The fastener industry, as a traditional pillar industry of Yongnian, has grown into one of the top ten characteristic industries in Hebei Province after more than 60 years of deep cultivation and development since the 1960s. It has formed a complete industrial chain from raw material supply, to cold heading, hot stamping, forging, surface treatment, product packaging, to marketing, e-commerce, logistics and transportation.
In the increasingly fierce market competition, enterprises in the Yongnian Fastener Industry Cluster not only bear the responsibility of leading the industry’s development, but also face many challenges. At the beginning of this year, during visits to local enterprises such as Guohao Supply Chain Management Hebei Co., Ltd., Hebei Tongfa Railway Engineering Group Minghao High speed Railway Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd., and Hebei Beiyi Fastener Co., Ltd., the Project Department of the Handan Branch of Hegang Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. discovered that the Yongnian Fastener Industry Cluster enterprises use a large amount of cold heading oil in their production process, but there are generally problems such as complex oil brands, unstable product quality, and chaotic price systems. Poor quality cold forging oil has poor performance in the operable temperature range, oxidation resistance, corrosion resistance, and wear resistance, seriously reducing the service life of the mold.
In response to the pain points in this industry, the project department of the Gongpin Group actively collects common procurement needs of enterprises in the region, and collaborates with the strategic partner of Hebei Iron and Steel Group, China National Petroleum Corporation Beijing Lubricant Sales Branch, to jointly develop new cold heading oil products to meet the needs of the Yongnian market. In early March, the project department of the Industrial Products Group collaborated with technical personnel from PetroChina to conduct multiple in-depth visits and research on the actual oil usage conditions of the enterprise, and completed the collection of multiple model samples.
After nearly two and a half months of research and development by PetroChina, the new cold heading oil product has been prepared and passed strict testing by PetroChina’s laboratory, with excellent performance in all physical and chemical indicators. In addition, the pricing of this product has a certain price advantage in the Yongnian market, which is expected to significantly save procurement costs for cluster enterprises.
Yongnian Fastener Enterprise has a “usage inertia” towards existing cold heading oil products and has concerns about replacing existing oil products. The project department of the Work Product Team collaborated with technical personnel from PetroChina to visit multiple fastener production enterprises for technical exchanges, allowing users to have a clear understanding of the technical characteristics and cost advantages of PetroChina’s cold heading oil products, dispelling concerns about oil product replacement.
At present, the project department of the Gongpin Group is conducting preliminary trial work at Guohao Company. After passing the trial, a batch order contract will be signed with the company and further launched into the entire Yongnian market, effectively solving the pain points of cold heading oil procurement for enterprises in this industrial cluster.
Post time: Jun-05-2024