Unexpectedly, the current automobile enterprises have been "cross-border" began to produce masks, disinfectant.
February 8, BYD announced the production of masks and disinfectant. February 9, SAIC-GM Wuling first batch of 200,000 masks off the line. At the same time, there is a wave of automobile companies are rushing to put into production anti-disinfection supplies. A lot of people are asking, what's going on here?
Have "cross-border" figure what?
As one of the leading enterprises of independent brand automobiles and components, BYD, recently donated 10 million yuan, an additional 1 million yuan of medical supplies, and once again reacted quickly, decided to produce masks and disinfectant. The reporter learned that the masks are produced in BYD's Baolong Nine Department, while the disinfectant solution is produced in Shanwei's BYD Industrial Co. The reporter found in the enterprise search platform, February 5, BYD subsidiary Shanwei BYD Industrial Co., Ltd., in the scope of business quietly added "disinfectant product development, production and sales". According to the plan, BYD's masks will start mass production on February 17th shipments. BYD Baolong nine has a self-built factory, with medical device system certification. Currently, BYD has a daily production capacity of 5 million masks and 50,000 bottles of disinfectant.
"For the current epidemic prevention and control materials supply situation is grim, in order to solve the problem of serious shortage of medical masks supply, we invested 5 million yuan, set up Tianmei Medical Technology Xuzhou Co., Ltd. to quickly organize the production of disposable medical masks." The relevant person in charge of Tianmei Automobile introduced in an interview with the reporter of China Automotive News, Tianmei Automobile has planned 3-4 production lines of disposable medical masks, with a daily capacity of 100,000 per production line, and it is expected to be completed and mass-produced after 30 days. "This is also for the early victory over the epidemic to contribute to the car companies a power." The person in charge said, is the current car companies decided to produce masks **** knowledge.
Masks produced for their own use?
"A cover is hard to find", is the current epidemic prevention and control of the urgent need to solve the reality of the problem, the use of existing production conditions or within their capacity to solve the problem of shortage of anti-epidemic materials is becoming more and more automotive enterprises conscious action.
"Our 4 N95 mask production line, 10 medical mask production line was completed and put into production within the month, the daily output is expected to reach more than 1.7 million." SAIC-GM-Wuling a responsible person told reporters, is joint auto parts suppliers through the alteration of dust-free production workshop to switch to the production of masks. Its joint auto parts supplier is guangxi de ford science and technology limited company, the original supply is sound insulation cotton and other automotive interior. Part of the main equipment, raw materials polypropylene, as well as raw material procurement channels, storage standards and mask production is highly similar to the appropriate improvements can be adapted to mask production. At present, SAIC-GM-Wuling joint suppliers to produce the first batch of 200,000 masks smoothly off the line, and by the higher authorities unified deployment.
The production of masks, is now becoming the automotive enterprises coincidentally "cross-border" choice.
Guangzhou Automobile Parts Co., Ltd. is also actively preparing for the production of masks. It is worth noting that a few days ago just announced with FCA signed a cooperation agreement to kill into the field of electric vehicles, "the new car-making forces" Foxconn, cross-border again, has been imported into the mask production line and smooth trial production in Shenzhen factory, the mask product qualification certification is currently being approved. If approved, the end of February can produce 2 million masks per day. But Foxconn announcement said, "the company's production of masks is prioritized for Foxconn Technology Group nearly one million employees internal production of epidemic protection; the future depending on the situation actively support the export of external."
"Vehicle enterprises to produce masks, or have to solve their own staff protection needs of the ingredients, but more should be beneficial to the whole society epidemic prevention and control." As an industry insider analyzed to the reporter, for dealing with precision technology car companies, mask production technology is not a problem, the supply of society and give priority to support the prevention and control of the front line of the urgent need, more important.
"Do whatever it takes" to grab the mask?
Public data show that the current national demand for masks about 100 million per day, but the current domestic production capacity can only produce 20 million per day, there is a real gap. To this end, many automotive companies not only to produce their own masks, and actively find ways to unconventional, in a variety of forms to help alleviate the shortage of masks status quo.
SINOMACH's parent company, SINOMACH Group, has made a deployment to urgently produce the shortage of masks, protective clothing raw materials nonwoven fabrics, to provide assistance in the fight against the epidemic.
BYD, taking advantage of its overseas subsidiaries, purchased 1 million yuan of N95 masks overseas and sent them back to China, ready to donate them to the front-line medical personnel, volunteers and driving service personnel in the prevention and control of the epidemic. Geely Holdings also utilized its overseas subsidiaries to purchase the first batch of 250,000 medical masks and sent them back home. Chery Holdings Group also utilized its overseas network resources to procure medical protective masks, protective clothing, goggles and other medical protective materials to urgently assist the frontline of epidemic prevention and control in Hubei ......
Multiple measures and support from various parties, from the small masks, mapping is the auto industry's great love. "This reflects the automobile industry's firm confidence in overcoming the epidemic, actively responding to the national call to contribute to the epidemic prevention and control from all aspects within its capacity, the automobile enterprises are both contributing to the country and praiseworthy." China Association of Automobile Manufacturers consultant Du Fangci in an interview with the China Automotive News reporter believes.
(This article originated from: China Automotive News)
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