FOTIMA and Kazakhstan's ATYRAU OIL AND GAS UNIVERSITY have entered into a strategic partnership Building a New Ecological System of Industry-University-Research Collaboration between China and Kazakhstan
On December 12,2025, FOTIMA Group, a 70-year-old enterprise, and ATYRAU OIL AND GAS UNIVERSITY in Kazakhstan signed a strategic cooperation agreement at the university's campus. The signing ceremony was attended by FOTIMA CEO Ms.Lu Yizhen and the university's President Гульзада Шакауликова, marking the official launch of cross-border collaboration between China and Kazakhstan in three key areas: sensor technology, educational culture, and international trade supply chains.
As a global sensor solutions provider, FOTIMA has established a talent team and efficient supply chain network spanning over 30 countries. ATYRAU OIL AND GAS UNIVERSITY, one of Kazakhstan's leading engineering institutions, will collaborate with FOTIMA on three key areas: sensor technology, education, and supply chain. The partnership will involve establishing a joint R&D laboratory for sensor technology to address industry needs, expanding student internships and career development pathways to align talent cultivation with industrial demands, and co-developing modern online-offline educational programs and multilingual textbooks (including Lu Yizhen's "Fundamentals and Applications of Sensors") tailored for Central Asian markets. Regular academic seminars, industry exchanges, and technical training sessions will be organized, alongside the rapid localization of FOTIMA's production lines. Senior FOTIMA technical experts will be invited to mentor university teaching and practical training, while joint applications for China-Kazakhstan international research grants will facilitate cross-border technology transfer.
This collaboration is a key initiative of FOTIMA's "Belt and Road" education-industry linkage, which will fully leverage the company's technological and industrial resource advantages as well as the educational and talent resources of universities. It aims to cultivate sensing technology professionals with both theoretical foundation and practical skills for Kazakhstan, while also providing local intellectual support for FOTIMA's global technological innovation and market expansion, helping China and Kazakhstan form a new ecosystem of deep industry-academia-research collaboration in the sensing field.
