The "Award Ceremony for Companies with Outstanding Contributions to Pudong's Economy in 2022" was hosted by Shanghai Pudong New Area People's Government on the afternoon of November 23, to present nine categories of awards to 180 enterprises, including the "Special Contributions to Economy" award for top 20 companies, the "Outstanding Contributions to Financial Industry" award for top 20 companies, and the "Outstanding Contributions of Private Enterprise" award for top companies. With its outstanding contributions to the economic and social development of Pudong New Area, Sennics obtained the award for its outstanding contributions to Pudong's economy in 2021 for a second successive year since 2020.
Zhu Zhisong, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and Party Secretary of Pudong New Area, attended and delivered a speech at the ceremony. He said that Pudong New Area will actively implement the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress, concern closely with the needs and expectations of market players, and continue to build a market-driven, law-based and internationalized business environment. All kinds of market players are invited to choose Pudong, take root in Pudong, tap into Pudong, and work together with Pudong to forge ahead and create a better future in the process of advancing high-level reform and opening up of Pudong New Area and building Pudong into a pioneer area for socialist modernization.
Sennics, as a world's leading comprehensive service provider of polymer additives, moved its headquarters to the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone located in Pudong New Area in 2018, which provides a new resource space for the company to improve its strategy. Since 2021, Sennics has aimed at realizing the strategic goal of "becoming a leading global company in high grade, precision and specialty chemicals", adhered to the strategy of driving development with technological innovation, seeking green and low-carbon transformation, and achieving global expansion, and gradually promoted digital transformation in the fine chemical industry, with multiple strategies being advanced steadily. In the first half of 2022 when Shanghai faced with serious challenges posted by the pandemic, Sennics initiated an emergency response plan immediately to fight against the pandemic while ensuring normal production, and encouraged the employees who worked from home to participate in voluntary services for local communities. In the future, Sennics will continue to follow the philosophy of "In Science We Trust", to drive industrial development with innovation, facilitate the transformation and upgrading of the whole industry with R&D, promote the development of the polymer additive industry through eco-friendly innovation, to build its headquarters in Pudong into a global strategic resource center, and contribute to the economic development of Pudong and the progress of the fine chemical industry.