Gather momentum and gather energy
——The construction of admixture professional towns outside Wanrong County has driven the high-quality development of the county's economy
Reporter Chen Yongnian Correspondent Ma Fengchun
Since the 70s of the last century, the admixture industry in Vang Vieng County has gone through more than half a century. Over the past few decades, several generations of Wanrong people have opened admixture factories all over the country and brought the admixture industry to all parts of the country, and a number of entrepreneurs who have made a fortune by relying on the admixture industry have emerged, and a well-known characteristic industrial industry has been formed. Today, concrete admixtures have become the largest industrial pillar industry in Vang Vieng County, forming an industrial scale of 100,000 employees, 642 enterprises and 6 million tons of production capacity at home and abroad, with a national market share of more than 30%.
Since being awarded the "First Batch of Top Ten Provincial Key Professional Towns in Shanxi" in 2022, Wanrong County has anchored the "double hundred" goal of breaking through 100 enterprises and exceeding 10 billion yuan in output value, focusing on cultivating and forging influential industrial towns in the country, and the characteristic admixture industry is poised to make further efforts.
Rammed base
Make the industry bigger
In the new building materials agglomeration area of Ronghe Town, where admixture enterprises are all over the place, Hanhai concrete admixture professional incubator is like a "mother embryo", which has a very special status, and in recent years, 27 admixture companies have become an important force in the industry.
Hanhai Incubator is the only concrete admixture technology business incubator in China
Cultivate and incubate admixture enterprises through OEM, joint venture, service and other modes. Zhao Hong, general manager of the company, told reporters: "The incubator gives full play to the resource advantages of Wanrong County's concrete admixture characteristic industrial base, and has become an admixture enterprise entrepreneurship base, a cradle for cultivating excellent managers of admixture enterprises, and a sharing factory that effectively saves social resources, providing policy, finance, marketing and other support for more admixture start-ups to attract more people to participate in this industry." ”
The successful operation of Hanhai Incubator also marks a breakthrough in the "first move" of Wanrong County to expand the industrial scale through the development of admixture headquarters economy.
In view of the actual situation of admixture enterprises all over the country, Wanrong County has issued several measures to accelerate the development of the headquarters economy in Wanrong County to promote the return of enterprises, output value, taxation and talents. Up to now, the number of admixture enterprises in the county has increased to 99.
Vigorously supporting small and micro enterprises with stable production and operation, broad market prospects, large growth space and strong innovation ability to "upgrade to the system" is the "second move" of Wanrong to continuously expand the scale of the admixture industry. In recent years, the county has added four "small upgrading" enterprises: Fengjing Building Materials, Hubang Building Materials, Jiaying Building Materials, and Fengyuan Building Materials; Kantel Chemical ranks among the "Top 10 Comprehensive Concrete Admixture Enterprises in China"; 22 companies have passed the green building materials product certification, and Kantel Chemical and Sammusi Building Materials were rated as green development enterprises in 2021-2022; 13 national-level "two-in-one" integration enterprises such as Kangrui Building Materials and 4 provincial-level "specialized, special and new" enterprises such as Haitong Building Materials have been added; Sammus Building Materials was recognized as a provincial intelligent manufacturing demonstration enterprise in 2023.
The construction and improvement of Ronghe New Building Materials Cluster Area and Huangfu Chemical Industry Park, so that admixture enterprises can carry a broader platform and settle in more reassuringly is the "third move" for the county to expand its industrial scale. In accordance with the principle of "centralized layout of enterprises, development of industrial clusters, intensive utilization of resources, and construction of functional collections", the county has revised and improved the "1+N" planning system guided by the overall planning of the park, and supported by industrial development planning, planning environmental impact assessment, energy conservation assessment, overlying ore deposits, cultural relics protection and archaeological permits, soil and water conservation and other regional assessments, so that enterprises can travel lightly and enter the park with peace of mind. Since last year, relying on the two industrial parks, the county has implemented a total investment of 2.576 billion yuan in Longxing new material p-phenylenediamine production line, Hanhai new materials, Yongxinjie new building materials, Jingboli new materials and other leading industrial projects, Jingyuande Phase II, Xinxiang Environmental Protection, Boheng Technology, Volcano Building Materials and a number of projects have been completed and put into operation.
"Through the development of the headquarters economy, the promotion of the unification of regulations, and the strengthening of project construction, Wanrong has implemented precise policies and gradient cultivation to promote the enterprises in the admixture professional town to optimize the stock and expand the increment, and the 'plate' of the admixture industry can continue to expand." Yi Tianliang, deputy secretary of the county party committee and county magistrate, said.
Strong chains
Do a good job in industrial upgrading
In Kaidi New Materials Co., Ltd., the production line with an annual output of 100,000 tons of automatic flake superplasticizer is running in an orderly manner, and the products are sold all over the country and widely used in various infrastructure projects.
"Through independent research and development and cooperative research and development, we continue to improve the process and convert the form of superplasticizer from liquid to flake and powder. This production line can double the production efficiency, reduce the transportation cost by half, and more than 80% of the products are exported and underwritten. Yang Ruili, chairman of the company, said proudly.
In addition to this new automated green production line located in the Ronghe new building materials cluster, in the Huangfu Industrial Park, Kaidi Company is also building a new new material high-performance fiber industrial park, where the "p-phenylenediamine" production line and "para-aramid" pilot base jointly built with Tsinghua University will be completed.
So far, Kaidi New Materials Co., Ltd., a traditional admixture company, has completed its own layout by extending the industrial chain and realized a "gorgeous turn" in the field of admixtures.
In the face of the downward pressure of the economy and the increasingly fierce market competition, the transformation and upgrading of the admixture industry is imperative.
To promote the efficiency of admixture professional town enterprises and improve the quality of the industry, Wanrong starts from the three dimensions of "raw material production chain, product processing chain, and market supply chain".
Complete the raw material production chain.
Focusing on the two goals of "one liter and one increase" to improve the modernization level of the admixture industry chain and supply chain and enhance the ability of industrial coordinated development, starting from the main raw materials for the production of admixtures, we will focus on the introduction of polyether monomer, acrylic acid, soda ash and other raw material production enterprises and trading enterprises. At present, projects such as Baisheng Chemical mercaptopropionic acid, Chengde supply chain soda ash, Xinxiang Environmental Protection and Jingyuande quick-setting agent masterbatch have been completed and put into operation; Shandong Lianhong, Jilin Zhongxin and other admixture raw material manufacturers have set up 6 trading companies in Wanrong, with an annual transaction volume of 87 million yuan.
Strengthen the product processing chain.
With the "three cores" of top enterprises, cutting-edge technologies and first-class products in industrial clusters, we will accelerate the introduction and application of advanced technologies and the breakthrough development of multi-path products, and focus on promoting the R&D and production of green and low-carbon polycarboxylic acids, powdered polycarboxylic acids, alkali-free liquid quick-setting agents and high-performance composite superplasticizers for complex conditions such as alpine conditions. Kaidi Building Materials cooperated with Tsinghua University to successfully develop powdered polycarboxylic acid, and Jiawei New Materials obtained 2 million yuan project financial support from the municipal "Unveiling the Leader", and the project was established to tackle the special admixtures for shotcrete in the complex and harsh tunnel construction environment.
Extend the market supply chain.
On the basis of market applications in civil buildings, railways, bridges, tunnels, airports, hydropower, etc., we will actively enter the fields of oil exploitation and coal washing, and focus on cultivating new products such as coated solid proppantium, defoamer, flotation foaming agent, and special foaming agent for shield machines in oil and gas fields. At present, Jinwankang's petroleum coated proppant and flotation foaming agent have completed the pilot test, and new products such as formation long-term slow-release anti-scale particles are being developed, and the second phase of the new building materials project is being built simultaneously.
innovation
Strengthen industrial technology
Shanxi Sammusi Building Materials Chemical Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Sammusi Building Materials") with an annual output of 50,000 tons of SMS polycarboxylic acid high-performance superplasticizer intelligent workshop, a set of oval automation equipment close to the ground, like a mouth buckled on the ground "cauldron lid", the roar of the machine, several workers skillfully operate the equipment, the whole process is orderly, the working face is clean and tidy.
In the face of the new market, the "old" enterprise Sammus Building Materials took the lead in stepping out of the traditional production mode, and promoting intelligent production has become a major feature of the enterprise. In Vang Vieng, it is not uncommon for admixture companies to use intelligent production lines. However, the uniqueness of Sammus Building Materials is that its intelligent production line was independently developed 10 years ago, and it is in a leading position in Wanrong and even the country in terms of R&D time and technical level.
Today, Sanmusi Building Materials has 3 automatic production lines of naphthalene high-efficiency superplasticizer and 8 automatic production lines of polycarboxylic acid high-performance superplasticizer, with an annual output of more than 200,000 tons of various admixture products, forming a unique style of "Feiyun" brand products and a comprehensive supply service system. In August 2023, Sammus Building Materials was selected into the "2023 Provincial Intelligent Manufacturing Pilot Demonstration Enterprise List".
Taking the road of technological innovation and innovation development is the need of the times, and it is the initiative of the Wanrong County Party Committee, the county government and admixture enterprises to assess the situation.
Since the establishment of the professional town, Wanrong has promoted the connotative and innovative development path of the admixture professional town through the three measures of "building a platform, building a system, and tackling key technologies".
Build an innovation platform through multiple channels.
Establish a gradient improvement list of enterprises, and 18 high-tech enterprises in professional towns, 17 technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, 5 national and provincial specialized and special new "little giant" enterprises, 16 provincial specialized and special new enterprises, 14 provincial and municipal enterprise technology centers, 1 provincial pilot base, 1 municipal technology innovation center, and 1 municipal key laboratory. Relying on the training base for the integration of production and education of admixtures, we will build a provincial-level admixture technology innovation center, complete equipment, talents, and supporting funds, and strengthen major common technologies and key technologies.
Build an all-round innovation system.
Focus on building a "3+3" technological innovation system, that is, the formation of three major technical forces: the establishment of the industry's top expert team, the local doctoral service team, and the enterprise technical personnel team. Grasp the three work requirements: build an efficient and high-yield technology innovation center, develop a complete set of technical practical tutorials, carry out a series of practical technical theory training, and comprehensively improve the application innovation ability of professional towns.
Vigorously tackle key technologies.
To deepen the cooperation between provinces and schools, Yuncheng University sent two teams to carry out research and technical services in the enterprise, jointly built an admixture college, and integrated the talent training of "secondary vocational-junior college-undergraduate". The normalized implementation of the "unveiling and leading" mechanism for major scientific and technological projects, and the research of "key technology and application of high alumina content and early strength alkali-free accelerator" of Jiawei New Materials won the second prize of technological progress in 2022 and the second prize of scientific and technological progress in Shanxi Province. Yongxiang Building Materials won the third prize in the Shanxi Division of the 12th China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition in 2023. The concept demonstration and project review meeting of "Science and Technology Innovation Hui" in Wanrong Admixture Professional Town was held, and 7 projects, including Jinwankang New Materials, Kangrui Building Materials, and Kantel Chemical, were approved by science and technology projects.
Upgrading
To brighten the industrial brand
Now in Vang Vieng for the testing of admixture products, in addition to the third-party organization, there is also a high-quality option - Vang Vieng County Admixture Comprehensive Testing Center.
This multi-functional testing center integrating product testing, engineering experiments, product research and development, talent cultivation, etc., involves various standards such as national standards, railway standards, highway standards, etc., and is equipped with advanced equipment and professional and technical personnel at home and abroad, which can provide all kinds of testing services for Wanrong admixture enterprises free of charge.
"The comprehensive testing center is established on the basis of fully soliciting the opinions of all parties and strict control by experts, which can not only test concrete admixtures, but also test admixture raw materials and building materials, with wide testing coverage and high professionalism." The relevant person in charge of Wanrong County Admixture Comprehensive Testing Center said.
On July 17, Wanrong held a group standard conference for admixtures in professional towns, and 8 admixture group standards such as "High-efficiency superplasticizer for concrete" were publicly released.
Sun Jianrong, president of Wanrong County Concrete Admixtures Association, said that taking this conference as an opportunity, Wanrong County will adhere to the market-oriented refinement standards, formulate systematic group standard management, intellectual property disposal and other systems through admixture standardization management institutions and supporting standardization staff, and do a good job in the whole life cycle management of admixture group standards.
Standards create brands, and brands lead standards. Through the three paths of "standard leading, brand leading, and publicity leading", Wanrong County strives to enhance the brand reputation, core competitiveness and market share of Wanrong Admixture Professional Town.
Standards lead the way
Leading and supporting the development of the industry with standardization, leading and participating in the formulation of 15 national standards such as "sulfate-resistant silicate cement" and 12 group standards such as "ultra-early strength liquid alkali-free accelerator for shotcrete", which has effectively improved the ability of advanced standards to support industrial development.
Brand leadership
Focusing on the goal of building a public brand of "Shanxi Boutique", deeply cultivating the brand of admixture industry, it has cultivated two well-known trademarks in China such as "Huangteng" and "Zankai", 6 famous trademarks in Shanxi Province such as "Feiyun" and "Yuchao", Jiawei liquid alkali-free quick-coagulant products have passed the "Shanxi Boutique" certification, and 3 companies including Sammusi have been selected as national intellectual property advantage enterprises in 2023, focusing on building a brand matrix of "regional brand + corporate brand + product brand".
Propaganda and leadership
The high-speed railway named "Wanrong Admixture Professional Town Number" successfully departed from Taiyuan South Railway Station; The high-standard construction of Wanrong Admixture Expo, the compilation of admixture book series, set physical display, popular science education, brand promotion is equal to one, all-round display of Wanrong admixture brand image, to create a characteristic industry "living room".
In the land of Houtu, the characteristic admixture industry is gathering momentum and setting sail. In recent years, Wanrong has been rated as "National Torch Plan Characteristic Industrial Base", "Shanxi's First Batch of Characteristic Industrial Clusters", "Shanxi Province's New Industrialization Industry Demonstration Base", "Shanxi's First Batch of Top Ten Provincial Key Professional Towns", and "National 2023 Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Characteristic Industrial Clusters".
Wang Fei, secretary of the Wanrong County Party Committee, said that Wanrong will aim to build a 10-billion-level admixture professional town, and make every effort to write a "big article" on admixtures, so that this traditional industry will be rejuvenated and become a powerful engine for the high-quality development of the county economy.