Baoji builds "world-class titanium and titanium alloy industrial base"
"Baoji Titanium" can be said to be well-known, from the "Change Moon Landing" project that takes the moon for nine days, down to the manned ball cabin of the 10,000-meter deep-sea submersible, and the titanium capillary implanted into the human body...you can see "Baoji" "Titanium" figure. Baoji, the largest titanium industry in the country and the second in the world enjoy a high reputation in the world. The "China Titanium Valley" has become Baoji's "Golden Business Card".
Standing at the new starting point of the "14th Five-Year Plan", the Baoji Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government have vigorously promoted the "1459" project of a strong industrial city, and built world-class titanium and titanium alloy industrial base around the extension, strengthening and supplementation of the titanium industry chain. High-quality development makes every effort to forge high-quality "titanium chains".
Chain extension: highlighting joint advantages
To build a 100 billion industrial cluster depends on the drive of large enterprises and conglomerates, and it also needs the support of small and medium-sized enterprises. Baoji focuses on connecting the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain and has formed a development trend in the city that is led by large enterprises, followed by private enterprises and highlights the advantages of clusters.
To be a strong enterprise can make the industry more attractive. As a leading company in the Baoji titanium industry, Baoti Group Co., Ltd. has undertaken more than 8,000 new material trial production tasks for my country's material preparation and cutting-edge technology and has achieved more than 600 scientific and technological achievements. In April of this year, at the 2021 China Titanium Valley International Titanium Industry Expo held in Baoji City, Baoji City Government, Baoti Group Co., Ltd., Northwest Non-Ferrous Metal Research Institute, and Baoji Zhengwei New Material Technology Co., Ltd. joined forces to reach a joint construction of Baoji The cooperation framework agreement of the Advanced Structural Materials Research Institute is a repetitive mark for making the titanium industry bigger and stronger.
As leading companies become bigger and stronger, the "siphon effect" of companies has become increasingly obvious, and more and more affiliated companies have settled in Baoji. A few days ago, the author walked into the production workshop of Topda Titanium Industry Co., Ltd. in Baoji High-tech Zone. The operator is setting computer parameters in the control room. Within minutes, the blank is drawn and thinned to become an exquisite thick-walled tube. The company’s chairman Wang Yongjin said: “Relying on this imported radial forging processing equipment, the company can only charge over 10 million yuan in processing fees per year for Baotai processing materials, which has also reduced Baotai’s manufacturing costs by about 10%. "In Baoji City, small and medium-sized enterprises in the field of titanium materials, such as Topda Titanium Co., Ltd., cooperated with BaoTi in the division of labor and subdivided the fields, making the upstream and downstream industrial chain more complete and harmonious coexistence.
At present, Baoji has gathered more than 590 various titanium companies centered on the Baoti Group, forming a complete industrial chain from R&D, production, sales to service. It produces more than 300 types of titanium products and more than 5,000 specifications. Among them, there are not only national heavy equipment, but also civilian products such as medical and health, sports, and leisure. Baoji's 100 billion-level titanium industry cluster is accelerating its growth.
Strong chain: enhance development strength
The commissioning of large projects and the leading technological innovation are the dual engines that maintain the strong momentum of industrial development. Baoji has grasped the construction of large-scale investment promotion projects on the one hand and the application and development platform construction of rare metals such as titanium, which has won the long-term sustainable high-quality development voice and initiative for the Baoji titanium industry.
Recently, the construction site of the Zhengwei Baoji New Material Science and Technology City project is very busy, and various projects are being advanced in an orderly manner. It is expected that the commissioning requirements will be met by the end of October. Peng Weihua, general manager of Baoji Zhengwei New Material Technology Co., Ltd., said that Zhengwei has mature internationalization, capitalization, and brand promotion paths and experience from front-end R&D and production to back-end supply chain expansion. After entering Baoji, it will work for hand in hand with Baoji. Hundreds of private titanium companies have given Baoji titanium industry a new opportunity to develop high-end titanium materials, expand the civilian product market, and communicate with the international market. Focusing on the cultivation of leading companies in the titanium industry and the upgrading and transformation of titanium products, Baoji plans to reserve more than 60 projects, carry out all-round investment in the industrial chain, and accelerate the implementation of a new material industrial park with an investment of 10 billion yuan and an investment of 2 billion yuan in titanium and titanium alloys. A number of major park projects include the new aviation materials industrial park, and the titanium and titanium alloy military-civilian integration industrial park with an investment of 1 billion yuan. In the first half of the year, the Baoji High-tech Zone alone implemented 11 key technological transformation projects for the titanium and new materials industry, and comprehensively improved the production efficiency of the enterprise in terms of automation and intelligence.
Innovation is the core of promoting high-quality industrial development and driving the connotative development of the industrial chain. Small, medium and micro enterprises often have a difficult path to innovation and development due to a lack of talents and funds. In order to further stimulate the vitality of the titanium industry development and enhance its strength, Baoji City has seized the “ballast stone” of innovation and development by building R&D platforms, continued to strengthen policy guidance, and strengthened support for scientific and technological innovation R&D institutions. The University of Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an Special Aviation Institute, and other universities and research institutions cooperate to introduce think tanks, R&D centers, build incubation bases, engineering technology centers, and set up post-doctoral workstations to reward high-end talents. In Baoji High-tech Zone, where titanium companies gather, 13 national-level public service platforms, 2 national-level enterprise technology centers, 7 provincial-level enterprise technology centers, and 1 professional incubator for the titanium industry are located in various industrial parks and enterprises. With more than domestic first-class experts in the titanium field and high-quality practitioners and more than 50,000 industrial workers, the knowledge creation and technological innovation capabilities of the titanium industry have been comprehensively improved. At the same time, Baoji City has also established a service chain for the creation, application, protection, and management of intellectual property rights, creating an incubation chain of "crowd creation space + incubator + accelerator + industrialization", forming a national, The three-level linkage incubation pattern at the provincial and district levels has become an accelerator for the strong chain of the titanium industry in Baoji City.
Replenishing the chain: accelerating industrial transformation
Baoji's titanium and titanium alloy production accounts for 60% of the country's total and 20% of the world's total. The industry is large. However, behind the "golden name card" of "China Titanium Valley", there are still problems such as insufficient innovation vitality and lack of high-end products. Experts, scholars, and entrepreneurs have expressed their opinions on how to accelerate industrial transformation and make up for the shortcomings of the industrial chain.
Cao Chunxiao, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said when he participated in this year's Titanium Expo that the development of Baoji's titanium industry still needs to put a lot of effort into innovation, from raw materials to the entire process, in order to support the improvement of the quality and quantity of titanium products faster and better. Fang Xin, an academician of the Third World Academy of Sciences, said that as the most advantageous characteristic industry in Baoji, the titanium industry requires not only the ability to adapt to market demand but also the never-ending spirit of exploration and self-innovation if it is to truly open up the industrial chain and consumption chain. Only with the courage of the people can high-end products and civilian-friendly titanium products enter the lives of ordinary people and have a broader market space.
According to Wang Xiongwei, head of the Bureau of Industry, Information Technology and Commerce of Baoji High-tech Zone, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Baoji High-tech Zone will focus on the development of "One Valley, Two Centers, and Three Districts" and implement the "China Titanium Valley" revitalization action, focusing on technological transformation. , Key project construction, industrial ecological optimization, etc., take projects as the starting point to lead the large-scale development of clusters, drive the connotative development of clusters with innovation as the core, promote the ecological development of clusters with the support of dual innovation carriers, and use information technology as a breakthrough Promote the digital development of clusters, guarantee the sustainable development of clusters based on policies, and strive to achieve a total industrial output value of 80 billion yuan in the titanium industry by 2025, and a comprehensive total income of 110 billion yuan.
Wang Wensheng, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Baoti Group said that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Baoti Group will focus on the three major industrial sectors of titanium materials, equipment design and manufacturing, and new materials, and further develop the five major industries of the brand, standard, technology, inspection, and market. Advantages, increase the output of high-end products, improve the industrial chain, and form an industrial cluster. In terms of talents, through a combination of external introduction and internal training, experts and craftsmen who support scientific and technological innovation and industrial development are trained to speed up the research on key core technologies. Through these measures, firmly grasp the market dominance of medium and high-end titanium products.
Wang Yongjin said that the slow development of industry support and technology in the titanium industry has restricted the promotion and application of titanium and titanium alloys. It is recommended to establish a titanium alloy or non-ferrous alloy technical training school to train skilled workers and professional first-line technicians for the development of the titanium and titanium alloy industry; Organize professionals from different industries to explain their needs from time to time, organize industry experts to report on key breakthrough technologies, effectively communicate information, and realize information sharing.
The "14th Five-Year Plan" blueprint for Baoji has been drawn up. Baoji's titanium industry is striding forward in the direction of better quality, longer industrial chain, and higher added value, providing important support for the construction of world-class titanium and titanium alloy industrial base.
