Fuwei Films Announces Revised Agreement to Advance Delivery of New BOPET Production Line by Three Months
BEIJING, Aug. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq:FFHL - News) ("Fuwei Films" or the "Company"), a manufacturer and distributor of high-quality BOPET plastic films in China, today announced that on July 22, 2012, its subsidiary, Fuwei Films (Shandong) Co., Ltd. ("Shandong Fuwei") entered into a Supplementary Agreement to the contract entered into on March 30, 2011 with Lindauer Dornier GmbH ("Lindauer Dornier GmbH"), a German equipment supplier, pursuant to which, among other things,
both parties agreed to change the scheduled delivery to between March 10, 2012 to April 21, 2012, three months earlier than the original agreement.
As previously disclosed, the original contract between Shandong Fuwei and
Lindauer Dornier GmbH to purchase equipment for the Company's thick film BOPET production line was entered into on January 20, 2007, as amended on February 2, 2007. However, as a result of Shandong Fuwei's inability to pay the balance of the purchase price, the contract was cancelled and the construction of the production line was suspended. After negotiation and discussion with Lindauer Dornier GmbH, on March 30, 2011, Shandong Fuwei entered into this contract with Lindauer Dornier GmbH to purchase equipment for its thick film BOPET production line in Weifang City, Shandong Province, China. The originally scheduled delivery period was between June 2 to July 14, 2012.
Additionally, in accordance with the recent meeting attended by the engineers from both parties to discuss latest products and technology developments in Lindau, Germany, this Supplementary Agreement includes some targeted adjustments regarding technical specifications and device configuration. Accordingly, the total price of this production line has been increased by EUR 400,000 to EUR 16.85 million.
"We are pleased to be able to receive the new BOPET production line three months in advance of its originally scheduled delivery time, which should allow us to be confident that we could complete all necessary installation and testing procedures regarding the project and enable it to be put into operation by the end of next year," said Mr Xiaoan He, Chairman and CEO of Fuwei Films.
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