Recently, the 2023 China Unicorn Enterprise List was released at the 2024 China (Chongqing) Unicorn Enterprise Conference co-organized by the Chongqing Municipal Economic and Information Commission, the Liangjiang New Area Management Committee and Great Wall Strategic Consulting. Yunnan Guoti Metal Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Guoti Co., Ltd.) was on the list.
It is reported that unicorn companies are led by technological innovation, driven by high-level talents and high-level capital, and open up new fields and new tracks. They are typical representatives of new quality productivity and play an important role in leading a new round of technological innovation and constantly shaping new momentum and advantages for development. Guoti Co., Ltd. completed financing of 2.272 billion yuan in May 2023. With internationally leading technology, excellent R&D and innovation capabilities and strong cultural centripetal force, it has become the only unicorn company in the domestic sponge titanium industry.
Guoti Co., Ltd. was established in October 2019. It is committed to the full-process industrial chain of "concentrate-high titanium slag-titanium tetrachloride-electrolytic magnesium-sponge titanium" to further enhance its comprehensive competitiveness; it has built China's first rotor-level sponge titanium production line, built an automated intelligent factory, and upgraded the digital transformation of the enterprise. The production process is fully traceable, and the product consistency and stability are strong. It can produce and process aircraft engine rotor parts, and promote the high-quality development of the titanium industry from traditional manufacturing to intelligent manufacturing.
Since its establishment, Guoti Co., Ltd. has achieved a sponge titanium production capacity of 80,000 tons/year in just 5 years through new project construction, R&D and technical transformation, and stable production. It is the world's largest sponge titanium production enterprise, and its product quality has steadily improved, breaking through the international blockade of the "neck" of my country's titanium industry development, and meeting the needs of key uses such as national defense and military industry.
Being selected into the list of Chinese unicorn companies is a full affirmation and high recognition of Guoti Co., Ltd.'s technological advancement and its full industrial chain and international strategic layout. Guoti Co., Ltd. will adhere to the mission of "creating a beautiful titanium life and becoming a respected enterprise", strive for self-improvement, forge ahead, and continue to focus on promoting the high-end, intelligent and green development of the titanium industry, fill the gap in the country's high-end titanium materials, and lead the development of the global sponge titanium industry.
