Chapter 489: Countermeasures
In fact, when Carl quoted the price, Zhang Xiaofan was also stunned, why is their price so high?
65 euros converted into Chinese currency, as much as more than 500 yuan, more than 500 yuan a kilogram of powder coating, and these are still not subject to customs duties.
You can imagine how high the price is.
At present, there are some special coatings on the market, such as transparent coatings for wheel hubs, heavy anti-corrosion coatings, and coatings for the inner wall of pipelines.
Many manufacturers of these coatings can be produced, but there will be some deviations in quality.
However, in terms of the overall price market, it is generally around 100 to 300 yuan.
Of course, with the deepening of research and development, the price will be lower and lower as time goes by.
However, there are more than 500 powder coatings, which are really rare to see in China, or even almost impossible to see.
The coatings on the market, the ordinary ones are in the tens or twenty, if any powder coating person suddenly hears about the powder coating worth more than 500.
One can even fully imagine his expression at that time.
There must have been a look of disbelief on his face, and then he was talking to himself very firmly
"How is it possible, that's complete nonsense, how can there be such a high price of powder coating, this thing is completely unbelievable!
If you tell me about 5 pieces of 6 pieces of powder coating a kilogram, I want to believe it, but you tell me more than 500 pieces of powder coating a kilogram, I don't want to believe it.
If there really is such a coating, then the manufacturer who purchases this powder coating is definitely a fool. ”
Of course, Zhang Xiaofan didn't really go to Germany, and he does have a lot to do now.
Especially now in terms of technology, automotive coatings have been developed, which can be regarded as a pearl of powder coatings in the high-end coating industry.
Flying Leopard Coatings responded in a hurry, making the price of their products unexpectedly high, which Zhang Xiaofan did not expect.
Disrupting the rhythm of competitors and letting them follow their own rhythm, Zhang Xiaofan felt that this move was right.
Then the next most important thing, for Zhang Xiaofan, is no longer to continue to deepen the research on automotive powder coatings.
Instead, it needs to be further developed to develop some products that cannot replace paint with powder coatings at present, such as ships.
Marine coatings, aerospace coatings, these don't need to be thought, the profit margin is so high, it's really staggering.
At the same time, the high technical content is not something that can be easily broken through.
However, these still need to wait or throw a bait so that the entire raw material industry can develop the raw materials they want.
At present, it is difficult for the raw materials to meet Zhang Xiaofan's requirements, but Zhang Xiaofan has not much to do about this.
After all, Zhang Xiaofan, the upstream raw material of powder coating, does not know much, and can only rely on capital or rely on providing performance, so as to promote the development of raw materials.
Today was indeed a rather depressing day for Carl.
But for Fred, today was a shameful day.
Zhang Xiaofan is younger than him, but his achievements are much higher than him, whether he is now the chairman of a relatively well-known powder coating company, or he has developed automotive powder coatings.
All this made him feel a little envious and frustrated, there is always a group of people in the world who have achieved far more than ordinary people at a young age.
Back in the company, Fred and Carl, the two of them sat in the office, you look at me, I look at you.
"What do you mean by the headquarters?"
"This kind of thing is too widespread, and the headquarters heard that BMW has already used powder coatings to spray sheet metal.
Many people can't hold it anymore, so they take out this powder coating that seems to be a finished product but is indeed a semi-finished product. ”
In fact, Fred also knows that Flying Leopard Paint has been developing automotive powder coatings for several years, but the progress is not very fast.
However, as a top technology company in the powder coating industry, the technicians of Flying Leopard Coating do not think that other manufacturers will surpass them.
So they don't have too much pressure on R&D, they go to work when they should go to work, and they still have holidays when they should take vacations, without any thoughts and impulses to work overtime.
And when a person is not under pressure, in fact, the burst of thoughts is relatively shallow.
Of course, sometimes too much pressure can also overwhelm these technicians.
Just like now, when the technical department of the headquarters hears that there are already automotive powder coatings on the market.
How can this group of people sit still, there are old masters and young masters, and there are many people who think they are top talents in powder coating technology, so even if the current automotive powder coating is still a semi-finished product, they feel that the semi-finished product they have developed is better than the products developed by others.
So basically without any consideration, this semi-finished product technology was taken out.
And this group of old men directly asked Carl to contact BMW to try out their semi-finished products.
Then this time, Carl and Fred both had their faces swollen and even came back in great shame.
I don't know what to tell the headquarters yet.
"It's all our fault, the news is too closed, I don't know that there is a powder coating company with very strong technical strength in Huaxia. ”
"This company has been in our sight for a few years ago, but we don't know about the old men in the headquarters, especially the old men in Huaxia District.
That disgusting self-esteem makes them feel that this company is also mediocre in technology.
Although heavy anti-corrosion pipe interior wall coatings are available worldwide, there are more than 20 companies that can manufacture them.
But none of the more than 20 companies are Chinese enterprises, and suddenly one pops up, and they don't pay attention to it.
Hey!"
He sighed deeply when he came back, but he also felt a little afterthought now.
Fred was thinking, but what would he do if he was dealing with the matter of China's west-to-east gas pipeline?
Maybe it's better than it is now, who knows?
But this does not prevent him from scolding, after all, he is indeed very faceless today, especially the look in Zhang Xiaohua's eyes when he is leaving.
I feel aggrieved when I think about it.
"It's too late to say these things now, let me report to the headquarters first, there is actually a manufacturer in the world that has surpassed our company in the research and development of automotive powder coatings.
I think the headquarters must pay very high attention to this time, and it is better to buy this company.
I always feel that this company will be our strongest rival in the future, and while he is still young, we should think about how to suppress him or buy it. ”
Fred didn't say anything about these things that he wasn't thinking about as a technician.
However, as a technician, it is psychologically difficult to accept the acquisition of others because of the backwardness of technology. You have to find the latest chapters by yourself to read books?