New Year Message from YOFC: Salute to Dedication in 2023 and Keep Going in 2024
As 2023 draws to a close, I'd like to take the opportunity to look back on a year that was crucial for macro-economy and YOFC. This year has been a journey with its fair share of challenges, but through it all, it showed how strong we are as a company. We moved into the brand-new YOFC Headquarters Building and managed to navigate a steady path of recovery and growth amid sustained pressure. I want to take the moment to express my deepest gratitude to our esteemed customers, investors, partners, all dedicated employees, and their families who have always been with us.
Before you unplug and enjoy the holidays, I'd like to reflect on the year with you and give kudos to your achievements.
In 2023, YOFC still stuck to its five pillar strategies: all-business growth, internationalization, diversification, technological innovation & digital transformation, and capital optimization. It was inspiring that we made gratifying progress across the board.
In the past year, we worked hard to be stronger in the main business which
gave us a leg in the market and achieved growth on all fronts. Leveraging
tailwinds created by government policies such as Digital China, Strong
Cyberpower, Eastern Data, and Western Computing, YOFC secured a large share
in the operators' centralized procurement, putting it in a leading
position in optical fiber, Optical Cable, and optical fiber preform
market. Among these achievements, G. 654. E optical fiber and cable made
headway both in domestic and international markets, evidenced by its
overwhelming success in China Mobile's tender, and application in the
Philippines project.
We continued to expand our overseas presence to bridge the digital gap
around the world. 6 production bases in Indonesia, South Africa, Brazil, and Poland were set in motion. Communication projects in Peru and the
Philippines were running on track. We also broke new ground in the
Indonesia and Mexico markets. YOFC always comes into play where it is
not connected, no matter whether tropical bush, sea, mountains, or complex shanty
towns. Over 30% of revenue was generated by international markets for
two consecutive years, and the number was even up to 35% in the first
three quarters of 2023.
Our diversified development track was in high gear with many milestones.
About the third-generation semiconductor business, YOFC
Advance's third-generation semiconductor power device R&D and
production base construction got off the ground, set to be a world-class
benchmark plant for silicon carbide device manufacturing. In terms of
the industrial laser business, EverFoton's industrial laser intelligent
manufacturing project in Xiangyang had hit the ground running, aimed to
expand the production capacity of the high-end laser intelligent
manufacturing industry chain. Regarding the quartz materials business, YOFC
Quartz's R&D and industrialization project for optical and
semiconductor quartz materials was gathering pace. For the marine
engineering business, YOFC Baosheng delivered two types of engineering
vessels, indicating the significant improvement of its strength in the
whole industry chain. In terms of optical modules and optical
components, Broadex Technologies had achieved large-scale sales of 25G
LR silicon optical modules and 50G PAM4 optical modules for 5G base
station transmission, and mass production and delivery of 400G-DR4
silicon optical modules based on silicon optics.
Innovation has always been at the heart of YOFC, rooted in our
entrepreneurial tradition. We celebrated YOFC Innovation Day on July 21,
2023, for the first time to encourage innovation. We established the Hubei
Province Innovation Consortium of Optical Fiber and Cable Manufacture
Technology, in collaboration with 8 universities, research labs, and
enterprises. The Consortium released its first achievement in the year.
We invested in next-generation ultra-high-speed communication
technologies such as space division multiplexing fiber, hollow core
optical fiber, and hollow core anti-resonant optical fiber, advanced the
mass production and application of related products, and brought new
types of optical fiber to be applied in various fields. We conducted
multi-core optical fiber testing with China Mobile and pioneered the
trial of four-core and seven-core optical fibers in the same cable,
setting an example for the engineering application and promotion of
multi-core optical fiber. YOFC Science and Technology Park's Optical
Cable 5G Factory was included in the "5G Factories Directory for 2023",
promising exciting developments in 5G factory production.
Capital optimization efforts put us on a sustainable trajectory. We set
up the Hubei Yangtze YOFC Laser Smart Manufacturing Venture Capital Fund
Partnership, expected to play an active role in the laser industry and
high-end equipment manufacturing industry, signifying a strategic move
towards empowering development within the sector. YOFC Advance
Semiconductor, one of our investment companies, secured over 3.8 billion
yuan in Series A financing, setting a record in the private equity
financing scale in the field of domestic third-generation semiconductors.
We won the Listed Enterprises of the Year award from Bloomberg
Businessweek Chinese edition for eight consecutive years, highlighting
our track record and immense potential for future growth.
In the coming year, the five pillar strategies will still define how we
behave to achieve sustainable growth with future-fit competitiveness.
2024 will be about:
●Customer-centric solutions. We continue to create value for customers and partners.
●Main business focus. We will consolidate our advantage in optical fiber, cable, and optical fiber preform to make sure we can stay ahead with leading market share.
●International presence. More efforts will be put into America and other regions to garner a bigger slice of the pie in the international market and make the YOFC brand increasingly aware overseas.
Diversified development. We shall endeavor to translate our diversified businesses into the second growth curve for sustainable development.
●Prioritizing innovation, products, and technologies. We will harness the role of State Key Laboratory to push the boundaries of new product development and application.
●Leveraging capital market. We will try to make the most of investment and financing channels to improve our performance in the capital market.
Looking forward, the digital economy is dramatically transforming the way
people live and the economy develops. The generative AI Model represented by
ChatGPT will be a game changer for new industrialization. In a landscape
where the AI computing explosion is on the horizon and positive trends for
optical communication seem to be here to stay, we must stay the course, and stick to our strategies to get ahead.
The upcoming year of 2024 is the Year of the Dragon. In traditional
Chinese culture, the dragon symbolizes power, wisdom, and infinite
possibilities. In this challenging and opportunistic year, all YOFC
employees will be inspired by the spirit of the dragon. We will be
driven by our aspiration and determination to seize every opportunity
and overcome all challenges that come our way to build YOFC into a
world-renowned enterprise!
Dan Zhuang
Executive Director and President
Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company
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