全面抗战爆发后，东部沿海地区大面积沦陷，东南工业一落千丈。为适应战时需要，皖南实业公司在第三战区经济委员会以及安徽地方银行总行合资创办之下应运而生。公司旨在提倡发展内地中小工业，增加战时生产，遂开办制革、纺织、造纸、火柴四厂。在战时环境下，公司艰难运营，通过及时转变经营策略，并对原料与产品进行统购统销、坚持技术创新研发新原料、开展灵活多样的生产经营方式，以此保证各项业务顺利推进。皖南实业公司的建立为保障战时民众基本物品需求、积极支持抗战发挥了重要作用。

After the outbreak of the Total Resistance War Against Japan, the eastern coastal areas were largely occupied and the industries in the southeast of China plunged. To meet wartime needs, the Wannan Industrial Company was established as a joint venture between the Economic Commission of the Third Theater and the head office of Anhui Local Bank. The company aimed to promote the development of small and medium-sized industries in the mainland and increase wartime production, thus establishing four factories for tanning, textile, paper, and match making. Under wartime conditions, the company operated with difficulty, but it ensured the smooth progress of its business by shifting its business strategies in a timely manner, implementing centralized procurement and sales of raw materials and products, promoting technological innovation and developing new raw materials, and adopting flexible and diverse production and operation modes. The establishment of the Wannan Industrial Company played an important role in meeting the basic needs of the public during the war and actively supported the War of Resistance Against Japan.