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  • Mike Searcy
  • Global Silicon & Methanol Product Line Manager
  • Dow Corning
  • Mike has worked for Dow Corning for 25 years and has held roles in R&D, Process Engineering, Operations & Engineering Management. Mike’s most recent role was Dow Corning’s Sr. Global Supply Manager. Mike’s current responsibility as Global Silicon Product Line Manager is development and execution of Dow Corning’s global silicon business strategy, including all Dow Corning related silicon assets. Mike also has responsibility for directing Dow Corning’s global silicon commercial team and Dow Corning’s methanol commercial activities.
  • Eric Duan
  • Assistant of GM
  • Yunnan Yongchang Silicon Industry Co., Ltd.
  • Eric Duan has rich experience in market manipulation as he has been in charge of the sales of silicon metal in Yongchang Silicon Industry Co., Ltd. since 2008. Eric joined in the draft work of new National Standard for silicon metal. Yunnan Yongchang Silicon Industry Co., Ltd is located in Longling county Baoshan city Yunnan Province. Current production capacity of Yongchang is 70,000mt per year for silicon metal, 20,000mt per year for ferrosilicon and 20,000mt per year for silica fume.
  • Hong Xie
  • President
  • Yunnan Guichu Logistics Co., Ltd.
  • Mr. Hong Xie, having established extensive interpersonal connections with 18 years’ experience in silicon metal industry in Yunnan since entering the sector in 1996, has lead Guichu Logistics Co., Ltd. ahead of the industry. The company, which deals with nearly 400,000tpy of silicon metal through the storage & trading platform, has been striving for creating an Alipay-mode for silicon metal industry. The company concluded a strategic cooperation with SGS (SGS-CSTC Standards Company, a world first brand) in 2012 and lead SGS into silicon metal inspecting market in Yunnan, providing an independent and most authorized third party inspection body for buyers and sellers, and gating the quality pass for both sides of trading.
  • Adolf Xu
  • Technical Engineer/Project Manager
  • SGS-CSTC Standards Technical Services Co., Ltd.
  • Graduated from Jilin University with a major in modern instrument testing and analysis in 1988, Mr. Xu has over 20 years work experience in inspection and testing services of non-ferrous metals and minerals, ferroalloy, and industrial minerals. Mr. Xu is in charge of steel making raw materials project management and technical support in Minerals services, SGS-CSTC Standards Technical Services Co., Ltd.. As a senior technical professional, Mr. Xu understands silicon metal well from production and quality assurance to commodity inspection, testing and analysis. He is committed to help the silicon metal producers and traders to lower risk in trade as well as control the operational cost. SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. SGS-CSTC Standards Technical Services Co. Ltd. was founded in 1991 as a joint venture between SGS Group and China Standard Technology Development Corp. under the State Administration of Quality Technical Supervision. In China, with an extensive network of more than 50 branches and dozens of laboratories, more than 12,000 professionals are working for the company.
  • Zheng Hongmei
  • Senior Engineer
  • China ENFI Engineering Corporation
  • Zheng Hongmei, graduated from Central South University in 1997, works in silicon material department of China ENFI Engineering Corporation as senior engineer, who is engaged in polysilicon technology and engineering design. As design manager and process leader, she has been occupied in process design, EPC and technical service in Sino-silicon High-tech Ltd, which makes her out to be backbone in polycrystalline silicon technical team.
  • Ma Guojun
  • Manager
  • Beijing Dadi Zelin Silicon Co., Ltd
  • Ma Guojun, who is the manager of Beijing Dadi Zelin Silicon Co., Ltd, engaged in the research of silicon metal, silicon powder and silicon reluctant production for 18 years. The company is one of the largest silicon powder suppliers for polysilicon in China, and it has silicon powder factories in Beijing, Qinghai, Xinjiang.