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Products cover more than 50 varieties such as light rail, heavy rail, crane rail, mining support steel, and automotive spring steel, and the flagship products occupy 70% of the national market share;
Following the pace of information development of modern factories, the province's first 5G+ fully connected smart factory has been built...
These achievements are like windows, through which people can see the innovative power and sense of responsibility of Hebei Yongyang Special Steel Group Co., Ltd.
During the interview, Du Xiaofang, general manager of Yongyang Special Steel, said, "We do not pursue becoming the largest enterprise, but we want to become the most respected enterprise - leading in technology, taking responsibility, and innovating in inheritance. This should be the common pursuit of young private entrepreneurs in the new era."
From a "tiny" to a "big guy"
From a workshop-style township enterprise to a nationally renowned steel enterprise, the development history of Yongyang Special Steel is a vivid epitome of China's private economy from a "tiny" to a "big guy".
Yongyang Special Steel, which was born in the early 1980s, relied on 70,000 yuan in fundraising to establish a small steel rolling mill that can only be called a "workshop". After more than 40 years of development, it has now become the country's largest, most diverse, and most complete production base for light and heavy rails, crane rails, and special steel profiles for mines. Today, Yongyang Special Steel has more than 5,000 employees, total assets of 15.7 billion yuan, an annual production capacity of 1.7 million tons, and its flagship products occupy 70% of the national market share.
In the face of the company's development, Du Xiaofang said that the company does not pursue blind expansion of scale, but focuses on specialization and innovation, and strives to create irreplaceable competitiveness in the segmented track.
In recent years, Yongyang Special Steel has continued to promote the strategy of "high-end products and diversified markets". On the one hand, it has consolidated its dominant position in traditional fields such as mine support and rail transit, and on the other hand, it has targeted emerging markets such as new energy vehicles and high-end equipment manufacturing, and developed 1700-1800 MPa high-strength spring flat steel, lightweight beam flat steel and other key products. Some technologies fill the gaps in the metallurgical industry in Hebei Province, and the products are exported to South America, Africa, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and other regions.
"The decision-making team of Yongyang Special Steel has a goal, which is to strive to become the world's leading special steel solution service provider." Du Xiaofang said that after years of development and accumulation, Yongyang Steel has a relatively strong industrial foundation, an excellent team, and certain advantages in technology and market. "In the next step, Yongyang Steel must seize development opportunities, actively respond to challenges, and accelerate the high-quality development of the steel industry." Du Xiaofang said.
Taking the road of high-quality special steel and strong enterprise
Since joining Yongyang Special Steel 15 years ago, Du Xiaofang has grown step by step from a front-line steel rolling worker, section chief, equipment section chief, purchasing section chief to sales manager and general manager to become the leader of Yongyang Special Steel.
Du Xiaofang said that the predecessors of Yongyang Special Steel not only changed the face of their hometown with their hard-working spirit, but also won the respect of the industry. Embarking on a new journey, the new generation of Yongyang Special Steel people shoulder a new mission.
Du Xiaofang believes that special steel is a typical "intensive cultivation" industry, and Yongyang Special Steel's goal is to achieve the ultimate in the subdivided field. In the process of a steel power moving towards a steel power, Yongyang Special Steel must take the road of high-quality special steel and strong enterprise and high-quality development.
As the specific executor of Yongyang Special Steel's relocation from the city, facing the huge investment of 10 billion yuan, Du Xiaofang led the team to take the company's big move as an opportunity to comprehensively upgrade the technology, equipment, quality and environmental protection level. Today, Yongyang Special Steel has developed into a benchmark for the transformation and development of the steel industry and environmental governance, and has become a model for the digital and intelligent upgrading of enterprises, laying a solid foundation for the future development of enterprises.
Du Xiaofang said: "We must transform from experience-based steelmaking to one-click steelmaking and intelligent steelmaking, so that artificial intelligence can give steel companies greater energy. This is not only a test of the market for the new generation of Yongyang people, but also our unshirkable responsibility and mission."
Build the most respected enterprise
Building a "century-old enterprise" is the goal that Yongyang's predecessors strive for. "Running an enterprise, supporting a factory employee, revitalizing a regional economy, and enriching the masses" has become the pursuit of the new generation of Yongyang people.
"The wealth of the enterprise comes from society and must give back to society. We must be a warm enterprise." Du Xiaofang said.
Take social responsibility as the value pursuit and demonstrate the responsibility of private enterprises. Yongyang Special Steel has invested 800 million yuan to support the construction of beautiful villages in Duliugu Village, Yongnian District, where it is located, and has employed more than 2,350 local people; established the "Yongyang Student Aid Fund", which has funded more than 2,000 poor students; donated 89.15 million yuan to solve the problems of people in surrounding villages who have difficulty in getting water, going to school, seeing a doctor, and walking.
As a young entrepreneur in the new era, Du Xiaofang led the team to adhere to the path of transformation and upgrading and high-quality development on the basis of inheriting the business philosophy of his father's generation of "hard work and integrity-based".
After the relocation, Yongyang Special Steel has achieved a gorgeous transformation from a traditional steel company to an intelligent, green, and industrial digital enterprise. On the product side, it develops low-carbon and environmentally friendly automotive steel that reduces carbon by 30%, helping downstream customers achieve green manufacturing; on the management side, it realizes refined cost control, establishes a "dual-channel" promotion mechanism, and stimulates innovation vitality; on the user side, it has cooperated with large group companies such as China Railway Group, China Railway Construction, China Power Construction, China National Nuclear Corporation, and China Energy Engineering Group for many years, and is well received by users.
The largest light rail production base in China, the world's first universal rolling mill light rail production line, Hebei Province's first 5G+ fully connected smart factory... These "firsts" created by Du Xiaofang and his team are a vivid portrayal of our city's private entrepreneurs sticking to their main business, strengthening industry, and strengthening independent innovation.
In the next step, digital management systems, rapid response mechanisms for customer needs, the construction of an internationally-focused R&D team, extensive cooperation with the world's top material institutions, and partnerships with multiple universities to promote "industry-education integration" to cultivate skilled talents will become new options for Du Xiaofang's team.