good day, i have been looking for the right chinese partner for a long time. since i am an engineer with more than 20 years in stone manufacturing and high -tech stone, ceramic and concrete processing and since i am located in sherbrooke (quebec), 20 minutes from the usa east coast big markets, i think i can be of tremendous help to a company who is looking for a kind of bridge to the north american market. we see more and more chinese companies establishing themselves in quebec for many obvious reasons: - location : proximity from the usa - manpower - money rate exchange = 1 $us = 1.34 $can - excellent program for foreign investors - example: http://www.asiapacific.ca/apsummit/media/investor_16sep03.cfm here's what would be a win-win: - together we would start a new small but very innovative processing factory in sherbrooke. - the products we would generate would be made with your chinese raw products like granite, ceramic, etc. - i would manage to get canadian government financial support - i would manage the factory - we could hire some people to market and sell the new products. a new product could be one of your products with added value like a real metal design (not paint, the real thing). something different from your competitors. something to be different and of higher value. i also developed a new processing equipment which could enable you to increase your uniqueness. we could start a small innovative factory in china. with the same equipment we can generate: 1- ceramics tiles with real metals home decoration, kitchens, bathrooms, floors, walls, wall bases commercial: restaurants, hotels, airports, large surface areas (shopping malls), signage 2- stone tiles with real metals same, sculptures, monuments (tombstones), countertops, wall liners, fireplaces, signage (golf, hotels, etc) 3- glass tiles with real metals - any sectors involved with liquid: beer, wine any bottles - decoration - signage 4- anti-slippery finish on stone tiles, paving outside: - anti-slip paving = hotels, airports, large surface areas (shopping malls), landscaping, building exterior cladding, town halls, house walls (crazy-work), curbs inside: - floors (ex. inside the national museum of washington) - stairs - wall bases - even considering countertops 5- new developments = controlled anti-slip textures on concrete paving - landscapes, paving, walkways, driveways 6- new developments = concrete pavings with metal designs (not paint) - decorative landscaping 7- anti-slippery terrazzo -hotels, airports, large surface areas (shopping malls), landscaping, building exterior cladding 8- terrazzo with metal designs - decorative landscaping 9- terracotta with metal designs - nurseries, flower pots, vases (exterior and interior) 10- metal on metal designs - anti-wear treatment - sculptures - decoration 11- under development : wood, corian, plastic, slate to name a few. michel boux process engineer and international business development sherbrooke (quebec) canada j1l 2t9 phone: 001-819-820-2204 (ext 207) www.mikeboux.ebigchina.com