After more than 50 years of development, Export Mechanical Tool JSC (EMTC) has become a prestigious brand on both domestic and international markets. Working by the motto “Quality is the vital determinant of the company’s survival and sustainable prosperity”, EMTC has step by step won over demanding partners and customers such as Germany, the US, Japan, and Eastern and Western European countries. In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Vietnam - Germany relations establishment and the Vietnam - EU FTA Forum, Vietnam Business Forum interviewed Mr Nguyen Ngoc Chung, CEO of EMTC. Nguyet Tham reports.
Products of EMTC are praised by German partners and customers. So over the years, what efforts have been made to meet the requirements and maintain confidence between the company and those partners and customers?
Since the equitisation in 2001, EMTC has made great leap, confirming its reputation and standing in the industry of manufacturing mechanical tools, appreciated and trusted by many private clients and partners, especially the German clients.
Being fully aware of the importance of quality to the existence and development, the competitiveness of an enterprise, over time, EMTC has been taking great care of technical management, technology improvement, striving to improve product quality, meeting requirements of domestic and international customers. EMTC has developed and applied a quality management system according to the standard ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14000:2004, BSCI, CE Certificate. From there, the company continuously improves the quality of products and services, controlling the production process, quality products have helped create confidence in customers. EMTC has gradually invested to supply necessary equipment to ensure the quality required by customers, such as CNC milling, wire cutting machine, automatic lathes, electronic pulse machine for mould manufacturing; hot stamping machines, electric intermediate frequency furnaces to replace coal furnaces, overall technology line including stamping, bending, cutting edge to improve embryo production and save energy. Thanks to this investment, EMTC has come from providing a few kinds of products to producing and supplying over 600 kinds of tools, spare parts, motorcycle parts, automobile ancillary details for domestic branches of well-known brand names such as Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Piaggio, Toyota, Ford and Vinastar, many of them complex, detailed components requiring high precision made with the same quality level as imported products. To prepare for the production of auto parts, the company has trained technical staff, invested two big stamping machines capacity of 600 tonnes and 1,000 tonnes; two 3D automatic crimp machines; automatic wire cutters, welding robots, machines of heat treatment, lathing, painting and plating surface treatments. Due to the current decline in the motorcycle market of Vietnam, EMTC’s been navigating towards producing for export to increase the export value. Numerous large shipments of the company has been exported to Germany, America, Japan and Eastern and Western Europe highly appreciated by foreign partners and customers.
Could you tell us about some notable export activities of EMTC in the German market in recent years, also the future plans of the company in this market?
EMTC has been exporting to the German market for almost ten years. But only since 2014 have our activities in this market really developed in depth. Our main products exported to this market include barbecue stoves (firewood, coal, gas stoves) and various types of standard roofing, etc. Export value has increased over the years: US$800,000 in 2013, approximately US$2 million in 2014. The figure for 2015 was estimated at around US$3.5 - 5 million. With the initial rally in the German market in recent years, EMTC wishes to continue working with more potential partners to expand production opportunities and bring our products to more partners and customers in Germany.
In your opinion, to develop the friendship to a new level in both breadth and depth, how should the two countries promote cooperation in specific?
The Vietnam - Germany friendship has a long history, since the 1950s. That relationship has been growing well, several agreements planned to be signed like the FTA will create greater opportunities for domestic enterprises of both countries. To better promote relations, the two countries’ governments should improve cooperation, working together to develop an appropriate legal framework to better serve investors.
I know that the Vietnamese government has been making strong administrative reforms to improve the business and investment environment, namely creating an accountable and transparent legal framework, gradually reducing various unnecessary procedures for businesses toward a convenient way.
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