Donper
Corporate brand
UnclaimedChinese commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturer.
Last updated November 4, 2026
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Overview
Donper (东贝) is the brand of Hubei Donper Electromechanical Group Co., Ltd. (湖北东贝机电集团股份有限公司), a Chinese industrial group whose core business is the research, development and production of refrigeration compressors. According to its official website, the group is among China's top 500 manufacturing enterprises, a top-100 light-industry enterprise and a top-100 enterprise in Hubei Province. Its stated mission is to supply first-class compressors to refrigerator and freezer makers worldwide, and its vision is to be a world-leading specialized manufacturing company and a harmonious, win-win 'century-old brand' enterprise. The group's product portfolio spans several business lines. Its compressor business focuses on low-carbon, high-efficiency, energy-saving and material-saving refrigeration compressors. Its commercial refrigeration appliance line includes cold/hot beverage machines, ice cream machines, ice makers, slush machines, post-mix dispensers, fried-ice machines, draft beer machines, display cabinets and kitchen refrigerators. A new-energy line covers air-source heat pump dryers, air-source heat pump water tanks, pressure-bearing water tanks, solar water heaters and solar thermal collection projects. Supporting businesses include castings — through Huangshi Donper Casting Co., Ltd., which produces castings for refrigerator and freezer compressors and auto parts — and motors for refrigerator compressors, special commercial motors for appliances such as ice cream and coffee machines, washing machine motors and refrigerator air-cooling fans. Donper presents itself as an innovation-driven enterprise, citing a National Enterprise Technology Center and postdoctoral research facilities awarded by national ministries. Its corporate culture emphasizes creating wealth for society, enabling employees to live and work in contentment, and building a 'happy Donper homeland'. The group also publicly supports Yangtze finless porpoise conservation. Its website carries investor relations, news, human resources and contact sections, and lists project tenders and public notices for subsidiaries including Donper Electromechanical (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. and Wuhu Opel Electromechanical Co., Ltd.
History
Donper's public history is presented through the corporate identity of Hubei Donper Electromechanical Group Co., Ltd. (湖北东贝机电集团股份有限公司), also referred to as Huangshi Donper Electromechanical Group Co., Ltd. (黄石东贝机电集团有限责任公司). The group is headquartered in Huangshi, Hubei Province, and its official materials describe it as one of China's top 500 manufacturing enterprises, a top-100 light-industry enterprise and a top-100 enterprise in Hubei Province. The group grew around refrigeration compressor technology, which its website describes as the heart of refrigeration systems. From that core it diversified into related businesses: commercial refrigeration appliances such as beverage machines, ice cream machines, ice makers, slush machines, post-mix dispensers, display cabinets and kitchen refrigerators; new-energy products including air-source heat pump dryers, heat pump water tanks, pressure-bearing water tanks and solar thermal systems; castings through Huangshi Donper Casting Co., Ltd.; and motors for compressors and commercial appliances. The group states that it follows a strategy of invigorating the enterprise through science and technology and strengthening it through talent, and that it operates a National Enterprise Technology Center and postdoctoral research facilities recognized by national ministries. Subsidiaries named in the group's public notices include Donper Electromechanical (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. and Wuhu Opel Electromechanical Co., Ltd., indicating manufacturing and project activity beyond Huangshi. The group also maintains an investor relations section on its website and publishes project tenders and public notices, suggesting a structured corporate and capital-markets profile. Its stated corporate values are to create wealth for society, enable employees to live and work in contentment, and build a 'happy Donper homeland'. It also publicly supports Yangtze finless porpoise conservation. The evidence does not provide exact founding dates, ownership details or listing information, so those remain to be confirmed from further sources.
Donper's official website lists project tenders and public notices for subsidiaries including Donper Electromechanical (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. and Wuhu Opel Electromechanical Co., Ltd., indicating ongoing manufacturing and project activity.
The group states it operates a National Enterprise Technology Center and postdoctoral research facilities awarded by national ministries.
Donper publicly supports Yangtze finless porpoise conservation, as described on its website.
Products and positioning
Focuses on commercial refrigeration and food service equipment, delivering high-quality products.
Product categories. Commercial freezers · Display cabinets · Ice machines · Ice cream machines
Controversies
2014
Dongbei Group and Executives Penalized by CSRC for Concealing Related-Party Transactions
The CSRC found that Huangshi Dongbei Electromechanical Group instructed Dongbei B-shares to fail to disclose, or fail to truthfully disclose, its related-party relationships and transactions with Huangshi Aibo Technology and Wuhu Faruixi from 2006 to 2011. In 2014, Dongbei Group was ordered to correct, warned, and fined 300,000 yuan; Yang Baichang was fined 50,000 yuan, and Zhu Jinming and two others were each fined 30,000 yuan; investors subsequently filed lawsuits claiming false statements. Fines, civil claims.
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