The story
The predecessor of the company was founded on 20 July 1992 (as Chinese: 天津美纶股份有限公司). In 1996 the shares of the company was started to float on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. In 1997 it was takeover by TEDA Group (Chinese: 天津泰达集团有限公司) from Tianjin Textile Industry Corporation (Chinese: 天津市纺织工业总公司) as a reverse IPO.
In the same year the company was renamed into Tianjin TEDA Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 天津泰达股份有限公司).
From Wikipedia’s article on Tianjin TEDA Company, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3