The traditional heavy-duty truck production workshop must be dimmed and covered with oil. Workers' faces are also covered with smudges. Heavy-duty trucks, due to their lower technological content than cars, have always given people a “stupid black†from production methods to products. Thick impression. However, when we walked into the workshop of Shanghai Iveco Hongyan's newly built Jiangbei heavy truck production base in Chongqing, the reporters were very bright. The modern single-layer saw-toothed building could maintain the necessary light even in the absence of lighting; The walls were decorated with light green grounds, spotless, and the invincible robots danced flexibly and accurately with background music at various workstations, making people seem to walk into the world of Transformers. This unique, modern and automated production base in China will be put into trial operation in January this year. It will be lean, agile, flexible and modular. It will produce heavy trucks that are at the same level as the top level in the world today. , And the capacity design capacity reaches an annual output of 40,000 vehicles. There is also an engine plant in this base, which can annually produce advanced Fiat C9 series diesel engines that can meet Euro V emission standards, with a designed capacity of 200,000 sets, facing two domestic and international markets.
Industry insiders commented that the birth of the Shanghai Iveco Hongyan new base not only resulted in a qualitative change in the manufacturing level of heavy trucks in China, but also pushed the “Red Rock†plant, which was previously in the industry’s seventh position, to the first phalanx of heavy trucks. Or that it will become a "dark horse" in China's heavy truck industry.
Heavy-duty trucks are heavy-duty trucks with a carrying capacity of 15 tons or more. This industry is not so big. Even at the peak period, the domestic market has a capacity of more than 500,000 vehicles a year. The country’s manufacturers, however, have only come home for 20 years, in addition to being ranked first. The annual production of China National Heavy Duty Truck, Dongfeng, and Liberation exceeded 100,000 units, Shaanxi Automobile and Auman exceeded 50,000 units, Beiben and Hongyan exceeded 20,000 units, and other 10,000 vehicles and even several thousand vehicles. . The heavy-duty truck industry is dominated by its own brand and is based on the production of military products. Product development has gone through roughly three stages. It can also be said that there are three sources of technology that form the evolution of the three technologies. One is the truck manufacturing technology of the World War II era aided and built by the former Soviet Union in the 1950s and an extension after digestion and absorption; the other is the development of the Bellier technology exported by France in the 1960s and the Austrian Steyr truck technology. Variants, this technology is the most widely used, affecting the longest time for heavy truck manufacturing in China; the third is based on the world's top truck manufacturing technologies such as “Volvoâ€, “Benzâ€, “Renaultâ€, “Manâ€, and “Fiatâ€. Representing Europe's modern truck manufacturing technology, it has only recently entered China for more than a decade. The technical features of modern trucks are that they must have overhead 4-door cams, high-pressure common rails, variable-section turbochargers and rear drives. The heavy truck in China is just beginning to follow this path. Less than two years after SAIC Iveco Hongyan Commercial Vehicle Co., Ltd. was listed, it began to fully introduce the most advanced heavy truck manufacturing technology in the world, and is advancing towards an all-round improvement of China's heavy truck R&D and manufacturing.
SAIC Motor was originally a “blank†in the production of commercial vehicles, including trucks. After SAIC acquired Nanjing Auto, the Iveco commercial vehicle that Nanjing Automobile cooperated with Fiat gave SAIC the opportunity to fill this gap. SAIC Iveco Commercial Vehicle Co., Ltd. later Chongqing Chongqing Hongyan Automobile Co., Ltd. was reorganized with Chongqing Heavy Truck Co., Ltd. and a joint venture SAIC Iveco Hongyan Commercial Vehicle Co., Ltd. was established to establish a new production base in Chongqing. The base also includes SAIC Fiat Hongyan Powertrain Co., Ltd., which was jointly invested by SAIC Iveco Hongyan Commercial Vehicle Investment Co., Ltd., Chongqing Heavy Vehicle Group and Fiat Power Technology, another subsidiary of Fiat. In addition to retaining their own brand “Red Rockâ€, the two factories also jointly produce a full range of “Jieshi†heavy trucks and C9 engines.
Why did SAIC select the "Red Rock" ranked seventh in the industry and did not choose a stronger partner? It has its own reason.
The full name of the "Hongyan" plant is Chongqing Hongyan Automobile Co., Ltd., which was formerly the Sichuan automobile factory. It is China's first heavy-duty military off-road vehicle production base with a relatively high starting point built by the state in 1965. It is a typical “three-line†factory built in Shangou. In 2000, Sichuan Automobile Manufacturing Co. was the parent company and was reorganized into Chongqing Heavy Vehicle Group. In 2003, Chongqing Heavy Duty Truck Co., Ltd. was jointly established by two domestic investment companies, Chongqing Hongyan Automobile Company. "Hongyan" has 40 years of heavy-duty vehicle production experience. It has introduced Bellelier technology and Steyr technology, and has the rights to use "Red Rock" and "Steyr" brand. The product has formed a new Da Kang, Overlord, etc. 25 series, more than 1,000 varieties, load capacity covers 5-60 tons, annual output of more than 30,000 vehicles, facing the domestic and international markets, unique steering, axle and other components and components supporting advantages, sales The network covers all parts of the country and more than 30 countries and regions. “Hongyan†Automobile is known for its heavy-duty market with strong durability and reliable quality. The company is one of the top 500 industrial enterprises in China and has also ranked among the top in the industry.
SAIC not only values ​​the company's advantages, product advantages, market potential, distribution network and supporting advantages, but also values ​​the entrepreneurial spirit of Hongyan. In the long-term struggle, Hongyan people have formed a unique quality that is not afraid of hardships, fears of difficulties, and optimism. It also enables companies to maintain a rare degree of integrity and a valuable tradition of serving customers in the fierce market competition.
Such a company can stand the test of any market. The shrewd SAIC sees this and resolutely selects Hongyan to create a partner for the modern heavy truck R&D and manufacturing business. The new company will move the new base to the city. Since its establishment, it has cooperated. After a brief run-in, the three parties have formed a good working environment that allows them to think and move to one place. They are determined to “become a successful model in the field of commercial vehicles in Chinaâ€. Create a new platform for heavy trucks in China and lead the industry in a new transformation. Those who have visited the new factory in Hongyan, seen its new products, and learned about the history of SAIC and Hongyan will not doubt that their pursuit will become a reality.
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