The Shandong Provincial Government awarded 18 foreign experts from 14 countries the 20 10 Qilu Friendship Award. Among the winners is a Slovak expert named Carol Wanka. He presided over the development of large-scale digital rubber tire production equipment, which promoted the improvement of the overall technical level of the tire industry in china rubber. He is the general manager of European R&D Center of Soft Holdings Limited (hereinafter referred to as "Soft Control").
Behind Wanka's award is the intelligence introduction efforts of Soft Holdings Limited. In 20 10, Soft Control was once again rated as "National Demonstration Unit for Introducing Foreign Intelligence" by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs. In 2004, Soft Control won the championship.
Starting to introduce wisdom is the first choice.
China's rubber tire industry started late and developed for a short time. The founder of Soft Control initially took a fancy to this huge market potential. However, you have very poor experience in all aspects, and it is conceivable that it is difficult to make achievements in this industry. In this era of informationization and globalization, cooperation with experts from other countries with leading industries has undoubtedly become the first choice for soft control development.
The first international partner of Softcontrol is Madadour, the second largest group company in Slovakia. Slovakia itself is an old industrial base in eastern Europe, and Madadour is a well-known manufacturer of tires and tire manufacturing equipment in Slovakia, which is quite famous in Europe.
"Soft control is an enterprise developed by relying on Qingdao University of Science and Technology. In China, HKUST is called "Whampoa Military Academy" in rubber industry. 70%-80% of the leaders in this industry are alumni of HKUST. The founders of soft control are all insiders, and naturally understand who is strong and who is weak. " Gu Kai, Minister of Soft Control Human Resources, said, "200 1, with the help of the state and Qingdao Foreign Experts Bureau, we started cooperation with Madadour Company."
Of course, the initial cooperation was a bit bumpy, and language was a key point. The expert sent by maddox Company can speak Slovak, and there is only one Chinese translator who is not proficient in English. It is difficult for soft control employees to communicate with them. At the beginning, even the relevant parts were often mistaken. However, in the process of cooperation, the two sides have become more and more tacit. Later, the expert gave a gesture, and the soft controller knew what to want and what to do.
"We have been working hard to create a good working and living atmosphere for foreign experts, hoping that they can feel the warmth of their hometown." Gu Kai said, "When the company was founded, the office environment was not very good. However, we provide independent offices for experts. In case of an important festival in the country where the experts are located, the company will hold a get-together and other activities for them, and all senior executives will participate. We hope that experts can appreciate our respect and trust for them. "It was in this process that foreign experts provided sincere help.
It is helpful to develop and introduce wisdom.
The development of soft control can be called "rapid". The company was established in April 2000 and successfully listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange in June 2006. In 2009, the sales revenue of soft control ranked first in the domestic industry and fourth in the world. Today's soft control has been able to provide more than 90% of the major key equipment for tire production and become one of the more well-equipped suppliers in the international market. Its main products have maintained a domestic market share of more than 85% for many years, and exported to Russia, Brazil, Japan, India and other countries and regions. Michelin, Bridgestone, Goodyear and many other internationally renowned tire companies (groups) are their long-term customers.
Along the way, the introduction of wisdom has contributed greatly, and many technical bottlenecks encountered in the company's development process can not be solved without the help of foreign experts. Since 200 1, soft control has introduced dozens of well-known experts from Slovakia, Britain and the United States. "Our concept of introducing talents is' don't ask for everything, but ask for what I use'. Our cooperation with foreign experts takes many forms. Some experts have signed contracts with our company and are employees of the company; Some of them serve the cooperation projects between us and their companies; Some of them come to participate in short-term projects ... "Gu Kai said," Foreign experts not only provide direct help to the company, but also indirectly help us train employees. Their technology, management, international vision and the spirit of Excellence and persistent pursuit in their work set an example for our employees. "
The cooperation with foreign experts in the early stage of soft control development is mostly short-term project cooperation, which has the characteristics of stages. This situation has gradually changed. In 2005, Soft Control and maddox Company established the Soft Control Technology Center of maddox University in Beijing. "Since then, the cooperation between Softcontrol and Madadour has been formalized," Grain Rain commented.
In June 2009, Softcontrol established "Softcontrol Europe R&D Center" in Slovakia. This is the first overseas R&D institution in china rubber machinery industry. The center officially opened in August 2009, and has introduced more than 30 experts and technicians of Slovak rubber machinery and tire technology to invest in the research and development of major topics in the field of digital rubber tire equipment manufacturing.
It is essential to introduce wisdom in the future.
In recent years, driven by the rapid development of the tire industry, China's rubber tire equipment industry has also made great progress. However, due to short development time, weak technical foundation, foreign technical monopoly and other reasons, China's rubber tire equipment industry has always been unable to get rid of the "big but not strong" situation. To change this situation, we must strengthen scientific research and development and comprehensively improve the technical level of the industry. It is an important way to shorten the gap with foreign advanced level by introducing foreign experts to directly participate in enterprise research and development and mastering the core technology of rubber tire equipment and information software production as soon as possible.
This is the personal experience of soft control. "The introduction of foreign experts not only makes our technology and products in the forefront of the world, but also greatly improves the overall quality of our employees." Gu Kai said, "We will increase our efforts in this regard in the future."
Nowadays, the soft control head bears many auras: in 2009, it was awarded "International Science and Technology Cooperation Base" and "2009 China Innovative Software Enterprise", and successively won the honorary titles of "National Innovative Pilot Enterprise", "National Torch Program Excellent High-tech Enterprise" and "National Excellent Software Enterprise". The company has undertaken more than 40 national scientific research projects, won the second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award 1, won nearly1at the provincial and ministerial levels, owned more than 300 patents and software copyrights, passed the appraisal of * * * 3 1, presided over and participated in the drafting of national standards 10 and 8 industry standards.
Softcontrol also established the National Tire Technology and Control Engineering Technology Research Center with Qingdao University of Science and Technology. "This brand is put together with us, and we feel a sense of responsibility and mission for the overall development of the industry." Gu Kai said that as far as the overall technical level of the industry is concerned, there is still a gap between China and the world-class level. In the future development of the industry, the introduction of talents is still indispensable.