Baoji builds "world-class titanium and titanium alloy industry base"

It can be said that "Baoji titanium" is famous, from the "Chang'e landing" project to the moon, to the manned ball module of a 10,000-meter deep-sea submersible, to a titanium capillary implanted into the human body. You can see the figure of "Baoji titanium". Baoji, which has the largest titanium industry in China and the second in the world, enjoys a high reputation all over the world. "China Titanium Valley" has become the "golden business card" of Baoji.

Standing at the new starting point of the 14th five-year Plan, the Baoji municipal party committee and municipal government strongly promote the "1459" project of a strong industrial city, and build a world-class titanium and titanium alloy industrial base around the extended chain, strong chain and mending chain of the titanium industry. to forge high-quality "titanium chain" for the high-quality development of Baoji.

The building of hundreds of billions of industrial clusters depends not only on the drive of large enterprises and groups, but also on the support of small and medium-sized enterprises. Baoji focuses on the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, forming a development trend of leading large enterprises, following private enterprises and highlighting cluster advantages in the city.

Being a strong enterprise can make the industry more attractive. As a leader in Baoji titanium industry, Baoji Titanium Group Co., Ltd. has undertaken more than 8000 pilot production tasks of new materials for material preparation and cutting-edge science and technology in China, and achieved more than 600 scientific and technological achievements. In April this year, at the 2021 China Titanium Valley International Titanium Industry Expo held in Baoji City, Baoji Municipal Government, Baoti Group Co., Ltd., Northwest Nonferrous Metals Research Institute and Baoji Zhengwei New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. reached a cooperation framework agreement for the joint construction of Baoji Advanced structural Materials Research Institute, which is another important step for expanding and strengthening the titanium industry.

As the leading enterprises become bigger and stronger, the "siphon effect" of enterprises is becoming more and more obvious, and more and more related enterprises have settled in Baoji. A few days ago, the author walked into the production workshop of Topda Titanium Co., Ltd., located in Baoji High-tech Zone, and the operators were setting computer parameters in the room. A radial forging machine forged the material for high-frequency times along the axis of the titanium billet. In only 5 minutes, the billet was stretched and thinned, becoming a delicate thick-walled tube. Wang Yongjin, chairman of the company, said: "with this imported radial forging equipment, enterprises can collect more than 10 million yuan in processing fees for precious titanium processing materials alone a year, which also reduces the manufacturing cost of precious titanium by about 10%." In Baoji City, small and medium-sized enterprises in the field of titanium, such as Topda Titanium Co., Ltd., work together and subdivide the field, making the upstream and downstream industrial chain more complete and harmonious symbiosis.

At present, Baoji has gathered more than 590 titanium enterprises with Baoti Group as the center, forming a complete industry-wide chain from research and development, production, sales to service. There are more than 300 kinds of titanium products and more than 5000 specifications, including not only the most important tools of the country, but also medical and health, sports and leisure and other civilian products. Baoji 100 billion titanium industrial cluster is growing rapidly.

The application of large projects and the leadership of scientific and technological innovation are the twin engines to maintain the strong momentum of industrial development. Baoji grasps the construction of large-scale projects to attract investment and investment on the one hand, and the construction of applied R & D platform for titanium and other rare metals on the other, which has won the voice and initiative for the long-term sustainable and high-quality development of Baoji titanium industry.

Recently, the construction site of the Zhengweibao Chicken New material Science and Technology City project is very busy, and various projects are being carried out in a tense and orderly manner, and it is expected to meet the requirements for production by the end of October. Peng Weihua, general manager of Baoji Zhengwei New material Technology Co., Ltd., said that Zhengwei has a very mature path and experience in internationalization, capitalization and brand promotion from front-end R & D and production to the back-end supply chain. Baoji will join hands with hundreds of private titanium enterprises to usher in Baoji titanium industry to develop high-end titanium materials, open up the civilian market and communicate with the international market. Focusing on the cultivation of leading enterprises in the titanium industry and the upgrading and transformation of titanium products, Baoji plans to reserve more than 60 projects and carry out all-round investment in the industrial chain. in addition, we will speed up the implementation of a number of major park projects, such as a new materials industrial park with an investment of 10 billion yuan, a titanium and titanium alloy aviation new materials industrial park with an investment of 2 billion yuan, and a titanium and titanium alloy military-civilian integration industrial park with an investment of 1 billion yuan. In the first half of the year, Baoji High-tech Zone alone implemented 11 key projects for the technological transformation of titanium and new materials industries, comprehensively improving the production efficiency of enterprises in terms of automation and intelligence. Innovation is the core of promoting the high-quality development of the industry and driving the connotative development of the industrial chain. Small and medium-sized enterprises often have a difficult road to innovation and development because of lack of talents and funds. In order to further stimulate the development vitality and enhance the strength of the titanium industry, Baoji City has seized the construction of the R & D platform as a "ballast stone" for innovation and development, continuously strengthened policy guidance, and strengthened its support for scientific and technological innovation R & D institutions. It has successively cooperated with Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an Special Flying Institute and other universities and research institutions to introduce think tanks, R & D centers, and build incubation bases and engineering technology centers. Set up postdoctoral workstations to reward high-end talents. In Baoji High-tech Zone, where titanium enterprises gather, there are 13 national public service platforms, 2 national enterprise technology centers, 7 provincial enterprise technology centers, 1 titanium industry professional incubator, more than 17000 domestic first-class titanium experts and high-quality employees, and more than 50, 000 industrial workers, so that the ability of knowledge creation and technological innovation of titanium industry can be improved in an all-round way. At the same time, Baoji City has also established a service chain for the creation, application, protection and management of intellectual property rights, and created an incubation chain of "Mass Innovation Space + Incubator + Accelerator + industrialization". It has formed a three-level incubation pattern covering seven characteristic industrial clusters at the national, provincial and district levels, and has become the accelerator of the strong chain of the titanium industry in Baoji.

60% of the country, accounting for 20% of the world, the industry is large, but a detailed study of the "China Titanium Valley" this "gold business card", there is still a lack of innovative vitality, lack of high-end products and other problems. Experts, scholars and entrepreneurs express their own views on how to accelerate industrial reform and make up for the shortcomings of the industrial chain.

Cao Chunxiao, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said when attending this year's Titanium Expo that the development of the titanium industry in Baoji still needs to make great efforts in innovation, from raw materials to the whole process, in order to support the improvement of the quality and quantity of titanium products faster and better. Fang Xin, academician of the third World Academy of Sciences, said that if the titanium industry, as the most advantageous characteristic industry of Baoji, wants to really open up the industrial chain and consumption chain, it not only needs the ability to adapt to market demand, but also has the never-ending spirit of exploration and the courage of self-innovation, so that high-end products and civilian titanium products with people-friendly prices can enter the lives of ordinary people and have a broader market space.

Wang Xiongwei, head of the Industrial Information and Commerce Bureau of Baoji High-tech Zone, said that during the 14th five-year Plan period, Baoji High-tech Zone will focus on the development orientation of "one grain, two centers and three zones" and implement the revitalization action of "China Titanium Valley." focus on technological transformation, construction of key projects, industrial ecological optimization, etc., take the project as the starting point to lead the large-scale development of the cluster, and take innovation as the core to drive the connotative development of the cluster. The mass entrepreneurship and innovation carrier is used as the support to promote the ecological development of the cluster, the information technology as the breakthrough to promote the digital development of the cluster, and the policy as the basis to ensure the sustainable development of the cluster. by 2025, the total industrial output value of the titanium industry will reach 80 billion yuan. the comprehensive total income reached 110 billion yuan.

Wang Wensheng, secretary of the party committee and chairman of Bao Ti Group, said that during the 14th five-year Plan period, Bao Ti Group will revolve around the three major industrial sectors of titanium, equipment design and manufacturing, and new materials, give further play to the five major advantages of brand, standard, process, inspection, and market, increase the output of high-end products, improve the industrial chain, and form industrial clusters. In terms of talents, through the combination of external introduction and internal training, we will bring up experts and craftsmen who support scientific and technological innovation and industrial development, and speed up the tackling of key core technologies. Through these measures, we can firmly grasp the market dominance of middle and high-end titanium products.

Wang Yongjin said that the slow development of industry support and technology in the titanium industry has restricted the promotion and application of titanium and titanium alloys, and suggested the establishment of a technical school for titanium or non-ferrous alloys to train skilled workers and professional front-line technicians for the development of titanium and titanium alloy industry. At the same time, irregularly organize professionals from different industries to explain their needs, organize industry experts to report the key technologies that have been broken through, communicate information effectively and realize information sharing.

The blueprint of Baoji's 14th five-year Plan has been drawn. Baoji titanium industry is making great strides in the direction of better quality, longer industrial chain and higher added value, providing important support for the construction of a world-class titanium and titanium alloy industry base.