Guangrao County is an internationally renowned "tire capital", and as economic development has entered a new normal, it has faced the pains of transformation and development. To this end, Guangrao County has accelerated the implementation of the conversion of old and new kinetic energy, adhered to innovation-driven transformation and upgrading, and promoted the high-quality development of the industry with technological innovation, intelligent manufacturing, capacity integration, and brand building as the starting point, and gradually explored a high-end, intelligent, branded, and large-scale sustainable development path.
At the construction site of Shandong Yongsheng Rubber Group Co., Ltd.'s artificial intelligence semi-steel high-performance green radial tire equipment transformation and upgrading project based on Internet of Things technology, high-end intelligent manufacturing equipment such as molding machines and cutting machines introduced from home and abroad are orderly distributed in the production workshop, and workers are stepping up the installation and commissioning of equipment.
"Our new 4.0 smart factory project is expected to reach the state of operation in October this year, with a daily production capacity of 16,000 tires." Wang Wenzheng, director of the equipment department of Shandong Yongsheng Rubber Group Co., Ltd., said.
The establishment of the intelligent factory has enabled Yongsheng Rubber to realize the intelligent transformation and upgrading of the whole process from raw material warehousing to product delivery, and technological innovation has "ignited" a new engine for the high-quality development of the enterprise. Yongsheng Rubber keeps up with the market trend, actively responds to the changes in the new energy vehicle market, and develops and launches a new energy series of tires to provide consumers with high-quality and environmentally friendly travel options.
"New energy vehicles pay more attention to environmental protection and energy issues, our tires are through energy, environmental protection, life these aspects of reform and breakthrough, the current tire products compared with the previous generation of products load-bearing capacity increased by 20%, rolling resistance wet slip performance to maintain a good level." Shandong Yongsheng Rubber Group Co., Ltd. semi-steel tire R&D manager Zang Jianwei said.
Focusing on the needs of industrial strategy, Yongsheng Rubber has strengthened key core technology research, increased new product development, and formulated product production plans of different specifications for customers in different regions, and gradually became the "leader" of product innovation in the industry, which has been unanimously recognized by domestic and foreign markets.
"At present, we produce more and more types of products, and the product coverage is more and more extensive, for example, we have launched new silent cotton tires, puncture-resistant tires, studded tires and ice tires this year, especially ice tires, with a cross-section width of 175 to 325, and our categories have reached more than 90 kinds. Shandong Yongsheng Rubber Group Co., Ltd. semi-steel tire overseas sales manager Zhang Binghua said.
As one of the leading industries in Guangrao County, rubber tires have developed from extensive and low-end production to green and intelligent. Aiming at the industry's cutting-edge technology and high-end products, Guangrao County implements an innovation-driven strategy, promotes industry-university-research cooperation, accelerates the pace of industrial "intelligent transformation and digital transformation", demonstrates and implements a number of technological transformation projects, and actively builds a green manufacturing system on the basis of building a number of intelligent workshops and smart factories, supports enterprises to build green factories, and comprehensively promotes the transformation and upgrading of the rubber tire industry, improving quality and efficiency.
"We extend the chain, shape the brand internally, highlight the strong digital chain, and support enterprises to carry out high-level technological transformation and intelligent transformation. In the first quarter of this year, the total output value of the rubber tire industry was 10.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 22%. Li Haipeng, director of the technical transformation office of the Guangrao County Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, said.