Zhongchuang Chemical Company is a high-tech enterprise engaged in the transformation of scientific research results. It is a "Little Giant" planned enterprise recognized by the Hunan Provincial Economic Commission, an intellectual property advantage cultivation enterprise recognized by the Hunan Provincial Intellectual Property Office, and a Hunan It is a provincial key reserve enterprise for listing, a technological innovation pilot enterprise in Yueyang City, and an advanced enterprise in promoting new industrialization in Yueyang City. It has been rated as an advanced tax payment unit by the National Taxation Bureau and the Local Taxation Bureau for four consecutive years from 2006 to 2009.
The "one-step synthesis of sec-butyl acetate process technology by olefin addition method" developed by the company with independent intellectual property rights completely abandons the traditional process route of the reaction of acetic acid and alcohol, meets clean production standards and is environmentally friendly protection requirements, filling the domestic gaps. This technology was included in the 2010 National Torch Plan, and the sec-butyl acetate produced with this technology was identified as a national key new product plan in 2008-2009 by the Ministry of Science and Technology. In July 2008, it won the Best Environmental Protection Award at the Malaysian International Coatings Exhibition. .
The company has 12 patented technologies, all of which are produced using technologies with independent intellectual property rights. The production equipment is located in Hunan Fine Chemical Industry Park, Yueyang City, Hunan Province, and Daya Bay Economic and Technological Development Zone, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, with combined production capacity. It is 280kt/a, among which the Huizhou project is listed as one of the top 500 projects under construction in Guangdong Province, with annual sales revenue of more than 1.5 billion yuan.
The company has established a complete environmental management system and quality management system, and has passed ISO9001 and ISO14001 management system certifications. The products are of excellent quality. They not only enjoy a high reputation domestically, but are also directly exported to foreign countries, including the Middle East. , South America, Northeast Asia, and Southeast Asia, it is a key export enterprise in the region and a key foreign exchange service enterprise of the Yueyang Branch of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange.
The company has always insisted on relying on science and technology for progress and development. It has a complete project research and development team and strong technical research capabilities. 60% of the total number of employees have a bachelor's degree or above. With its technological leadership, it provides strong support for the company's development.
Zhongchuang Yueyang: registered capital of 60 million yuan, 4 sets of large-scale chemical production equipment, acetate production capacity of 130,000 tons, and carbon four separation production capacity of 120,000 tons. The address is: Yunxi Economic and Technological Development Zone, Yueyang City, Hunan Province.
Zhongchuang Huizhou: The registered capital is 50 million yuan. The main raw materials are supplied by the Sino-foreign joint venture CNOOC and Shell. The acetate production capacity is 100,000 tons and the methyl tert-butyl ether production capacity is 50,000 tons. The address is: Daya Bay Economic and Technological Development Zone, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province.
Zhongchuang Changsha: With a registered capital of 60 million yuan, it is the company's new product research and development base and product sales center. The address is: No. 208, Labor Road, Changsha City.
On December 9, 2005, under the beautiful Tuohe Mountain, a new chemical company emerged in the Changling Refinery and Chemical Plant Area of ??Shili Oil City—Hunan Zhongchuang Chemical Co., Ltd. In just over three years, the largest industrial production facility for sec-butyl acetate in China has been built. Not only has it filled a gap in the country, but its product output has continued to grow, and its tax revenue has doubled year after year. It is the first domestically produced green process to produce environmentally friendly preparations. , becoming a rising "little giant" in the environmentally friendly solvent industry. The leader of this miracle is Hu Xiannian, general manager of Hunan Zhongchuang Chemical Co., Ltd.
Courage is the inexhaustible driving force for entrepreneurship
A philosopher once said: To move towards a goal full of risks and unknowns is "courage", and to work hard and never give up is "qi" , the combination of the two is the real "courage", on which the success or failure of all entrepreneurship depends. Hu Xiannian’s entrepreneurial journey also proves the true meaning of this sentence.
Hu Xiannian, who graduated from Daqing Petroleum University majoring in petroleum refining, was initially assigned to the Liaohe Oil Field. In 1991, he was transferred to the Changling Refinery in Hunan Petrochemical City and has been engaged in scientific research. Through 17 years of exploration in the field of petrochemical scientific research, with unremitting pursuit and hard work, we have achieved many research results and won provincial, municipal and petrochemical industry scientific research progress awards, especially in 2005, we won the Hunan Provincial Youth Science and Technology Award. He has also shown talent and attainments in academic research, and has published 6 papers in famous domestic and foreign journals.
For a young talent who joined the Communist Party of China when he was a freshman and has made a lot of achievements in business, what is placed in front of this expert who has just passed his 40s are flowers of honor, career promotion, and authoritative support. . However, what has been lingering in his mind is how the isopropyl acetate synthesis technology he led the research and development in 2003 moved from the laboratory to industrialization. Once mass production is successful, it will not only develop new environmentally friendly solvent products, but also create a new path for comprehensive utilization of refinery gas. However, due to the petrochemical industry system and financing difficulties, the only way to quickly realize industrialization is to start a business independently.
Changlian is the leading enterprise in Yueyang area, a large state-owned enterprise that many people want to join. Hu Xiannian's determination to start his own business means giving up the accumulation of 17 years of work in state-owned enterprises, giving up the future of success, and embarking on an entrepreneurial road full of hardships and risks. Making this choice is a sign of confidence in one's own strength, and it is also a way to muster the courage to face future challenges. Facing the doubts of others, rejecting the persuasion of his friends, and with the expectations of his family, Hu Xiannian resolutely terminated the long-term labor relationship with Chang Lian.
Looking back at the past scenes, Hu Xiannian is still lamenting: Only by cutting off retreats and sinking all boats can we move forward in the face of difficulties without flinching, and our entrepreneurship will not give up halfway!
Hu Xiannian showed the courage to start a business without hesitation. In the practice of starting a business, this fearless courage has always been with him and became an inexhaustible driving force for his success.
Chemical production is full of high-pressure vessels and dangerous chemicals. From laboratory to pilot test to mass production, it is full of many uncertain risk factors. One afternoon, the lower flange of the operating distillation booster boiler was pierced and a large amount of acidic gas was sprayed out. Liquid materials were also leaking out. An explosion, environmental pollution, and casualties may occur at any time, causing a major safety hazard. Possibility of accident. At this critical moment, Hu Xiannian rushed to the scene and took the lead in organizing the rescue. Wearing protective clothing and an oxygen respirator, he commanded the device to stop and close the valve in an orderly manner. When the on-site lighting cannot be turned on, the work is carried out by flashlight. Inspired by Hu Xiannian, the employees plucked up the courage to rush to the scene and work together closely without complaining, fleeing or sighing. After five hours of intense fighting, the danger was finally averted.
In the first year of device production, the Zhongchuang team with Hu Xiannian as the core used courage as the driving force, experienced hardships and ups and downs, aimed at the goal, persevered, and made solid progress, and finally handed over a A perfect answer, all laboratory products become industrial products.
Technology is the magic weapon for entrepreneurship
If a country wants to make progress, it can only continue to innovate; if an enterprise wants to remain undefeated in the fierce business world, it must also stand firm. At the forefront of technology. Hu Xiannian is not only the manager of Zhongchuang, but also the leader of Zhongchuang Technology. The establishment, development and growth of Zhongchuang is an entrepreneurial song that transforms scientific and technological achievements into real productivity.
Hu Xiannian developed the habit of loving reading and working diligently when he was studying. When he was first transferred to Changlian, in addition to working at work, he spent almost all his time in the library of Changlian Science and Technology Museum, reading through a large number of professional books and documents on refining and chemical engineering, laying a solid foundation for entrepreneurial development. . With the variety of chemical products and the rapid changes in chemical technology, organic chemicals are more like the ever-changing props in the hands of a magician. In 2002, when Hu Xiannian started research and development of green and environmentally friendly solvents, the technology he chose had only a record of failure and no success stories in developed countries. Especially in the early stages of the experiment, when he consulted many experts and scholars with a lot of questions, he got negative answers. But Hu Xiannian did not give up. His solid foundation and hands-on experience told him that the key was to rely on a large number of experiments to find the key to major technological breakthroughs.
Failure after failure did not discourage him. Faced with every setback, Hu Xiannian felt that he was one step closer to success.
Under the eyes, doubts, and even disdain of others, through unremitting efforts, the R&D team led by Hu Xiannian finally overcame various difficulties in the project process, not only filling the domestic gap, but also occupying the leading position in the process with a combination of multiple patented technologies. The commanding heights of environmentally friendly solvent production technology have formed unique intellectual property rights. These achievements are all attributed to Hu Xiannian's unique understanding of chemical technology and theory.
Hu Xiannian’s pursuit of science and technology is not only reflected in theoretical and technical breakthroughs, but also in technological innovation of production equipment. On the third day after the Zhongchuang Company's device was completed and started, the gasket of the condenser at the top of the dehydrogenation component tower was punctured. During the shutdown inspection, it was found that most of the condenser gasket had been corroded. During the subsequent start-up process, other heat exchangers A similar situation occurred with the device. After contacting the heat exchanger manufacturer, they have never provided customers with gaskets with similar media to their company. There are no records of using the same media in the domestic market. They are also at a loss as to how to select materials. This has become a problem in Zhongchuang's construction process. The first problem. Hu Xiannian led the entire factory's technical staff to repeatedly try gaskets of various media, record technical parameters, add anti-corrosion treatment methods, and test day and night, finally solving the problem.
In order to transition from a technical expert to a manager, Hu Xiannian also completed all the MBA courses at the University of Northern Virginia in the United States after completing all the graduate courses in chemical engineering. Scientific production methods coupled with advanced management concepts have enabled Zhongchuang Chemical to climb to a new level every year. The device was completed and put into operation in 2006. In that year, it achieved a total output value of 60 million yuan and paid taxes of 2 million yuan. Then we cooperated with domestic first-class universities and scientific research institutions to make the one-step synthesis of sec-butyl acetate technology by olefin addition method from the laboratory to industrialization. Since then, the technology has been improved day by day, and the output has doubled year after year. In the second year after the establishment of the company, it became the most valuable product in the industry. An enterprise worth over 100 million yuan. In 2007, the industrial output value was 150 million yuan, and the tax paid was 9 million yuan; in 2008, the tax paid reached another 10 million yuan, and it was rated as a provincial high-tech enterprise by the Provincial Department of Science and Technology; in May 2009, Hu Xiannian won the only award in Yueyang City Reform and Innovation Award; in June 2009, Zhongchuang Chemical was approved by the Hunan Provincial Intellectual Property Office and the Hunan Provincial Department of Finance as the third batch of intellectual property advantage cultivation enterprises in Hunan Province.
The market is the eternal theme of entrepreneurship
For an industry, especially a new product, moving from the laboratory to industrialization is only the first step to success, and only by going to the market can it gain widespread popularity. The recognition and favor of users, and truly becoming a commodity, are the signs of ultimate success, and only then can entrepreneurship reach the highest level. In order to make customers realize that the environmentally friendly solvent products developed by Zhongchuang Chemical are of high quality and low price, Hu Xiannian led Zhongchuang's market development team to target foreign countries. He believed that only by occupying high-end foreign markets can the domestic market be invincible.
Sec-butyl acetate products have strong solubility and moderate volatilization speed. Substituting toxic solvents such as toluene in coatings can improve the environment. Substituting n-butyl acetate and other ester solvents can reduce costs. It is the future of the coating industry. Leading solvent, in order to get more users to understand this environmentally friendly product, Hu Xiannian led his team to start a tough market battle. So:
In July 2006, Zhongchuang products entered Southeast Asia;
In April 2008, the company successfully displayed its corporate image and company profile at the Korean Paint Exhibition in Seoul, South Korea. Products;
In June 2008, Zhongchuang Products participated in the 2008 Asia Pacific Coatings Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;
In February 2009, the company participated in the India International Coatings Exhibition in Chennai, India. Due to its excellent performance and price, the product has received great attention from many traders and terminals;
In March 2009, the company participated in the Middle East Coatings Exhibition in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, which played a very important role in the expansion of the Middle East market. effect.
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After many international exhibitions and negotiations, Zhongchuang's products quickly opened up foreign markets, and then turned back to drive the domestic market. Seizing the opportunity, Zhongchuang finally Become the first choice for customers' coating manufacturing companies.
While Hu Xiannian is exploring the market, he also does not miss any opportunity provided by the market.
In 2008, the financial crisis that started in the United States broke out and spread around the world. Many large companies closed their doors. However, he saw a rare opportunity in this financial crisis that many people regarded as a disaster. And seize the "opportunity" in this "crisis" to lead Zhongchuang to make great achievements. Taking advantage of the continued decline in prices of various building materials, especially domestic steel, after the outbreak of the financial crisis, a new carbon four separation device was installed, saving half of the usual cost.
Although the financial crisis has caused the prices of chemical products to fall and market demand to decrease, because Zhongchuang stands on the commanding heights of technology, in this financial crisis, it has used product performance and price advantages to win more market to maximize market share.
Entrepreneurship is a painful and joyful job. It requires entrepreneurs to pay a superhuman price and at the same time have a normal mind and an optimistic attitude. Just as Hu Xiannian said when he was elected as a representative of the Sixth Municipal People's Congress in 2007: "Although today is very hard and tomorrow will be very busy, the day after tomorrow will definitely be wonderful." As long as we have this persistence and everyone is determined on the road to entrepreneurship, we will succeed. Can create brilliant life value! To reap the joy of success!