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Chapter 1143 The big hair whose cognition has been subverted

Don't worry about going to Hippo Country for investigation, because there is movement from Lao Maozi.

With the help of Samir Khalil, the Volga Automobile Manufacturing Company got in touch with the Huateng Group through the channel of its own embassy. After confirming that the Huateng Group did agree to transfer the Huateng Excelle to itself, Wateng Lianjing Matviyenko was overjoyed, and immediately expressed to Huateng Group that he hoped to visit Huateng Group.

After some communication between the two parties, Valentin Matviyenko came to Huaxia with a delegation soon.

For the Volga car inspection team who came to China for the first time, everything they saw subverted their perception of China in their brains. For China, many Russians still stay in the Ant Market in Moscow, and they always think that China is It is no problem to produce some light industrial products, but in the field of heavy industry and economy, there is no way to compare with Russia. But in fact, from the moment the plane landed, everything they saw had a huge impact on their cognition Shock, when they followed Zhang Qihang to the production base of Huateng Industrial Group in the high-tech zone of Shungeng City, looking at the highly automated automobile production line in front of them, everyone felt that their cognition had been subverted. Whispering...

"This production line is too advanced."

"I have only seen such an advanced production line in Citroen."

"No, no, I don't think Citroen's production line is as advanced. Look at those automated testing equipment, God, is this really Huaxia?"

Like everyone else, Valentin Matviyenko's cognition has also been greatly impacted. Looking at the highly automated production line in front of him, Valentin Matviyenko couldn't help asking Zhang Qihang Said: "Zhang, did you import this production line from Europe or the United States? The price must not be cheap, right?"

"No," Zhang Qihang smiled and shook his head: "Most of the production equipment and testing equipment in this production line are produced by enterprises in our country. The localization rate of the entire production line is about 90%, and only a very small number of equipment are foreign purchased, but the design, integration and commissioning of the entire production line were done by ourselves.”

"Are you sure?"

Valentin Matviyenko's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Of course," Zhang Qihang nodded with a smile: "You can find any piece of equipment, look for the nameplate on it, and find out who the manufacturer of this equipment is - for example, the 3000-ton stamping machine in front of us is It was produced, installed and debugged by our Shungeng No. [-] Machine Tool Factory in Lu Province."

"Is that so..."

Valentin Matviyenko, who was a little unbelievable, couldn't help but stepped forward. Sure enough, he found the product nameplate at the bottom of this huge stamping machine. Although he couldn't read Chinese, he still knew the square characters on it. See Looking at the square characters above, Valentin Matviyenko was silent: Such advanced equipment was actually manufactured by China... Speaking of which, the former Soviet Union was also able to produce and manufacture such large stamping machines. Machines, even [-]-ton hydraulic presses and tens of thousands of tons of die forging machines can also be produced, but now...

Looking at the shocked Valentin Matviyenko and his colleagues, Zhang Qihang went on to say: "The overall performance of this stamping machine is comparable to that of similar equipment in Europe and America, but the price is only 60 yuan of similar products in Europe and America. %, if the later maintenance and use costs are included, the life cycle cost will be even lower.”

When Valentin Matviyenko and other people from the Volga Automobile Factory heard the news, their hearts jumped!

The main stamping machine currently used by the Volga Automobile Manufacturing Company was manufactured in the late 60s. Compared with the large stamping machines currently used in the automotive industry, that stamping machine has slower stamping speed, lower efficiency, and higher energy consumption. If If all these can still be manned, then the most terrible problem is that the stamping machine has been used intensively for these years, and it is often broken, and it needs to be repaired every now and then, which seriously affects the normal production work of the Volga Automobile Factory. The manufacturing plant has long thought of changing to a stamping machine.

Speaking of it, in fact, according to the original plan of the Volga Automobile Factory, the stamping machine only needs to be replaced in the mid-to-late 80s, but everyone knows the situation in the Soviet Union in the mid-to-late 80s. I made several reports, requesting to replace a brand new stamping machine with a pressure of 2500 tons, but the Soviet industrial department at that time did not approve it. Later, after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the whole country was in chaos, and there was no opportunity and possibility to replace the stamping machine. up.

After 2002, although the situation in Russia began to improve, on the one hand, the economic system of Da Mao has undergone fundamental changes. It is impossible to get a stamping machine just by making a report like before. On the other hand, the Volga Automobile Manufacturing Company's economic strength is limited, and there is not so much money to buy a stamping machine. The final result is that this stamping machine, which was originally planned to be decommissioned in the mid-to-late 80s, insisted on overdue service. some years.

And since it has been used for an extended period, and it has lasted for nearly 20 years, the overall performance and cost of use of this stamping machine can naturally be imagined.

Speaking of this, some brothers are curious. Lao Maozi's heavy industry is so developed, and the same product, Lao Maozi's "domestic products" are much cheaper than European and American products. Why doesn't Volga Automobile Manufacturing Company purchase this kind of stamping machine from China?Or is it that after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Lao Maozi no longer has the ability to produce this type of stamping machine?

Of course not, Lao Maozi still has the ability to produce heavy-duty stamping machines. For example, the Voronezh Heavy-duty Press Machinery Factory in the former Soviet Union, established in 1949, still exists today. This enterprise that began to produce heavy-duty press machines in the former Soviet Union can The production of 15000-ton presses, the 3000-ton presses required by the Volga Automobile Manufacturing Company, is naturally a trivial matter for the current Voronezh Heavy Press Machinery Manufacturing Company, but the problem is that as early as 2001. , the Volga Automobile Manufacturing Company had contacted the Voronezh Heavy Press Machinery Manufacturing Company, intending to purchase a 2500-ton stamping machine, but the quotation from the Voronezh Heavy Press Machinery Manufacturing Company made the Volga Automobile Manufacturing Company give up the idea of ​​purchasing: Although the Voronezh Heavy Press Machinery Manufacturing Company The price quoted by the pressure machinery manufacturing company is lower than that of similar products in Europe and America, but it is still not acceptable to the Volga automobile manufacturing company.

So this matter was dragged down so slowly, and the Volga Automobile Manufacturing Company could only stick to the stamping machine produced in the 60s and live a life of "three years of new, three years of old, and three years of sewing and repairing". day.

Now, I suddenly heard from Zhang Qihang that this stamping machine produced by Huaxia not only has a pressure of up to 3000 tons, but also the purchase cost, use cost and life-cycle cost are much lower than the same type of products in Europe, Valentin Ma Tviyenko's heart suddenly became alive: If it is such a price and the payment cycle is more flexible, maybe the Volga Automobile Manufacturing Company will have the opportunity to replace the old stamping machine.

He couldn't help but asked Zhang Qihang: "Mr. Zhang, what's the price of your stamping machine?"

Looking at Valentin Matviyenko, Zhang Qihang asked, "Are you interested in this stamping machine?"

"Well," Valentin Matviyenko responded, and said, "Our group also has a need to purchase a stamping machine. We ask, we can give them a chance."

A look of "for your sake, I will give that company that produces stamping machines a chance, and you have to thank me well".

It’s fine if Zhang Qihang doesn’t know the current situation of the Volga Automobile Manufacturing Company, but the problem is that he knows, so Valentin Matviyenko’s appearance will be interesting. Not to fall", but if you put it bluntly, Valentin Matviyenko's appearance is a bit ridiculous.

"This is a good thing," but Zhang Qihang couldn't expose him. He nodded with a smile, and then turned to the secretary beside him and said, "Remember to remind me and tell Mr. Li of the second machine tool later."

"Ok."

The secretary nodded hurriedly, and at the same time quickly wrote down the matter.

Seeing that Zhang Qihang didn't express much on this matter, and he didn't seem to care much about the bait he threw out, Valentin Matviyenko couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but he quickly adjusted. Feeling relieved, he first expressed his gratitude to Zhang Qihang, and then asked Zhang Qihang: "Mr. Zhang, what is the current production rate of your company?"

In the automobile manufacturing industry, the so-called production takt means how long it takes for a car to come off the production line. The world's top auto giants such as Ford, Toyota, and Volkswagen can control the production takt to about 56 seconds, that is, every In 56 seconds, a car will come off the production line.

But the production takt of the Volga Automobile Factory is of course not up to this level. Their production takt is about 3 minutes, and the efficiency of a single production line is only about one-third of that of international auto giants such as Volkswagen, Toyota, and Ford.

The main reason why the production tempo of Volga Automobile Manufacturing Company is so slow is that their production line is still the same one back then. Over the years, let alone replacing them with new ones, they have not even undergone technological upgrades. The automobile production in the 60s The technology certainly cannot be compared with today's production technology.

Valentin Matviyenko judged others by himself, even though he had already seen the degree of automation of this production line, but because he only visited the stamping line among the four major processes and had not yet visited the final assembly, he subconsciously felt The production tempo of Huateng Group's final assembly line may be better than that of Volga Automobile Manufacturing Company, but it is estimated that it is not much better.

Zhang Qihang didn't know about Valentin Matviyenko's careful thinking, and just thought it was a random question asked by the other party out of curiosity, so he answered casually: "It's 1 minute and 06 seconds."

"How many?"

Valentin Matviyenko thought he had heard wrong.

"1 minute and 06 seconds," Zhang Qihang felt somewhat ashamed: "Compared to top international auto giants such as Ford, Volkswagen, and Toyota, our production cycle is almost 10 seconds slower than them. From this perspective Said that the gap between us and these international giants is still obvious.”

Hearing Zhang Qihang's words, Valentin Matviyenko didn't even know how to answer for a while: If Zhang Qihang felt ashamed to say that a car could be produced in 66 seconds, how could he face Volga Automobile Manufacturing? It takes about 190 seconds for the factory to produce a car, what should the general manager do?Just jump into the river?

Valentin Matviyenko even began to worry: If Zhang Qihang asked about his own production rhythm, how should he answer——Because of this huge change, Valentin Matviyenko originally planned to ask A few questions, I don't feel like asking them right now.

Instead, Zhang Qihang continued to sprinkle salt on Valentin Matviyenko's heart: "However, the reason why this production cycle is so slow is that when designing this production line, it is related to the level of our country's related supporting industries. It is also related to the financial situation of our group at that time.

However, our new production line has improved a lot since then. Our new factory in Pengcheng can achieve a production cycle of 55 seconds. "

55 second……

After hearing Zhang Qihang's answer, the entire Volga Automobile Manufacturing Company tour group, including Valentin Matviyenko, did not want to talk: the current Volga Automobile Manufacturing Company has not even thought about how to increase the production tempo. Just thinking about how to maintain the company...

However, some people were not convinced and felt that Zhang Qihang was bragging. For example, the deputy general manager Sergei Shestakov thought so in his heart. He asked Zhang Qihang: "Mr. Zhang, can we go first?" Would you like to visit the assembly workshop?"

According to the visit process communicated by the two parties before, the four major process lines of stamping, welding, painting, and final assembly were visited one by one. Sergey Shestakov’s request is somewhat inappropriate—but how It's not appropriate, it's not very serious, it's in the "somewhat impolite" category.

Zhang Qihang didn't answer right away, but first took a look at Valentin Matviyenko——Valentin Matviyenko is the leader of the Volga Automobile Manufacturing Company's visiting group. Do you want to temporarily change the visiting program? , of course Valentin Matviyenko had the final say.

Facing Zhang Qihang's gaze, Valentin Matviyenko nodded and said, "Mr. Zhang, is it convenient?"

Now that Valentin Matviyenko has said so, of course Zhang Qihang will not object. My friend asked to temporarily adjust the order of visits. Who can say anything?He nodded happily, "Of course it's fine."

(End of this chapter)