The epidemic is still spreading, the quarantine is still going on, masks still exist gap. The most representative of the "big industry" of the automobile industry, have begun to "not business", began to produce masks.
According to the introduction of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China's mask production capacity of about 20 million per day, the current production capacity recovery rate of about 60%, and this is to ordinary masks, a variety of protective levels of dust, haze masks, N95 medical protective masks daily production capacity of only about 600,000 only. Domestic production of masks is still difficult to meet the huge demand, "a mask is hard to find" situation remains unchanged.
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Wuling masks: only gift, not for sale
"What the people need, what Wuling will make."? ?On February 9, as the first batch of masks produced by SAIC-GM-Wuling's joint suppliers rolled off the production line smoothly, such a sentence was written on top of each box. "From the time the idea was put forward to the first batch of masks coming off the line, we took only three days, once again refreshing the 'Wuling speed'."
According to Baojun Automobile, a subsidiary of SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile Co. Ltd, the company has taken the approach of joining hands with its upstream supplier, Guangxi DeFuTe Group, to produce the masks by revamping the production line with the strong support of the governments of Guangxi District and Liuzhou City. According to the project construction plan, the dust-free workshop is responsible for the reconstruction by Guangxi Construction Group, will be completed and put into use in this month, *** set 14 mask production line, including 4 for N95 mask production line, 10 for general medical protection mask production line, the daily production capacity is expected to reach more than 1.7 million.
Some people may ask, how can I buy a Wuling mask then?
This I'm afraid to disappoint. The official microblogging of Wuling Motors claimed that the Wuling brand masks are only given and not sold. The 1 million masks that have been produced off the production line, Wuling Automobile prioritizes the delivery of the Liuzhou municipal government to unify the deployment, used to support the front line of the anti-epidemic.
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BYD masks: production capacity up to 1/4 of the country before the epidemic
After SAIC-GM-Wuling, BYD also joined the "mask-making" camp, but unlike SAIC-GM-Wuling's emergency alteration of its production line, BYD has directly incorporated mask-making into its new subsidiary (Shanwei BYD Industrial Co. Subsidiary (Shanwei BYD Industrial Co., Ltd.) in the scope of business, seems more at ease.
According to BYD, the masks and disinfectant are expected to be shipped around Feb. 17, with production capacity of up to 5 million masks per day and 50,000 bottles of disinfectant per day by the end of the month, until the epidemic subsides and is eliminated.
The capacity of BYD's masks can be quite amazing -- 5 million/day can be deservedly become China's leading mask company, reaching 1/4 of the nation's total mask production capacity before the epidemic.
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Guangzhou Automobile Masks: Momentum to be built up
Guangzhou Automobile Group party secretary and chairman Zeng Qinghong, on the other hand, personally went to Dongguan mask production equipment manufacturer Fast Yuda research, to understand the mask production equipment manufacturing, assembly and debugging technology, to study the technical feasibility of a new production line of masks, to create a program for processing and production of masks equipment and production lines.
According to the latest news, the production of masks will be the responsibility of the Parts and Components Business Unit of Guangzhou Automobile Group, and the first mask production equipment of Guangzhou Automobile has been shipped to the Guangzhou Automobile Components and Technology Center on the 11th for installation and debugging. It is expected that 12 units of equipment will be completed on February 22nd, and 30 units will be completed by the end of this month. From the point of view of this wave of solid operation of Guangzhou Automobile, the production is estimated to be not less.
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Why do car companies make masks?
We all know that masks need to pass strict tests before they can be used for medical protection. Is it a good idea for a car company to make masks instead?
Liu Jingzhen, chairman of China Pharmaceutical Group, said in an interview with CCTV, "In fact, China's masks are produced in seconds, taking only 0.5 seconds/only. But in order to ensure the safety of the mask, a standard process of resolving and sterilizing, it takes 7 days to half a month." At present, various cross-border enterprises, including car companies, are mainly involved in the midstream mask manufacturing link, which needs to meet a number of conditions such as dust-free workshop, equipment, personnel, raw materials and so on.
In fact, for car companies, dust-free workshop, equipment, personnel are not much of a problem, the automotive industry's strict manufacturing standards in the manufacturing industry is in the lead, the process of producing masks is also far from the production of automobiles complex. I believe that many people, when faced with the choice of different brands of masks, will be more trusting of the masks produced by car companies.
In addition, in the production of masks in terms of raw materials, and automotive acoustic cotton consistent, are polypropylene. Polymer material polypropylene is the raw material of non-woven fabrics, can be used in the production of masks, is also one of the raw materials for automotive acoustic cotton. There are specific standards for nonwovens, and polypropylene with a melt mass flow rate of 33-41 g/min can be used in healthcare. For manufacturers of automotive sound insulation materials, raw material preparation and process control is relatively mature, the production environment and production process can be modified to produce masks.
Perhaps the biggest difficulty for car companies to produce masks is the acquisition of medical qualifications. At present, SAIC-GM-Wuling's mask project has been approved by the government to support the opening of a "green channel" within a controlled range, for complete qualification verification, approval and certification. BYD is applying for product qualification certification.
Xu Haidong, assistant secretary-general of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), said that car companies have a corresponding industrial base. In addition, through joint production with the upstream supply chain, vehicle enterprises can quickly take advantage of the supplemental mask production capacity, to play their own supply chain resource advantages, while not affecting their own resumption of production.
Written in the end
After more than a century of development, the automotive industry has entered a highly integrated and specialized stage, forming an industry chain structure of upstream and downstream division of labor. OEMs are mainly responsible for R&D and production, while numerous components are manufactured by suppliers. Behind the cross-border manufacture of masks by automobile enterprises is the "big industry" advantage of the automobile industry. In addition to car companies, PetroChina, Foxconn, Sinopec, Daddy's Baby (diaper companies), three gun underwear and other enterprises have also begun to produce masks. With these large enterprises have begun mass production of masks, I believe that the current "a cover is hard to find" situation will soon be greatly alleviated.
This article comes from the author of the automobile home car, does not represent the views of the automobile home position.