Manufacturing Empire in the Valley

Chapter 1374 Who Is the Boss of Charles Company

More than 20 other representatives were also completely relieved, with joyful smiles on their faces.

Wu Ping is also very happy, because Niu Xiaoqiang clearly stated in the conditions just now that these companies must come to Aoshan to invest and build factories in order to become Fang's auto parts suppliers. This hard condition will be more prosperous. I hope the new district economy and provide more jobs in the region.

After Steve finished speaking, a bald man said, "Mr. Niu, I am the representative of Parac, and my name is Amon. I have a question that I want to know about the production capacity of Fang's Automobile. How much will the annual production capacity of Shi Automobile reach in the future?"

As soon as this question was raised, more than 20 representatives of manufacturers all showed expressions of anticipation.

Don't underestimate this question. The answer to this question is directly related to the future turnover of these auto parts factories and is the basis of how much money they can earn. Therefore, everyone attaches great importance to it.

In the manufacturing industry, output is directly linked to profit.Generally speaking, the more goods you produce, the more money you will make.

If the annual production capacity of Fang's Automobile is only a few thousand vehicles, no matter how high the price of spare parts they purchase, these parts companies can only make ends meet, and may even suffer losses.

After all, everyone manufactures fringe accessories with low added value. Among the thirteen companies present, none of them has set foot in the manufacture of core auto parts.

Just like the Parac Auto Parts Company where the Amon who asked the question just now works, this company specializes in the production of automobile exhaust pipes.Of course, the exhaust pipe is not a core part of the car.

There is a consensus in the auto industry that the more core components, the higher the profit, and the more marginal accessories, the lower the profit.

For example, the core engine of a car, the relevant manufacturing technology is basically in the hands of the car companies themselves, and under normal circumstances they will not hand over the engine manufacturing work to outsiders.

Unless it is an engine that they are not very good at, auto manufacturers will purchase in bulk from outside, and their purchasers are also other auto factories. It is difficult for other parts factories to compete with auto companies in the engine field.

Niu Xiaoqiang knows that the companies these people work for are basically small businesses, and profit is their most important link.In order to reassure these people completely, Niu Xiaoqiang did not conceal the production capacity of Fang's Automobile.

He first glanced around the crowd, and then replied with a smile: "I know that everyone is very concerned about how many orders they can receive from Fang's Automobile, which is related to everyone's vital interests. At the end of the year, Shi Automobile will build the first car production line with a production capacity of 12 vehicles, and will build two other new car production lines in the future. By then, the annual production capacity will increase to [-] vehicles. You should be satisfied, right?"

For those world-renowned auto companies, the annual production capacity of 12 vehicles is only a fraction of others, but for small auto parts companies, the annual production capacity of 12 vehicles is not a small number.This means that any kind of spare parts produced under their name can get 12 orders, which is much higher than their current order volume.

Amon was quite surprised when he heard this number: "Is this true?"

Niu Xiaoqiang nodded resolutely: "Of course it is true. How could I lie in front of so many people? This figure is the production capacity that Fang's Automobile has planned long ago. For this reason, we will spend a lot of money on It is impossible to joke about such a huge investment in building three automated car production lines."

Niu Xiaoqiang just said that Fang's Automobile will build three automobile production lines successively, but did not say that these automobile production lines are automated.

At this moment, when he uttered the English phrase of automated automobile production line, all the more than 20 representatives showed a look of surprise and surprise.

A manufacturer representative from today couldn't help asking: "It will cost at least 15 billion U.S. dollars to build three automated car production lines, right? But didn't the invitation say that Packard Motors' investment this time is only a few hundred million U.S. dollars? This is What's the matter?"

Don't underestimate the value of the term automation. In the automobile manufacturing industry, all equipment with the title of automation is at least twice as expensive as ordinary equipment.

Take the automobile production line as an example. If you want to build an ordinary assembly line dominated by labor, you only need about [-] million US dollars. If you want to build an automated production-oriented assembly line, you need at least [-] million US dollars. The price has doubled. Two and a half times.

This is still a relatively low-end automated production line. If it is the highest-end automated production line, the price will directly soar to more than one billion US dollars.

It's no wonder that these people are surprised and surprised. They know something about the situation of Packard Motors.This enterprise has disappeared for more than 30 years, and it has only received capital injection from a certain big boss since last year.

The identity of this boss is very mysterious. None of the foreign business representatives present here know his true identity, only that he is the boss of Charles Investment Company.

In the eyes of these foreign businessmen, even if Packard Motors gets the capital injection from the big boss, the capital will be limited, at most a few hundred million dollars, which has already broken the sky.

However, what Niu Xiaoqiang said just now revealed a situation that is completely beyond everyone's imagination. If Packard Motors really wants to build three automated car production lines in this ravine, it will cost at least 15 billion U.S. dollars. .

By the way, who is the boss of Charles Investment Company?Why would he be willing to invest such a huge amount of money in such a down-and-out car company?Or what is it about Packard Motors that makes this mysterious boss so optimistic?

These people don't know that the automated car production line that Niu Xiaoqiang just mentioned was independently developed by him. In terms of industrial equipment, the high price is generally caused by the high cost of research and development.

Take Ford as an example. It took them several years and more than one billion US dollars to tinker with a new generation of automated car production lines.This is because Ford has a strong technical reserve in this field. For other auto companies, even if it takes several years and billions of dollars, it may not be able to develop related technologies.

Niu Xiaoqiang’s technology is developed by himself, so he can directly use these technologies. Except for the purchase of spare parts to assemble the car production line, there is basically no other cost, so he can build three automated cars at one time. Production line.

(End of this chapter)