Now, it is the car, especially on the quality requirements of the car, more and more: the shape, to smooth lines, beautiful appearance; heart, to rugged, healthy, energy-saving, "green", less failure.
    Auto body mold, especially medium-sized mold coverage is an important part of the car body manufacturing technology, but also form a key part of self-development capacity of the car.
    Since the reform and opening up, China's several major auto mold factory, through the introduction of technology and technological innovation, design and manufacture of medium-sized car cover mold equipment conditions have greatly improved. Several major domestic auto body mold factory due to the international advanced mold processing equipment, manufacturing technology and software, realized cad / cae / cam integration, improve the car mold design development and manufacturing capacity, reduce the mold production cycle the company also manufactures molds before FAW and FAW Ford United design Great red car hood and around the inner and outer panels; and manufacturing a part of a large cover mold Jetta, the new red flag, "the Star", Beverly, Xiali car design fenders and other high mold. However, in the medium-sized cover the entire molds independently design, develop and manufacture cars, we work with foreign advanced level, there is a large gap; currently a large car cover mold mainly rely on imports, relatively low degree of localization . According to customs statistics, in 1999 the amount of imports of various types of mold amounted to $ 880 million, of which the metal stamping and die-casting molds accounted for 50% to $ 440 million. Import mold, auto body stamping dies, is estimated at about $ 200 million at least; if coupled with large-scale imports of automotive interior and exterior pieces of plastic mold, may be more than $ 250 million.
    Vehicles, especially in mid-sized car cover mold large imports, for many reasons: There are technical problems, there are management issues, there are capacity issues with coordination problems. How to further improve the medium-sized panel dies degree of localization, industry insiders eyes of the beholder, the wise see wisdom, brainstorming, the idea a lot. From the planning point of view the problem, collaboration, management perspective, I think the current should deal with the relationship between the two. First, the ability to handle the relationship between good and level; the second is to deal with the total package, collaborative relationship between the subcontractor. As used herein, to talk about is the ability to handle the relationship with the horizontal.
    China's output of cars, originally planned in the "Ninth Five" end, to reach 3 million; now expects to "15" end, in order to achieve this goal. At present, the type of car for cycles are getting shorter, according to a year on average to replace the 15 models to calculate the equivalent of a medium-sized car cover mold an average of about 260 sets, the average of each mold about 2400 hours a year needed 9.36 million man-hours of manufacturing capacity. Our current capacity is only 5 million man-hours, nearly half of the gap. The car is one of the five pillar industries, the ability to medium-sized car cover mold independent development must be formed. Existing auto mold factory, and some continue to carry out technological transformation. Also develop joint ventures, Hagiwara Japan joint venture company to set up factories in Shanghai with two companies, automobile production molds, you may want to invest several hundred million yuan. The world car production oversupply and fierce competition, car mold import prices will gradually decline. In improving the degree of localization of auto body mold, while appropriate to import some large sophisticated car cover mold, it is also required.
    "August", "Ninth Five" period, spent a lot of money to carry out technological transformation over the auto mold factory, such as FAW, the days of steam into the flight, Hafei mold factory, in the "fifth" period, large-scale high-speed CNC milling and corresponding software, and other key equipment, after a demonstration really necessary, it should add some. However, when dealing with the relationship between ability and level, it is necessary to adhere to the "evolving" theory, but also adhere to the "development stage theory." These five largest car plant dies, it is not impossible considering the current focus on improving the level. Speaking of levels, both in the technical level, but also the management level. The past planned economy, some units of investment dispute, contend the project, the economic benefits do not speak. Now a market economy, enterprises are investors, engage transformation, the ability to bank loans to debt service;
Even national discount, but also principal. Therefore, we must emphasize input-output ratio, must ensure that the return on investment, must ensure economic efficiency.
    FAW, the days of steam, Cheng Fei, Hafei five major auto mold factory, now has fixed assets of one billion yuan, of which more than half since the reform and opening up new investment. This five mold factory has 3,000 employees, in 1999 the output value of 250 million yuan mold. That is to say, an average of 4 yuan investment in fixed assets have $ 1 of output per capita output value of only 80,000 yuan. The input-output ratio is clearly lower. Comparison of foreign advanced automotive mold factory, the annual per capita sales are generally in more than $ 15 million to 20 million. Some comrades believe that these vehicles are now lower mold factory output value, the main reason is not equipped with a low level, the difference is not hardware, but the level of technology design and development of technical staff and workers as foreign, as foreign management, management mechanism ( including distribution mechanism) is not alive. Now five major auto mold factory is an independent legal entity, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the company, both bear the task of the Group's mold, but also for the domestic and foreign markets, which has created a full play to the existing equipment capacity and production potential condition. As the saying goes: "there is no diamond, do not embrace porcelain live." Now look, you want to embrace porcelain live, diamond is not enough light there, but also people who will use the diamond. Tianjin Motor Dies company with mold foster industrial development in the State 4 million back taxes, in batches to send employees to Japan's Toyota Motor Corporation mold factory training, totaled 28 people / month, and invited Japanese experts to plant specific technical guidance, the cumulative 32 / month, learned a car cover mold manufacturing technology, Xiali sedan type in the local exchange, undertook four large outer cover mold manufacturing tasks; Sichuan Honda Coaster bus project, undertaken all of the outer covering mold manufacturing tasks. FAW mold factory, is currently being further deepen reform, and strive to invigorate the internal management mechanism. Quality management, cost management, capital management and production, but also much to do. Auto mold, while not as mass-produced automobile products, but the principles and requirements of lean production methods, can learn and combine the characteristics of mold production to apply them. If we can improve the lot of hard work in the technical and management level from top to bottom, to invigorate the management mechanism, the ideological and political work to do to fully mobilize the enthusiasm of employees, five major auto mold auto mold factory output in the "fifth" doubled during the year to get 500 million yuan, it should be said that there is no problem.