On Jul 17, CIE received a letter of thanks from the Japanese Sumitomo Metal Industry Co., Ltd, it reads as follows:CIE International Engineering Co., Ltd.:

The Wakayama 185㎡No.52 sinter machine project with your cooperation has been successfully put into production, in view of your sincere cooperation and excellent technology, we would like to express our gratitude to your company for your effort and contributions towards the project.

On Dec 19, 2008, the thermal load test run of Wakayama  185㎡No.52 sinter machine project was carried out successfully, the complete set of core equipment of iron and steel industry for the project was developed and designed independently by CIE and was exported to the developed country for the first time. On Mar 13, 2009, after 20 days of performance test of strict interlocking production, all the indexes of the sinter machine reached standards, the performance test was completely successful, part of indexes exceeded the test standards, wherein the equipment availability was up to 100%, the air leakage rate under 19000 Pa main suction pressure during cold load test run was only 16.5%，which renewed the world best level of the index and gained high appraisal from the Owner.