Director Lu had an embarrassed expression on his face, obviously there was something hidden.

Li Weidong asked bluntly: "Brother Lu, what happened? Is there a technical problem?"

"It's easy to say in terms of technology, but the key is the raw materials. Director Lu paused, and then said: "This polyurethane synthetic leather is the technology we introduced from the south, but what we introduced is only the production technology of artificial leather, but the key raw material polyurethane leather slurry, we can't produce it ourselves, or we have to buy it from the south."

Not long ago, we purchased a batch of raw materials from the south and successfully produced polyurethane synthetic leather, but when we calculate the cost, it is not cost-effective at all. After purchasing raw materials from the south, plus freight and various costs, the price of the final product produced is more expensive than buying finished products directly from the south and shipping them over!

As you know, now is not the era when the state issued production tasks in the past, our factory mainly relies on social orders, and the products are expensive, and no one wants them. We can only suspend the production of polyurethane synthetic leather, or continue to produce ordinary artificial leather. ”

"So that's the case!" Li Weidong nodded in a sudden realization.

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Polyurethane synthetic leather was born in Germany in the fifties, and only attracted the attention of Western countries in the sixties, and then the major industrial countries began to get involved in the research of polyurethane synthetic leather, until the seventies, the United States, Japan, Germany and other advanced industrial countries began to produce polyurethane synthetic leather on a large scale.

China is in the early eighties, the production process of polyurethane synthetic leather was introduced into the country, when China's scientific and technological level was far behind the developed countries in the West, the polyurethane synthetic leather production technology in the seventies in the West, in China is definitely high-tech.

There are two main methods of industrial production of polyurethane synthetic leather, one is dry production, and the other is wet production, of which the wet production of polyurethane synthetic leather requires the use of vacuum technology, and the domestic level must not be reached, so at that time, China introduced dry production of polyurethane synthetic leather technology.

In the dry production process, a release paper should be used as a carrier, the polyurethane resin slurry should be coated on the release liner, then dried and cooled, then laminated with the base cloth, dried and cooled again, peeled off, and a piece of artificial leather came out. If dyeing is required, a dyeing process is added in between.

Of course, the real manufacturing process is much more complicated, requires a lot of coatings, and also has requirements for release paper and base cloth, and also needs extrusion, ironing, solidification, washing, drying, etc. in the process, and each process has strict process requirements.

With domestic industrial capacity, release liners and base fabrics are not difficult to find.

As long as the release paper has enough strength, uniform surface and certain solvent resistance, there are many types of base fabrics that can be selected, such as woven fabrics, knitted fabrics, and non-woven fabrics.

The key is the polyurethane resin slurry, which is the core raw material for the production of polyurethane synthetic leather.

In the early eighties, when the domestic first began to introduce polyurethane synthetic leather, polyurethane resin slurry was still imported, and it was not until the mid-eighties that there were only a handful of manufacturers that could produce polyurethane resin slurry.

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Without polyurethane synthetic leather, Li Weidong would not have been able to produce leather jackets.

So Li Weidong opened his mouth and asked: "Brother Lu, the raw material you are talking about is polyurethane resin slurry, right?"

Director Lu nodded: "That thing has to go to Guangdong and Guangzhou to buy it, there is a joint venture with Singaporeans in the Special Economic Zone that can produce this kind of thing." ”

"Transporting raw materials from Guangdong and Guangzhou, a distance of more than 2,000 kilometers, a ton of raw materials alone costs more than 300 yuan, which is quite high. Li Weidong pondered for a moment and said: "Brother Lu, if I can help you find polyurethane resin slurry from our province, then your products should reduce the cost a lot, right?"

"In the province, it can save at least three-quarters of the freight per ton of raw materials. Director Lv calculated in his heart, and then said, "In that case, the cost of our polyurethane synthetic leather will not suffer, in our province, there is also the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei generation, and there is a price advantage." ”

"Okay, this matter is on me, and I will help you find polyurethane resin slurry in the province. Li Weidong said with confidence.

"Brother Li, we're not joking!" Director Lu said with a serious face.

"Brother Lu, can I still lie to you, I'll go find you this raw material tomorrow, you wait for my call!" Li Weidong said.

"Okay, just say this to you, I also have to toast you!" Director Lu touched a cup with Li Weidong, and then did it first, and then continued: "Brother Li, I don't ask for the province, within a radius of 500 kilometers, if you can really find us polyurethane resin slurry, our factory owes you an adult!"

"Brother Lu, when the time comes, the polyurethane synthetic leather you produce will have to be supplied to my garment factory first. Li Weidong said immediately.

Director Lu immediately patted his chest: "Then you can rest assured, I will definitely pick the best products and send them to your garment factory!"

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The next day, Li Weidong dialed the phone number of Dengzhou Artificial Leather Factory.

In the province, there is really a company that can produce polyurethane resin slurry, that is, Dengzhou Artificial Leather Factory.

In the early 80s, Dengzhou artificial leather factory introduced polyurethane related technology from Kuraray Company in Japan, and this project became a key construction project during the "Sixth Five-Year Plan" period.

In the nineties, Dengzhou artificial leather factory was restructured, becoming the largest polyurethane industrial base in China, after the company was listed, the market value is the top of the basic chemical sector, and its main product "MDI", that is, the production capacity of diphenylmethane diisocyanate, exceeds the international giant BASF, ranking first in the world.

Dengzhou is less than 400 kilometers away from Qinghe, and Dengzhou artificial leather factory can produce polyurethane resin slurry, but Qinghe artificial leather factory as a peer does not know, not to mention that this is still a "Sixth Five-Year" key project!

In the eyes of later generations, it is simply impossible to happen, just check the Internet, can you still not know what products this company produces.

In the eighties, however, this was a normal situation.

The underdevelopment of information is one reason, and another important reason is that the enterprises that came from the era of planned economy do not know how to find the source of raw materials by themselves, nor do they know how to find a market for their products.

In the era of planned economy, the source of raw materials and product sales of enterprises, the state has arranged properly, materials are operating within the plan, and the source and destination of all materials have been determined at the beginning of the year.

State-owned enterprises have become accustomed to this way of doing business, and they simply do not look for the source of raw materials and the sales of their products on their own. It is like a domestic animal that is fed at a fixed point every day, and has lost the ability to forage for food on its own.

So there is a situation, Dengzhou artificial leather factory can produce polyurethane resin slurry, but did not go to sales, just at home waiting for the order to take the initiative to send to the door;

Qinghe artificial tannery needs polyurethane resin slurry, but it doesn't know how to find the source, just waiting for the sales at home to take the initiative to send it to the door.

Both sides are embarrassed, I have the goods, but I just can't sell them, you are out of stock, but you just can't buy it.

Think about the future generations of China, you can find the product supply chain you need within 100 kilometers, what a blessing!

As a dispatcher, Li Weidong has a lot of supply and demand information, and when he learned that Qinghe artificial leather factory lacked polyurethane resin slurry, he immediately thought of Dengzhou artificial leather factory.

A phone call passed, confirming that Dengzhou Artificial Leather Factory did indeed produce polyurethane resin slurry, and Li Weidong immediately dialed the phone number of Director Lu.

"Hey, Brother Lu, I'm Li Weidong, I found the polyurethane resin slurry that your factory wanted. Li Weidong said.

"Found it?so fast?" Director Lu was shocked, and then immediately asked, "Where is the source of goods?"

"Dengzhou, it's only 400 kilometers away from us. If you leave early in the morning, you will be able to arrive on the same day. Li Weidong replied.

"Where are you? I'll look for you now!" said Director Lu without hesitation, and it could be seen that he was really urgent.

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Li Weidong helped Qinghe artificial tannery factory solve the problem of raw materials, and Director Lu was naturally grateful, although Li Weidong did not make money from it, but he also earned personal favors.

When dealing with state-owned enterprises, sometimes it is more important to earn favors than to make money.

With raw materials, the artificial leather factory also started production at full capacity, and the first batch of polyurethane synthetic leather was naturally supplied to Li Weidong's garment factory.

Next, the garment factory also started the production mode.

Although the price of polyurethane synthetic leather is only one-tenth of that of genuine leather, it is also much more expensive than ordinary fabric. The cost of raw materials for leather jackets produced by garment factories was about 40 yuan, which was a high price at that time.

In comparison, the price of an ordinary cotton white shirt is five or six yuan, and the cost of a military coat with a fur collar is also about forty yuan.

At that time, the military coat still used genuine copper buttons.

is also because of the high cost of leather jackets, Li Weidong simply invested the other 400,000 yuan into the garment factory to buy raw materials to maintain normal production.

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Early in the morning, Li Weidong went to the workshop for a walk and found that there was nothing wrong with him. Wang Jing, deputy director of the factory, and four workshop directors will manage the workshop in an orderly manner.

The production work of the workshop has always been in charge of the deputy director Wang Jing, who has not learned enterprise management, and he simply used the set of soldiers in the management of workshop production.

The effect of this trick is not bad, although I dare not say how high the production efficiency is, but at least it can ensure the normal and effective operation of the workshop.

If you look at Foxconn in the future, you can see that for labor-intensive industries, paramilitary management is still necessary.

Li Weidong went to the warehouse again, and at this time, more than 4,000 leather jackets had been piled up in the warehouse.

"It's time to find a market. Li Weidong sighed lightly.

This poor tertiary garment factory does not have a salesperson, so Li Weidong, the factory director, can only go to the sales market in person.