Konaxis Group provides support to European SMEs entering the Chinese market through three divisions: D2D Trade for import/export, Konaxis Services for business/technical expertise, and Konaxis Tech for mechanical parts manufacturing. The document outlines the activities, management team, and employees of each division.

2. Table of content
Konaxis Group 2
Description of our activities
Management team
Employees
D2D Trade 3
Import-Export of standard, personalized and on catalogue in China
Activities
Konaxis Services 4
Technical or business expertise in China
Activities
Konaxis Tech 5
Manufacturing of non-standard mechanical parts
Our missions
Our knowledge/know-how
Management team’s Resume 6
Benjamin VIGNON
Julien PENARD
Jean - Bernard ANTOINE
Olivier BES
Christophe BRISSIAUD
David TOOL
Kevin CHOUVET
Kristine LEE

3. Description of our activities
For over eight years, KONAXIS Group has been providing effective support to
European SMEs who wish to enter the Chinese market, to sell products or services,
to produce small and medium series of critical parts, or buy products at the best
quality prices.
KONAXIS Group Limited is a Holding company registered in Hong- Kong.
KONAXIS Group has three main activities managed by dedicated divisions:
D2D TRADE for Trading-sourcing, KONAXIS Services for various expert support in
China and KONAXIS-Tech for technical parts manufacturing.
Management team
Benjamin VIGNON Julien PENARD Jean-Bernard ANTOINE Olivier BES
CEO CFO CTO CSO
benjamin.vignon@konaxis.com julien.penard@konaxis.com jean-bernard.antoine@konaxis.com olivier.bes@konaxis.com
Christophe BRISSIAUD David TOOL Kevin CHOUVET Kristine LEE
CPO CHRO WMM PMM
christophe.brissiaud@konaxis.com david.tool@konaxis.com kevin.chouvet@konaxis.com kristine.lee@konaxis.com
Employees
Shanghai Office: 60 persons
Shenzhen Office: 10 persons
Outside China: 20 persons
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4. Import-Export of standard, personalized
and on catalogue in China
D2D Trade is a filial of KONAXIS Group registered in Shanghai (capital of 1 million
RMB).
Within this division of KONAXIS, several B2B sites allow you to source a wide range of
qualified products.
Description of our activities
- Research and qualifications of suppliers (Audit)
- Quotation and Negotiation of commercial contract
- Sampling, production monitoring, quality control and inspections
- Logistics Management
Promotional items Media Events Items Consumer Electronics
Raise Up your Communication
www.komprom.com www.komup.com www.lovtek.com
Wellness Products/Outdoor Furnitures Equipments For Hotels Solar Energy Products
www.relaxitude.com www.hotels-pros.com www.nergaia.com
LED Products Security Products Home Decoration Products
www.led-pro-china.com www.asiasafe.com www.homedeco-china.com
Office Stationery LED Products (B2C) Composite Decking Products (B2C)
www.office-stationery-china.com www.eneoled.com www.decking.fr
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5. Technical or business expertise in China
Business and Technical experts for more than 10 years in China support SMEs in their
operational start-up in China from technical and operational aspect.
Activities
- Your business trip planner: Transport, accommodation as well as multiple services
such as language services (Guide, Interpret, Translations).
- Sourcing & Exhibition attendance: Selection of the best chinese suppliers, Quality
control, Production process, Manufacturing projects, Purchasing. Endorse the
company during business events such as meetings, forums, fares, exhibitions.
- Marketing services: Organisation of events, Brand identity, Content creation
(Websites, catalog and package creation), Realisation of advertising campaign, SEO,
Public relations.
- Production implantation and startup.
- Audit and inspection: Process/equipements audit and inspection (QMS, EMS, etc.),
Quality control by experts, Control Plan/AQL def, Projects management.
- Technical services: Methods analyse, Audit and technical inspections, Production
management
- Improvement services: Reduction of the costs and Process improvement.
- Expert services: Method expert, Industrialisation experts, Process experts.
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6. Manufacturing of non-standard mechanical parts
Specialized in the manufacture of technical non standard parts in China for SMEs
worldwide.
Our team of 10 Chinese and European engineers is expert in mechanical
manufacturing method, workshop management, cost optimization, quality
management (machining, forming, stamping, welding, mechanical assembly).
Konaxis Tech is specialized in manufacturing of all kinds of mecanical and
electromechanical parts and sub-assemblies for European SME’s. We are experts in
production and workshop-management, cost reduction, assembling and quality
control within our local workshops but also within our partnerships in China.
Our missions
- To ease the access of european SMEs into the chinese market.
- To produce mechanical outsourcing for : standard parts, sub-assemblies,
machinery and special equipements.
- To reduce the purchasing costs by conserving a high quality.
- To manufacture in China with european standards of quality and services.
Our knowledge/know-how
- Manufacturing warehouse : Machining, Cutting/Bending, Assembly.
- More than 30 partners in China for over the last 10 years: Surface Treatment,
Forging, Fondry, Mechanical Welding, Sheet Metal Work, Plastic Injection, etc.
- 10 years experience in terms of mechanical and electromechanical production
and critical assemblies in China.
- A multi-national team including 10 method technicians and mechanical
engineers.
- A very high knowledge: Plastic, Sheet metal work, Forging, Foundry, Mechanic,
Microtechnic, Automatism, etc.
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7. Benjamin VIGNON
Benjamin Vignon, 37, founder and CEO of Konaxis Group in China, designs
all the strategies for the group. He works mainly on the sales and marketing
strategy, the synergy between different business activities and the
company’s organic growth.
As a former director in Northest Asia for Epta Group, a European leader
in the provision of equipment and high quality services for commercial
refrigeration, he was behind the group’s major industrial development
in Asia. He has mastered the concepts of logistics, international
multi-modal transportation and customs issues, thanks to his position as
financial controller and business manager within the transportation division
of the SDV Bolloré Group in Seoul.
Benjamin holds a Master in Foreign Trade and International Finance from
the University of Le Havre, and a Master of Asian Economics from the GSIS
of Korea University. In addition to French, English and Mandarin, Benjamin
speaks fluent Korean and Spanish.
His multi-disciplinary experience in Northeast Asia (14 years) makes him
an excellent partner for all issues related to implementation and market
penetration in Asian markets.
Julien Penard
Julien Penard, 30, is the CFO of Konaxis Group since its incorporation 6 years
ago.
He holds a Master’s degree in Economics and International Business from the
University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and a Master of Finance from the
University Paris 2 Panthéon Assas.
Julien speaks native French, fluent English, Mandarin, Spanish and Japanese.
He is responsible for:
- reporting the financial position of the company
- preparing budgets and monitoring their performances in collaboration with
the directors of each department
- writing business plans as decision support for major investment projects
- optimizing the management of capital sources and their utilization, with a
view to profitability and risk control
- managing the organizational aspects (setting up a working method and
reporting) on all the activities of the Group
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He also carried out varied missions for a long period in Asia (Korea and
China) as a buyer and sales representative,which allowed him to gain
a comprehensive view of how different departments function within a
company in Asia.
His multi-disciplinary experience in Asia (7 years) allows him to provide
expertise on all issues relating to financial arrangements, accounting
practices and structure organisation in China.
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8. Jean-Bernard ANTOINE
Jean-Bernard ANTOINE is Chief Technical Director at KONAXIS Group
in Shanghai. He supervises all technical, quality and operational issues
related to manufacturing. He also acts as a Senior Expert for SMEs that
start up factories in China and for SMEs that need to optimize their
operations in China (lean manufacturing, Kaizen, 5S, etc).
He is the former Vice GM of Xianda MERSEN, a pressure vessel factory
of more than 600 employees in south of Shanghai,former GM of
Mingrong Electrical Protection (Ferraz) in Wenzhou with more than 300
employees, and GM of INOFORGES China in Suzhou with more than 30
employees.
Jean-Bernard managed and set up many industrial facilities and
projects (up to 10 million euro) in China for the last 15 years. He holds
an Engineering Master in Mechanical from Lille University, and speaks
and reads fluent Chinese at professional level. His language skills and
on-hand experiences in China allow him to bring an expert vision on
almost all industrial and operational issues related to low cost countries
and China.
Olivier BES
As the Chief Sales Officer of Konaxis Group, Olivier BES is in charge of
developing, organizing and managing all of the sales activity. Made of
around 20 experienced sales, the sales department has been blessed
with exponential growth since 2009.
Through his 14 years’ sales experience, Olivier acquired strong and
wide knowledge in the managing and commercial fields. He started his
career working for 3 years for Canon, and managed to be ranked as a
top salesman.
Olivier was then recruited by ITN for 3 years as a commercial engineer,
where he is in charge of selling EPR solution to big accounts such
as Total, Cogema or France Telecom.He then goes to China where
he developed in 2004 an international negotiation structure. This
experience brings him a strong knowledge of international trade
practices and the local market as well as a perfectly mastering of
Chinese language and culture.
Graduated with an Associate Degree in Industrial Maintenance, a
Bachelor in International Trade and a Master in Management, Olivier
possesses all the necessary skills to succeed in his role as CSO. His
interpersonal and communication skills, as well as his international
experience makes him an outstanding asset to the development of
Konaxis Group.
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9. Christophe BRISSIAUD
As the Chief Procurement Office of Konaxis Group, Christophe
BRISSIAUD leads and manages the company’s purchasing
department, the coordination and cooperation with numerous
partners and the follow-up of orders undertaken by his twenty buyers.
Christophe started his international career in Gabon, as a Section
Engineer at Multis Company, a subcontractor for Total.
Thereafter, his career leads him to China where he first worked as a
Buyer for FM Logistic. This experience brought him a global overview
on the buyer’s work, and taught him China market’s Do’s and Don’ts.
After two years working for FM Logistic, Christophe became Purchase
and Quality Manager for Bermad Company. During those three
years, he realized a quite handsome success by obtaining about 50%
reduction on the purchasing prices of all the projects he managed. As
a result of those years in China and his genius in language, Christophe
now is quite fluent in Chinese.
Graduated with a Master’s degree in Sciences of Societies and their
Environment specialising in Asian Trade at the Political Science Institute,
he also obtained a Bachelor of Marketing and Industrial Negotiations
(IDRAC), and a Bachelor of Environmental Science (IET). His expertise,
his dynamism and his persuasion power, make Christophe a key
element to Konaxis Group’s strategy.
David TOOL
As Chief Human Resources Officer for Konaxis Group, David TOOL
provides leadership in developing and executing human resources
strategy in support of the overall business plan and strategic direction
of the company. He is also in charge of legal and office administration
issues.
Though he majored in Automation, David showed a deep affection
for liberal arts since childhood. He launched his career first in the
publishing business, working as a writer and editor for a English-learning
book publishing company, and then the managing editor at another
publishing firm. Later at 24 years old, David started his own business in
the real estate leasing industry. He gained extensive overall company
management experience in running the agency, and learned how
to operate various functions, like HR, sales and marketing, after-sales,
accounting and law. During this period, he learned how to better
manage people, how to better delegate tasks, and how to recruit and
retain talents…
David first joined Konaxis Group as a reporter and editor, later an
editor-in-chief. In 2011 he was promoted to HR&Legal manager thanks
to his communication and problem-solving skills and comprehensive
understanding of the company’s operations and strategies. David
excelled in this position, and therefore he was promoted to the role of
CHRO at Feb. 2012.
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10. Kevin CHOUVET
As Web Marketing Manager at Konaxis Group, Kevin CHOUVET is
dedicated to improving online marketing strategies and creating
marketing plans in support of the sales team. He leads a talented team
of editors, designers, SEO specialists and collaborators from all over the
world. He is in charge of building websites, catalogs, newsletters and
other graphic contents as well as managing all the daily department
issues.
Graduated from INALCO Paris majoring in Japanese and Marketing,
Kevin first experienced how to handle web marketing issues through his
stint as an assistant for a top design company in Tokyo. He gained a
thorough understanding at how to achieve outstanding results.
Kevin started at Konaxis Group as Web Content Manager in 2010,
from which position he managed both in-house editors and several
collaborators located all around the world. Thanks to his satisfying
work, Kevin was soon promoted in 2011 to Web Marketing Manager,
a position entails stronger leadship and management skills and wider
responsibilities, of Web Marketing department, a department playing
vital role in the organic development of the company.
Kristine LEE
Kristine LEE, as Product Marketing Manager of Konaxis Group, is in
charge of building strategic marketing plan, selecting & customizing
product lines tailored to clients’ target markets. She leads a multi-
national and energetic team which brings diversified perspectives to
the company’s marketing strategies and operations.
Kristine started her career as a Media Reporter, and after that
she joined a UK-based market research company, Synovate, as a
Researcher covering South-East & East Asia markets. Based on her
experience in marketing area, she is recruited by global publishing
company McGraw-Hill Education as Marketing Executive, executing
one successful marketing campaign after another to increase brand
awareness of business publications.
She was graduated with a Master of Science in Luxury Management
and Marketing from EMLYON Business School in France and obtained
a Bachelor of Art in Mass Communication from SOGANG University
in Seoul, Korea. She holds certificate of Journalism from Georgetown
University and American literature from New York University.
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12. Konaxis Group Shanghai Rep. Office
8-EFGH FL, Yujia Building
1336 Huashan Rd, Shanghai, China
Tel: (+86) 21 6252 2731
Fax: (+86) 21 6252 2731 (ext. 8052)
www.konaxisgroup.com