Rebirth 99 to become a car giant.

Chapter 228 SKF couldn't take it anymore, so he just flipped the table!

Nut plates are Nanshan's traditional superior parts.

In this field, basically there is no opponent.

This part is very simple, and there is not much need and space for technical upgrades.

So Cao Yang's first attack focused on the bearings.

The hub bearing is the most important among them.

"Austin, this is our new generation of hub bearing technology, which perfectly integrates the hub bearing and the mounting bracket. It is very convenient for the OEM to install, and it can save a lot of man-hours during after-sales maintenance."

"More importantly, the overall cost has not risen. This is definitely a new technology worthy of large-scale promotion and adoption."

Detroit, Cao Yang has been here for the nth time.

Every time I come here, the harvest is different.

For the localization of some parts, it may be useful to find the procurement department of a domestic joint venture company.

However, for this kind of promotion of new technologies, the effect of finding a domestic joint venture company is very poor.

After all, they are essentially a factory.

So Cao Yang went directly to the headquarters of General Motors.

The situation is similar for other car companies.

"Your new generation of bearing technology has significantly improved wear resistance and reduced friction, but the cost has not increased."

"From the perspective of procurement, we naturally have no objection."

"But these things need to be judged by the design department!"

Austin casually blamed the design.

But Cao Yang is naturally knowledgeable, and the work in this area has already been done.

"We have already made an appointment to explain the design tomorrow, and we are here today to report to you first."

"For the bearings used everywhere on the vehicle, Nanshan provides a package of solutions."

"Whether it is used on the gearbox and engine, or on the hub bearing, or on the shock absorber and steering column, we have mature bearing models in Nanshan for everyone to choose from."

"Bearing steel produced by Nanshan Special Steel Plant is used. The performance of these bearings has been greatly improved, but we are trying our best not to increase the cost."

The material price of Nanshan Special Steel is definitely lower than that purchased from outside.

So in theory, the cost of Nanshan's new generation of bearings must be reduced.

But this part of the profit, Cao Yang felt that Nanshan could eat it himself.

It is very interesting to provide you with products with better technology, and the price has not increased.

Still thinking of lowering the price?

How could it be possible to provide it to you proactively!
"A package of bearing solutions for the whole car series?"

Austin also heard this statement for the first time.

Are the bearings still like this?

"Yes, if General Motors adopts Nanshan bearings on a large scale, then I can promise to give an annual price reduction of 3% every year after mass production, and this promise can be written in the quotation."

Cao Yang refused to lower the price immediately, but there was no cost change at all, and Austin obviously would not agree.

So he simply changed a method to reflect his efforts.

Anyway, the annual price reduction is a problem that the purchasing department of every car company needs to face.

Even if Nanshan did not make a promise in this regard, wouldn't the main engine factory not look for them?
It's not possible at all!

That being the case, it is better to simply take out this card and play a dozen.

"We need to discuss this plan internally first, but in principle it's not a big problem."

Austin does not care which country the parts are purchased from, as long as the QCD is the best.

Soon, there was action inside GM.

After all, as the world's largest auto company, they have a large number of new models to be launched every year, and at the same time, many new models are entering the project approval stage.

Nanshan now provides a better bearing solution, and the designers of General Motors naturally need to fully review it.

The news of this review naturally spread.

"Ovid, what did you do?"

"I finally transferred you from the Asia-Pacific region to the United States, but in less than a year, you lost all orders from General Motors?"

SKF CEO Tom Johnston is in a very bad mood at this moment.

He squirted violently at Ovid on the other end of the conference call.

"Johnston, General Motors is just conducting a review with Nanshan on the new bearing technology, and has not said that it will be fully adopted."

Ovid tried his best to explain while reaching out to wipe the sweat off his forehead.

When he was the president of the Asia Pacific region before, he was almost fired because of poor performance.

That is to say, the CEO is an old classmate with him, so he was transferred to the United States.

It looks like a transfer at the same level, but in fact, the status has risen.

After all, the American market at this time is bigger than China's.

"You don't need to explain!"

"Someone from General Motors has already told me that new models in the future will not use our SKF bearings, unless our cost can be lower than that of Nanshan, and the quality and performance are better than others. .”

"I don't understand. You can lose to Nanshan in China, but why can't you beat him in America?"

Johnston was not polite at all when he spoke today.

He was really a little anxious.

SKF's market in China has shrunk significantly, and its annual turnover is as much as it was ten years ago.

What was China's auto market like ten years ago, and what is it like now?

Is it possible that the American market will also follow in the footsteps of China?

Then his position as CEO is a bit dangerous.

"Johnston, the price of Huaxia's bearings is really too low, we simply can't compete."

"But don't worry, I have now found a fatal shortcoming of them. If the main operation is good, it can directly make Nanshan lose the American market."

"At that time, not to mention the bearing orders from General Motors, even the orders from automakers such as Ford Motor and Chrysler, they will not be able to keep them."

At this moment, Ovid, who was under high pressure, also gave full play to his ingenuity, and suddenly thought of a very good method.

As long as this method is implemented, he is confident that Nanshan will suffer heavy losses!

"What fatal flaw can Nanshan have?"

"Could it be that there is something wrong with their quality?"

Johnston is not so easy to fool.

If Ovid hadn't said something convincing, he certainly wouldn't believe it.

"No, it's not a quality issue!"

"But this problem is as serious as the quality problem, or even more serious!"

"Johnston, Huaxia has now joined the WTO. We can completely cause them to suffer heavy losses within the rules of the game, and even withdraw their bearings from the American market!"

When Ovid said this, Johnston's interest immediately came.

(End of this chapter)