Craftsmanship for the Future

On June 28, Dawn Group celebrated its 34th anniversary, a special occasion for all Dawn employees. As the "July 1st" holiday approached, the group hosted a staff art performance, while various business units organized skills competitions, expressing love for the country, and the enterprise through diverse activities, gathering momentum for new productive forces, and stimulating strong impetus for high-quality development. Yu Xiaoning, Chairman and President of the Group, Vice Presidents Wang Yongfang and Liu Lili, and heads of relevant functional departments attended the events.

Competing Together to Showcase Talents

 Growing Together Through Collaboration

"Let the Dawn Polymer Skills Competition begin!" At 7:00 a.m. on June 27, with Chairman Yu Xiaoning's announcement, a skills competition combining theory and practice kicked off.

The skills competition serves as a key platform for employees to hone their skills and improve their abilities, a concentrated display of contestants' comprehensive qualities and professional capabilities, and a powerful measure for the company to emphasize talent cultivation and test the effectiveness of talent echelon building. At the opening ceremony, Chairman Yu Xiaoning emphasized the importance of a "technologically-driven Dawn," encouraging everyone to view the world through the window of technology, cultivate work passion, and discover beauty in work and life to enhance employees' sense of happiness and gain.

The competition covered 7 areas: packaging, maintenance, forklift operation, lean management, leak-proof operations, theoretical mastery, and craftsmanship building. After over two hours of intense competition, 28 awards were presented. Tang Zhujie, champion of the maintenance competition, admitted, "The competition revealed my shortcomings; I will continue to improve my professional knowledge and skills." Tian Tian, Director of Workshop 3 and champion of the lean management competition, stated that this recognition is just a new starting point: "We will focus on extreme cost reduction, process optimization, and efficiency improvement, strengthen lean management, and create greater value for the enterprise."

"Despite the complex and severe external environment and multiple challenges, the company's indicators from January to May this year all achieved year-on-year growth," said Tian Hongchi, General Manager of Dawn Polymer He noted that production-oriented enterprises need both professional theoretical knowledge and exquisite operational skills, urging everyone to maintain the drive to "compete," enhance initiative to "learn," stimulate motivation to "catch up," and strengthen the pursuit to "surpass." He emphasized carrying forward the spirit of "unity, hard work, and pursuit of excellence," and using diligence to uphold the finest traditions of Dawn employees, ensuring the overfulfillment of annual targets.

Competing Skills in White and Blue

Dawn With Us, Moving Toward a New Journey

On the morning of June 28, Dawn's titanium industry sector held its 8th skills competition themed "White & Blue Competition: Craftsmanship in Contest." Li Jianli, Head of the titanium industry sector and General Manager of Dawn Titanium Industry, and Ma Wen, General Manager of Shuanglong Chemical, attended the event.

After reviewing the sector's first-half operating results and project progress, General Manager Li Jianli stated that the skills competition not only demonstrates the spirit of "competing, learning, catching up, helping, and surpassing" but also showcases the determination to overcome difficulties. He urged everyone to translate the competitive spirit into practical actions of "securing orders, accelerating production, and expanding markets" to ensure the achievement of established business goals.

At the competition site, flames in the fire-fighting drill reflected contestants' courage; the race against time on the packaging line tested proficiency and precision; focused attention was fixed on pH testing stations; forklifts moved with smooth control; and ultramarine shaping and sorting showcased exquisite manual skills. After fierce competition, 18 technical experts stood out, winning first, second, and third prizes.

Mu Mingjun, a forklift driver from the Warehousing Department of Dawn Titanium Industry, who had won the forklift operation championship for two consecutive years, finished second by a narrow margin this year. "The competition tests the refinement of skills. This experience urges me to maintain craftsmanship and keep improving," he said. Jia Huili from Shuanglong Chemical won the ultramarine shaping championship for the first time. "The competition is both a test and a learning experience, showing me the possibility of surpassing myself. I will continue to polish my skills and pursue excellence in my position," she said excitedly.

The annual skills competition is not only a comprehensive review of the technical level of employees in the titanium industry sector but also a mobilization meeting to build consensus and boost morale. Chairman Yu Xiaoning elaborated on the strategic planning and goals of the titanium industry sector. He encouraged everyone to cultivate a sense of family and country, dedicate youth to the times, and establish aspirations to serve the country with skills. He emphasized accelerating intelligent technological transformation to inject new momentum into industrial upgrading, striving to become a national benchmark leading the development of the titanium dioxide industry.