Revenge must be avenged, and business must also be done.

It only took a few days for Cao Yang to determine the plan to retaliate against the Spring City stamping, and then personally took Zhang Fugui to Spring City.

As the base camp of China's automobile industry, Chuncheng Automobile Group is the first automobile factory in China, and has now developed into a large-scale automobile group that can produce various vehicles such as commercial vehicles, passenger cars, and special vehicles.

Naturally, it also has a number of its own parts and components enterprises.

The four major processes of automobiles are stamping, welding, painting, and final assembly, and there are a large number of stamping parts to be made on each car.

Except for the large parts of four doors and two covers, which are produced by the car companies themselves, other stamping parts are purchased.

In this way, whether it is Chuncheng Automobile Group or Chuncheng Volkswagen, it is impossible to have only such a supplier of stamping parts as Chuncheng Stamping Factory.

Now, Cao Yang and Zhang Fugui are chatting with Zhou Benqiang, the director of the purchasing and sales department of the other party, in the conference room of the Spring City Fourth Ring Factory.

"Mr. Cao, can your PRG mold really be sold to the outside world?"

Zhou Benqiang is not unaware of the good PRG process, but the procurement channels of PRG molds in China are very limited, and they basically need to be imported from Dongying, Germany and other places.

In this way, the cost is not as cheap as the TDM process.

After all, after using the PRG process for a part, the processing fee may be reduced from five yuan to one dollar, but the apportionment cost of the mold may rise from two yuan to ten yuan.

It's not a good deal!

In these years, the wages of Chinese workers were very low, and the disadvantages of low production efficiency of TDM process were not very obvious.

If it is placed in 2023, if an auto parts stamping plant still uses the TDM process, it will wait to close down.

"Our Nanshan Auto Parts Factory is not only a parts company, but also a mold factory, our mold center now has an annual production capacity of more than 100 sets, and can be further expanded in the future."

"It is impossible for Chuncheng Volkswagen to supply us with medium and large stamping parts produced by your company, and long-distance transportation, quality and cost are also big issues."

"In this case, if we only make a little money for molds, it will be a win-win situation for the Nanshan factory and the Sihuan factory."

Cao Yang did not use diplomatic jargon to fool Zhou Benqiang there, but communicated with him very realistically.

Sure enough, after listening to Cao Yang's explanation, Zhou Benqiang immediately stopped worrying about this issue.

Any automobile group has its own affiliated companies.

Some parts, even if they are made cheaper by others, will only be produced by affiliated companies.

"As far as I know, your PRG mold is currently only used on nut plates, and you have no experience in the production of large high-strength bone parts such as A-pillar and B-pillar."

Zhou Benqiang began to pick thorns, but Cao Yang was not nervous at all.

"You're right, it's true that we haven't produced these parts, but the structure of the PRG mold is not quite the same as that of TDM, and in terms of technical difficulty, the design of the PRG mold for the humble nut plate is much more difficult than that of the A pillar and the B pillar. Dozens of processes are concentrated in one set of molds to meet the needs of deep drawing and tapping at the same time, which is not required by other bone parts. ”

"Theoretically, this is true, but there are also difficulties with large stamping parts. In particular, some bone parts are made of high-strength steel plates, and the rebound of the steel plate and the compensation of tolerances need to be taken into account when designing the mold, which is not required for the nut plate. ”

Zhou Benqiang was also from a technical background, and he also needed to purchase some molds from outside over the years, so he was naturally very familiar with the stamping process.

"Your concerns are very reasonable, and I will explain them here, and the persuasive power is relatively limited. However, our Nanshan Auto Parts Factory can promise that if the mold we make cannot produce parts that meet the requirements of the drawings, then the mold fee will not be charged! ”

Cao Yang was very domineering and gave a promise.

This made Zhou Benqiang feel at ease.

However, he was also a little curious and asked, "I heard that you are now a secondary supplier of Spring City Stamping Factory, if you want to sell your PRG molds, aren't they the best customers?" ”

Although the Chuncheng Stamping Plant and the Chuncheng Sihuan Factory are both subordinate enterprises of the same automobile group, the competition between them is also relatively fierce.

The relationship between them is a bit like the relationship between mobile and connectivity at the beginning of the 21st century.

"Chuncheng Stamping was researching PRG dies some time ago, have you heard of Minister Zhou?"

"Of course! Their boss Dong also invited the group leaders to attend the ceremony, but it is said that it was messed up. ”

Zhou Benqiang couldn't help but show a smile on his face.

Fortunately, they messed up, otherwise the pressure on their fourth ring factory would be great.

"PRG mold technology is a relatively familiar but actually unfamiliar technology for most domestic manufacturers. It's not surprising that the Spring City Stamping Plant suddenly entered this field, and it was not surprising that it was messed up. ”

"It's a bit of a coincidence to say this, more than a month ago there was a bizarre theft in our Nanshan auto parts factory, someone entered the factory and stole the computer of the technical department, and secretly took photos of PRG molds at the production site."

"These PRG molds are used to produce nut plates for Jetta, A6 and other models, and these nut plates are supplied by us to Chuncheng Stamping, and then sold to Chuncheng Volkswagen."

As soon as Cao Yang finished saying this, Zhou Benqiang was stunned for a moment.

Then he immediately showed excitement on his face and asked, "Director Cao, do you mean that Chuncheng Stamping arranged for someone to steal your PRG technology, and then prepare to produce nut plates by itself and kick them out?" ”

Zhou Benqiang felt that he had grabbed a small pigtail of his opponent.

Although it is not yet known what this little braid is for, it is definitely a handle.

"Minister Zhou, I didn't say that, I just shared some information with you. As for who is stealing the PRG mold technology of Nanshan Auto Parts Factory, we have never been clear, and there has been no result after calling the police. ”

Although Cao Yang said this, everyone actually understood the meaning.

"I see!"

"Director Cao, I agree to this matter in principle, it just so happens that there are a batch of stamping parts using high-strength steel on Jetta, and we are currently engaged in a review of localization, and Chuncheng Stamping Factory and we want to win it."

"As long as your offer is not too exaggerated and you can promise quality, we will definitely have a happy cooperation in the end."

Although it was the first time for everyone to meet, they were all in the same circle, and Zhou Benqiang did not beat around the bush.

Of course, the main thing is that the Nanshan plant and the fourth ring plant have a common enemy.

"Minister Zhou, the parts that Chuncheng Stamping is currently producing, are you interested in grabbing some of them in the future?"