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As for Michelin, they attach great importance to Huayang Power's visit. After all, this visiting group also includes Jin Xiaoqiang, the president of Huayang Power, who is currently the most popular figure in the world's automobile industry.

Moreover, his words can determine the purchasing direction of Huayang Power next year. You must know that Huayang Power is the company with the most growth potential in the current market, so establishing a good relationship with such a company is of course important for every automobile manufacturer.

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Accompanied by Michelin Vice President Felipe, Jin Xiaoqiang visited multiple Michelin production workshops and the tire production and manufacturing processes, and gained a general understanding of tire production.

Unlike the manufacturing of other automobile parts, the production and manufacturing of tires does not have high requirements for processing technology and production equipment. However, if it is for the sake of production quality and efficiency, this requirement cannot be considered low.

This is why Jin Xiaoqiang did not choose a domestic production equipment supplier. As we all know, there are currently several domestic companies that specialize in tire production, and there are also companies that specialize in producing and manufacturing equipment for these companies.

However, the tires produced by these companies are mainly for large trucks or special engineering transportation vehicles, not for small family passenger cars.

In other words, they do not have the corresponding technology to produce such equipment, and even if they can produce such equipment, their technical level is definitely not as good as these foreign manufacturers.

The next few years will be an explosive period for domestic automobile manufacturing, and the demand for tires will definitely be extremely strong by then. Therefore, Jin Xiaoqiang cannot choose to wait for them to develop a new generation of technology, but can only choose to start from these foreign manufacturers.

As the world leader in the tire industry, Michelin has the largest customer base. Almost all the products produced by most automobile manufacturers in the world are equipped with their tires.

Moreover, Michelin's products have always had a very good reputation in the industry. Their tire engineers also have a very good reputation among car consumers.

Therefore, Huayang Power purchases a lot of tires from them every year. Although the price of Michelin tires is much higher than that of Hankook and Kumho. However, in order not to reduce the quality of its own products, and does not like Koreans and Japanese

For this reason, Jin Xiaoqiang still made a stubborn choice to equip Huayang Power's products with more European and American tires.

Because Huayang Dynamics is Michelin's major customer in China, Michelin paid great attention to his visit this time, especially after learning that Jin Xiaoqiang planned to hold a negotiation with them.

After Jin Xiaoqiang led the team to visit several of their factories, Jin Xiaoqiang became interested in the production line of one of their factories and consulted Felipe to ask if they had any intention of selling this production line.

This is a production line with an annual output of one million tires, but because it is quite old, Michelin is currently planning to eliminate this production line and replace it with a production line with updated technology and higher efficiency.

Jin Xiaoqiang's proposal immediately aroused the interest of the French. After all, this second-hand production line has been used for about ten years, but the technology has become somewhat outdated compared to the latest production lines.

In fact, the deeper reason why Michelin needs to replace the production line is because they want to take the opportunity to replace the new production line and lay off some of the elderly, weak, sick and disabled.

As we all know, France is the country with the strictest control over layoffs in Europe. If a company wants to lay off employees, it must first obtain the consent of the labor union, and the government will also require companies to retain as much as possible those who are old, weak, sick, and disabled who are not easy to find jobs.

jobs.

However, such requirements are often contrary to the company's expectations, because if the company wants to lay off employees, it will of course have to lay off the old, weak, sick and disabled who will only bring a burden to the company.

And if companies do not act in accordance with the government's wishes, they will encounter many unexpected hidden rules.

And this is the main reason why France has become the country with the most strikes in Europe and the most difficult-to-serve workers.

In fact, the technology of Michelin's production line is not too backward, and the maintenance level of the production line is also very new. Even Felipe can responsibly say that as long as this production line is well maintained, it will continue to be used for another three to five years.

It won't be a problem for ten years.

But the most critical problem is that this production line with an annual output of one million tires requires too many workers. Such a production line actually requires more than 500 workers.

This is somewhat unacceptable to Michelin, which is seeking to maximize corporate interests. However, if layoffs are made for no reason, it will definitely provoke retaliation from the labor union and the government. Therefore, the best way is to upgrade technology and replace it with a new one.

We need production lines with fewer workers and higher output. If we lay off workers again, it will be difficult for the union and the government to cause trouble.

But it would be a pity if this second-hand production line is just abandoned like this. But if no one in France is willing to take over, its final destination will be to be treated as scrap metal, dismantled and then forged again.

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This is really a waste for Michelin, but if it is sold to other companies, many tire companies in the world are not willing to take over.

After all, the current major international tire manufacturing companies all have their own stable suppliers, and this kind of tire manufacturing production line is not a piece of equipment that is too difficult to produce, so there is no need for you to buy such a second-hand production line.

But now that Huayang Dynamics suddenly came to the door, it can be said that it is in line with Michelin's wishes, and it can even be said that the two parties hit it off.

After Jin Xiaoqiang expressed his interest in this production line that day, Felipe could be said to have been taking Jin Xiaoqiang around the factory for the next few days, constantly introducing this production line to him.

"Mr. Jin, please look at this. This is the internal mixer we designed ourselves. It is the key to the first step of producing tires. Its main function is to mold the rubber into shape. This is equivalent to the mixing stage when we make pasta.

. Then there is this large extruder, where the activated rubber is extruded into a flat bar shape, and then enters the edge press for edge pressing, and then the bead is extruded, and the cord is cut off.

After that comes the bead forming, and then the final step of vulcanization, and the entire production process is completed. From the first pot of rubber to the first tire being completed, it only takes about half an hour, and then the flow will continue.

For the production of rubber, the maximum daily output of this production line can reach 3,000 pieces. Of course, if you have more abundant human resources, the output of this production line can be doubled."

Felipe blinked at Jin Xiaoqiang and said with something in mind.

Before that, he also showed Jin Xiaoqiang the instructions for this production line. It turns out that the designed output of this production line can be as high as 1.5 million to 2 million pieces per year.

However, because France strictly implements the eight-hour work system, and if you ask workers to work overtime, you will have to pay high overtime fees, so Michelin can only compress production capacity as much as possible and prevent workers from working overtime.

And as the market competition has become more and more fierce in recent years, Michelin's market share has also been challenged by cheap tires from South Korea. As a result, their market share has also shrunk a lot, so there is no need to open up so much.

of production capacity.

But for Jin Xiaoqiang, it is different. Human resources in France are expensive, but this is not the case in China. Human resources in China are not that expensive at this time.

Although I don't want to be a sweatshop, if I find more people, work two shifts, or pay overtime wages in proportion, there will definitely be a lot of people rushing to do this job.

This tire manufacturing process is no secret around the world, and the process is not complicated, but tire manufacturing is actually not that simple.

Tires are not only a guarantee for the safety of car drivers and passengers, but also one of the secret weapons for energy conservation and emission reduction in the future, especially in the near future, when great emphasis is placed on reducing automobile fuel consumption.

A good tire can reduce the vehicle's fuel consumption per 100 kilometers by about 10%, and can even greatly reduce the dependence and waste on petroleum resources in the manufacturing process.

Therefore, in terms of the quality of a tire, its high-tech content is not reflected in the production and manufacturing of the tire, but is similar to pharmaceuticals. Its quality is more reflected in the formula of the tire.

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As a veteran, Jin Xiaoqiang has a few very good tire production formulas in his hands. General tire production requires about eight kinds of additives.

For example, he knows more about Coumaron, accelerators, zinc oxide, carbon black, etc., and the use of these different additives can completely create a new generation of tires that are more energy-saving and environmentally friendly.

So even though Huayang Power has never produced tires before, Jin Xiaoqiang is very confident that they will enter this field in the future.

The scandals of Hankook Tire and Kumho Tire may not be long before they are exposed by the media, especially if you have quietly promoted them behind the scenes.

Then there will definitely be a certain amount of panic about these two brands in the market. Once there is such panic in the market, it will be the best time for Huayang Power to enter this market...

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