# Global New Materials International Honored with Multiple Accolades at 2026 "Golden Kunpeng" Awards, Anchoring Strategic Direction for New Materials under 15th Five-Year Plan

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- Published: 2026-05-29T17:37:00+07:00
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HONG KONG, May 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Against the backdrop of China’s continued
emphasis on the real economy under the "15th Five-Year Plan" and the rising strategic
importance of the new materials industry, premier enterprises are experiencing a
multi-dimensional resonance driven by policy tailwinds, market demand, and industrial
synergy.

Today, the 2026 Global Newspaper Economic Forum and the "Golden Kunpeng" China Financial
Value Awards Ceremony, co-hosted by the Global Commercial Newspapers Union and Hong
Kong Commercial Daily, officially commenced in Hong Kong.

Double Coronation on the Financial Value List

During the high-profile ceremony, the official honorees for the 2026 "Golden Kunpeng"
China Financial Value List were unveiled. Global New Materials International Holdings
Limited (GNMI; stock code: 06616.HK) clinched the prestigious award for** "Most 
Investable Listed Company under the 15th Five-Year Plan"**. Concurrently, Dr. Su
Ertian, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of GNMI, was named the**"
Most Influential Chairman of a Listed Company"**.

The Golden Kunpeng Awards are determined by the China Financial Value List through
a rigorous framework evaluating corporate value and industry influence. Winners 
must achieve benchmark-level standards across multiple dimensions, including product
strength, profitability, growth potential, and social value. The ceremony brought
together hundreds of distinguished guests from the HKSAR Government, industry associations,
and financial institutions.

Within this year’s honors list, GNMI stood out as the sole enterprise in the new
materials subsector to sweep two major awards. This represents more than an industry
coronation; it marks a decisive vote of confidence from international capital markets
in GNMI’s strategic evolution into a "globalized, platform-based enterprise" via
high-tier industrial M&A during a phase of global industry consolidation.

** A Paradigm Shift in Institutional Valuation**

For mature institutional funds, evaluating a large-scale industrial M&A enterprise
currently undergoing deep integration solely through traditional static P/E metrics
risks overlooking non-cash expenditures and phased investments typical of the initial
integration phase. Peering through the technical volatility of the income statement
to focus on a company’s true cash-generation capacity, intrinsic growth elasticity,
and the full-year revenue growth visibility of the group constitutes the foundational
logic for long-term value assessment by international capital. GNMI’s recognition
as the "Most Investable Listed Company under the 15th Five-Year Plan" reflects market
acknowledgment of its M&A integration logic and growth visibility.

Anchored in the "15th Five-Year Plan": Breaking Through Industry Chokepoints and
Defining Market Leadership

As a newly designated pillar industry prioritized for cultivation and development
under China’s 15th Five-Year Plan, the new materials sector serves as a core cornerstone
supporting high-end manufacturing and technological innovation. Crucially, it acts
as a strategic bulwark safeguarding critical domestic domains against foreign chokepoint
risks during geopolitical friction.

As a key entity executing the Industrial Foundation Strengthening Project for synthetic
mica (endorsed by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology), GNMI’s
flagship product—synthetic mica—has been precisely listed under the "encouraged"
category of the Industrial Structure Adjustment Guidance List (2024 Edition). This
national-level strategic positioning not only unlocks hard-core policy tailwinds
for an asset-heavy, high-barrier industrial new materials sector, but also charges
GNMI with the era-defining mission of acting as an industry benchmark to lead the
continuous advancement of China’s surface performance materials sector.

This robust capacity to execute national strategy has translated from blueprint 
to tangible value through GNMI’s dense rollout of major industrial projects.

In February 2026, the Tonglu synthetic mica project, engineered for an annual capacity
of 100,000 tons, successfully commenced production and ignition. This milestone 
marks the official commercialization of what is currently the world’s largest and
most technologically advanced synthetic mica manufacturing base, while simultaneously
strengthening the self-sufficiency and resilience of China’s vertical new materials
supply chain.

As a critical foundational new material nationwide, synthetic mica is an indispensable
component of the advanced manufacturing ecosystem. GNMI’s Tonglu project is dedicated
to the R&D and industrialization of high-quality synthetic mica and its derivatives,
securing a stable supply of premium core substrates for the company’s global value
chain. By resolving acute industry pain points such as the prohibitive procurement
costs of natural mica and ESG-related procurement premiums, the project bolsters
independent supply-side autonomy from the raw material level.

Data from Frost & Sullivan indicates that the global pearlescent materials market
is projected to cross the RMB 50 billion threshold by 2030, with the Chinese market
expected to capture a massive share of RMB 13.5 billion. The entire sector is at
a golden inflection point of exploding demand. Driven specifically by the rise of
new energy vehicles and the aesthetic iteration of premium automotive coatings, 
demand for pearlescent materials in the automotive sector is witnessing explosive
growth—a premium frontier that natural domestic materials historically struggled
to breach.

With a logical closed loop formed from strategic endorsement to capacity breakthroughs
and high-value market penetration, GNMI is accelerating its transition from a "follower"
to a "leader" within a global surface performance materials industry that is rapidly
consolidating toward technology-driven platform giants.

Cross-Border M&A Unlocks Synergy Dividends, Forging a Globalized Surface Performance
Materials Platform

How far an enterprise can journey often hinges on the strategic foresight and intellectual
depth of its leadership. Honored as the "Most Influential Chairman of a Listed Company,"
Dr. Su Ertian’s strategic philosophy has consistently emphasized a dual-engine development
model: "anchoring the baseline through organic R&D, and breaking new ground via 
external M&A".

Dr. Su Ertian is resolutely committed to building the company into a globalized,
platform-based enterprise for surface performance materials. Driven by this forward-
looking capital and industrial vision, the company successfully finalized the strategic
acquisition and closing of 100% equity in Merck Group’s Surface Solutions business,
SUSONITY, in 2025.

In transitioning from a domestic market leader to a global platform, GNMI has established
a sustainable, two-way value conversion pathway under a "bring-in and going-out"
dual-circulation globalization philosophy:

**External Expansion ("Going Out")**: GNMI has leveraged its cross-border acquisitions
and integrations of Germany’s Merck Surface Solutions business (SUSONITY) and South
Korea’s CQV to fully import a mature technology system and global distribution network
that has served top-tier automotive and cosmetics sectors for over 60 years, successfully
penetrating core European and North American markets. In 2025, the company’s sales
revenue in Europe spiked by 555.0% year-on-year, while North American sales surged
by 1,047.5%, rapidly accelerating the revenue contribution from overseas markets.

**Organic Anchoring ("Bring In")**: GNMI is matching high-end product lines featuring
world-class technical capabilities with the massive consumer markets of China and
the Asia-Pacific. Recently, its subsidiary SUSONITY inked a strategic cooperation
agreement with RUNBEN, the leading brand in China’s mosquito-repellent industry.
The two parties will deepen cooperation across product R&D, technological innovation,
and market expansion, driving product-level value resonance between an internationally
leading technology system and an established Chinese consumer brand.

Currently, GNMI has deployed six R&D centers, six manufacturing hubs, and six application
centers globally, with a sales network spanning over 150 countries and regions. 
Its three major brands—Chesir, SUSONITY, and CQV—have formed a full-link collaborative
matrix encompassing R&D, production, and regional application.

When assessing the success of a cross-border acquisition, the intrinsic cash-generation
capacity of overseas subsidiaries remains the ultimate litmus test. CQV’s Q1 2026
performance staged a powerful rebound ("deep crouch and high jump"), signaling strong
visibility for full-year high growth as its core business revenue and sales volume
achieved robust year-on-year growth. Sales of high-value-added products, such as
alumina-based and glass-based materials, expanded significantly, accelerating market
penetration from South Korea into broader international markets.

Even more compelling than stellar financial metrics is management’s deployment of"
real silver and gold" to increase their holdings in the secondary market. Following
consecutive purchases of nearly 2.442 million ordinary shares in April 2026, Chairman
Dr. Su Ertian took intensive action again on May 13 and 14, increasing his stake
by 773,000 shares and 232,000 shares, respectively. Such high-frequency, large-scale
cash investments within a compressed timeframe vividly demonstrate management’s 
ironclad confidence in the company’s long-term cash-generation resilience.

Diversified Product Portfolio: 5,000+ Effect Pigments Construct a Defensible Moat;
Active Ingredients Second Curve Fuels High Growth

In terms of its product narrative, GNMI has completely broken free from the cyclical
risks inherent to single-material enterprises, presenting a diversified matrix characterized
by an exceptionally robust cash-flow engine alongside wide-open growth trajectories.

The Core Baseline: 5,000+ Effect Pigments

A product matrix exceeding 5,000 effect pigments forms GNMI’s unshakable core business.
By consistently executing global integration and independent R&D strategies, the
company has constructed a multi-substrate, all-scenario product portfolio, thereby
building formidable customer stickiness and competitive barriers in high-margin 
sectors such as premium automotive, digital electronics, industrial coatings, and
cosmetics. In 2025, GNMI’s pearlescent effect pigments revenue reached RMB 2.53 
billion, a substantial year-on-year growth of 65.8%, providing solid, counter-cyclical
free cash flow to backstop continuous expansion and anchor its foundational cash
generation.

The Second Growth Curve: Cosmetic Active Ingredients

While stabilizing its core, GNMI naturally absorbed the high-end cosmetic Active
Ingredients business into its portfolio via the SUSONITY acquisition, marking a 
critical strategic step into the healthcare and premium beauty verticals. As a core
flagship series within the legacy Merck Surface Solutions ecosystem, the active 
ingredients business boasts high technological barriers, exceptional gross margin
profiles, and high-frequency customer re-purchasing behavior. Leveraging this world-
class asset, GNMI utilizes cutting-edge inorganic encapsulation and surface modification
techniques to deliver high-end cosmetic active ingredients featuring superior skin
barrier repair, photoaging defense, and safe sun protection.

The cultivation of GNMI’s second growth curve precisely capitalizes on the global
macro trends of "Clean Beauty" and science-backed skincare, effectively shattering
the long-standing monopoly of overseas specialty chemical giants in high-end active
ingredients. This vertical leap from high-value-added effect pigments into healthcare
active ingredients expands technological boundaries across both volume and quality,
unlocking fresh earnings growth upside on a commercial level.

Future Outlook & Valuation Synergy

Looking ahead to the new industrial landscape of the "15th Five-Year Plan," GNMI’s
medium- to long-term growth momentum continues to crystallize, underpinned by technical
barriers, a globalized capacity footprint, and supply chain integration capabilities.

A recent research report from **Changjiang Securities** pointed out that the company
is poised to further expand its mid-market share by leveraging its scale and synthetic
mica advantages alongside ongoing capacity additions. Simultaneously, its expansion
pathway into high-end markets remains highly transparent via the channel and technical
resources of SUSONITY and CQV, with meaningful synergy-driven cost reductions highly
anticipated.

Following the acquisitions of South Korea’s CQV and Merck’s Surface Solutions business,
channel synergy, product onboarding, cost optimization, and technological complementarity
are expected to yield an integration effect of** "1+1+1>3,"** leading the brokerage
to maintain its **"Buy"** rating.

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