苏泊尔; pinyin :Sūbóěr),full name Zhejiang Supor Co.,Ltd.,is a Chinese cookware and small appliances company,headquartered in Binjiang District,Hangzhou,Zhejiang,China. [2] It was founded in 1994. In 2006 it was the largest such company in China. That year Groupe SEB,a French company,paid 2.37 billion yuan (US$296 million) to acquire Supor. [3] It was the first Chinese cookware company to be listed on a stock market. [4]
Zhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou,and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiangsu and Shanghai to the north,Anhui to the northwest,Jiangxi to the west and Fujian to the south. To the east is the East China Sea,beyond which lies the Ryukyu Islands. The population of Zhejiang stands at 64.6 million,the 8th largest in China. It has been called "the backbone of China" because it is a major driving force in the Chinese economy and being the birthplace of several notable people,including the Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek and entrepreneur Jack Ma. Zhejiang consists of 90 counties.
Hangzhou,also romanized as Hangchow,is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang,China. It is located in the northeastern part of the province,sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay,which separates Shanghai and Ningbo. Hangzhou grew to prominence as the southern terminus of the Grand Canal and has been one of China's most renowned and prosperous cities for much of the last millennium. It is a major economic and e-commerce hub within China,and the second biggest city in the Yangtze Delta after Shanghai. Hangzhou is classified as a sub-provincial city and forms the core of the Hangzhou metropolitan area,the fourth-largest in China after Guangzhou-Shenzhen Pearl River agglomeration,Shanghai-Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou conurbation and Beijing. As of 2022,the Hangzhou metropolitan area was estimated to produce a gross metropolitan product (nominal) of 4 trillion yuan,making it larger than the economy of Sweden. As of the 2020 Chinese census,it had a total population of 11,936,010 inhabitants. However,its metropolitan area,populated by 13.035 million people over an area of 8,107.9 km2 (3,130.5 sq mi),consists of all urban districts in Hangzhou and 3 urban districts of the city of Shaoxing.
Pyrex is a brand introduced by Corning Inc. in 1915 for a line of clear,low-thermal-expansion borosilicate glass used for laboratory glassware and kitchenware. It was later expanded in the 1930s to include kitchenware products made of soda–lime glass and other materials.
Zhejiang University (ZJU) is a public university in Hangzhou,Zhejiang,China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education. The university is part of Double First-Class Construction,Project 985,and Project 211.
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co.,Ltd.,commonly known as Geely,is a Chinese multinational automotive company,headquartered in Hangzhou,Zhejiang. The company is privately held by Chinese entrepreneur Li Shufu. It was established in 1986 and entered the automotive industry in 1997 with its Geely Auto subsidiary. Geely Auto is the seventh-largest automobile manufacturer in China,with 1.328 million sales in China in 2021. Globally,the group sold over 2.2 million cars in 2021,and over 17,926 plug-in electric vehicles in January 2022.
Stanford University Press (SUP) is the publishing house of Stanford University. It is one of the oldest academic presses in the United States and the first university press to be established on the West Coast. It is currently a member of the Association of University Presses. The press publishes 130 books per year across the humanities,social sciences,and business,and has more than 3,500 titles in print.
Kaiser Kuo is a Chinese American freelance writer and musician.
Newell Brands Inc. is an American manufacturer,marketer and distributor of consumer and commercial products. The company's brands and products include Rubbermaid storage and trash containers;home organization and reusable container products;Contigo and Bubba water bottles;Coleman outdoor products;writing instruments glue;children's products;cookware and small appliances and fragrance products.
Meyer Corporation is a cookware distributor based in Vallejo,California,United States,whose parent company is Hong Kong-based Meyer Manufacturing Co. Ltd. It is the largest cookware distributor in the United States and second largest in the world. The company was founded in 1981. Cookware labels or lines for which Meyer is the parent firm include Circulon,Anolon,AnyDay,the now-defunct Steelon range,NapaStyle,SilverStone,Rachael Ray,Paula Deen,Cake Boss,Ruffoni,Ayesha Curry,Joe Wicks,Breville Cookware,Prestige and BonJour. Meyer owns the license for cookware produced under the Farberware label in addition to producing private label cookware for Macy's and Sur La Table.
Groupe SEB is a large French consortium that produces small appliances,and it is the world's largest manufacturer of cookware. Notable brand names associated with Groupe SEB include All-Clad,IMUSA,Krups,Moulinex,Rowenta,Tefal and WMF Group. According to the Groupe SEB website,they have faced considerable competition from low-price Chinese competitors,but have managed to maintain a constant sales level. A large proportion of their product lines are now manufactured in China. Its headquarters are in Ecully,a Lyon suburb.
Yuhuan is a county-level city of Taizhou,at the midsection along the coast of southeastern Zhejiang Province,China. Yuhuan,with total area of 2,279 km2 (880 sq mi) including land area of 378 km2 (146 sq mi),has a total population of 392,800 containing a permanent population of 93,000 from other provinces and regions.
Shaoxing wine,also called "yellow wine",is a traditional Chinese wine made by fermenting glutinous rice,water and wheat-based yeast.
Zhejiang Professional Football Club,commonly referred to as Zhejiang FC or simply Zhejiang,is a Chinese professional football club based in Hangzhou,Zhejiang,that competes in the Chinese Super League,the top tier of Chinese football. Zhejiang plays its home matches at the Yellow Dragon Sports Center,located within Xihu District. The club's main investors are the Zhejiang-based Greentown China Holdings Limited company and the Zhejiang Energy Group.
The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China,Ltd. is a Chinese state-owned aerospace manufacturer established on 11 May 2008 in Shanghai. The headquarters are in Pudong,Shanghai. The company has a registered capital of RMB 19 billion. The corporation is a designer and constructor of large passenger aircraft with capacities of over 150 passengers.
Standup paddleboarding (SUP) is a water sport born from surfing with modern roots in Hawaii. Standup paddleboarders stand on boards that are floating on the water and use a paddle to propel themselves through the water. The sport was documented in a 2013 report that identified it as the outdoor sporting activity with the most first-time participants in the United States that year. Variations include flat water paddling,racing,surfing,whitewater SUP,yoga,and fishing.
is one of ten urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Hangzhou,the capital of Zhejiang Province,in East China,it is located in the core urban area of Hangzhou. It is across the Qiantang River from West Lake and the older parts of Hangzhou. Like Pudong in Shanghai,it a very modern,and rapidly developing,area that was mostly farmland until ten years ago. The district's total area is 72.2 square kilometres (27.9 sq mi),and its permanent population totals 503,859 people as of 2020. The district people's government is situated on Xixing Road.
Eric Li Shufu is a Chinese billionaire entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of Geely.
Seasoning is the process of coating the surface of cookware with fat which is heated in order to produce a corrosion resistant layer of polymerized fat. It is required for raw cast-iron cookware and carbon steel,which otherwise rust rapidly in use,but is also used for many other types of cookware. An advantage of seasoning is that it helps prevent food sticking.
Zhong Shan is a Chinese politician and business executive,who served as the Commerce Minister of the People's Republic of China from February 2017 to December 2020.
The 2019 Zhejiang University rapes refer to a series of rapes committed by a student of Zhejiang University,one of China's most prestigious universities. The rapes came under spotlight in July 2020. Upon their exposure,the university's disciplinary action was widely criticised for being too lenient. The university eventually expelled the student on 31 July.
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