On the afternoon of July 8, 2025, the management of NTN Co., Ltd. of Japan visited CITIC Pacific Special Steel Group. The visiting representatives included Akiyuki Minami, Managing Director and Head of SCM Headquarters of NTN, Daichi Takashima, Deputy Head of SCM Headquarters, and Seiji Osaka, General Representative of China and Chairman of NTN Investment Company of China, and other senior management personnel. CITIC Pacific Special Steel was warmly received by Jiang Qiao, General Manager of Sales Headquarters, and Yao Hailong, Deputy General Manager and Deputy General Manager of Xingcheng Special Steel, and the sales and technical team led by Jiang Qiao.

During the talks, Jiang Qiao welcomed Akiyuki Minami's visit again and expressed his gratitude to NTN China for choosing CITIC Pacific Special Steel as the only steel supplier for a long time. He pointed out that the two sides maintain a high-level mutual visit mechanism every year, which reflects the deep cooperation foundation and high trust between each other. Subsequently, Jiang Qiao introduced the important progress made by CITIC Pacific Special Steel in green manufacturing, intelligent manufacturing and international layout in the past year, and shared the experience of how enterprises can maintain the stability of the industrial chain through differentiation strategies in a highly competitive market environment. He said that in the future, the company will continue to improve product quality, optimize delivery cycles, strengthen technology research and development and market response capabilities, and provide NTN with better service support.

Akira Minami highly recognized CITIC Pacific Special Steel's service concept of always adhering to customer demand. He mentioned that NTN has a long history of cooperation with CITIC Pacific Special Steel, and all raw materials in the Chinese market are currently from CITIC Pacific Special Steel. Based on the high quality performance of its products and stable and reliable supply capabilities, NTN hopes to work with CITIC Pacific Special Steel to expand overseas markets in the future, jointly promote business layout in Europe, America, Southeast Asia and India, and help the coordinated development of the global bearing industry.

During the meeting, Takashima Daichi and Yao Hailong sorted out the progress of the current cooperation projects between the two parties, and made arrangements for the subsequent specific docking matters to ensure that all cooperation is carried out efficiently and orderly.

This meeting not only consolidated the long-term good cooperative relationship between the two parties, but also laid a solid foundation for future global cooperation. With the growth of international market demand and the continuous improvement of technical standards, CITIC Pacific Special Steel and NTN will continue to deepen synergy and jointly promote the high-quality development of high-end special steel materials and precision bearing industries.