continuously improved, and the new range of applications has also increased. It has played an important role in reducing costs and increasing efficiency of high-speed toilet paper machines, and has made outstanding contributions to the rapid improvement of equipment localization in my country's paper industry! Finally, Mr. Chu Mingliang, the founder of steel dryers, reviewed the hard work of the technical team to develop and manufacture the first steel dryer.       "The slow road in Xiongguan is really like iron, and now we are stepping forward from the beginning." Our Jiangnan Dryer Company's deep technical accumulation and good customer reputation have achieved self-confidence in continuous development. Facing the future and looking to the world, we insist on innovation and upgrade, based on the world's cutting-edge trends, and strive to take the high-quality development route, and strive to build the world's first-class "steel dryer and steel Yankee cylinder" R&D and manufacturing base!