SHANGHAI, July 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 24~26, 2024, the 2nd "Belt and Road" International Skills Competition was held in Chongqing International Expo Center. Sumitomo Electric Industries Co., Ltd. was selected as the official sponsor of this competition, providing optical fiber fusion splicers and optical wiring products for the "Information Network Wiring" competition, and providing technical support and guarantee for the smooth holding of the competition.
With the theme of "Skills Cooperation and Common Development", the competition aims to promote skills exchange and cooperation between countries and regions. After two days of fierce skill competition, a total of 18 gold, silver and bronze medals were produced, and 41 winning prizes were awarded. The teams from 36 countries (regions) won various awards, fully demonstrating the advanced level of skilled talent training in various countries (regions). In the "Information Network Cabling" event, Heewon Seo from South Korea, Shoya Notsumata from Japan and Wu Yuesen from China won gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.
Japan's Shoya Notsumata uses Sumitomo Electric welding machine
Since the 42nd WorldSkills Competition (2013 in Germany), Sumitomo Electric has been selected as the official sponsor of the WorldSkills Competition for five consecutive years, and has provided competition equipment, technical support, and operation support for the competition. In this competition, Sumitomo Electric sent a professional technical support team to provide pre-competition training and technical support services for the competition and competitors from all over the world, which was well received by the organizing committee, contestants and referee teams.
The person in charge said that the company will continue to develop cutting-edge products and technologies in the field of information and communication in the future, and at the same time continue to vigorously cultivate skilled personnel required for the construction of global communication infrastructure, and strive to make greater contributions to the continuous popularization and development of a global highly information-based society.