DECEMBER 2002

February 2003 Shanghai One of the first images seen in China: President Jiang Zemin.

China had become an important market for European companies supplying models, cubing, show cars and engineering.
STOLA had been producing cubing models for the Volkswagen plant in Shanghai since 1999, with the work completed on-site with assistance to the customer personally managed by Tiziano Novo and a small technical group from Rivoli. 
With the opportunity of many trips to China, new customers were acquired through an effective business strategy, month after month.
On one of his trips in 2000, Novo met the Goudong partners who would become field representatives for all potential customers with the exception of VW.
Alfredo Stola, is intrigued by the potential of this great country, and so, shortly before Christmas 2002, he asks Tiziano Novo to organize a purely commercial 10 day trip across the nation in order to visit the major car manufacturers and meet their most important directors..

December 2002 Rivoli Via Ferrero 9. Tiziano Novo in the sales office in STOLA s.p.a. plan your trip to China.

Image photographed from the street on billboard.An impressive series of meetings were organised for February 2003.
A journey to discover an evolving world that, in the following months, would bring even more important work in terms of complexity and value.
This trip actually started from Malaysia with a working meeting with the technicians and managers of Proton as we were receiving their cubing in that month.

Image photographed from the street on billboard.In the following days the main car manufacturers were visited, including VW in Shanghai, Brilliance Auto of Shenyang, Hafei Motor in Harbin, FAW in Changchun and to finish, again in Shanghai, Patac, Maple Automobile and the Geely.
In this last meeting with Geely, Alfredo and Tiziano Novo had a long and cordial conversation with President Li Shufu.

February 2003 The trip to China is preceded by a first meeting in Malaysia at the Proton customer.

February 2003 Kuala Lumpur, Stola and Novo review X and Y, designers of STOLA s.p.a. away at Proton. On this occasion Alfredo Stola meets the CEO of Proton X.

Dr. Lee wife and assistant of Dr. Goudong with Tiziano Novo, right Alfredo Stola in a souvenir photo with Dr. Lee before entering the VW plant.

February 2003 the first visit to Shanghai at the Volkswagen plant, already a customer for the Cubing sector for some years. Novo and Stola meet the VW managers.

February 2003. The day after the visit to VW a meeting at Maple Automobile.

February 2003 The second visit is in the city of Shenyang to the Brilliance Auto manufacturer, already a customer of STOLA s.p.a. in the Cubing sector. In the last photo on the right, Dr. Goudong.

February 2003 Alfredo Stola is about to take off from Shenyang for Harbin in the far north of China.

February 2003 Here is the entrance of the Hafei Motor management offices in the city of Hrbin.

February 2003 A striking image of Hafei Motor employees entering their offices.

February 2003. Classic ritual photos of Alfredo Stola and Tiziano Novo, on the left with the general management of Hafei Motor and on the right with some technicians employed.

February 2003. The transfer trip from Harbin city to Changchun city. On the right Tiziano Novo.

February 2003 In the city of Changchun a visit to the car manufacturer Faw Car. On the right, the usual photo of Alfredo Stola with the Faw managers.

February 2003. Tiziano Novo makes a presentation to Faw managers who are not customers of STOLA s.p.a ..

February 2003. Alfredo Stola at Changchun airport together with Tiziano Novo are about to take off for the city of Shanghai.

February 2003, Shanghai. The last two days with an operational base in the historic Peace Hotel.

February 2003. Alfredo Stola and Tiziano Novo accompanied by Goudong to a meeting at the Patac company. On that occasion, the Chinese managers showed a certain interest in particular in the activities of STOLA s.p.a. in the Show Cars sector.

February 2003. Last day in Shanghai, before taking off to return to Europe. Departure from the Peace Hotel and the morning is dedicated to meeting the president of Geely Mr. Li Shufu in Shanghai Fengjing Industriai District. Unfortunately, the photos of the meeting were lost.