Recently, Dingxiang County was awarded the "National Export Flange Forging Product Quality and Safety Demonstration Zone", completing a magnificent turn from low-end production to high-end export.

In Dingxiang in October, the autumn wind blew through the corn field and made waves. The rustling sound was a witness of maturity. In this harvest season, the group enterprises in the Dingxiang flange industry chain ushered in good news. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine awarded Dingxiang County the "National Export Flange Forging Product Quality and Safety Demonstration Zone", which is the first in the national flange forging industry A demonstration zone for the quality and safety of export products is also a new starting point for the quality of Dingxiang flanges to knock on the door of the international market. How does Dingxiang flange move from low-end production to high-end export? How does this affect the traditional manufacturing industry in our province?
 

Technological innovation revitalized enterprise vitality

Flange, derived from the transliteration of flange, is an indispensable basic spare parts in the world's industrial field. "To put it bluntly, it is a variety of pipe connections. Although it is a fitting, it is related to the safe operation of the entire pipeline system." Shanxi manager camp flange forging co., LTD. Sales Minister Tan Hongwei said.
On October 27, walking in the villages of Dingxiang, flange enterprises will come into sight from time to time. Wei Hongwei, deputy director of the State Taxation Bureau of Dingxiang County, said that Dingxiang County is known as "a bucket of sesame blacksmiths". It is the blacksmiths inherited by these families that have established the reputation of Dingxiang flange forging town. Today, it is one of the four characteristic industrial clusters in Shanxi Province.
Dingxiang forging industry started early and developed rapidly, but the overall level is low, family, decentralized and other factors restrict its development. After going out and wandering more and seeing more in the world, the leaders of large-scale enterprises such as Dingxiang Jinrui, Guanli, Guanjiaying, and Tianbao realized the problem and began to change their concepts, invest a lot of technical transformation funds, and introduce high-tech equipment and talents. Use technological innovation to increase the added value of products.
According to reports, at present, more than 80% of the forging enterprises have successively obtained the French Bureau Veritas International Factory license, the special equipment manufacturing license of the State General Administration of quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, the German ISO9001 quality standard management system, the ISO14001 environment management system and the OHSAS18001 occupational health and safety management system certification, Gamesa (Gamesa) Wind Power Co., Ltd. audit certification, etc.
Tan Hongwei introduced that through technological transformation, a large number of large-scale machinery and equipment with international leading level have been introduced, and the production process has been changed. Some processes have also realized automated manufacturing, and the production cost has been greatly reduced. To give a simple example, the housekeeper has put into production the first semi-automatic fluorescent penetration inspection line for flanges in China. The production efficiency has been increased by more than 2 times, the utilization rate of steel has been increased by more than 10%, and 0.2T of steel has been saved per ton of finished products, which has greatly improved the economy. benefit.
By the end of 2016, there were 324 forging enterprises in Dingxiang County, including 22 groups, 165 enterprises with self-supporting export rights, with a production capacity of 1 million tons. In the first half of this year, the export value of Dingxiang flange forgings was 0.528 billion yuan, an increase of 18.4 percent over the same period last year, accounting for 81 percent of Xinzhou's export share.
Dingxiang flange enterprises can continue to survive, willing to technological innovation is one of its secrets.