As we know, Fuyao Group is a joint venture corporation founded in 1987 in Fuzhou to produce automotive safety glass and industrial technological glass. Fuyao Group is the largest, most advanced manufacturer, and the biggest exporter of the automotive glass in China. In order to be better geared to the international practice, Fuyao Group pays more attention to its R&D ability. It has successively introduced complete range of R&D and laboratory equipment from Raytek, Laiminuo, and Taiqi Technologies, Inc.. The R&D equipment includes AFC automatic coated glass production line, Lisec automatic hollow glass production line, Glasstech tempering furnace, Seva tempering furnace, Finland bending furnace, German homogenizing furnace and automatic silver coated glass production line etc. There are more than 100 sets of instruments in the laboratory. Fuyao group has invested nearly RMB 40 million for inspection and testing instruments so as to meet the inspection standards required by countries all over the world. Among theses instruments, XRF spectroscope, flame atomic absorption spectrometer, High/low temperature alternating humidity box, cold light table chroma meter, xenon lamp aging instrument, precision pull machine, impact resistance test device, coordinate measuring machine, and Moor scanner are all the most advanced equipment for environmental resistance test, mechanical test, optical performance and material analysis test of vehicle safety glass; meanwhile, Fuyao invites many famous high-ranking officers joining Fuyao, and introduce the advanced management concepts and methods. The financial input into the technological development and sci-tech activities amounts to at least 4.5% of the total sales volume and still increases year by year.

Enterprises should play the leading role in scientific and technological development. The realization of production, Cooperation can facilitate the transformation of science and technology into productivity. Fuyao has established cooperative relations with many universities and academic institutes including Xiamen University, Fuzhou University, Wuhan University of Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, etc. Fuyao will strive to make itself become a giant company having the capabilities to research, design, develop, and manufacture the automotive glass series products, associated materials and equipment. And meantime, it will build its glass research institute into an internationally influencing scientific research center and develop the upstream and downstream industrial links to let Fuyao stand out as a renowned international brand for the Chinese glass industry.