Even the masks themselves didn't think that one day they would become an annual commodity, and the price has doubled by an unknown number of times, making them a scarce resource.
Despite the fact that you're willing to pay a higher price, however, you still can't buy a mask.
So the state stepped in.
Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission and other three ministries and commissions recently issued a document encouraging enterprises to take multiple measures to expand the production and supply of key medical protective materials. So you are in the mask, see a lot of familiar logos, such as:
From the current point of view, BYD, Wuling and Guangzhou Automobile have announced that they will cooperate with the country's current situation in the production of masks, and Wuling and BYD have begun mass production, which means that the "BYD brand" and the This means that the "BYD brand" and "Wuling brand" masks, immediately appear in the market.
Regardless of the price, this kind of action can solve the urgent needs of the country, very praiseworthy. However, I believe that consumers and I have the same questions in mind:
Why can car companies produce masks? They have production qualifications? Can you buy "car brand" masks? Today we will discuss this issue.
Why can they make masks?
Simply put, it's because of policy support. For the production of masks, BYD said that due to the shortage of materials, the government has also opened a "green channel".
It is understood that the SAIC-GM-Wuling mask project has received strong support from the Guangxi District, Liuzhou City, the municipal government of Laibin, and was able to quickly promote financial support, project approval, qualification certification and other aspects of the work.
Financial support, by the National Development Bank to provide 50 million loans; project approval, has been the relevant government permits to support the opening of a "green channel" within the scope of the controllable, for the complete verification of qualifications, approvals and certificates (including, but not limited to, production licenses, business licenses, health permits, product qualification certificate, medical device business enterprise license) (including but not limited to production license, business license, health license, product qualification certificate, medical device business enterprise license, etc.), to reduce the normal process of 43 days to less than 20 days (now get the qualification).
Additionally, according to the information of the eye of the sky, BYD Precision Manufacturing Co., Ltd. carried out the change of the business scope on February 7, the research and development, production and sales of medical devices and industrial protective equipment into the new business scope. It shows that BYD will have the power to research and develop, produce and sell medical devices and industrial protective equipment in the main body for a long time.
Since the government's approval and recognition, it means that the masks produced by the car company will be strictly in accordance with the relevant national standards, so you can rest assured that you can buy and use.
Why can they produce the masks in a short period of time?
Many of the vehicle's components use medical-grade materials. For example, the key raw material used to produce the masks is polypropylene with a melt mass flow rate of 33-41g/min, a product that is typically used in large quantities in automotive interiors, particularly in the production of acoustic foam.
In addition, the paint shop of automobile companies has high dust-free standards. In the production of medical masks, some of the work equipment and processes are very similar to the paint shop. The dust-free environment of the painting workshop and the staff's familiarity with the operating procedures of the dust-free workshop have facilitated the cross-border production of masks.
Specifically, the sound-absorbing cotton used in some of SAIC-GM-Wuling's products is polypropylene of a high standard, and the supplier of the sound-absorbing cotton has an adequate supply chain of raw materials; and the BYD plant responsible for producing the masks is BYD's ninth division, a plant that itself has a certified medical device system.
So, car companies manufacturing masks from the manufacturing process to the introduction of production equipment, raw materials, and then downstream packaging, have advantages, compared to other cross-border enterprises, car companies to produce masks from the establishment of the project to the realization of the flow of goods, at least shorten the time of two to three months, and this is the reason why the car companies can be realized in a short period of time to produce.
What are the other advantages for car companies to make masks?
In fact, many car companies have cooperated with the research and development of medical devices, which is one of the ways for car companies to improve the technological content of their cars.
Honda, for example, has launched Honda?Walking?Assist, an innovative walking health aid especially for the elderly and stroke patients;
Audi began a test program back in 2014 with the launch of the VGo robot for use in basic corporate communications and healthcare, which can be used more safely in the fight against Ebola. virus can more safely communicate with patients, perform diagnostics and save lives while keeping doctors and nurses safe.
The Toyota model of working methods has been included in the model of hospital management systems, and the U.S. healthcare community considers Toyota's working methods to be the basis for hospitals? s "Lean Transformation" management template.
General Motors and medical company Bioservo?Technologies entered into a partnership in 2016, in which the two companies intend to ****together develop a lightweight mechanical glove that can assist front-line workers with automotive assembly work. It could also be used in the medical field to help people with grip strength deficiencies gain "extra muscle strength".
The above is a precedent for cooperation between car companies and the medical field, and then back to the epidemic, the situation forces car companies to build masks but passive, and masks are traditional medical equipment, manufacturing difficulty, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that the production of a mask takes only 0.5 seconds for the production of a mask for the ability to assemble more than 10,000 parts of the automotive industry, coupled with a mature supplier system, easy to access to raw materials and financial advantages! The production of the masks is almost no difficulty for car companies.
How will the remaining masks be handled after the outbreak is over?
This may also be the concern of many people, after the end of the epidemic, will inevitably lead to a surplus of masks, for the car companies that do not take masks as the main production, how to deal with the remaining masks?
In fact, the government has long given a solution.
The National Development and Reform Commission and other three ministries and commissions recently announced that the N95 medical-grade protective masks, medical surgical masks, medical single-use masks, as well as medical protective clothing, medical goggles/protective face screen/negative pressure protective hood, medical isolation gowns, the production of medical protective clothing, medical masks, and other important raw materials, the government will be touting the purchase of storage.
Truthfully, this epidemic, whether from the response speed or strength, we should praise the Party Central Committee!
Written in the end:
Epidemic, in fact, there are a lot of things that move us, such as car companies this time to step forward, let us see the Chinese auto industry's commitment and responsibility, perhaps Wuling's sentence: "What the people need, we will build what." This is the best proof.
This kind of car company will have unlimited vitality.
This article comes from the author of the automobile home car, does not represent the views of the automobile home position.