| January 1998 | Changsha Lyrun New Materials Ltd. Established, the production continuous
band-shaped nickel foam was included in the "9th Five-Year" major projects. |
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| May 1998 | The first batch of the continuous band-shaped nickel foam with independent
intellectual property rights come out, which supplied a gap and sent to the company SAFT in France. The positioning was taking the path of internationalization. |
| March 1999 | Cooperation with Hong Kong GP, the products entered Asian market. |
| June 1999 | Passed ISO9002 quality system certification. |
| July 1999 | Production line of continuous strip of nickel foam with an annual output of
500,000 square meters operated |
| August 1999 | Identified as the high-tech enterprises by Hunan Provincial Government |
| December 1999 | Gained the independent import and export rights |
| May 2000 | Independent developed high-intensity and super-binding force nickel foam products
which applied to electric vehicles power battery, main technical performance indices reached international level. One-stage project in full production, forming an production scale of annual capacity 1.2 million square meters. |
| July 2000 |
Awarded National Industrial Base of 863 results by the national Science and Technology department |
| August 2000 | Completed laying foundation of second phase of the project. |
| December 2000 | The second phase of project was finished and Lyrun put into production with an annual capacity of 3 million tons. Lyrun became the most advantage continuous band-shaped nickel foam production manufacturers of the world. |
| March 2001 | The wastewater treatment center with international advanced level inputed into
use. |
| February 2002 | Gained the Certification of international ISO14001 Environmental Management
System |
| March 2003 | General manager Dr. Zhong Faping elected as the representative of the Tenth
National People's Congress |
| April 2003 | Built Changde Lyrun projects, the company overall capacity of 5 million square
meters, becoming the world's largest nickel foam manufacturers |
| September 2003 | Lyrun new material stock (600478) successful listed |
| October 2003 | Gained the OHSASI8001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System
Certification |
| April 2004 |
Chairman Dr. Zhong Faping was awarded title of 2004 China's top 10 science and technology Profile |
| April 2005 |
Awarded the the title of key high-tech enterprises in Hunan Province |
| November 2005 | Company was named China's outstanding export enterprises of battery industry |
| December 2006 | Awarded the title of Quality Management Award of Hunan Province |
| November 2006 | Won the famous brand in Hunan |
| March 2007 | Changsha Lyrun new materials CO., LTD. successful stock-reform, step into
industrial development track |
| September 2007 | Chairman Dr. Zhong Faping won the China Association Science and Technology
Award for the Outstanding Young Persons |
| November 2007 | The company’s internal work increasing output, reducing consumption,
eliminate waste, Fine management, lean manufacturing made significant achievements. |
| 2006-2007 | Continuous won the title of annual top 20 industrial enterprises in Changsha City |
| January 2008 | Chairman Dr. Zhong Faping elected as the representative of the Eleventh
National People's Congress |
| April 2008 | Lyrun new material stock directional add-issuance success |
| July 2008 | The company changed to Hunan Corun New Energy Co., Ltd. |
| August 2008 | Company registered as Changsha Lyrun new materials limited liability company |
