On May 26, one month after the successful application of the first sintering expert control system (which is developed independently by CIE) in No.6 sinter machine of Songshan Co. Ltd. of Guangdong Shaosteel, the sinter plant sent congratulation letter to CIE, expressing their appreciation and congratulations on “successful application” of sintering expert control system.

In March of 2007, CIE started the research and development work of “comprehensive sintering expert control system” for the purpose of “reaching international advanced level”. After unremitting efforts by the project team over a year, this sintering expert control system which has complete intellectual property right has been ordered in advance by many domestic large sized sinter plants.