Chapter 460 Can You Play with Such a Complicated Device?

"Mr. Han, welcome!"

Outside the purchasing department of Pujiang Automobile Group, purchasing director Liu Zhifeng was greeting a distinguished guest with a smile on his face. This person was Han Weichang, general manager of Linhe Machine Tool Group Sales Company.

Liu Zhifeng and Han Weichang are already old acquaintances. In recent years, Pujiang Automobile Group has purchased a large number of machine tools from Linji and is one of Linji's most important customers. Han Weichang rarely goes out to discuss business in person now, but for key customers like Puqi, he still has to walk around frequently.

Puzhou Automobile is a Sino-foreign joint venture, and the Chinese shareholder is Pujiang State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, so the Chinese employees of Puzhou Automobile also regard themselves as employees of state-owned enterprises. Han Weichang is an executive in a large state-owned enterprise, and in Liu Zhifeng's eyes, he is considered a colleague. The relationship between the two parties is not only that of Party A and Party B, but also that of sharing the same interests.

"Mr. Liu, I haven't seen you for a few months, and your belly has grown again. It's not enough to be pampered all day long. You should go to our grassroots more often and mingle with us working class people."

Han Weichang shook hands with Liu Zhifeng and joked about his body shape. In fact, he couldn't tell whether Liu Zhifeng had gained weight or lost weight. Anyway, this kind of comment was a common routine, and the other party wouldn't care about him.

"Mr. Han, just pull me down. What kind of working class are you? Let me ask you, how long has it been since you touched a machine tool? Do you not even remember whether the machine tool is round or square?"

"This really makes you ask. We have new products every month, and there are round and square machine tools. When you first ask, I really can't tell whether the machine tool should be round or square."

"Ha, Mr. Han is indeed a veteran. Are you ready to sell me now? The salary paid to you by Mr. Tang is really well spent."

"Mr. Liu still understands me. Our little Mr. Tang puts pressure on me every day, saying that our sales performance is not good enough. If this continues, my salary will be deducted. If not, I will come to ask for help from Mr. Liu. Please give me Mr. Liu a hand."

"Just pretend!"

The two of them walked into the small building of the purchasing department and came to Liu Zhifeng's office while telling jokes. Liu Zhifeng asked his secretary to pour tea for Han Weichang and chatted a few more words before getting down to business.

"Mr. Han, what's the matter with your unexpected visit?" Liu Zhifeng asked.

"It's not a year or a festival, so I can't come to see my old friend?" Han Weichang habitually said nice things, but it was just one sentence. We are all smart people, and there is really no need to waste everyone's time with such hypocritical politeness. time.

"We heard that Fengmei Automobile Company is preparing to launch a new production line. How about it? Is there any intention to use our products on the machine?" Han Weichang asked.

Fengmei Automobile Company is located in Fengmei City, the capital of Chutian Province. It was originally an automobile company in Chutian Province and was merged by Puqi Automobile two years ago. Puqi has invested a lot of money in the technological upgrading of Fengmei Automobile Company. The new production line Han Weichang mentioned is the main project Puqi plans to invest in.

It is no secret that Fengmei Automobile Company is going to launch a new production line. These days, there are more companies coming to discuss the supply of equipment for the new production line with Liu Zhifeng than crucian carp crossing the river. Even when he received a call from Han Weichang and learned that he was coming to visit, Liu Zhifeng guessed that he was coming for this production line.

"Mr. Han, something like this is worthy of your special trip." Liu Zhifeng said, "We are going to build a new production line, so how can we do it without your ready-made products. This production line has thousands of machine tools, large and small. There are some things you can’t do, but whatever you can do, we will definitely give you priority.”

"Has the equipment bidding for the production line started now?" Han Weichang asked.

Liu Zhifeng shook his head: "Not yet, the plan from the technical department has not been finalized yet. As you know, our purchasing department actually has no power. We have to wait for the technical department to finalize the plan and determine which types of equipment to use. , we can start procurement bidding.

“Your Linyi Machinery’s grinder, boring machine, and Tengji Machinery’s milling machine are all what we have used in the past. The quality and price are nothing to say. When it comes to bidding, you have a great advantage.

"However, Mr. Han, let me tell you that our investment in this production line is also limited. Don't think about attacking our rich people. If your equipment quotation is too outrageous, don't blame me for not giving you face." "

The last sentence was half-joking and half-serious. Han Weichang made a special trip to talk about the new production line, which made Liu Zhifeng feel a little wary. In the past, various subsidiaries of Puzhou Automobile used a lot of machine tools, so the cooperative relationship between the two parties was relatively stable, and Han Weichang was not needed to communicate the relationship. Han Weichang ran over so solemnly, maybe he had something wrong in mind.

As expected by Liu Zhifeng, after hearing Liu Zhifeng's words, Han Weichang smiled and said, "Mr. Liu, if it's just a matter of a few grinders and boring machines, I'd be really embarrassed to talk to you. We are all old friends. I know them all very well. I came here this time to ask if Puzhou Automobile intends to purchase a complete set of equipment from Linji. The frame, engine, and gearbox are all processed in one go using multi-station machine tools, and the production efficiency is 2 times higher than in the past. More than times, are you interested?"

"Multi-station machine tools?" Liu Zhifeng was stunned. "You mean, multi-station special machine tools like Someno and Heimsat?"

Japan's Someno Company and Germany's Heimsaert Company are both internationally renowned automotive machine tool manufacturers. The transmission production line and engine production line of Puzhou Automobile Headquarters were all provided by Heimsat, and that was more than 20 years ago. Before that, Puqi's workshops used old general-purpose machine tools from the 1950s and 1960s, and even had wooden benches, hoist cranes and rubber hammers, a semi-mechanical and semi-manual production model.

The introduction of Heimsat's multi-station machine tools opened the eyes of Puzhou Automobile's engineers and workers, and they realized that there is such advanced technology in the world. At that time, all the large machine tool factories in the country sent people to visit, and they were all amazed by this multi-station machine tool. Some machine tool manufacturers have also considered counterfeiting, but after trying it for a while, they realized that it was not something they could master, so they quickly gave up.

From then to now, the technical level of the domestic machine tool industry has risen to several levels. Multi-station machine tools are no longer a rare technology. Many machine tool companies are able to manufacture some multi-station machine tools. However, the multi-station machine tools manufactured by these companies can only perform some simple multi-station processing. There is still a big gap between the products of some major international companies such as Someno and Heimsat. Special multi-station machines suitable for the automotive industry The machine tool is completely blank.

This time, Fengmei Automobile Company's new production line construction is preparing to use multi-station special machine tools in the production of several large parts such as frames, engines, and gearboxes. Puqi's purchasing department has also cooperated with several foreign machine tools The company has been in contact, but the specific procurement plan cannot be decided yet.

Liu Zhifeng said that he would consider purchasing machine tools from temporary machines, referring to equipment used to manufacture simple parts such as shaft parts and disc parts. Who would have thought that Han Weichang was eyeing multi-station machine tools that produce large parts.

"Mr. Han, can you make multi-station machine tools at the right time?" Surprised, Liu Zhifeng began to ask Han Weichang questions.

"This is thanks to our Mr. Tang's foresight." Han Weichang said sincerely. If he were not afraid of Liu Zhifeng's jokes, he would probably face the location of Linji Group to the west and pay homage to Tang Zifeng.

"Since last year, Mr. Tang has set a strategy to develop multi-station machine tools for automobiles. The group has invested RMB 500 million and achieved a series of technological breakthroughs. At present, all technical obstacles have been eliminated. .As long as you have needs, we can come up with a design that satisfies you within two months.

"Mr. Qin, the chief engineer of our group, said that our technology is definitely no worse than Someno and others, and some of the designs are even more advanced than Heimsat's. It is definitely world-class." Han Weichang said with a confident tone.

"Stop bragging!" Liu Zhifeng said without giving Han Weichang any face: "I admit that your machine tool skills are high, but this is just a comparison with other domestic machine tool companies, right? You have to compete with Ranye and Hainan. Msatebi, are you bragging a little too much?

"The fact that you can come up with a multi-station special machine tool is enough to impress me, an old car person. I don't expect your products to be better than Someno. If you can achieve 80% of their performance and quality, I have to give you Han The general congratulations."

"Old Liu, I don't like hearing what you are saying. Why can't we compete with Someno and Heimsat?" Han Weichang said dissatisfied, "Their technical level is indeed high, but we have not been able to compete with them all these years." Take your time. Your Puqi Automobile Co., Ltd. has used so many of our machine tools. Do you dare to say that our machine tools are worse than imported ones?"

"The quality of your machine tools has indeed improved a lot over the years." Liu Zhifeng admitted. He has also driven machine tools in the workshop in the past, and is no stranger to machine tools. Over the years, he has been the purchasing director and has come into contact with many people from all walks of life. He often learns about the equipment situation from the engineers and workers in the group. He knows that domestic machine tools have indeed made great progress in recent years, and the quality of many models of machine tools has not been the same. No worse than imported machine tools.

"Nothing." After Liu Zhifeng finished praising him, he changed the subject and said, "I have talked with the little devils and the Germans about multi-station machine tools. They said that it is definitely not just a matter of putting together a few machine tools. Yes, one plus one is greater than two, not only for performance improvement, but also for the increase in design difficulty. Can you really play with such a complex device?"