Highlights

• Xiamen Tungsten and SEW-Eurodrive sign strategic cooperation agreement to enhance rare earth and tungsten product technologies.
• Partnership aims to foster collaborative research, co-develop products, and expand into global markets.
• Represents growing trend of strategic alignment between Chinese resource firms and European manufacturers in advanced materials supply chains.

Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd., (opens in a new tab) one of China’s top integrated suppliers of rare earth and tungsten products, has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with German industrial drive systems leader SEW-Eurodrive (SEW (opens in a new tab)). The agreement was finalized on July 25 in Tianjin and marks a significant Sino-European alliance aimed at advancing innovation in tungsten processing, rare earth magnetic materials, gear reducers, and motor technologies.

This partnership brings together Xiamen Tungsten’s expertise in rare earth metallurgy and high-performance magnetic materials with SEW’s industrial automation and motion systems leadership. Both parties emphasized the deal’s flexible, scalable structure—designed to foster collaborative research, co-developed products, and mutual expansion into global markets. The goal is clear: accelerate next-gen industrial technologies and solidify long-term supply chain cooperation in a sector increasingly under geopolitical scrutiny.

Founded in 1958 and publicly listed in Shanghai, Xiamen Tungsten is a dominant player in China’s critical minerals ecosystem, with operations spanning tungsten smelting, APT production, rare earths, battery materials, and magnet manufacturing.

SEW-Eurodrive, headquartered in Bruchsal, Germany, is a global leader in industrial gear motors and automation systems, serving automotive, logistics, and energy sectors worldwide.

This agreement signals a growing trend: strategic alignment between resource-rich Chinese firms and tech-savvy European manufacturers amid tightening global competition for advanced materials and magnet supply chains.

Asian Metal (opens in a new tab) reported on this news.