From November 5 to 10, the 6th China International Import Expo ("CIIE") opened in Shanghai. As a loyal CIIE fan who has attended six times, Bluestar continued writing exciting CIIE stories around the theme of "green, healthy, innovative, development and sustainable". Jiao Jian, President of Sinochem Holdings, as well as Yang Shihao and Chen Chengmin, Vice Presidents of Sinochem Holdings, visited the booths of Elkem and Adisseo to get a first-hand understanding of the subsidiaries' innovative R&D achievements and market applications. The subsidiaries are expected to seize the opportunity of CIIE to bring more outstanding application solutions to the Chinese market and contribute to China's high-quality economic development.

This year, Elkem's booth space at the CIIE has expanded sevenfold from 36 m2 to 252 m2 . The company showcased its technological innovation achievements and sustainable solutions in areas including home furnishings, healthcare, future technology, and transportation. Among them, the SILOLEASE? UV LED-cured silicone release solution stands out with superb curing and physical properties. Not only is it free of greenhouse gases, but it also excels in the realm of consumer electronics manufacturing. In the medical and healthcare industries, the SILBIONE? line of medical-grade silicone rubber is extensively utilized in the biopharmaceutical sector for its exceptional mechanical qualities, superb biocompatibility, high level of purity, and minimal dissolution and leaching characteristics. In the future technology industry, the BLUESIL ESA77 XX series of silicone thermal conductivity material has ultra-high thermal conductivity. This allows integrated circuits to dissipate heat quickly and sufficiently, preventing failures due to high temperatures. In the smart transportation sector, BLUESIL? RT FOAM 3244 is ideal for many battery pack sealing surfaces. It improves safety performance and power battery mileage. Furthermore, Elkem has creatively implemented one-piece weaving technology in curtain airbags. The technology greatly improves airbag protective performance and provides increasingly dependable and comprehensive safety protection for transportation.

At the CIIE, Adisseo showcased the Precise Nutrition Evaluation (PNE) platform, a cutting-edge tool empowering the feed and livestock industry to accurately assess the nutritional value of feed ingredients. This platform, developed by Adisseo based on 30 years of experience, has three major highlights. Firstly, it covers 93 types of feed raw materials, encompassing energy raw materials, protein raw materials, and animal-derived raw materials, among others. It simplifies the use of local raw materials and mitigates reliance on protein raw materials imports, such as soybean meal. Secondly, this platform offers more than 123 nutritional and feeding value indicators, which comprise conventional nutritional indicators, amino acids, digestible amino acids, metabolic energy, and anti-nutritional factors, facilitating accurate formulation. Thirdly, it enables real-time networked responses for feed quality control, guaranteeing the safety of animal food sources. The Expo also highlighted Nor-Feed, a subsidiary specializing in natural feed additives. Nor-Feed's focus on preventive nutrition strategies has led to the development of safe and effective plant-based additives for animal feed. With over 1,300 hectares of sustainable cultivation areas in France, Nor-Feed has reduced the use of antibiotics, anti-coccidial drugs, and pesticides through plant extracts, leading to a smaller carbon footprint, improved animal production, and enhanced animal welfare. These natural additives contribute to gut health, improved daily weight gain, pathogen inhibition, enhanced animal reproductive performance, and improved meat quality.

"Elkem unveiled multiple global debut products at the Expo, while Adisseo showcases innovative green concepts and products in the animal nutrition industry, alongside demonstrations of precise feed analysis. Advocating for the CIIE as a crucial aspect of unifying China and other nations, Bluestar subsidiaries will expedite their localization approach, providing productive and superior resolutions to the Chinese market, inspiring industry progression and growth, and establishing longlasting benchmarks," said Li Bo, Chairman and Party Secretary of Bluestar. (Cai Yun, Vanessa Feng, Zhong Xinyue

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