It's an unexpected new collective move -- with the entire population united in the fight against the new Crown pneumonia epidemic, more and more Chinese brand-name car companies are beginning to adjust their production lines to join the ranks of mask producers through cooperation with specific suppliers.
Today, news from SAIC-GM-Wuling said the first batch of its self-produced masks have been shipped in bulk. From the idea to the first batch of masks off the line, only three days, once again refreshing the "Wuling speed".
It is understood that SAIC-GM-Wuling is the first to obtain a medical device license and through the professional inspection of automotive enterprises, has a mask research and development, production and operation of the relevant qualifications. It is understood that SAIC-GM-Wuling *** set up 14 mask production lines, of which 4 for the N95 mask production line, 10 for the general medical protection mask production line, the daily production capacity of 1.7 million appointments.
Previously joining in are BYD and Guangzhou Automobile Group, with BYD's mask production ready for batch shipment in mid-to-late February and production of disinfectant also in full swing. Guangzhou Automobile said its first mask production line prototype manufacturing completed, and recently debugging production equipment can start production. According to BAIC, the daily output of its equipment is about 50,000-60,000, and the daily production capacity is expected to exceed 100,000 after changing to high-speed equipment at a later stage.
In fact, since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, most of the domestic car companies are taking active action, on the one hand, donations to fight the epidemic, on the other hand, through their own adjustments for the control of the epidemic to reduce the burden, showing an admirable sense of social responsibility. In the shortage of masks at the moment through the cooperation with the relevant suppliers to switch to the production of masks for the fight against the epidemic to make the most direct, most effective help of the car companies, seems to be more "hard core".
According to the relevant person in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission in the recent statement, as of February 7, the national mask production enterprise capacity utilization rate has reached 73%, of which the medical mask capacity utilization rate has reached 87%. But with the return to work began, the recent domestic demand for anti-epidemic masks continues to rise.
It is important to realize that the automotive industry is already a personnel-intensive industry, and internal risk control during the epidemic alone is under considerable pressure. Plus, in the foreseeable first quarter of the industry's overall production cuts, terminal consumption stagnation and other pressures of their own development, to make the allocation of funds to buy equipment, adjust the production line, arrangements for employees to return to work such a decision, does deserve applause!
For example, these three have announced the production of masks of the car companies, Guangzhou Automobile overall number of employees of 110,000 people, BYD number of employees of 220,000 people, SAIC General Motors Wuling Wuling number of employees of 25,000 people, in the case of most of the enterprises delayed resumption of work, deployment of staff to adjust the new production line to support the production of masks, we have to face the huge risk of internal epidemic prevention, as well as the larger production costs of the pressure.
Taking the lead in deciding to produce masks, SAIC-GM-Wuling, as an automobile manufacturer, wanted to produce masks, relying on its own efforts is almost impossible to realize, so it united with its supplier partner in Guangxi, DeForte Group, to provide a production workshop, workshop renovation by the Guangxi Construction Group is responsible for the financial support from the loan from the China Development Bank, while SAIC-GM-Wuling itself is mainly responsible for the production management, project management, equipment security, and the production of the masks. Production management, project management, equipment security, quality control, packaging and other aspects of the provision of personnel and technical support.
While the production process of the mask is not complex, but to make the decision to switch to mask production in a very short period of time, and in a short period of time to achieve a package of production adjustments, including SAIC-GM-Wuling, BYD and Guangzhou Automobile, are not easy.
At the same time, in the fight against the epidemic on the level of the impact of the car companies themselves, including the three aforementioned switch to the production of masks, including car companies, but also need to find time to change their own scheduling plans, terminal business policy and marketing strategy, which require a huge amount of financial and material resources.
For example, in the fight against the epidemic at the same time, in the SAIC-GM-Wuling brand new Baojun also launched "*** anti-epidemic, service upgrade" policy, in the whole online contactless purchase, offline store services, after-sales service, as well as financial policies, etc., the implementation of the "3 prevention 0 touch, 3 The policy of "upgrading service" is to implement "3 prevention, 0 touch, 3 exemption and double 0" in the whole online no-touch car purchase, offline shop service, after-sales protection and financial policy, so as to protect the users' car purchase and safety during the epidemic.
In fact, in addition to the transfer of production masks, etc., in order to cope with the epidemic, China's car companies in the level of assistance to the product has also spent more thought. For example, in the previous donation of 200 million yuan, spent 370 million yuan research and development of "anti-virus car" Geely Automobile, once again announced that the integration of global R & D resources, the establishment of a special project team to attack the technical research and development of the first domestic truly "N95-type mask" as the filtration standard car air-conditioning filter. The N95 air conditioning filter is the first of its kind in China to use the "N95 mask" as a filtration standard to effectively block and filter bacteria and viruses from entering the vehicle.
Geely Automobile said it is striving to complete the research and development of the system within 20 days, and will take the lead in donating 150 Jiaji models to the infected areas to provide greater help to the infected people.
Whether it's SAIC-GM-Wuling, BYD or Guangzhou Automobile, they all said the switch to masks is for emergency and anti-epidemic purposes, not for profit-making purposes, and that it's a desperate move for the former automakers in the extraordinary times of the raging epidemic. Compared with multinational car companies, China's local car companies in the level of emergency initiatives, has the advantage of quick decisions, quick action, but more public welfare love, more worthy of the market and consumer in the subsequent development of action to support.
This article comes from the author of the automobile home car family number, does not represent the views of the automobile home position.