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title: Development History
slug: history
date: 2023-06-02
author: Fuan De Foreign Trade
description: Development history of Fuan De Foreign Trade Co., Ltd., witnessing important milestones of enterprise growth
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# Development History of Fuan De Foreign Trade Co., Ltd.

## Founding and Initial Stage (2008-2010)

Fuan De Foreign Trade Co., Ltd. was founded in 2008, during the global financial crisis. In such a market environment, the founder of the company, with keen market insight and firm entrepreneurial determination, resolutely entered the field of steel products foreign trade.

- **June 2008**: The company was officially registered and established in Shanghai, with only 5 employees and office space of less than 100 square meters
- **August 2008**: Received the first batch of overseas orders, exporting straight high-frequency welded round pipes to a Southeast Asian country
- **March 2009**: Established cooperation with the first domestic steel manufacturer
- **January 2010**: The company's annual export volume exceeded 10 million US dollars, and the number of employees increased to 15

## Steady Development Stage (2011-2013)

During this stage, Fuan De began to expand its business scope, explore the international market, and gradually established a stable customer base and supply chain system.

- **May 2011**: Established the first overseas office in Southeast Asia to strengthen regional market development
- **February 2012**: Obtained ISO9001 quality management system certification
- **August 2012**: The company's annual export volume exceeded 30 million US dollars, with products sold to more than 20 countries and regions
- **April 2013**: Expanded office space, the number of employees increased to 30, and established a dedicated technical support department

## Rapid Development Stage (2014-2016)

With the continuous expansion of business, Fuan De began to deepen international cooperation, optimize product structure, improve service quality, and entered a fast development track.

- **March 2014**: Established long-term cooperation with large European steel distributors, successfully entering the European market
- **November 2014**: Received the title of "Shanghai Advanced Foreign Trade Export Enterprise"
- **June 2015**: Annual export volume exceeded 80 million US dollars, with the number of employees increased to 50
- **July 2016**: Established the second overseas office in the Middle East region to strengthen Middle East market development
- **December 2016**: Launched steel-plastic composite pipe series products, enriching the company's product line

## Scale Expansion Stage (2017-2020)

During this stage, Fuan De further expanded its business scale, deepened international cooperation, enhanced brand influence, and became a foreign trade enterprise with certain visibility in the industry.

- **April 2017**: Invested in the construction of a modern logistics distribution center to improve product distribution efficiency
- **September 2017**: Annual export volume exceeded 120 million US dollars, with products sold to more than 40 countries and regions
- **June 2018**: Celebrated the 10th anniversary of the company's establishment, released the "Ten-Year Development Plan"
- **November 2018**: Received the title of "Top 100 Enterprises in China's Steel Trade Industry"
- **March 2019**: Established the third overseas office in North America to strengthen North American market development
- **October 2019**: Launched high-end customized processing services to meet customers' personalized needs
- **2020**: Actively responded to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, adjusted business strategies, and ensured stable business development

## Innovation and Transformation Stage (2021-Present)

Facing changes in the global economic structure and the digital wave, Fuan De has begun to promote digital transformation, strengthen innovation capacity building, and embarked on a new journey of high-quality development.

- **May 2021**: Launched a digital transformation project to build an intelligent supply chain management system
- **October 2021**: Annual export volume exceeded 200 million US dollars, with the number of employees increased to 80
- **March 2022**: Established cooperation with multiple domestic and foreign scientific research institutions to strengthen product research and development and technological innovation
- **August 2022**: Received the title of "Shanghai Digital Transformation Demonstration Enterprise"
- **January 2023**: Launched a new corporate logo and brand image to enhance brand value
- **April 2023**: Started the construction of "Green Supply Chain" to promote sustainable development

## Looking Forward to the Future

Looking back on the 15-year development history, Fuan De has grown from a small foreign trade enterprise to an influential steel products trader in the industry, with every step embodying the wisdom and efforts of all employees.

Looking forward to the future, Fuan De will continue to adhere to innovative development, deepen international cooperation, promote digital transformation, strengthen green development, strive to achieve higher quality and more sustainable development, create greater value for customers, and make greater contributions to industry development.

Fuan De's development history is a history of hard work and continuous progress, and also a microcosm of the growth of Chinese foreign trade enterprises. We believe that with the joint efforts of all employees, Fuan De's tomorrow will definitely be better!