Chapter 330 The unexpected surprise of BMW Motors
“Old Zheng, during the meeting yesterday, the Foreign Exchange Bureau complained that the various factories under our department consumed too much foreign exchange.”
“Specially In recent years, many production lines related to automobiles and home appliances have been launched, including many The core parts need to be imported from abroad.”
“The amount of foreign exchange used for these parts is already more than the foreign exchange we spend on purchasing imported equipment.”
Week. Jian called Zheng Haiming to his office to discuss how to save foreign exchange.
In 1984, many people in later generations could not understand the importance of foreign exchange.
In the era of trillions of dollars in foreign exchange, the situation of the use of foreign exchange quotas that everyone faced was very different from the era of billions of dollars in foreign exchange.
“The foreign currency consumed by each automobile factory in importing parts in the form of CKD is determined when signing the relevant cooperation agreement.”
“The Foreign Exchange Bureau only needs Just make a budget for the use of foreign exchange according to the original plan, and it shouldn’t cause them much trouble.”
“As for various home appliance companies, as far as I know, they mainly need key components such as compressors. Imported from abroad, most other parts are purchased domestically.”
"And our Ministry of Machinery is not the only one to have home appliance companies. As far as I know, there are many military factories under the Ministry of Machinery. Their military-to-civilian projects are to produce refrigerators, washing machines, TVs and other products, and the foreign exchange they consume is no more than ours. "Minister."
Zheng Haiming is not willing to easily agree with the views of the Foreign Exchange Bureau.
Otherwise, if the amount of foreign exchange used is really reduced in the future, the development of many subordinate factories will be affected.
This is a situation he doesn't want to see.
“Of course I understand what you said, but the foreign exchange bureaus also have their own difficulties, and we cannot ignore them. After all, the amount of foreign exchange used is constantly increasing. This is an objective fact.”
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Zhou Jian is also a leader who has come from the grassroots level and is quite familiar with many situations.
However, precisely because he understands the overall situation, he also understands that all walks of life need to use a large amount of foreign exchange to develop their own new products. In this case, insufficient foreign exchange is inevitable.
So reducing the amount of foreign exchange usage to the greatest extent is also something that needs to be considered.
“Various automobile manufacturers are now applying to use foreign exchange to import more CKD parts. For example, Shanghai Volkswagen, the Santana sedan they produce is in short supply.”
“Many ministries and commissions are purchasing Santana, and they even need a note from the leader to pick up the car.”
"Under such circumstances, Shanghai Volkswagen proposes to increase production quantity. Even if we don't consider it, we shouldn't cut back on their original production plan, right?"
"Otherwise, those people will probably come directly. The table in our office was smashed!”
Zheng Haiming felt that it was better to explain the specific situation he was facing now, so as not to make Zhou Jian make some promises to the Foreign Exchange Bureau and then ask him to implement them, which would be a big headache. .
“The Foreign Exchange Bureau basically understands the situation at automobile manufacturers.”
“However, various home appliance companies even have to purchase motors from abroad on a large scale. The amount of foreign exchange consumed by each motor is not low.”
"The demand for refrigerators, washing machines, TVs and other products is indeed very strong, but at this stage our country does not have so much foreign exchange to import so many products."
"You have to organize relevant departments to discuss and see We can give an explanation to the Foreign Exchange Bureau as to whether we can reduce the amount of imports in this part."
Zhou Jian expressed his thoughts directly.
The Foreign Exchange Bureau has already raised the issue at an important meeting, and the Ministry of Machinery is not doing well and does not respond to anything.
You have to find an entry point to actually reduce the amount of foreign exchange used.
"I will investigate the motors used in refrigerators, washing machines and other home appliances to see what problems they face in localization."
"We should try our best to make some efforts in this regard."
Zheng Haiming knew that this was the minimum effort Zhou Jian could accept.
If he can't make any more achievements, it will be difficult for the Foreign Exchange Bureau to explain it to him.
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"Leader, Jiang Hui established a company called BMW Motors in Shenzhen. Last year, he acquired a motor factory at Huazhong University of Science and Technology."
"At present, no other motor factory in China has the ability to produce refrigerators and washing machines. Needed compressors, motors and other products, otherwise home appliance manufacturers would not choose to use imported products.”
“In this case, I think we can communicate with BMW Motors to see if they have any. Don’t have the confidence to win the localization project of these parts?”
Qin Hao has always been more concerned about Jiang Hui’s situation, and naturally he is also aware of some developments on the BMW Motors side.
So after Zheng Haiming communicated with him, he immediately thought of BMW motors.
Qin Hao has already seen Jiang Hui's technical level.
Under the leadership of Jiang Hui, BMW Motor may be able to surprise itself again.
"BMW motors? I have some impressions. Aren't they mainly developing various motors used in cars?"
Zheng Haiming and Jiang Hui are also old acquaintances. Regarding Jiang Hui, He also knows a lot more than ordinary leaders about many things.
He definitely doesn’t have that much time to pay attention to just some specific details.
“Yes, the original purpose of Jiang Hui’s establishment of BMW Motors was to provide supporting motor products for BMW cars.”
“But now they have expanded the scope of research, not only motors used in cars, They are also developing motors used in products such as machine tools and welding robots.”
“The last time I visited Ji’er Machine Tool Factory, their factory director Qi Chao happened to be communicating with BMW Motors. Come back, follow me We talked about the cooperation between the two parties to develop machine tool motors. ”
“Compared with the various products currently developed by BMW Motors, I think the development of motors used in home appliances such as washing machines and refrigerators should not be that high.”
“As long as BMW Motors is interested, I think they can produce this type of product very quickly. Some of the products they are currently developing can even be used directly in washing machines.”
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Qin Hao quickly exchanged the information he knew with Zheng Haiming.
This also made Zheng Haiming interested, "You should contact Jiang Hui directly and share our ideas with him to see what he thinks about it."
Compared with domestic Among other motor manufacturers, Zheng Haiming is more confident in Jiang Hui.
Although the technical threshold for motors used in refrigerators and other home appliances does not seem to be particularly high, the requirements for quality and other aspects are actually not low at all.
Otherwise, domestic home appliance manufacturers would not choose to import motors from foreign companies such as Mitsubishi Electric.
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“Making motors for refrigerators and washing machines?”
“It shouldn’t be a big problem!”
When Jiang Hui received Qin Hao’s contact, Agreed without any hesitation.
The First Machinery Department took the initiative to send orders to BMW Motors, whether it worked or not. What's more, in Jiang Hui's opinion, the technical threshold for motors on refrigerators and washing machines is really not that high.
It’s just that in the past, the production capacity of refrigerators and washing machines during the New Year was too low, the technology was too backward, and the technical parameters and quality levels of the motors used were unsatisfactory.
In recent years, some technologies and products have been introduced from abroad. Naturally, relevant domestic motor manufacturers have no way to produce motors with corresponding performance.
Like a washing machine, the core part is actually the motor.
The refrigerator is similar.
If the performance of the motor is not up to standard, then the performance of the product in all aspects will definitely not be good.
Not to mention other things, just the noise of a motor, there is a big gap between the level of domestic motor manufacturers and imported motors.
If it is used on a washing machine, it may not be such a big problem.
But the refrigerator is different. It is used all day long and is basically placed indoors.
It’s always buzzing, and consumers can’t stand it.
Especially for those who can afford these products now, their homes are basically in good condition, and they are more sensitive to things like noise.
“Have you guys specifically studied this technology?”
Although Qin Hao is quite confident in Jiang Hui, the products that BMW Motors will produce this time are domestic after all. Motors that no other factory can handle.
If BMW Motors had not done any research before, he was not sure how long it would take the other party to figure it out.
“BMW Motor’s goal is to become the world’s largest motor manufacturer, and motors from all walks of life are within the scope of our research.”
"As large as motors used in generator sets, as small as welding robots, and even some micro-motors, they are all the objects of our research."
"And we now have ready-made production lines that can be combined with customer needs , Just take out a certain model of motor in the product library and mass-produce it.”
Jiang Hui’s words were half true and half false.
Under normal circumstances, it is quite difficult for BMW Motors to obtain orders from various state-owned home appliance manufacturers.
After all, many factories in this era are still accustomed to relying on the Planning Commission to arrange the matching of various raw materials and components, and rarely develop new supporting manufacturers themselves.
Especially if the situation of these supporting manufacturers is more complicated, then everyone will be even more reluctant to touch them.
Anyway, it’s all about eating out of a big pot, and if you have to bear risks and responsibilities, try not to do it if you can.
“This is the best. I will immediately arrange for several manufacturers to contact you to see when the motor can be produced.”
“Imported motors now consume a lot of money. Foreign exchange, the sooner we can produce it in China, the sooner."
When Qin Hao said this, Jiang Hui immediately understood why the other party was so active in getting orders for BMW motors.
Emotional History Various home appliance manufacturers spend too much foreign exchange on importing motors.
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"Director, this is a complete surprise for us."
"Car motors need to work in different road conditions and environments , so higher working performance and durability are required, and they should be used in household products instead. Above, there is absolutely no problem with the quality. ”
“Home appliance motors generally use DC or AC motors with simple structures; while automotive motors require stronger torque and power output and use complex-structured AC synchronous motors or AC motors. Permanent magnet synchronous motor.”
"As long as it can meet the needs of home appliance manufacturers in the early stage, it doesn't matter even if the cost is a little higher. Anyway, their main purpose is to reduce the use of foreign exchange, not to reduce costs."
"So we can definitely combine it with home appliances The needs of the factory are below We will start mass-producing home appliance motors on a small scale starting this month.”
“In the future, we will slowly reduce costs based on targeted optimization and further suppress the entry of other competitors.”
Wu Wei is in a very excited mood now.
The prospects of the home appliance motor market are definitely worth looking forward to.
It's not like he hasn't considered entering this industry before, but there were various problems.
Now that the First Machinery Department has taken the initiative to take the lead, coupled with the technological breakthrough of BMW Motors, this business has become very smooth.
With BMW Motors as a big customer and supporting equipment from various home appliance manufacturers, the whole business came to life in one fell swoop.
"I heard from the ministry that the foreign exchange quota is very tight now. I hope we can meet the needs of various home appliance manufacturers to the greatest extent and replace the imported motors as soon as possible."
"So the schedule On the other hand, you should pay more attention, even if it means spending more money to go out.”
As long as the money is in place, the impact that the Chinese people can unleash is amazing.
If the production line is not enough, then arrange several teams of people to do it 24 hours a day.
If you still can’t figure out the product development, then just live and eat in the factory and make breakthroughs quickly.
This is the first time the department has taken the initiative to help get orders. Jiang Hui must cherish it and never let it slip.
Otherwise there will be no good things like this in the future.
"No problem, I will assemble a few prototypes in the laboratory for testing next week, and then directly launch large-scale mass production next month, striving to fully meet the needs of various domestic home appliance manufacturers for motors in the next six months. "
"But in this case, we also need to build a new production line immediately, otherwise even working overtime may not be able to meet the production capacity demand."
Wu responded to Jiang Hui's instruction. Wei is definitely happy to hear and see.
This means that the next development of BMW Motor will be smooth sailing and will receive all-round support from various manpower and material resources.
“BMW Motors reserved a relatively large space when planning from the beginning, and even built part of the factory in advance. Now we only need to introduce the production line in advance.”
"But in order to avoid taking too much time when continuing to expand production capacity in the future, you can start the construction of the second phase of the factory simultaneously."
Jiang Hui originally had high expectations for BMW Motors, Wu Wei said Naturally, there is no problem with expanding production.
He even asked Wu Wei to start expanding the factory directly, so as to shorten the preparation time for subsequent expansion of production as much as possible.
Otherwise, it is necessary to build the factory building and install the equipment, and sometimes it may not be completed within a year.
These actions of BMW Motors were naturally communicated with the technical and purchasing personnel of various home appliance manufacturers who came to communicate.
With the reputation of a foreign-funded enterprise, and the coordination and arrangement of the Ministry of Machinery, plus the actual supply of BMW motors to BMW cars, and the chief engineer Wu Wei was once a famous professor of motor research at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, there was naturally no relevant order. Any surprises were implemented.
(End of this chapter)