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DU should flow, was born in January 1952, the current should flow Anhui Electrical Group chairman, party first secretary, president, is a national model, Anhui Eleventh People s Congress, was named the township entrepreneurs, national military and civilian advanced individual talent, the first ten private entrepreneurs in Anhui Province, Anhui Province, the first great builders of socialism with Chinese characteristics, China one hundred best merchants, Chinese filial respect of magnitude. He founded and led the group should flow now is engaged in the manufacture of special equipment for high-end parts of large private enterprises, ranking China Machinery Industry hundred 62-bit, valve parts export enterprises nationwide second, casting the country steel industry, the third component is the backbone of Anhui Province, 80 major industrial companies.
DU should flow by self-made, hard, arduous journey, step by step to success, under his leadership, the group should flow from small to large, from weak to strong, which embodies the sweat of his endless effort wisdom and courage. His extraordinary courage, unique vision, through innovative models, high-end positioning, solid foundation, the business equipment industry into the global hot parts suppliers, the development of China s machinery industry has made a positive contribution.

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Innovation model: high-end equipment manufacturers worldwide to provide customized services of key components

The first group should flow in the pure foundry industry. Through unremitting efforts, getting a reputation in the industry, high-quality steel blanks selling international and domestic markets. However, DU should flow has not complacent, but the _ is taking a long look farther. He was keenly aware that in the equipment manufacturing industry, the more high-end customers, the more we do not want to manufacture parts belong to different segments of different suppliers. The key components of high-end equipment downstream industry is widely used in different parts of the functional structure of the industry key performance parameters vary greatly, the implementation of different norms and standards. Therefore, the key components of high-end equipment with a single piece, small quantities as a symbol of the diversity, the key components to build a complete industrial chain, the high-end equipment, key parts of the industry trends and the inevitable choice to change Volume production or supporting traditional production methods directed towards high-end customized innovative business model.

After in-depth investigation and scientific proof, Du decisively should flow as the source of high quality steel castings, and continuously extend the industrial chain, from development of machining, to assembly, coating, painting and structural parts, casting parts of the realization, modular parts. Today should flow, already has the casting forming, machining, modular manufacturing a complete industrial chain, with the ability to produce 60,000 tons of parts. This complete industrial chain, you can take full account of material melting, casting, heat treatment, NDT, welding, machining and other processes relevant, the implementation of technology programs and the overall design quality assurance program to ensure consistency of standards, greatly reducing the product scrap, reduce supply costs, streamline supply chain processes, shorten lead times, was widely welcomed by customers.

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High-end positioning: the high-end products to meet the global high-end market, the demand for high-end customers

The development process should flow, but also a rising level of product and market process. With product quality and market reputation improved, DU should gradually give up some of the middle and low flow of customers, instead machinery industry with some of the world leaders in all areas of one of the best-class companies to establish long-term strategic partnership. These large customers more demanding product requirements. Some men complain: “Those good old customer s products to do, playing a few years we have had dealings with the feelings, and why the day comfortably placed, however, non-go Kenyinggutou!” He said: “We acted, must not forget the loser ; looking for customers is not the same, we must climb climbing royal ! Otherwise, you will never grow up, do not strong. ”

Now, should flow products have been exported to USA, Europe, more than 30 countries, more than 80 customers, in order to form the General Electric, Siemens, Areva, Alstom, Caterpillar, Schlumberger, Emerson resistance, Boss, Tyco and other industry leaders, represented by outstanding customer base. These customers belong to oil and gas equipment, clean and efficient power generation equipment, engineering and mining machinery and automatic control, industrial refrigeration and other high-end industries and fields. Are in the world industry leader, is the industry benchmark for the development and technological innovation.

DU should flow did not let these “royal” were disappointed. Should have access to current partner Siemens Award for the best quality, the best U.S. suppliers Emerson Group Award, American Crane Group Award for Best Performance, Best American partner suppliers Tyco Group, Fox and Sur Life s best suppliers and other honors. 2009, should flow to become the world s largest petrochemical company Arabian American Oil Company the sole supplier of China.

Customers with industry-leading global manufacturer and long-term strategic cooperation in collaborative, should flow equipment parts manufacturing group has reach or approach international advanced level, a large number of high-end product assembly at home and abroad continuously major equipment. R & D of high-strength heat-resistant nuclear valves, super austenitic stainless steel dual check valve body and many other products have been listed as national key new products, high-end ultra-supercritical generating units stainless steel valve parts, natural gas project large gas compressor parts, drilling equipment, precipitation hardening stainless steel parts, high temperature alloy parts and a number of products in the domestic leading level. Should flow in the lost foam casting process leading position, using the process to produce a 2-ton nuclear vane pump is the main international initiative.

Solid foundation: a comprehensive upgrading of equipment, personnel, technology, quality standards

DU should flow very aware of the high-end equipment in order to key components in the global industry to make a difference, we must lay a solid foundation, from good to great, comprehensive approach to improve the comprehensive competitiveness of enterprises.

- To improve conditions for production equipment. No first-class equipment, not on production-class products. DU should flow on investment in production equipment, unreservedly, in recent years through a new, reform, expansion projects, in the material melting, casting molding, machining, modular manufacturing investment in all aspects of a dozen billion yuan to import advanced technology and equipment. For example, melting part of the material should flow is the same industry have both AOD, VOD and vacuum melting furnace, one of the few; in the casting forming part of the domestic industry should flow is the only one with five kinds of casting process (which disappears casting process is the exclusive introduction) and the IMF introduced a full set of resin sand casting production line manufacturers.

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- The establishment of good talent. DU should flow to love cherish and always will be the first human resources development as a business. At present, the flow of professional and technical personnel should be one thousand, forming a structure echelon of professionals, including those with experience in domestic and multinational R & D senior industry experts with rich experience in process design and manufacturing engineers, with excellent skills, master the technical know-how and a large number of well-known standards of professional and technical workers. As the heat processing industry, lack of specialized personnel, beginning in 2002, DU should flow against all the odds, and Hefei University of starting a “flow of workers to be University”, the use of full-time, paid professional training targeted way, localization and technical personnel, covering casting, welding and heat treatment, mechanical and electrical integration, quality testing and management and other professional, has trained nearly 400 national recognition of qualifications of professional personnel, should be streaming established for the echelon of talent has laid a solid foundation.

- Increased R & D level. DU should flow to the advanced world, the domestic first-class standard, and constantly enhance the level of technology development. Flow is the industry s first application should be no mold modeling technology, rapid prototyping, computer simulation of manufacturing process simulation and technology leader in the domestic industry first applied CA D / CA E / CA M / RPM key to zero the integration of technology parts of manufacturing. Should flow is an internationally renowned research institutions, casting and machining technology, the only Chinese member of CTI, and in mainland China is the only technical support partners in the domestic industry established the first international standard materials laboratory, casting experiments room, master the lost foam casting, rapid prototyping and non-die molding and other advanced manufacturing technology.

- Improve the quality assurance system. DU should flow depending on the quality of the first life. In his personal promotion, should flow to obtain the British Lloyd s Register (LR) certification of ISO9000, ISO/TS16949 quality management system certification, as well as LR, DNV, TUV, ABS, BV, GL, NORSOK and other internationally renowned manufacturing license is issued by the agency, also made the first domestic nuclear industry machinery and equipment manufacturing license, ASME Ⅲ Nuclear Quality Certification. Current quality control measures should be comprehensive, advanced materials and products can the chemical composition, mechanical properties, physical properties, microstructure, geometry, internal defects such comprehensive testing.

Based on the Enterprises to enhance the overall strength should flow in the industry to establish a greater overall advantage. Looking to the future, DU should flow with confidence. He will lead all to be shed, stopped working and enterprising, work hard, farther toward a higher goal.

“Three contrast” the development trend of dialysis stainless steel faucet
I recently to understand the current bathroom faucet hardware store marketing, sales and marketing, and found from the most common twenty or thirty dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars of high-end brands, use different brands of kitchen taps the same price disparity.

With the stainless steel faucet manufacturing process in the country gradually mature, whether in production or on grade, stainless steel faucet has greatly improved, although a smaller share in the domestic market, but because of their health, environmental protection, durability, etc., in recent years more and more consumers, leading gradually to seize market share copper, stainless steel bathroom faucet has become the industry s development trend.

In addition, in recent years, the whole bathroom space with a big bathroom brands strive to pursue the development of the object, the traditional ceramic sanitary ware brand in order to obtain a bigger market pie, fully integrated bathroom, hardware accessories and the overall design of the advantages of space, a bathroom industry, another major growth market. Domestic faucet manufacturer is also by virtue of this channel, began to enter the industry in high-end brand market.

Selling style VS selling Quality

In the brilliant plumbing store, I see the tap is generally two or three hundred of the price within the individual leading to more high-end antique 800 yuan. Both in the shape of the basin leading a price of almost $ 170 while the next is up to 360 yuan, Purchasing Guide tells us: “In fact, a closer look, they are different, this thick, a lot of your waist to use it is better quality, but also our latest styles, of course, expensive. ”

The author based in China Sanitary Ware store has also been marketing a similar response, except that they show the hall where the balance of up to two taps, the taps in the various showroom models accounted for nearly half of the area, the price difference also great, from the most common twenty or thirty dollars to nearly thousand dollars, but most are still concentrated in the four hundred dollars price range or less. This service booth explained: “Because this is based, so all models will be produced here displayed, there is we have our own factory, has a production base in brilliant, so many styles, like some stickers card companies, they are often less style. “I asked a high price of the product to the store, she said these are new companies, but also the most popular design on the market, because of the high cost of the new design, Although the price of your points, very popular with consumers. She said the company s product positioning in the mid-range, cost is particularly high, the store selling the product is already discounted price, based on the play, which is easily accepted by consumers.

In another brand of faucet did not identify the store, the price tag most of the above within the two hundred yuan, when asked about the actual retail price, the boss did not give a fixed discount, the price of each style but their random given, if the wholesale price, but also cheaper.

Compared with ordinary leader, some well-known brands of faucets pay more attention to product quality and practicality. Benefit of the bathroom inside the store, I see the show table shows some of the taps, according to the manager explained, because the decoration to be upgraded, and now the store s display products can be sold directly, and 4.5 fold for special treatment, if usually in the warehouse getting goods at least 30% off. The remaining taps, price is generally six or seven hundred. Small a basin faucet, not even the special features on the surface, looks very ordinary, the price of three hundred yuan. When I asked why and she said it was determined the quality of products, there is the after-sales service. “We have a shelf life of five years, one year warranty period can, in fact, to spend ten years our products have no problem, and you see those styles actually used cheaper products will soon be broken up. “manager of its interpretation of the price to do so.

TOTO s high prices in the store brand is far more prominent. I saw in the store, the same cabinet basin faucet, where the lowest bid should be more than 1,000 yuan, or even your $ 37 million, and ordinary shower faucet is a thousand dollars. According to Miss Ho Purchasing Guide describes the store, some one thousand of those three taps are imported from Germany, the price of high tariffs and freight with a great relationship, and those who are a little cheaper in domestic production. Miss Ho also introduced several leading production in Dalian, those leading style are quite satisfactory, and did not form a complex process, it seems very common. When asked why such a simple style to sell expensive, the Miss Ho smiled and explained: “Our product does not depend on style design, but by the quality of which several are more like the classic style, without too much popular colors our company s factory produces only one of each thing, as you just saw the faucet on only in Dalian production. production process, every process is rigorously checked, so it is highly normative. “In the shop in a circle tour carefully, I found that the bathroom products are% off store, discount store than the other to be higher.

According to industry analysts, squeezing the face of foreign brands, domestic enterprises need to tap the face of how to keep the domestic market share and continue to expand the international market the dual problem. In a buyer s market, products, technologies, services, three essential, which is the core competitiveness of the brand. In fact, do not have to import high-end, not low in China, many foreign companies looking for Chinese OEM is an obvious example. But in fact, Chinese-made products are used in high-end faucet place is really rare.

“Lack of high-end brand for an industry, not a good thing. Take the leading industry, we all crowded on the boat to middle and low, there must be part of the business was packed badly beaten. Competitors, and more , and we are obsessed with the price war, the one who would be willing to price sales. “a dealer friend told the author. Most domestic plumbing brands still remain competitive in the price level, even some famous brand enterprises, largely rely on elegant, fashionable and popular design to raise prices, and improve product quality and grades improved, and companies are seems weak and vague goals.

Brass faucet Stainless Steel Faucet VS

With the stainless steel faucet manufacturing process in the country gradually mature, regardless of manufacturer or grade, stainless steel faucet has greatly improved, but also in the material, stainless steel, healthier, more environmentally friendly 100% recycled. Stainless steel faucet in the country is an emerging product, although a smaller share in the domestic market, but because of their health, environmental protection, durability, etc., in recent years more and more consumers, and as manufacturing technology maturity will also become increasingly popular, leading to seize more market share copper, stainless steel bathroom faucet will become the future industry trends.

There are four main faucet material, namely copper, PVC materials, cast iron, stainless steel, while the domestic market, mostly in the high-end faucet copper as the main raw material. According to experts, often leading casting of copper and copper content of lead is 4% -8%, if the tap when not in a long time, will produce the green patina wall, which released the existence of substances may lead to the water inside, drinking lead too much water can cause lead poisoning, not only will affect the growth of intelligence of consumers, but also seriously affect the health impact on children will be even greater.

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Copper rust easily, so the surface is usually copper plating, that is, the surface layer of nickel or chromium plating, and plating the pros and cons depending on the quality of its plating, thickness, will gradually peel off. Fast by year, slowly losing those 3-5 years, surface gloss, from the pits, and finally plating layer peeling off, exposing the rust, affecting the appearance and use, requiring constantly changing, which resulted in waste of resources. The electroplating wastewater generated by the environmental pollution is very serious.

In our interview, found that almost all businesses have said they are copper material made of copper taps, according to industry sources said some of his peers, in fact, many companies do not pass quality copper material, copper faucet because of some middle and low electroplating process is poor, does not take a year or two out will fall off that layer of plating layer, so it is prone to rust.

I understand that, do not tap the surface of stainless steel plating, which requires only surface polishing, grinding and other physical treatment process, and maintain a permanent bright shiny silver, never rust, more environmentally friendly and durable, and easy to clean.

In addition, copper is expensive, and the price is volatile, and has been the rise. A professional production of total faucet business Kwong this bluntly: “Now for us, the impact of rising copper is the biggest factor in our little yard, do OEM, or rely on a little bit of difference to maintain. “Copper prices, if you tap along with prices, may lead to loss of customers, not price increases profit margins narrow and difficult to sustain an OEM type companies, which also contributed to many strong brands began to enter the stainless steel faucet product development and production.

Benefits up to sanitary a company official said, their use is the leading copper A-59 copper, the price of each quarter in 45000-50000 yuan float, and 304 stainless steel (not steel) cost about 34,000 yuan / ton , the current domestic and foreign copper taps are the most high-end, more high-end market positioning. Compared to copper, stainless steel faucet relatively hard material, waterways bad casting, and sealing is not good, but look more beautiful and beneficial to human health, hygiene and environmental protection, but also more durable.

It is reported that many domestic metal plumbing manufacturers as early as five years ago, started to develop stainless steel faucet, but the stainless steel its hardness, toughness, solvent casting and machining in copper is much harder than the high cost. These manufacturers are either not yet developed, or has abandoned the development, or only one or two styles developed. In the international brands, Hansgrohe, China Yida and other brands already have the production of stainless steel faucet.

A leading corporate responsibility argue that the taps on the domestic market, mainly copper, zinc alloy and plastic more, stainless steel faucet and did not get a lot of production use, because the stainless steel faucet brass faucet manufacturing process as simple as that. Stainless steel faucet casting process is very complex and expensive consumables. Moreover, the leading stainless steel casting process development in China was 10 years, manufacturers less, difficult.

Production center of the outlet of a sanitary industry sources said the stainless steel faucet in the outlet does not yet possible to get a lot of production, mainly to cost you, not many companies can afford such a risk. More than a thousand companies in the outlet, but one or two large scale, extensive use of copper process can only lead to over-water production. Because all the pipes with copper is very expensive, and now generally used outlet “over the water of copper”, that is, outside the protective layer made of zinc alloy, which touch on the use of copper water pipe.

Another name also points to the whole of the professional managers of local tap market development status of small businesses with copper, a large number of large companies also use copper. Now in China, the leading copper production is the most commonly used materials. How many is not the production of stainless steel, but there is no direct production of the whole number of companies are leading zinc alloy, unlike some places overseas, many of them directly over the water with zinc alloy. Stainless steel expensive, not many production plants, do not need to say, zinc alloy plating well, it is difficult to wear, in general no problem with a six or seven years.

The author investigated a number of building materials market, found that most stores are brass faucet, only a few home is dedicated to selling stainless steel faucet, there is still a part of the imported products. But some domestic production of stainless steel faucet brand seems to have quite a mature technology, not only in the performance of the design style was very innovative, but also in the varieties covered basin faucet, Caipen faucet, bathroom cabinet faucet, shower faucet in various fields such as traditional leader .

Moen bathroom in the store I see here the price of stainless steel faucet normally between $ 1500-2000, and the store price of copper tap between 800-1200, but listen to the store s shopping guide introduction, where the product are produced in the country, as has production bases in Guangzhou, the price is cheaper than the imported products, but due to stainless steel in the domestic consumer awareness is not high, and whether high or low-end brand, customer or choose more cost-effective, so we hit the store copper is 30% off retail faucet, and stainless steel although the cost is higher, but can only hit 4.5 fold, in fact, compared with the price of two products are similar, mainly to see what products their favorite customers.

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Branding and OEM road

From the 1990s onward, due to mainland China to speed up the process of opening up, Chinese and foreign manufacturers of large tap China s huge market potential and advantages of resources, competing to increase investment in mainland China. There are a number of international brands in China do OEM, and gradually cultivated a Chinese manufacture and supply of high-end bathroom chain. Today, some domestic bathroom plumbing business has grown up, have moved to a foster their own brand development, such as the brilliant, nine, animal husbandry, the buildings, Shenluda the bathroom plumbing business established in the domestic taps market position, while some of the traditional emphasis on ceramic bathroom brands in the use of their fast growth of the channel edge, popular in recent years by means of the overall market to expand the concept of bathroom taps market for development.