JINZHOU CITY, China, June 28 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Wonder Auto Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: WATG) ("Wonder Auto" or "the Company"), a leading manufacturer of automotive electrical parts, suspension products and engine accessories in China, today announced that it has signed strategic cooperation framework agreements with two of four major state-owned commercial banks.
As one of the best local companies, Wonder Auto developed its business steady and rapidly supported by the local state-owned commercial banks, and maintained superior relationships with banks. Therefore, Wonder Auto was recognized as a strategic customer of the local big-four state-owned banks and signed the framework agreements with two of them recently. The agreements stipulate that the commercial banks will support the Company's operation with sufficient cash flow. Meanwhile, when the Company faces major M&A opportunities, the banks can provide the Company with up to 50% of the size of the M&A as long-term loans.
Wonder Auto's Chairman and CEO, Mr. Qingjie Zhao commented that: "China's auto industry entered into a fast-developing period with huge growth potential. In the following years and decades, some industrial leaders, such as Wonder Auto, are facing a lot of M&A opportunities. The strategic framework agreements with the commercial banks will lay a solid foundation for Wonder Auto's fast growth in the future as well as for the potential M&As.”
About Wonder Auto
Based in Jinzhou City, Liaoning, China, Wonder Auto Technology, Inc., through its Chinese subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures and sells automotive electrical parts, suspension products and engine components. Wonder Auto ranked second and third in sales revenue in the Chinese market for automobile alternators and starters in 2008, respectively. Wonder Auto's products are used in a wide range of passenger and commercial automobiles with special focus on the fast-growing small- to medium-engine passenger vehicle market. For more information, please log on http://www.watg.cn .
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