Portfolio Companies
Dingheng Ship Industry Corporation operates in two core business segments: transportation of bulk chemical products and construction of chemical tankers, oil tankers and liquefied gas carriers. The company has a fleet of eight chemical tankers in service, all of which have been certified by at least two major international oil or chemical companies. The company has delivered three chemical vessels since August 2006 and has substantial contracts for stainless chemical vessels and LPG/LNG vessels for international ship owners.
Beijing Pi-optics is a leading company specializing in the development and commercialization of fiber optical sensing systems in China. Pinao’s main products, FBG Optical Sensing Network Analyzer and series of FBG sensors, have been recognized as National New Products by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China. The potential market for fiber optical sensing systems in China is enormous. China plans to build 85,000 kilometers of national highway over 30 years. There are also over 10,000 kilometers of railways to be built in addition to the 74,000 kilometers of railways currently in operation. There are 600,000 bridges in China, and only 3,000 bridges have been equipped with an optical sensing system. Petrochemical and electric power segments also offer significant growth potential for the company.
Gillion Technologies is one of the largest logistics software and solution providers in China. Jilian’s clients include many leading shipping and logistics companies in China and abroad. The company was awarded the Gold Prize as the best Shipping and Logistics Software Provider at the 4th Annual China Freight Industry Awards in 2005, named the Best Logistics Enterprise by China Logistics Association during its annual meeting in 2006 and named the best Chinese Logistics Solution Provider by China Logistics Alliance Network in 2007.
Prior Investments
Actions Semiconductor is the China’s leading fabless semiconductor company that provides system-on-a-chip products and total solutions for the development and manufacture of personal media players. The company was named by iSuppli as the most successful IC design company in the MP3 sector in China in 2004.
Wind Info is the leading integrated service provider of financial data and software in China. Headquartered in Lujiazui Financial Center in Shanghai, it has sales and service subsidiaries in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Shenyang and Wuhan. The company ranks number one in market share in China and counts 100% of fund management companies, 70% of insurance companies, 60% of security firms and 60% QFII in China as its clients.
Shanghai Chaori Solar Energy Technology manufactures and sells a variety of PV modules using advanced manufacturing process technologies that have enabled it to rapidly increase its operational efficiency. Chaori completed a 16 MW facility to manufacture PV cells in 2006, and a second facility with 50 MW capacity is under construction. Chaori sells its products both directly to system integrators and through third party distributors. In January 2008, Forbes China named Chaori one of the “Top 100 Most Promising Small and Medium-sized Enterprises” in China.
Beijing Siwei Johnson Security is a leading provider of cash-in-transit vehicles, cash transfer units and other security products in China. Siwei owns 100% of Johnson Security Limited, the largest security vehicle manufacturer in the U.K. with over forty years of experience in security vehicle research and development. JSL has 85% market share in the U.K. The world’s top three security solutions companies, G4S, Brinks and Securitas, are JSL’s clients.
Ruking Electronics Technology is a leading solution provider for energy-efficient air conditioners and other industrial control devices in China. China’s 11th Five-Year Plan sets an ambitious target for energy-efficiency improvement: energy intensity of the country’s GDP should be reduced by 20% from 2005 to 2010. Ruking will play into this enormous opportunity. The company is named as one of the “Top 100 Most Promising Small and Medium-sized Enterprises” in China by Forbes in 2008.
Nanjing Xingfei Cooling Equipment is a leading cooling tower manufacturer in China with revolutionary, energy-efficient cooling technologies. The company owns two cooling tower water turbine invention patents which utilize extra water already in the cooling system to drive the turbine instead of using electricity, and therefore reduces the amount of electric power required to drive the turbine. The company’s products received the High-Tech Innovative Product award from the Nanjing Municipal Government in 2006.
Huaya Microelectronics is a world-class SoC IC provider of digital TV and video processing solutions. Headquartered in Shanghai, China, it also has branch offices in Nanjing, Shenzhen, Taiwan and San Jose, U.S. The company was named one of the Top 10 Best PE Value Investments in China at the 10th China Beijing International High-Tech Expo in 2007, as well as one of the Top 50 High Growth High Tech Companies in China in 2005 and 2006 by Deloitte & Touche.
Idiway is a leading company in China that designs, develops and manufactures wired and wireless automated identification and data collection products that use RFID technology, two dimensional barcode and optical character recognition technology. The company was awarded the 2007 Innovation Fund for Small and Medium Sized Technology Enterprise by the Ministry of Science and Technology.
