The Flemish Center for Quality Care and the Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce organized a session on “Made in China 2025” on 21 March 2017 at Technopolis Mechelen to examine the consequences of this policy. What does it mean for Flemish companies in China? And the other way around: what consequences will the quality improvement have for the Flemish manufacturing industry?

Following an introduction by Gwenn Sonck, Executive Director, Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce (FCCC), Dirk Laeremans, China expert and CEO of Orientas, introduced China’s quality policy. Three companies present their case study: Koen Sonck, Quality Implementation Director & Senior Specialist Product Audit Q&CS, Manufacturing Quality at Volvo Car Group; Hans Deprettere, Sales Export Manager Asia Pacific & Middle East at Orfit Industries; and Paul Coppens, Manager TQM and Plate System Development and GS/Total Quality Management Consumables at Agfa Graphics. A networking drink concluded the event.