Byd has bought a large car mould factory in Japan
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On April 6, BYD confirmed that it had acquired a large auto-mold factory owned by Japan's Hagiwara. Details of the purchase amount will be announced later. Byd is buying one of Hagiwara's four factories in Japan, called the Kanabayashi Plant, which makes the molds that form steel plates for major car bodies, such as hoods.
Wang Jianjun, a spokesman for BYD, said in an interview that high-precision molds made in Japan will be shipped to BYD's production line in China, which currently has enough capacity to handle more than 400, 000 vehicles a year, and the company will send Chinese employees to Japan to learn mould-making techniques.
"Byd Auto will achieve the goal of being number one in China and the world with leading technology and ultra-leading cost in the future." So said Wang Chuanfu in 2008. Byd has taken another solid step toward that dream, with the latest high-profile announcement of its acquisition of a Japanese mold giant.
Wang Chuanfu, who was trained as a manufacturer, knows that stamping costs the highest among the four automotive processes. Byd, which sells 400,000 cars a year, has incorporated a mold production line into its own system at this time, which is considered a very smart move by the outside world, and is very suitable for BYD's current medium-term development mode of automobile enterprises.
To mature vehicle technology system
In early March, BYD cooperated with the international luxury car giant Mercedes-Benz to develop electric vehicles. Byd's leading competitiveness in the field of electric energy has basically shown, and BYD also claimed that the acquisition of the Japanese mold factory is aimed at improving the level of technology, but it is more obvious that in addition to reducing the production cost, there is a trend of closer to the mature vehicle technology. Byd officials said that through the acquisition, the advanced technology of Giwara car body molding will be applied to domestic automobile production and improve the industrial chain.
A wise medium-term development path
Byd can only create "miracles" again and again, constantly attract attention, and the success of the cost control in production has an absolutely direct link. In the past, Wang Chuanfu has taken advantage of China's low labor costs by breaking down the automatic battery production line and letting people operate it. Through a variety of measures to make its cost significantly lower than competitors, thus established a position in the battery.
When it comes to car manufacturing, Mr. Wang is in the same vein, and BYD mostly develops its own molds. Industry experts analyze that BYD, whose production capacity and sales volume are still in the middle stage, wants to further develop at this time, and cost reduction is a very key step. Byd, which does not lack the practice of dealing with Japanese enterprises, also draws lessons from many Japanese auto companies this time, including the mold system with the highest cost into its own system. With absolute capacity to compete with big suppliers, it will no longer be self-sufficient, as it is in Europe and America.
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