Ford's largest investment in China Xiao Lan Industrial Park started this year


Ford's biggest investment in China this year

The 2 billion joint venture of Jiangling New Base requires “15 years of world leadership and 50 years of lagging behind”

Xiaolan two large vehicle projects started one after another

Today, there are two vehicle production projects located in the Xiaolan Industrial Park: one is a Jiangling Holdings passenger vehicle project jointly invested by Jiangling Group and Chang'an Group, and the other is Jiangling Motors Co., Ltd. invested by the American Ford Group and Jiangling Motors Corporation. Commercial vehicle Xiaolan new base project. Among them, Jiangling’s passenger vehicle project has been used as the first “3010” project in Nanchang City. Commercial vehicle projects and wholly packaged auto parts projects are also actively applying for "3010."

According to reports, the Jiangling Holdings project will invest 2 billion yuan and currently have a registered capital of 1 billion yuan. It will build a 100,000-capacity passenger car plant in Xiaolan. After the project is completed, it will realize a sales income of 30 billion yuan and a tax of 1.5 billion yuan. At present, the project has officially started construction. On September 22, the first passenger car of Jiangling Holdings, Fengfeng Fenghua, was off the assembly line at Xiaolan. The reporter saw that there were hundreds of new and fashionable Landwind Fenghua cars parked outside the workshop where the equipment was installed and commissioned.

Located next to the Landwind Fenghua vehicle assembly plant is the Xiaolan New Project Base of Jiangling Corporation. The total investment of the project is 4 billion yuan, and the first phase of investment is 2 billion yuan. The project was officially started construction in November and is expected to be completed in the first half of 2009. After completion, it will be a world-class standard factory. According to reports, the Ford Group requires Xiaolan New Base to be “15 years ahead of the world and not to fall behind in 50 years” and become an important commercial vehicle base in the world.

According to the 50:50 ratio, Ford’s investment in the first phase of the Xiaolan new base project will reach 1 billion yuan, and the final investment will be as high as 2 billion yuan. This is Ford's biggest investment in China this year.

Jiangling vehicle project attracted auto parts project

In Jiangling Tianren Company's stamping shop in Xiaolan Industrial Park, Nanchang County, a brand-new steel sheet was sent to the punch press, and a thousand pieces of pressure were pressed and a strangely shaped accessory was formed. These stamped auto parts are currently mainly supplied to Jiangling Landwind Fenghua Cars and Chery Automobile.

The reporter discovered that the Jiangling Tianren Company's press shop is located between the Jiangling Landwind Fenghua Automobile Factory, which is testing equipment, and the Jiangling Ford Commercial Vehicle Factory, which is currently breaking ground. Within a few minutes' drive, Baojiang Steel Co., Ltd., an annual output of 100,000 tons of automobile supporting steel products, has been established.

The vehicle project attracts the top auto parts project

The signing of the two major vehicle projects triggered the assembly of auto parts projects. A group of Fortune 500 companies (such as Ford of the United States, Lear of the United States, Visteon of the United States) have settled in Xiaolan. This year, Baosteel's steel distribution and processing projects, which are co-operated with Shanghai Baosteel and Jiangling, and auto parts projects based on the Tianren stamping project have also been put into operation one after another.

It is understood that the production of automobile parts in Xiaolan Industrial Park has involved engines, transmissions, automotive air conditioners, automotive interior parts, automotive panels, oil system, chassis system components, non-ferrous metal die-casting, automotive panel cuts, and stampings. With a variety of related products, the self-supporting capability of the industry has been increasingly strengthened and it has become the most concentrated industrial park in Jiangxi auto parts enterprises.

In 2006, there were more than 70 auto parts enterprises in Xiaolan Industrial Park. The annual output value of auto parts enterprises was 2.4 billion yuan, and profits and taxes were 104 million yuan. Nanchang County Vice County Changjiang Weibin told the reporter that the two vehicle projects are like huge magnets and have attracted the attention of numerous auto parts companies. “There are currently 20 contracted projects, and the total planned investment is over 1 billion yuan. There are many The auto parts project rushed to settle down in Xiao Lan. What we are worried about now is the shortage of land and how to pick the project.”

After 5 years, the auto industry will achieve 30 billion yuan

With a total investment of 220 million yuan, Baosteel's steel processing and distribution projects have only gone through four months from signing a contract to building a factory building to starting production. Wen Weimin, deputy general manager of the company, told reporters that if the horsepower production is sufficient, Baojiang's production capacity can still exceed 100,000 tons and realize the capability of more than 300,000 automotive steel parts.

The reporter learned that the Xiaolan Automobile Industrial City, which Nanchang County is planning to build, will occupy an area of ​​10,000 mu, of which the entire vehicle project will occupy an area of ​​3,000 mu, and the auto parts industry base will occupy an area of ​​5,000 mu. The automobile industry supporting commercial and residential area will occupy an area of ​​2,000 square meters. mu. After completion, it will become an automotive industrial base that integrates R&D and manufacturing of auto vehicles and auto parts, auto logistics, auto trading, auto expo, automotive export information service, and automobile culture.

Jiang Weibin said that through the automotive industry clusters, industrial optimization and upgrading, Xiaolan Industrial Park strives to achieve 30 billion yuan in the auto industry within five years and become an important national automobile production base.