Chapter 256: An Important Boost!
Chen Mo's purpose in acquiring this company was only to carry out his first development in the real world, not to form an intelligence organization, so there were no such strict requirements.
Chen Mo only needs to pay attention to the technical confidentiality work to prevent the leakage of technology, and Chen Mo naturally has a plan in this regard.
The small car company, which was acquired by Chen Mo, has only more than 120 employees, and most of the main auto parts, including engines and gearboxes, are purchased from major auto parts suppliers and then assembled in the factory.
The company has an annual output of more than 2,000 cars, focusing on the low-end market, with an average selling price of about 24,000 US dollars, excluding production costs and employee salaries and other expenses, the annual profit is only a few million dollars at most, and it is easy to lose money when the sales situation is not good.
The company was originally struggling to survive, and the hard work of the previous boss finally exhausted the company's vitality.
However, these are not problems in Chen Mo's eyes, what he needs is a company with vehicle design and production capacity, and it doesn't matter whether all parts are completely produced by himself.
Not to mention such a small company, even other well-known large automobile companies, many parts are purchased by parts suppliers.
You know, there are more than 10,000 independent parts on a car, and it is impossible for any automobile company to produce these huge quantities and various parts by itself, and the industries, technologies and equipment involved are too large and complex to be completed by one company.
Automobile manufacturing is a very large industry, involving the casting, forging, processing and processing of steel materials; plastic injection molding and surface treatment; tire manufacturing; Paint spraying treatment; glass processing; upholstery fabric production; The production and manufacturing of various supporting special parts, valves, pumps, motors, instruments, wires and other spare parts, all automobile manufacturers, regardless of size, must rely on these various types of auto parts suppliers.
The difference in strength between each company is mainly reflected in their mastery of the core technology of automobiles and the independent production capacity of core components.
Among them, the most important is the engine, gearbox and chassis, all major automobile companies have their own brands of independent research and development of engines, gearboxes and chassis, other transmission systems, steering systems, braking systems and other core parts are also produced independently.
The small company acquired by Chen Mo, although it does not have the ability to produce the core components completely independently, but it also has good technology in the chassis and suspension system, and the chassis of the company's production vehicles is not purchased externally, but the company's independent research and development and manufacturing, and the company's design department is also quite good.
The main models they currently produce are medium-sized and large pickup trucks and SUVs, and can carry out various modifications to pickup trucks, and transform them into RVs, trailers, tractors, engineering vehicles and other special-purpose vehicles according to the needs of customers.
With the company's independent research and development and manufacturing of good performance of the chassis and suspension system, coupled with the purchase of Ford engine, the vehicle cushioning and shock absorption, handling performance, power and off-road ability are good, but compared with the old pickup brand, Ford, Dodge, Chevrolet, etc., there is still a certain gap, and its own manufacturing cost is much higher, so the competitiveness in the market is not large.
However, the company has a certain strength in automobile design and manufacturing, chassis and suspension system, as well as the design and production of some parts, as long as the technology in other aspects can keep up, coupled with sufficient financial support, it is fully capable of producing excellent performance, not weaker than the old company, and even stronger cars.
And what Chen Mo lacks most is technology and capital.
Hydra's technical reserves in automobiles are quite abundant, not to mention now, it is Chen Mo's car when he was in Captain America's world, the huge Hydra bulletproof off-road sports car, with technical content, is not worse than the current top cars, and even, today's major automobile companies may not be able to manufacture it.
As for the funds, it is even less of a problem, the previous auction was only the lowest value among the many valuables carried in Chen Mo's space, and if necessary, the remaining ones can be auctioned several more times, and the auction price will only be higher.
However, Chen Mo has no plans to auction again in the short term, although the more than two billion US dollars in his hand is not much, but it is enough to meet Chen Mo's needs for a long time, and in the future, under his construction and development, the company's own income will naturally be greatly improved, and there is no need for him to blindly invest money in it.
Before deciding to acquire the company, Chen Mo asked Jarvis to conduct a comprehensive and systematic analysis of every employee in the entire company, and everyone's personality, ability and all aspects of the situation were clearly investigated and analyzed.
Most of them have good abilities, the reason why they were on the verge of bankruptcy before was also because of the boss's willful behavior, as well as the lack of funds, the company's own research and development, design, production, technology, management, sales channels and other aspects are not too much of a problem, and many employees are actually very good.
The company's R&D department has successfully developed a variety of automobile chassis, the technical level is in the middle and upper in the entire industry, and the research and development of other key core components such as engines and gearboxes are also underway, but due to the lack of manpower and funds, it has not been able to produce results, and the original boss even once planned to close the R&D department that spent money but has not had any results except for the chassis.
If it weren't for the final decision to develop a new model and open up the market in one fell swoop, the R&D department would have been closed long ago if it had not been necessary to improve the original chassis system and develop a new chassis with more powerful performance.
The company's design department has the ability to independently complete the design of new models, and all the models produced by the company are all designed by the design department and put into production, including the modification of vehicles, which are also designed by the company's design department according to customer requirements.
The company's production department is also very good, whether it is parts production and processing, or vehicle assembly, most of the workers and technicians have good ability and working attitude, so the quality of the pickup trucks and SUVs they produced before is also good, which is also an important reason why they have not improved much before, but they have not gone out of business.
After Chen Mo takes over, these outstanding talents and employees will become an important boost to his development plan.