The 13th Global Investment & M&A Summit, hosted by Morning Whistle Group, was held in Shanghai on April 27. Global New Material International (06616.HK) was honored with the “2025-2026 Golden Whistler Award for Top 10 Cross-border M&A Buyers ” for its benchmark practice of acquiring Merck’s global surface solutions business (SUSONITY) in Germany, and was selected on the same stage as representative Chinese globalized enterprises such as Medi Group, Lenovo Group, Anta Sports, and Zijin Mining. The GNMI’s global strategy, cross-border resource integration capabilities and industrial upgrading practices are highly recognized by capital markets and the M&A industry.
This year’s Global Investment & M&A Summit, with “Activating Industrial M&A” as its core topic, brings together numerous listed companies, industrial groups and professional investment institutions, and is a highly influential high-end M&A industry event in China. Global New Material International was awarded the “Golden Whistle Award for Top 10 Cross-border M&A Buyers”, which is not only an M&A honor but also a significant footnote to the company’s global leap, marking industry recognition of the company’s practices in Chinese enterprises’ overseas M&A, global integration of high-end manufacturing and upgrading of the new materials industry.
As a global technology company with deep technological accumulation, Merck’s surface solutions business has long served high-value application scenarios such as luxury cars and international high-end beauty products, and has a leading pearlescent material R&D system, a global customer network and high-end service capabilities. Global New Material International’s full acquisition of the surface solutions business will help the company further enhance its technical depth, customer structure and international operational capabilities in the field of global high-end surface performance materials. Adding to the previous successful integration of South Korea’s CQV, GNMI is accelerating its key leap from a regional leader in Asia to an important player and leader in the global industry.
The ability to integrate is the essence of this “Golden Whistle Award”. Cross-border mergers and acquisitions are never just about asset acquisition. The real challenge lies in organizational integration, cultural synergy, supply chain reconstruction and global operations after the merger and acquisition. To fully unlock the value of the merger and acquisition, Global New Material International established a special integration project team, adhering to the integration principle of “respecting the original system, retaining the core team, and strengthening synergy empowerment”, retaining the SUSONITY core team and independent brand operation, and simultaneously promoting organizational optimization, supply chain synergy and cultural integration. At present, GNMI’s six global production bases have achieved efficient linkage, gradually forming a strategic pattern of “leading in technology from Europe, supporting with efficiency in Asia-Pacific area, covering global market”, the synergy efficiency of the entire chain of R&D, production and sales continues to be released, and the synergy value of mergers and acquisitions is accelerating to emerge.
Zhou Fangchao, Vice President of Global New Material International, said: “The Golden Whistle Award is not only an affirmation of Global New Material International ‘s outward expansion through mergers and acquisitions, but also an acknowledgement of the company’ s ability to integrate and implement. The goal of Global New Material International is not just to be a successful acquirer, but to be an important participant, rule co-builder and value creator in the global new materials industry. In the future, GNMI will continue to deepen its global industrial chain layout, drive industrial upgrading through technological innovation, help Chinese high-end materials enterprises achieve the role-change from a follower to a leader on the global stage, and continuously create long-term sustainable value for shareholders, customers and industrial chain partners.”