ISSUE 16 PROJECTHaohua South China Kicks offAll-steel Tire <strong>Project</strong>Li MeijunHaohua South China (Guilin) Rubber Co., Ltd. recently began construction of its allsteeltire project that will have the capacity to produce 600,000 tires a year.The project to be constructed in two stages will first develop capacity to produce300,000 radial truck tires and 150,000 semi-steel passenger car tires annually usingexisting facilities, unused workshops, idle equipment and capacity and the company'sR&D strength in aircraft tires. Following a total investment of RMB150 million, it isprojected to achieve annual sales of RMB550 million. In the second phase beginning inFebruary 2009, another RMB100 million investment will bring full capacity by August2009 for annual manufacture of 600,000 all-steel tires. After fully operational by theend of 2009, the project can generate annual sales revenues of RMB800 million.Yiyang Machinery ManufacturesChina's Largest Plate VulcanizerLi ZhonghongIn October, Yiyang Rubber & Plastic Machinery Group Co., Ltd. was successful in itsindependent development and manufacture of its 1.6-by-12-meter wire plate vulcanizer,the longest in China, adding a new series of products to the company's vulcanizer family.Yiyang Group is well known for its banbury mixer, tire vulcanizer and plate vulcanizerproducts. Over the past 30 years, the company has continued to innovate and produce 20kinds of vulcanizers - ranging from 1.4-by-10-meters to 2.7-by-10-meters - that have wideapplications in the vulcanization of general rubber conveyor belts, nylon conveyor belts,wire rope conveyor belts, fire-retardant conveyor belts and large-scale molded rubberproducts. In the process of improving technology for higher quality and larger scale, thecompany has made great contributions to the industry. While manufacturing its 1.6-by-12-meter plate vulcanizer, the company also developed the 2.7-by-16.4-meter type, theworld's largest plate vulcanizer spec, which has been ordered by a famous foreign rubberbelt enterprise.At present, the company's large plate vulcanizing machines have 70% of the domesticmarket and are exported to more than 20 regions worldwide including the United States,Sweden, Mexico, Brazil and South Africa. Three of the world's top five non-tire rubbermanufacturers have selected Yiyang Machinery as their supplier.Giant TankDelivered toShaanxiOn N o v e m b e r 2 1 s t , H u n a nX i a n g d o n g C h e m i c a lMachinery Co., Ltd. shipped anew nitrogen storage tank toa client in Xianyang, ShaanxiProvince. The tank, 34.6 metersin length and weighing 110.3 tons,is another giant product madesuccessfully by the company.Keeping an eye on the marketm o v e m e n t s i n r e c e n t y e a r s ,Xiangdong Chemical Machineryrelocated its businesses andt u r n e d m o r e a t t e n t i o n t omanufacturing super-long andsuper-heavy products. With awide industrial recognition forits rich experience and maturetechnology, the company is nowreceiving an increasing number oforders. The success is a new proofof the company's competitivestrength in making large-sizedchemical equipment. (Photo byHe Weirong)www.chemchina.com.cnBlueStar (Lanzhou) 200,000 t/a Methanol Unit OperationalRecently, a 200,000 t/a refined methanol unit of BlueStar(Lanzhou) Chemical Co., Ltd. became fully operational.Lanzhou Mayor Lu Wucheng made a survey tour of BlueStar(Lanzhou) New Chemical Material Industry Park at Hekouin Lanzhou, Gansu Province and paid a visit to the newmethanol facility.The methanol unit uses natural gasas raw material and adopts advancedprocesses that include a distributedcontrol system (DCS) to monitoroperations with a greater degree ofautomation through process checking,Qiu Lanliandata processing, process control, energy assessment and circuitdisplays. Refined methanol, the facility's major product, iscommonly used in formaldehyde and acetic acid production,while a new type derivative also has good prospects for use inautomotive fuel and dimethyl ether. Commissioning of the unitstarted in October 2008 and it becamefully operational on November 10th.The launch of the new unit willgenerate annual sales revenues ofRMB400 million for the company andat the same time help boost the localeconomy.December 20085
ISSUE 16 COMPANY NEWSHaohuaSouth China'sGiant Tire PassesAcceptance TestLi MeijunOn November 15th, the statesponsored"Key manufacturingprocess and equipment for thegiant all-steel radial engineeringtire project" by Haohua SouthChina (Guilin) Rubber Co., Ltd.,passed an acceptance test bythe Department of Science andTechnology of Guangxi ZhuangAutonomous Region.Begun in May last year, theproject's first 36.00R51 giant tirerolled off the line half a year later.Pilot production soon started and aroad test followed in May 2008. Withsound performance during the roadtest, Haohua South China has begunmass production and export of thegiant all-steel radial tires.To support manufacture ofthe giant tire, the company alsodeveloped molding machines,v u l c a n i z e r s a n d o t h e r k e ye q u i p m e n t . T h e c o m p a n y h a sapplied for 56 national patents asa result of the project, 21 of whichhave been approved. The projectnow leads 36.00R51 all-steel radialtire production in China's giant tireindustry.On October 21st Nantong XingchenSynthetic Material Co., Ltd. wonapproval as a "hi-tech enterprise," whichbrings favorable tax policies, yet thecriteria were challenging to meet.Since joining BlueStar Group, NantongXingchen's combination of scientific andtechnical innovation and large scaleproduction have developed from anexperimental factory with annual outputvalue of about RMB10 million into a largescale enterprise with total assets of morethan RMB1 billion. Its scientific researchprojects that are complete or progressinginclude high-performance PBT engineeringplastics, halogen-free flame retardantengineering plastics, epoxy resin for fanblades in wind power generators andmodified PPE alloys.In 2005, Nantong Xingchen beganNantongXingchenNamed Hi-techEnterpriseMao Daliant h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f B l u e S t a rC h e m i c a l ( N a n t o n g ) A d v a n c e dMaterials Industry Base at the newsite at the Nantong Economic andTechnological Development Zone,w h e r e c o l o r d e v e l o p i n g a g e n t s ,modified engineering plastics andthe newly established 60,000 t/a PBTfacilities are now in operation. Alongwith other new facilities beginningoperation - including a 50,000 t/aepoxy resin unit and a 90,000 t/abis-phenol A unit - the project willgenerate annual sales revenues ofRMB3 billion. With the investment ofmore than RMB10 million on worldclasshi-tech research equipment,its new engineering R&D center willmake great contributions to sci-techinnovation.Haohua's <strong>Employee</strong> Library SetsGood Example in GuangxiPan WuyiAn employee library at the tire factoryof Haohua South China (Guilin)Rubber Co., Ltd. was recently honoredas a "Demonstrative employee libraryof the Trade Union of Guangxi ZhuangAutonomous Region." The library hasreceived more than 900 books donatedby the Trade Union of the GuangxiZhuang Autonomous Region and 250from the Guilin Municipal Trade Union,and now boasts a collection of over6,000 volumes on various subjects tofacilitate employees learning in theirspare time.December 20086