First row center: Ambassador Hoogmartens; far left: FIT Representative Mr Marc Struyvelt; second row, second from the left: Mr Zhang Chi, Chief Representative of the  Province of East Flanders and Ghent University.

H.E. Mr Jan Hoogmartens, Ambassador of Belgium, visited Esco Couplings (ECl) with his delegation in December. He visited the facilities and talked with the company’s management about Esco’s development in China and the challenges it is facing at present. The company had a fruitful year 2020 and will move to new premises after the Chinese New Year as the Jinan airport authorities want to use the current premises for expansion. This year the company will celebrate its 10^th anniversary of manufacturing, selling and servicing couplings for the Chinese railway market. The couplings are placed between the electric motor and the gearbox on electric rolling stock. More than one in two metro trains manufactured in China is equipped with Esco couplings.

Mr Marc Struyvelt, Representative of Flanders Investment & Trade in Beijing and Mr Zhang Chi, Chief Representative of the  Province of East Flanders and Ghent University participated in the visit.