The Shanghai Material Research Institute (SRIM) originated from the "Material Performance Laboratory" established in 1946 and has been simultaneously growing with the rise and development of new Chinese industries. To the nineties of last century, China has become the core of mechanical engineering materials technology research and development institutions. At the end of the last century, under the impetus of deepening the reform of the scientific and technological system, the Institute developed into a new material high-tech enterprise in Shanghai, a backbone research and development organization for engineering materials in Shanghai, and a fair and authoritative third-party material testing organization.

Shanghai Keli Special Carbide Tool Development Company invested by Shanghai Institute of Materials is a professional hard alloy manufacturer with advanced technology, research and development, material manufacturing and finished product processing. It has been in existence for more than 40 years Research and production of cemented carbide products history, has repeatedly won the national, minis (municipal) level scientific and technological achievements award. In recent years, on the basis of material manufacturing, the introduction of advanced equipment to develop hard Kung Fu alloy precision machining. Since 1995 was named "Shanghai high-tech enterprises, " in 2002 passed the ISO9001: 2000 quality certification. The company also users can request the production of carbide products, sincerely welcome domestic and international customer calls letter and seek common development.