en.Wedoany.com Reported - In early June 2026, a senior management team from TOPCO, the organizer of the China International Petroleum & Petrochemical Equipment Procurement Summit and Exhibition (CSSOPE 2026), visited Samsung Engineering & Construction (SAMSUNG E&A) at its headquarters in Lujiazui, Shanghai, China, for talks with Chairman and General Manager Wonchul Cha and the procurement team. Samsung Engineering clearly signaled a strategic move to strengthen its China supply chain: currently, its procurement of various equipment and materials from China accounts for 10% to 15% of its global total, and it plans to further increase this procurement scale in China by 40%, significantly expanding its qualified supplier base in China. At the same time, Samsung Engineering officially released sourcing requirements for two core equipment types: belt sludge dryers and centrifugal compressors, prioritizing suppliers participating in CSSOPE 2026.
Samsung Engineering & Construction (SAMSUNG E&A) is a leading engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor in South Korea, headquartered in Seoul. With decades of project execution experience in the global oil and gas refining, chemical, and energy facility sectors, it has long undertaken large-scale refinery, natural gas processing, and petrochemical integration projects for Middle Eastern national oil companies such as Saudi Aramco, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), and QatarEnergy. Samsung Engineering will prioritize the use of cost-effective, technically compliant domestic oil and gas equipment, offshore supporting products, pipes, valves, pressure vessels, electrical instruments, and other items to serve ongoing and planned refining and chemical engineering projects in the Middle East.
According to the sourcing requirements, interested partner companies must simultaneously meet five core conditions: no prior business relationship with Samsung Engineering (seeking new partners with no conflict of interest); a good and verifiable track record of overseas project performance; status on the Approved Vendor List (AVL) of overseas owners or end users, or the ability to supply directly to overseas owners; extensive experience in executing full-process overseas EPC projects; and experience in international Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) collaboration. The Samsung Engineering procurement team stated that suppliers with successful overseas project performance and participation in CSSOPE 2026 will receive priority access for matching.
CSSOPE 2026 will be held from July 2 to 3, 2026, at the Shanghai Convention & Exhibition Center of International Sourcing, and is expected to gather over 1,000 international buyers, more than 3,000 professional visitors, and over 300 exhibitors. Samsung Engineering will organize a core procurement team to attend the full event, engaging in discussions with high-quality domestic suppliers through global procurement sessions, B2B one-on-one business matchmaking, and other activities.
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