Dahe News Yu video reporter Gao Peng
On February 22, on the assembly line of Sanmenxia Daika Wheel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Daika Wheel"), aluminum ingots of the same specifications and models flew up and down into shiny automotive "hot wheels" through the production processes of smelting, die-casting, heat treatment, machining, and painting. From here, about 5 million car wheels "run" around the world every year.
"GM and Ford in the United States, Toyota in Japan, Shanghai Volkswagen, Shanghai GM, Changan Ford and Dongfeng Honda in China..." Li Yong, secretary of the party committee and chairman of The Board of Directors of Daika Wheel Hub, said that some of the wheel hubs used in these well-known brand cars are produced in the wheel factory.
Automobile wheel manufacturing belongs to the downstream industrial chain of automobile manufacturing, and there is no automobile manufacturing base in Sanmenxia City, why would this company settle here?
In 2017, focusing on resources, integrating resources and strengthening resources, Henan Energy chemical group signed an agreement with Sanmenxia Municipal Government and Sanmenxia Jinqu Group to reorganize Sanmenxia Daika Wheel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. with 55% equity, relying on CITIC Dicastal, the world's largest automobile wheel manufacturer, to build the largest intelligent "U" shaped aluminum alloy wheel production line in China.
How "smart" is this line? Qiao Wenming, chief engineer of Daika Wheel Hub, took the painting workshop as an example, in the 1000 square meter workshop, only 7 workers are needed, and most of the processes have achieved intelligent mechanization. In the 5G smart cloud factory dispatch center, a series of parameters of the cooling status, temperature and pressure value of the equipment are dynamically updated on the display, "Our process production instructions are all issued from here to achieve real-time monitoring." ”
As a labor-intensive low-value-added product, labor cost is an important part of its cost, and the competition between enterprises is more of a cost contest.
Li Yong said that in the past 2021, Daika wheels have achieved great growth in exports, and more than 470,000 wheels produced have been exported to the United States, Japan, Southeast Asia and the European market, an increase of 164% year-on-year, achieving sales revenue of 87.539 million yuan and export earnings of 12.7674 million US dollars. "As a wheel manufacturer, we want to improve production efficiency on the basis of reducing the cost per kilogram. As far as R&D funds are concerned, last year's investment accounted for 3.24% of the total output value, and this year strives to achieve 4%, further increase R&D investment in intelligent production, and inject new impetus into independent brands with innovation. ”
Source: Dahe News Yu Video Editor: Wang Fenghua