The information about the sponsorship companies is as follows:

  Overview of DuPont Company

DuPont is a science company. Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere. Operating in more than 70 countries and regions, and with more than 60,000 employees worldwide, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture, nutrition, electronics, communications, safety and protection, home and construction, transportation and apparel. Its 2005 revenue reached US$26.6 billion.

The DuPont Core Values, namely, Safety and Health, Environmental Stewardship, Ethical Behavior and Respect for People, has been guiding the company’s operations in the past more than 200 years, and will continue to guide DuPont into its third century. DuPont has established sustainable growth its corporate mission, committing to increasing shareholder and societal value while reducing the environmental footprint. To be the world’s most dynamic science company, DuPont scientists are merging the cutting-edge biotechnologies and information technologies into chemistry, material and polymer sciences, to build a better world with more abundant crops, more nutritious food, better and safer housing, a cleaner environment and renewable energy. 

DuPont Safety Resources helps companies improve business performance by providing services that not only enhance a client’s safety systems and operations, but positively affect its bottom line. By leveraging its 200 year industrial heritage with safety as a core value., DuPont has helped hundreds of organizations worldwide reduce workplace injuries and fatalities while realizing sustainable improvement in operation costs, productivity quality and employee morale.

The DuPont connection with China dated back to 1863, when DuPont completed the first business deal with Qing Dynasty. Following China’s opening to the outside world, DuPont was among the first multinational companies entering this market, with establishment of a representative office in Beijing in 1984. In 1988, the Du Pont China Holding Company Limited was registered in Shenzhen, the first wholly owned foreign investment company approved by Chinese government. Today, DuPont has 35 wholly-owned and joint ventures in China with a total investment exceeding US dollar 700 million, and a workforce of about 5500 employees, offering products and services to various industries including agriculture, food and nutrition, electronics, transportation and textile. In 2005, the DuPont China Research and Development Center, with an investment of US dollar 15 million, became operational in Zhangjiang High-tech Park, Shanghai. This facility is the company’s third comprehensive R&D facilities outside US, after Europe and Japan, demonstrating the DuPont confidence in and commitment to China.

DuPont is committed to work with the Chinese people to create a better, healthier and safer future, using science and technology.

  CATERPILLAR  

For more than 80 years, Caterpillar Inc. has been making progress possible and driving positive and sustainable change on every continent. With 2005 sales and revenues of $36.339 billion, Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines. More information is available at http://www.CAT.com/

About BASF 

BASF is the world’s leading chemical company: The Chemical Company. Its portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products, agricultural products and fine chemicals to crude oil and natural gas. As a reliable partner to virtually all industries, BASF’s intelligent system solutions and high-value products help its customers to be more successful. BASF develops new technologies and uses them to open up additional market opportunities. It combines economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility, thus contributing to a better future. BASF has approximately 94,000 employees and posted sales of more than €42.7 billion in 2005. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS), London (BFA), New York (BF) and Zurich (AN). Further information on BASF is available on the Internet at www.basf.com. 

BASF has been a committed partner to Greater China since 1885. It is one of the biggest foreign investors in the China chemical industry. The company currently has over 4,000 employees and operates 16 wholly owned subsidiaries and 8 joint ventures. In order to stay in tune with local markets, the company maintains 8 offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Qingdao, Chengdu and Taipei. In 2005, BASF achieved sales of close to EUR 2.8 billion in Greater China. For further information, please visit www.greater-china.basf.com. 

About 3M 

Founded in Minnesota in 1902, with headquarter located at St. Paul, Minnesota state of U.S.A. 3M has become a best-known multinational giant and renowned for its innovative and diversified products. For one century, 3M has developed more than 60,000 high-quality products penetrated into various fields, from Consumer to office, from telecom & electronics to traffic & transportation, from commercial graphics to security protection, from construction to medical care, etc. 3M has largely influenced the way people live and work. It is estimated that 50% of global population make use of 3M’s products, directly or indirectly, in their everyday lives.   

3M, with offices and affiliates in more than 60 countries and regions of the world, products sells in over 200 countries and regions, has annual sales at US$21 billion in 2004. As one of fortune 500 top companies, in 2003, 3M was awarded a frontrunner in the ranking by Business Week’s top 50 companies with best performance, and was also recognized by Fortune as a highly appreciated foreign-invested enterprise in China for consecutive two year. 

In Nov., 1984, 3M established 3M China, Ltd., which is the first foreign-invested enterprise outside of special economic zone. With investment of over 300 million US Dollar, 3M China has set up ten companies, four manufacturing sites,nineteen offices, three technique centers and one R&D center with more than 2,800 employees.     

Introduction 

Bacou-Dalloz is a leading international manufacturer of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), with a total staff of over 6000 worldwide and 38 production sites across all 5 continents. The Group annual sales in 2005 amounted to nearly 700 million Euros. The Group specializes in providing head-to-toe protection specifically designed for use in all sectors where men and women are at risk (manufacturing, fire fighting, utilities, chemical and petrochemical industry, construction, telecommunications, national defense, medical, public services, etc.), and offers a complete range of head protection equipment (eye/face, hearing and respiratory) and body protection equipment (fall protection, gloves, clothing and footwear). 

As a branch of Bacou-Dalloz Group in China, Bacou-Dalloz (China) Protective Equipment 

CO.LTD., plays a leading role in China’s personal protective equipment market. A branch of Bacou-Dalloz Group in China was build in 1996, by means of drawing Bacou-Dalloz strong technological support and tremendous strength in product development. It has 3 sales offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. Located in Shanghai Songjiang Industrial Zone, its new Songjiang industrial site covers an area of 4,500 square meters, equipped with product lines such as respiratory, hearing, eyewear, gas detection and fall protection, with a laboratory for testing PPE, an indoor and outdoor customer training center, and a 2,000 square meters warehouse. It has passed ISO9001: 2000 quality standard. 

Bacou-Dalloz ’s product range： 

Eye and face protection: all kinds of safety spectacle，firefighting goggles，chemical goggles，welding helmet，all kinds of emergency shower and eye wash； 

Hearing protection: wire/wireless earplugs of all models，earmuffs；

Respiratory protection: disposable masks，half mask, full face mask, all-protection filters，powered air purifying respirator，oxygen resuscitator, supplied air respirator, SCBA, Emergency escape breathing apparatus, portable gas detectors； 

Protective clothing: fire-resistant and heat-insulation clothing for emergency or rescue use, flame-resistant clothing, nuclear-protection inflatable clothing, light/heavy protective clothing； 

Protective gloves: nitrile, neoprene, PVC gloves，Kevlar heat-insulation gloves，cutting protection gloves，metal mesh gloves，mechanical protection gloves， insulation protection gloves，welding gloves； 

Safety shoes: all kinds of working footwear，chemical protection boots，insulation protection shoes, firefighting boots, rescue boot； 

Fall protection: all types of arrestor for confined space work, work high above the ground and rescue task; safety belts，safety hooks，ropes，automatic descenders, ascenders, rescue tripod, etc..   

As the world leader in personal protective equipment, we offer brands with worldwide reputation in all sectors. You may choose Miller or Soll for fall prevention, Pulsafe，Optrel or Fend•all for eye protection, Howard Leight or Bilsom for hearing protection, Perfect Fit or Chainex for hand protection, Willson or Survivair for respiration protection, Delta Protection for nuclear radiation protection, Mutexil or WorkWear for body protection, Bacou for foot protection, and Biosystems for dangerous air detection. These leading brands are benchmarks and their names alone can represent superior quality.    

 It is our mission to promote safety awareness and provide people with fashionable, state of the art safety products and solutions with our partners. We do it with integrity, innovation and teamwork in a professional way.    

Head office 

Address: Room 1101,11th Floor Haitong Securities Tower, 689 Guangdong Road, Shanghai 200001- China 

Tel: +86-21-63410606 Fax: +86-21-63410880/63410738 

E-mail: bd-china@bacou-dalloz.com      www.bacou-dalloz.com.cn