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After the purchase by Longyue Investment, the company was the vehicle for the 3.55 billion RMB acquisition in 2015 of Beixun Telecom, provider of wireless broadband services.<ref name="privateplacement">{{cite news|title=Qixing Iron Tower to venture into wireless broadband business|url=http://en.xfafinance.com/html/Companies/2015/112981.shtml|publisher=Xinhua|date=July 2, 2015}}</ref> The company raised funds for the acquisition via a [[private placement]] worth 6.3 billion RMB with the amount raised going towards the purchase consideration and an expansion of Beixun's wireless broadband data network in nines cities.<ref name="privateplacement"/> After the acquisition the company changed its name to Northcom.
After the purchase by Longyue Investment, the company was the vehicle for the 3.55 billion RMB acquisition in 2015 of Beixun Telecom, provider of wireless broadband services.<ref name="privateplacement">{{cite news|title=Qixing Iron Tower to venture into wireless broadband business|url=http://en.xfafinance.com/html/Companies/2015/112981.shtml|publisher=Xinhua|date=July 2, 2015}}</ref> The company raised funds for the acquisition via a [[private placement]] worth 6.3 billion RMB with the amount raised going towards the purchase consideration and an expansion of Beixun's wireless broadband data network in nines cities.<ref name="privateplacement"/> After the acquisition the company changed its name to Northcom.


The company has attempted to move into mining. In 2013, it announced a US$140 million takeover bid for the South African gold mining assets of [[Australian Securities Exchange]] listed [[Stonewall Resources]].<ref name="miningdeal">{{cite news|title=Cutting through a Chinese trade minefield|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/opinion/robert-gottliebsen/cutting-through-a-chinese-trade-minefield/news-story/ecf2d6e79dc833667b79ebfe51ecd669|publisher=The Australian|date=September 14, 2015}}</ref> It would be one year before the proposed transaction was able to acquire necessary approvals in China, South Africa, and Australia.<ref name="miningdeal"/> By then the deal was terminated without consummation by the company.<ref name="miningdeal"/>
The company has attempted to move into mining. In 2013, it announced a US$140 million takeover bid for the South African gold mining assets of [[Australian Securities Exchange]] listed [[Stonewall Resources]].<ref name="miningdeal">{{cite news|title=Cutting through a Chinese trade minefield|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/opinion/robert-gottliebsen/cutting-through-a-chinese-trade-minefield/news-story/ecf2d6e79dc833667b79ebfe51ecd669|publisher=The Australian|date=September 14, 2015}}</ref> The proposed transaction acquired necessary approvals in China, South Africa, and Australia throughout 2014.<ref name="miningdeal"/> However, the deal was terminated by the company in late 2014.<ref name="miningdeal"/>


==Products and market==
==Products and market==

Revision as of 20:15, 8 October 2018

Northcom Group Co., Ltd.
SZSE: 002359
Company typePublic
IndustryManufacturing; Wireless broadband
Founded2002; 23 years ago (2002)
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsTransmission line towers, Telecom towers, Parking systems, Substation structures and Steel structures
OwnerJinzhong Longyue Investment Consulting Services Co., Ltd.
Websitewww.sdqxtt.com
Northcom Group Co., Ltd.
Simplified Chinese北讯集团股份有限公司
Transcriptions

Northcom Group Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Shandong Qixing Iron Tower Co., Ltd.) is a Chinese company with two main lines of business in the manufacturing towers for power transmission and communications and other industrial products and the provision of wireless broadband services.

History

The company was founded in 2002 as a part of the Qixing Group, a private industrial group with diversified holdings.[1] In February 2010, the company became listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.[1] Due to mounting debts after a rapid expansion, its parent Qixing Group sold its stake in the company to Longyue Investment in December 2014.[2]

After the purchase by Longyue Investment, the company was the vehicle for the 3.55 billion RMB acquisition in 2015 of Beixun Telecom, provider of wireless broadband services.[3] The company raised funds for the acquisition via a private placement worth 6.3 billion RMB with the amount raised going towards the purchase consideration and an expansion of Beixun's wireless broadband data network in nines cities.[3] After the acquisition the company changed its name to Northcom.

The company has attempted to move into mining. In 2013, it announced a US$140 million takeover bid for the South African gold mining assets of Australian Securities Exchange listed Stonewall Resources.[4] The proposed transaction acquired necessary approvals in China, South Africa, and Australia throughout 2014.[4] However, the deal was terminated by the company in late 2014.[4]

Products and market

The company manufactures a range of steel products for industrial use but primarily makes communications and power transmission towers.[1] Its primary clients are therefore utilities and telecom companies including the two major Chinese utilities China State Grid and China Southern Power Grid, Reliance Group of India and ZTE.[1] The company is the major Chinese exporter of towers.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Qixing leads the way in iron tower construction". China Daily. June 29, 2011.
  2. ^ Tang, Frank (April 23, 2017). "The county at the centre of a Chinese debt crisis". South China Morning Post.
  3. ^ a b "Qixing Iron Tower to venture into wireless broadband business". Xinhua. July 2, 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "Cutting through a Chinese trade minefield". The Australian. September 14, 2015.