Established in March 1962 with the approval of the State Council, Shanghai Scientific Instruments&Materials Co.,Ltd (SSIMC) is a professional company engaged in providing various kinds of instruments and equipment for China's science and technology, education, medical treatment, enterprises, institutions and other high-tech fields.

The registered capital is 30 million yuan. The investors of the company are Shanghai S&T  Investment Co.,Ltd, Shanghai S&T Investment (limited)Co.,Ltd, and Shanghai Zeta Technology (Group) Co.,Ltd. SSIMC has three holding subsidiaries, namely, Shanghai East Star Science & Technology Import & Export Co.,Ltd, Shanghai Scientific Instruments&Materials Store, and Shanghai Keqi international Trade Co.,Ltd.In recent years, the company's sales are more than 2 billion yuan.

The company has the dual functions of international trade and domestic trade, and the rights of import and export trade. In 2019, SSIMC will become the executive director unit of CATIS. The company is mainly engaged in scientific research, medical treatment, education, production of various scientific instruments, chemical reagents, laboratory equipment, chemical products, mechanical and electrical products, metal materials, modern office equipment, time recording equipment, related spare parts, special materials, isotopes and other products.

Over the past 60 years, SSIMC has made great contributions to the scientific research conditions in China. Based in Shanghai, the company provide science and technology services for the whole country, and offered nearly 10 billion yuan of various instruments and equipment for the national construction. According to incomplete statistics, tens of millions of sets (pieces) of scientific research equipment provided by SSIMC occupied about a half of the equipment used for the construction of major scientific research and development projects, key laboratories, pilot bases and key engineering projects. The company has also successfully organized many international scale instrument and instrument exhibitions and nearly one hundred commodity exhibitions, technical lectures and information exchange activities. At the same time, SSIMC has also participated in and completed the national ten-year scientific plan, the third five-year scientific plan, the sixth five-year plan for tackling key scientific and technological problems, and the 863 Program, Shanghai chemical reagent and scientific instruments and many other major research projects and supporting services.

The company has developed by leaps and bounds in the main melody of science and technology service. The performance rises steadily, the team grows sturdily, the overall quality of staff improves comprehensively. The company has a number of high and middle management personnel, and it established a wide range of business alliances and user service cooperation with domestic and foreign scientific equipment production, business manufacturers, scientific research institutes, colleges and universities, medical and health institutions and various enterprises, which formed a smooth sales network.

In the grand chapter of "new era", SSIMCer has enough courage to change the dangerous road into a smooth one. With down-to-earth attitude, talent and intelligence, they are passionate to prosper the country by science and education, scientific and technological innovation and creating a better future by science and technology. They have shaped the enterprise's own service style——dedicating to science and technology service.