Four advanced manufacturing plants in Xinghua city – administered by Taizhou city in East China's Jiangsu province – were recently included on the list of 2024 Jiangsu Province Major Projects, a record for the city.
The first is a vehicles plant now up and running and being operated by Poly Orica (Jiangsu) Mining Machinery Co Ltd – aiming to produce 500 units of mixed explosive trucks, fire water tank trucks, environmental protection operation vehicles and underground charging equipment annually.
The company is controlled by China Poly Group and was established by a joint venture of Australia's Orica Limited and Jiangsu Xing'ao Machinery Industry Co Ltd.
The mixed truck products being produced by the company account for 33 percent of the domestic market, 50 percent of the Asian market –excluding China – and 20 percent of the international market.
A rendering of the vehicles plant which is run by Poly Orica (Jiangsu) Mining Machinery Co Ltd. [Photo/WeChat account: xinghuafabu]
The second is a special high-temperature alloy and product plant owned by Jiangsu Xinhua Alloy Co Ltd, which aims to produce of 12,000 metric tons of special alloy products for the nuclear and military sectors.
It's said to be beneficial in achieving the independent and controllable industrialization of key materials.
The third is a high-end solenoid valve plant run by Jiangsu Xihu Special Steel Co Ltd – which specializes in the research, development and production of corrosion-resistant alloys, high-temperature alloys, precision alloys and stainless steel.
The plant is expected to produce 1 billion high-end electromagnetic valve soft magnetic valve cores, applied in intelligent manufacturing fields such as electronics, chemicals and power equipment.
An exterior view of Jiangsu Xihu Special Steel Co Ltd. [Photo/WeChat account: xinghuafabu]
The last venture is a new high-end welding materials plant funded by Tianjin Golden Bridge Welding Materials Group Co Ltd, the leading welding materials enterprise in the world with annual sales topping 1 million tons.
When completed, the plant is expected to produce 180,000 tons of welding rods, 70,000 tons of flux cored welding wires and 180,000 tons of solid welding wires.
The products will be applied to large-scale automated welding production lines, meeting 80 percent of the domestic welding demand in the shipbuilding industry and pressure vessels industry, among others.