Cao: Chairman of Chongqing Boao Magnesium Aluminum Metal Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and General Manager of Chongqing Mei Sheng Magnesium Industry Co., Ltd.
Magnesium industry is no stranger to Chongqing manufacturing industry.
At present, there are three large magnesium companies in Chongqing: Chongqing magnesium industry, Boao magnesium aluminum industry and Shengmagnesium industry.
The establishment of these three enterprises is related to Cao, the promoter and practitioner of magnesium industrialization in Chongqing.
I have known Cao for almost twenty years, when I was still working in a remote mountainous area in Wansheng, Chongqing.
This is an old mining area. Besides coal, there are abundant magnesium-related resources such as dolomite and saponite.
Later, he and I became classmates in the graduate class of Peking University (Chongqing).
Later, we became comrades-in-arms in the trenches, drinking partners at a table, and a group of literary friends in literary magazines. ...
I remember that during the National Day of 20 15, after three rounds of drinking, I improvised a poem for Chairman Cao:
National Day and Chairman Cao of Magnesium Industry
? On Guo Xiaochuan's toast songs.
Remember that year?
Zai Tao zi dang de roadside branch
Yu Xiong di
Serve the earthen bowl and drink the dry bread.
Autumn wind is rustling
The wine has gone round three times
You sing.
A fragment of a toast song ...
"It rains in the dog days.
Lei dui lei
Zhuxian Town is at war.
Hammer to hammer
Tonight.
Let's drink a toast. "
You are full of feelings.
Tears sparkled in his eyes. ...
Remember that year?
On a boat in Jialing River
Yu Xiong di
Raise a large glass and drink the poem fairy.
The wind is biting/biting/biting
The wine is in full swing.
You recite
A fragment of a toast song ...
"Comfortable wine.
A thousand cups are not drunk.
Intimate words
Words are not superfluous.
Tonight.
I am celebrating the harvest year of Xue Rui. "
You are full of ambition.
Hopeful eyes ...
Remember this year?
In the circle of Peking University WeChat,
Yu Xiong di
Drink maotai with a golden cup.
Hot air fumigation
Thousands of miles away
You sing the wind
Toast song's melody ...
"Fill the wine.
raise one's glass
grace cup
open one's heart (to)
Passion and wine
Since ancient times. "
You are very beautiful.
Eyes filled with the joy of victory. ...
Wen Ding /20 15. 10.3. Jialing River in Chongqing.
Cao set foot in the magnesium industry in 2000, promoted the commercialization of motorcycles in 2002, and then fully used in the industrialization of power tools and auto parts.
In 2002, the news that the first magnesium alloy motorcycle in Chongqing rolled off the assembly line was a sensation, but after more than ten years, the industry gradually faded out of the media's field of vision.
Industrial opportunities brought by the rise of Mobang
When Cao was first known by Chongqing business circles, he was the assistant to the president of Longxin Group.
Before 2000, China exported more magnesium, which once accounted for 70% of the world trade.
However, in China, this material is rarely used in large-scale industrial production for fear of easy combustion and explosion.
Since there are technical risks in the manufacture of magnesium, why do developed countries in Europe and America import magnesium in large quantities?
China materials experts began to follow the latest application of magnesium materials in the world, and came to the conclusion that magnesium alloy parts have been widely used in the automotive field abroad.
During the period of 1999, five academicians of China Academy of Engineering, led by Shi Changxu, a leading scholar in the field of materials in China, jointly wrote a letter, proposing to accelerate the industrialization of magnesium alloys.
Chongqing does not produce magnesium, and magnesium alloy processing is almost blank, but at this time Chongqing has a sudden opportunity-the rise of Mobang.
In 2000, Chongqing Mobang ushered in the best development era: at that time, the domestic market was profitable, the overseas market was fully opened, and various enterprises accumulated enough wealth. What people think more about is how to find new concepts in order to get the maximum market benefits.
Cao, who is good at financial securities, is the assistant to the president in Longxin at this time, and the prospect depicted by the magnesium alloy industry gives him enough subject space.
Soon, Longxin invested in Chongqing Magnesium Company, and Cao was appointed as the general manager.
In April of 200 1 year, the first motorcycle with the concept of "magnesium" in China was successfully developed in Longxin. Because magnesium alloy is used in 12, the weight of the whole vehicle is reduced by 6 kg.
In 2002, Longxin magnesium alloy motorcycle was officially listed, and the new concept really lived up to expectations. A single motorcycle sold more 200 yuan than ordinary motorcycles.
When flour is more expensive than bread
Subsequently, he completed a joint venture with the world's largest magnesium alloy processing company, Maridin Canada, and began to move towards a higher level of magnesium alloy processing.
When the factory production was gradually on the right track, the financial tsunami swept the world in 2008, and the price of magnesium metal fluctuated greatly.
Cao clearly remembers that in a very short time, the price of magnesium soared from 0.5 million yuan per ton/kloc to 38,000 yuan, and the production price of magnesium was only 30,000 yuan per ton.
The fact that flour is more expensive than bread makes Cao desperate.
Of course, the introduction of venture capital funds is basically because Cao's magnesium alloy products have been fully upgraded from motorcycle parts to automobile industry.
The density of steel is 7.9, that of aluminum is 2.7, and that of magnesium is only 1.7. Although the lighter the material, the better, but the simplest truth is that in some parts of the car, lightweight materials can directly reduce fuel consumption.
Automobile manufacturers in North America and Europe have taken the number of magnesium alloy parts used in a single car as an important indicator to measure the level of science and technology.
In the following years, Boao's magnesium alloy center console, dashboard and steering wheel entered the global supporting system of world famous cars such as Volvo, Ford, Mercedes-Benz and BMW.
Its magnesium alloy steering wheel has occupied 30% of the market share of cars with airbags in China.
Application of magnesium alloy in daily life
While magnesium alloys are widely used in industrial fields, their application in civil fields has just started.
Chongqing Boao, Chongqing Institute of Science and Technology and Ningxia orient tantalum industry Co., Ltd. jointly established Chongqing Mei Sheng Magnesium Industry.
Mei Sheng's prize-winning project is to produce biomedical products with magnesium alloys. At present, the internal fixation materials used in orthopedic clinical surgery in the world are mainly composed of stainless steel and titanium alloy.
These materials are non-degradable in human body, and patients need a second operation after operation, and replacing stainless steel and titanium alloy with magnesium alloy can avoid the second operation.
In 20 15, Shengyang magnesium industry and Shenyang Orthopedic Hospital worked out the feasibility scheme of implanting magnesium alloy materials into human body, and combined with metal 3D printing technology, trial-produced medical magnesium alloy materials suitable for human body, such as bone claws, bone nails and bone plates.
have a conversation
Chongqing morning post: The industrialization of magnesium alloys in Chongqing has been going on for 17 years. How to evaluate the industrialization of this new material?
Cao: Aluminum alloy processing technology has a history of hundreds of years, while magnesium alloy processing has been carried out in China for only 20 years. Although Chongqing started from scratch, it has hundreds of magnesium alloy patents. 20 16 pan, director of Chongqing magnesium alloy engineering technology research center, was appointed as the chairman of the international magnesium standardization Committee. All these prove that Chongqing magnesium alloy industry is not only at the domestic leading level, but also has reached the world advanced level in some fields.
Chongqing morning post: Is the future of magnesium alloy industry clear?
Cao: "Made in China 2025" takes automobile lightweight as an important development topic, and the only way to solve the lightweight problem is the extensive use of magnesium alloys.
The industry predicts that the consumption of magnesium alloy per vehicle will be about 25 kg in the future, which means that the annual output of magnesium alloy will quadruple in the future.
In addition, it products such as Microsoft and Xiaomi tablet computers are using magnesium alloy casings in large quantities, as well as medical materials, living materials and military materials ... The magnesium alloy industry has brought good development space to the industry.
In terms of industrialization, the product chain of magnesium alloy processing in Chongqing is the most complete in China, and the processing means are also the most advanced. Boao and Mei Sheng aim to produce more than 2 billion yuan in 2020.
Chongqing morning post: Is there still a crisis in enterprise development?
Cao: Although the development trend of the industry is very clear, any enterprise may face a crisis at any time. For example, the lack of labor costs and industrial culture will bring crisis to the industry.
In the process of development, if the risk control is not good, cash will also have problems. The skyrocketing material prices and financial turmoil in 2008 are the biggest warnings to us.
Below: Jian Yong and I, he recited Guo Xiaochuan's poem "A toast" impromptu.
This guy is good at kung fu.
Cao wrote an inscription on the farmhouse in Qilinba, Wansheng Economic Development Zone, where the factory is located: No virtue, no pro.
Above: Cao works in a magnesium company.
Below: In June 2003, Cao and Chongqing students took a group photo at the graduation ceremony in Peking University.
Wen Ding/2017165438+124 October/Chongqing Fortune Center