en.Wedoany.com Reported - Cheng Dezhi, head of the Qingdao Low-Altitude Economy Industry Task Force, met with Erick Rousseau, Chairman and CEO of the French Pinette Group. Both parties attended and witnessed the signing of a strategic cooperation agreement between the group and Natian Aviation Technology Development. The project will focus on the research and development of new low-altitude materials and high-end equipment manufacturing, jointly establishing a composite materials R&D center, a high-end manufacturing equipment base, and a global supply and service support system for composite materials equipment and products. This marks the first foreign-invested project introduced and implemented in Qingdao's low-altitude economy industry in recent years.
According to the Qingdao municipal government, this signing signifies Qingdao's entry into a key node of the global low-altitude economy industrial chain and represents an important practical step in Sino-French cooperation in the aviation sector. After the project is implemented, it will leverage the policy advantages of the Jimo Comprehensive Bonded Zone to accelerate the introduction of advanced French processes and technical standards, fostering high-end business formats such as bonded R&D and design, as well as bonded processing and manufacturing.
With a history spanning over a century, the French Pinette Group is an expert in processing, assembly, and control solutions for composite materials, metals, and recycled products. It provides design services and supplies molding and testing equipment, automated production lines, custom engineering machinery, and turnkey factories. Its business covers industries such as aviation, aerospace, shipbuilding, energy, defense, transportation, infrastructure, healthcare, and the circular economy. In 2021, Pinette PEI co-founded the Composites Academy, a training platform for composite material manufacturing processes targeting industry operators, technicians, and engineers. In 2024, Pinette PEI was shortlisted for the JEC Innovation Award for its automated preforming production line. Natian Aviation Technology Development, located in Qingdao's Jimo District, operates in aircraft maintenance, aviation-related services, bonded customs clearance operations, and the low-altitude aviation sector. In 2026, it completed China's first bonded maintenance operation for a low-altitude helicopter.
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