Aiming for the world's top three to make strides towards the world's top echelon

"'Eleventh Five-Year', we rely on innovation to step on the world's top edge; 'Twelve Five', innovation will lead Wuzhong into the world's first echelon." On November 25, Chairman Huang Zhao of Wuzhong said confidently to the Central and Hubei Provincial Media Delegations who came to interview.

The rebirth of Niu Wuzhong's Nirvana This year on October 22, Premier Wen Jiabao of the State Council went to Wu for a factory inspection. In a new workshop, Premier Wen Jiabao said to the workers: "From here, I saw the hope of Wuzhong."

On November 29, 2007, the Wuchang plant laid the foundation for the development of the Buddha Ridge Industrial Park in the East Lake Development Zone. The new plant project progressed rapidly. By May this year, the entire relocation and reconstruction project had been completed.

With a history of more than 50 years, from the time of Wu Jing to the late 1990s, the precision coefficient of production equipment was extremely low, and the contradiction with the high-end manufacturing requirements of the product was very prominent, and it was not in line with the market position of Wuzhong's products.

In 2005, under the support of Hubei Province and Wuhan City, Wuzhong's decision-making layer proposed "Land for Development" to relocate Wuzhong to Wuhan Donghu Hi-tech Development Zone in the form of land level difference, and realize the "zero financial" investment expenditure method. Wu Zhong's "reconstruction."

Huang Zhao, chairman of Wuzhong, said: “The overall relocation of Wuzhong was not a simple transfer of production sites, but rather a rebirth of Wuzhong’s equipment upgrades and upgrading of industrial structure. It was also an important attempt to integrate the two.

Based on the guiding ideology of “developing CNC heavy-duty super heavy-duty machine tools and implementing overall relocation and transformation”, Wuzhong plans to build a new plant with a total investment of 2 billion yuan and a total construction area of ​​more than 180,000 square meters. It was officially launched on November 29, 2007. , equipped with heavy and large-scale processing equipment 62 sets (sets), high-precision import key monitoring equipment 11 sets (sets), homemade equipment 42 sets (sets), heat treatment equipment 21 sets (sets), testing equipment 20 sets (sets), cast Forging equipment 74 sets (sets), etc., equipment numerical control rate from 5% to 95%.

At the same time as hardware upgrades, Wuzhong invested 46 million yuan in the construction of an information-based expressway. At present, information terminal equipment has covered the entire company's secondary units. The application of ERP extends from product design to production management, laying a good foundation for the construction of digital factories. .

According to Huang Zhao, the annual production capacity of the Wuhou old factory area is 10-12 billion yuan. The design capacity of the new plant area has doubled to reach 2.2 billion yuan. Coupled with outsourcing technical transformation projects, the annual production capacity will exceed 3 billion yuan, becoming the domestic "heavyweight" heavy industry.

The limits of the frontrunners create "We go to heaven (manned space flight) into the ground (nuclear submarine), omnipotent. We are the machine tool factory to make machine tools, to put it plainly that China's large-scale projects need machinery and equipment of the parent bed production unit." Wuzhong Group Chief engineer Guilin told reporters.

Wu Zhong also experienced pain during the baptism of the market economy. However, with its heavy historical accumulation and continuous independent innovation in the field of extreme manufacturing, the “Asia Pearl” ushered in a moment of renewed light.

China’s major technical equipment has long relied on imports. In the machine tool sector, due to the blockade of the “Batumi” agreement, many national major projects are faced with the challenge of being unable to buy equipment even if they are willing to spend huge sums of money. Wuzhong relied on a number of equipment independently developed to meet the needs of major engineering projects such as power generation equipment, transportation, aerospace, defense and military, and maintained the national industrial safety.

In vertical lathe products, in addition to realizing a full range of numerical control, Wuzhong constantly rewrites the limit record it has created. In 2008, Wuzhong developed and designed a turning and milling machine tool with a machining diameter of 28 meters, which is currently the largest in the world. Specifications of vertical products.

Wu Zhong was the key equipment for processing the turbines of the Three Gorges Project -- CKX53160 CNC single column mobile vertical milling lathe, which ensured the completion of the processing task for the giant hydro turbine runner of the Three Gorges Power Station. The successful development of the aircraft not only represents the production capacity and level of super-heavy-duty machine tools in China, but also marks that China's independent intellectual property products have reached the world's advanced level.

In recent years, the military defense products developed by Wuzhong have made China the third country in the world capable of conducting supersonic experiments and thus promoting the development of advanced warplanes.

Since 2000, Wuzhong has realized the numerical control of ultra-heavy duty machine tool limit products, and completed the upgrade of high-end composite products of leading products. The endless stream of high-efficiency and high-precision products has enabled enterprises to always stand at the top of the limit manufacturing.

In 2008, Wuzhong independently developed one of the largest super heavy-duty CNC double gantry mobile boring and milling machines in China. It achieved 16-axis five-face machining and its ergonomics was six times that of ordinary equipment. It was the first set of national major equipment. Again aspirations of the contemporary international advanced level.

In the Shanghai Industry Fair in 2009, the WHCQ1600 horizontal machining center developed by Wuzhong Heavy Industries was a master machine for processing “working machines”. It represented the highest level in the country, and only Japan and Germany can match shoulders abroad.

While Wu Zhong was working for his country, he also linked his brand to limit manufacturing and won the market reputation. In 2009, Wu Zhong defeated the strong hand in the domestic market and won the bid of 160 million yuan in Tianjin Seri. In the international market, it was approved to provide Azerbaijan with "package" type national major equipment with a contract value of more than 10 million U.S. dollars, creating a Chinese machine tool industry. Single export the most.

The bright future of Xinwuzhong From 2000 to 2009, Wuzhong’s sales revenue maintained a compound growth rate of 28.5%, and the total profit maintained a compound growth rate of 56%. The profit level ranked first in the national heavy machine tool manufacturers. Today, Wuzhong has been "king" in the field of extreme numerical control machine tools. "Asian Pearl" replayed its dazzling light.

"The IPO listing will be launched next year. The fastest overall listing will be completed within three years and the SSE will be the first choice," said Ning Zifu, chief accountant of Wuzhong, who told reporters yesterday. Up to now, the Shanghai Stock Exchange has had several contacts with Wu Zhong.

It is understood that in the domestic market, Wuzhong produces more than 60% of the market for CNC heavy-duty vertical lathes, and over 1/3 of gantry milling and CNC floor-standing boring and milling machines. Wuzhong also has become the most profitable enterprise in the domestic machine tool industry.

In addition to the domestic market, Wuzhong will also accelerate the pace of mergers and acquisitions in overseas markets. Chairman Wu Xiang of Wuzhong revealed yesterday that at present, the company is negotiating mergers and acquisitions with a European company. Once successful, this company will be the first step for the company to go abroad. He explained that in the current world of machine tool manufacturing, machinery manufacturing industry in Germany, Japan, Italy and other countries still occupy the "first square" seat, Wu is important in the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" to accelerate the pace of overseas mergers and acquisitions, and strive to enter the global manufacturing industry " On the one hand."

It is reported that Wuzhong's sales revenue will exceed 1.6 billion yuan this year, slightly higher than last year. At the same time, in accordance with Wuzhong's development strategy, in the next 3-5 years, Wuzhong Machine Tool's main industry sales revenue will reach 4 billion yuan, and the total sales revenue will reach 5.5 billion yuan; after 10 years, the main business sales revenue will exceed 10 billion yuan, and the total sales revenue will reach 150 yuan. 100 million yuan.