The machine roars and intelligence flows.
Walking into the intelligent workshop of Jilin Linglong Tire Co., Ltd., a busy and orderly scene unfolds in front of you.
The hydraulic vertical lift vulcanizing machine operates accurately, the VMI molding machine imported from the Netherlands operates at high speed, and the fully automated guided transport vehicle (AGV) shuttles between them.
The entire process of a tire from raw materials to finished products is efficiently completed under digital control.
This company, established in April 2020, is based on technology and uses intelligence as its wings. It has accelerated on the tire manufacturing track and has become a sample of the innovative development of private manufacturing companies in Jilin Province.
As the fifth domestic production base of Shandong Linglong Tire Co., Ltd., Jilin Linglong has a total investment of 5.945 billion yuan, covers an area of 647,000 square meters, and has a planned total construction area of 460,000 square meters. It is a technology-based enterprise integrating tire design, development, manufacturing and sales.
Its products cover passenger and light truck radial tires, truck and bus radial tires, and off-highway tires. They are widely used in the fields of passenger cars, commercial vehicles, and engineering machinery to accurately meet the supporting needs of the automotive industry.
At present, the company has an annual production capacity of 1.2 million all-steel radial tires, 6 million semi-steel radial tires, and 50,000 engineering tires.
After reaching full capacity, it will achieve an annual production capacity of 12 million passenger car tires, 2 million truck and bus tires and 140,000 sets of special engineering tires, with annual sales revenue reaching 5.51 billion yuan, injecting strong impetus into the development of Jilin’s automobile industry cluster.
Innovation is the core password of enterprise development.
Relying on the R&D support of the head office, Jilin Linglong has built an advanced R&D room and laboratory of 8,985.6 square meters, equipped with internationally leading testing equipment such as thermogravimetric analyzers, atomic absorption spectrophotometers, and infrared spectrometers, laying a solid hardware foundation for product quality control and new product development.
From formula optimization to structural design, from performance testing to process improvement, every technological breakthrough makes products more competitive.
Intelligent transformation allows enterprises to achieve “acceleration” in improving quality and efficiency.
The factory has introduced the world’s leading intelligent manufacturing equipment, combined with industrial cloud, big data, artificial intelligence, 5G and other technologies, to open up the entire information closed loop of tire design, production, management, logistics and marketing.
“Through digital control, we have significantly improved production continuity, made product quality more stable, and at the same time achieved staff reduction, efficiency improvement, and green tire life cycle management and control, making Jilin Linglong one of the top digitally intelligent factories in the global tire industry.” said Zhang Tao, general manager of Jilin Linglong Tire Co., Ltd.
Hard-core strength has reaped fruitful results.
Since its establishment, Jilin Linglong has won many honors with its technological innovation and development results: in 2022, it was awarded the Jilin Province High-Quality Development Project and the Changchun “Self-made Cup” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition Start-up Group Excellence Award; in 2023, it won the provincial green factory, China’s benchmark smart factory, national high-tech enterprise, and Jilin Province smart manufacturing demonstration project
Factory and other titles, shortlisted for the top 100 private enterprises in Changchun; in 2024, it will add municipal and provincial specialized small and medium-sized enterprises, Changchun municipal enterprise technology center, Jilin Province technological transformation advanced collective, Changchun top 100 private enterprises, Changchun top 100 industry taxpayers and many other honors. Each certification is a recognition of the company’s innovation ability and development quality.
From project implementation to production capacity release, from technical challenges to honors, Jilin Linglong interprets the innovative vitality of private manufacturing enterprises with hard work, and empowers the high-quality development of the automobile industry in Jilin Province with intelligent manufacturing upgrades.
In the future, the company will continue to delve into the field of tire manufacturing, focus on technological innovation and intelligent manufacturing, continuously improve product competitiveness, and continue to polish the brand name of Jilin private enterprises for innovative development on the road of “intelligent manufacturing”.
