Chapter 186 The struggle escalates, Huaqiang Factory comes to ask for help

Author: Rabbit who loves drinking black tea

Chapter 186 The struggle escalates, Huaqiang Factory comes to ask for help

Americans are very realistic.

They often only have interests in their eyes.

Whether it is Nanshan or Schuler, they will choose whoever can provide them with benefits.

Not to mention that Nanshan currently has deep cooperation with Ford Motor Co., Ltd. on gearboxes and other parts.

The press parameters and prices provided by Nanshan alone have many advantages over Schuler.

When compared with the press parameters used by various suppliers and the Ford stamping shop, the gap is even wider.

If the first-mover advantage lasts for a long time, it will turn into a first-mover disadvantage.

Just like infrastructure, in the 1980s and 1990s, both the United States and Japan were definitely much better than China.

But after entering the 21st century, this situation immediately began to change.

By 2023, the construction of many cities in China will be completely different from that of the 1980s and 1990s.

It has definitely surpassed countries such as the United States.

But many of its buildings and transportation are still the same as they were back then.

High-speed rail is even more typical in this regard.

Against this background, Cao Yang’s trip to the United States is destined not to come back empty-handed.

For one month in a row, we visited Ford, General Motors, Chrysler and Dodge, as well as their main stamping suppliers in the United States.

Although many orders cannot be finalized immediately, more than 50 equipment contracts have been signed with intention agreements.

This is definitely a bumper harvest.

"Mr. Cao, it seems that if you follow Nanshan, you will indeed have meat to eat."

"Ford has made it clear that it will gradually update the equipment in the stamping workshops of each factory starting next year."

"Technical experts will be arranged to visit Ji'er this year to discuss the details of cooperation."

"As long as there are no problems with our parameters, we can get at least half of the orders for Ford's stamping equipment modifications by then."

Zhang Sheng was in a very good mood.

Although Jier's products have begun to be installed in Changan Ford's workshops, the significance is still very different compared to exporting to the Ford Motor Company headquarters factory in the United States.

Once this information is finalized, Ji Er will definitely be able to make a splash in the domestic equipment industry.

And Nanshan succeeded in all of this with his own help.

Of course, what Zhang Sheng didn't know was that even without Cao Yang, there would be no Nanshan.

According to historical development, they will also receive a large order for the transformation of Ford's stamping equipment.

It's just that this time has to be delayed for a few more years.

"Mr. Zhang, Schuler is already entering into a price war with us in China. You should pay more attention, lest they also engage in a price war with Ford Motor."

"As the main manufacturer of stamping equipment for Ford automobiles, Schuler has a very close cooperative relationship with Ford."

"There are several other OEMs, you should also communicate more."

Most of the stamping workshops of OEMs use large-tonnage TDM presses.

According to the previous agreement, this cake belongs to Ji Er.

Of course, in this cake, the CNC system, bearings and other parts are all provided by Nanshan.

To some extent, it is a win-win situation.

Not to mention that this time Nanshan has received many orders for PRG and TRF presses from suppliers of OEMs such as Ford Motor Company.

In this trip to the United States, Nanshan’s harvest is definitely greater than that of Ji’er.

"No problem, I will hold an internal meeting after I return to discuss setting up an office in Detroit."

"When the time comes, we must sell our presses to various automobile factories in the United States, making our Ji Er the best choice for automobile factories."

"Schuler, Aida, Komatsu and the others, just step aside."

At this moment, Zhang Sheng was extremely passionate.

He has never been so confident.

Of course, he naturally knows what to do in return.

From now on, Jier will be completely tied to Nanshan and become the representative of China in the press industry.

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Nanshan and Jiji made so many moves, which directly made Aida one of the biggest victims.

With the Japanese people's peeing habits, they are definitely not willing to fail like this.

Even if some of the tricks have been used before, the effect is not very good.

They are not willing to give up either.

They even relied on misfortune to get Schuler to cooperate with them on some things again.

And this time, the cooperation is not just about dealing with Nanshan.

Even Huaqiang Factory, in which Nanshan Investment controls 30%, has become a target.

"Mr. Cao, have you finally returned to China?"

"I'm really sorry, I came over to cause trouble to you as soon as you came back."

Nanshan Technology Co., Ltd. On the first day Cao Yang came back to work from a business trip, Guo Shuyin from Yangcheng Huaqiang Stamping Factory came to visit.

In the last year of this year, the development of Huaqiang Factory has also been very rapid.

Not only did they receive a large number of orders from Yangcheng Honda, they also began to develop other customers.

Even the stamping business of home appliances, which was originally abandoned, has started to make breakthroughs again.

They started producing printers and even some stamped parts for elevators.

These stamped parts have much higher requirements than the shells of air conditioners and refrigerators.

At this time, parts with high precision requirements are completely the advantage of Huaqiang Factory.

Some manufacturers in port cities and even some manufacturers in Japan are also looking for cooperation with Huaqiang Factory.

As a result, the production capacity of Huaqiang Factory was immediately utilized quickly.

How to further improve production efficiency has become something Guo Shuyin needs to consider.

As a stamping manufacturer, the most basic processes are stamping and welding.

To improve the production efficiency of stamping, it mainly depends on the equipment. In this regard, Huaqiang Factory uses a large number of PRG presses and TRF presses from Nanshan, and it has achieved the ultimate in efficiency.

The only thing left is welding efficiency.

At present, most Chinese stamping manufacturers use manual welding.

After all, a welding robot can easily cost hundreds of thousands or even millions.

With this capital, it is better to recruit a few more workers, which only costs less than 1,000 yuan a month.

But Guo Shuyin's vision is naturally different from that of ordinary manufacturers.

He has quickly realized the need to introduce welding robots to improve welding production efficiency.

He has visited the welding workshops of many OEMs, and they have begun to use welding robots in large numbers.

He feels this will be the direction of the future.

So this year Huaqiang Factory began planning for an automated welding production line.

"Lao Guo, what happened?"

Cao Yang and Guo Shuyin are also old acquaintances.

You know that the other person is not the kind of person who comes to you for trivial matters.

"Our Huaqiang factory is promoting the transformation of welding automation production lines this year. Originally, the bidding for welding robots has ended. After the results were announced last week, the manufacturer began to arrange production."

"But when I contacted the other party last week, they suddenly refused to accept the order."

"We then contacted several other manufacturers, and the results were the same."

"Mr. Cao, if you don't do business, this is obviously an abnormal situation."

"We immediately arranged for people to make inquiries, and the final news we got was that several of their robot manufacturers had all united to refuse to cooperate with Nanshan-related manufacturers."

"It is said that Toyota Motor, Aisin, Fanuc and other manufacturers are jointly promoting this."

"It doesn't matter if the automation transformation of our Huaqiang factory is delayed, but as these factories unite to deal with Nanshan, we must pay attention to this matter."
To be continued...