Shenzhou Machinery seized the opportunity of the country promoting the healthy development of the coal industry. Since October 2004, with forward-looking strategic thinking, it reorganized and established China Coal Mine Machinery Equipment Co., Ltd. Taking the responsibility to create a "national team" for coal machinery manufacturing, it continuously strengthens technological innovation in the field of coal machinery equipment, always thinks about new era industry issues with the foresight of a leader, establishes new industry standards with a full range of product solutions, and reaches new heights in the industry with the safest and most reliable products. After six years of development, in July this year, the equipment company under the China Coal Group entered the top 100 mechanical manufacturing enterprises in China in 2010, ranking 105 places higher than the second place enterprise in the same industry. This is the first mechanical manufacturing top 100 enterprise in the coal machinery industry. The equipment company under the China Coal Group has become the "national team" and industry leader in the design, manufacture, and research and development of complete sets of equipment for the "three machines and one frame" on the comprehensive mining face underground in coal mines in our country, and some research results have entered into advanced fields such as satellite launches.
The China Coal Group takes science and technology as the primary productive force, mainly taking measures in building an industry-leading scientific and technological R&D system, increasing scientific and technological investment, and actively innovating independently. Not only has it achieved leapfrog development in the enterprise's coal mine equipment industry, but it also continues to make new contributions to leading and revitalizing the development of the national coal machinery equipment industry.
Firstly, it continuously improves the scientific and technological innovation system. Through continuous integration, improvement, and perfection, the Shenzhou Equipment Company has now formed a scientific and technological innovation system mainly composed of 1 state-recognized technology center, 1 national energy R&D (experiment) center, 1 nationally accredited laboratory, 2 post-doctoral scientific research workstations, 3 provincial and municipal technology centers, 2 provincial engineering research centers, 6 enterprise technology centers, and 86 various professional R&D institutions. It has a powerful R&D team consisting of more than 2,600 professional technicians. This has become the core and source of enterprise technological innovation, ensuring the enterprise's continuous and uninterrupted technological creativity. In July 2010, the Shenzhou Equipment Company was approved for the "National Energy Coal Mine Mining Machinery Equipment R&D (Experiment) Center." As the first national-level energy R&D (experiment) center in the coal machinery industry, it owns the world's largest mining complete set of equipment linkage laboratory and strong hydraulic support test platform. This center has significant meaning for promoting the benign development of domestic energy equipment enterprises in terms of scientific and technological independent innovation, high-end expert talent cultivation, and major topic research on coal machinery technology, as well as enhancing the international influence of China's coal mine machinery R&D and testing technology.
Secondly, it strengthens external technical cooperation and exchange. The Shenzhou Equipment Company relies on its existing scientific and technological R&D system, integrates internal and external resources, and strives to achieve substantial industrial-academic-research cooperation and international collaboration. In recent years, it has cooperated on 32 research projects with 12 universities including China University of Mining and Technology, China University of Petroleum, China University of Geosciences, two research institutes, and multiple research institutions, signing seven strategic alliances. It has received visits from foreign guests from fifteen countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Japan, Russia, Sweden, Poland, Australia, India, and Turkey. In 2008 alone, it received 32 foreign technical trade groups, while sending more than 300 people to execute technical business tasks in Western Europe, the United States, Japan, Russia, and India.
Thirdly, it continuously increases scientific and technological investment. The Shenzhou Equipment Company highly values technological innovation and consistently supports and invests in new technologies and products. In just the past three years, the Shenzhou Equipment Company's scientific and technological investment has reached 728 million yuan, accounting for 5.89%, 5.05%, and 5.0% of annual sales revenue respectively; new product sales revenue has reached 3.8 billion yuan, accounting for 47%, 28%, and 29% of annual sales revenue respectively.
Fourthly, it strengthens industry technical guidance. By participating in the formulation of national industry policies, the Shenzhou Equipment Company actively undertakes the "Research on Major Technical Equipment Policies for the National Coal Industry" and the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" research topics for national coal machinery equipment, fulfilling the responsibilities and obligations of an industry leading enterprise and actively occupying the discourse power of industry technological development. After preliminary preparations, industry research, expert seminars and arguments, and soliciting opinions, the initial draft has been completed.
Fifthly, it strengthens key technology R&D. By undertaking national key scientific and technological projects, the Shenzhou Equipment Company focuses on breakthroughs in key technologies in key areas, meeting the demand for heavy-duty, automated, and complete sets of major equipment in domestic mines, solving mining problems under special geological conditions such as extra-thick coal seams and thin coal seams, filling domestic blanks with multiple technological achievements, replacing imports, and even reaching internationally leading levels. For example, the world's most powerful conveyor, hydraulic supports with over 7 meters mining height, thin coal seam automated strong cutting coal machine complete equipment, the largest AC electric traction coal cutter domestically, complete technology and equipment for extra-thick coal seam large mining height comprehensive caving mining, etc.
The Shenzhou Equipment Company solved a series of technical problems that restricted the development of the coal machinery industry, promoted the localization of major coal mine equipment, and achieved a batch of important scientific and technological achievements. In just the past three years, the Shenzhou Equipment Company has cumulatively completed or is researching 478 R&D projects including national key projects; formed nearly a thousand scientific and technological achievements and proprietary technologies, including three categories of internationally first-class technologies, nine categories of internationally or domestically advanced technologies, and 23 complete sets of products realizing China's first complete sets; cumulatively applied for nearly 300 patents, of which 44 are invention patents, obtaining authorization for more than 180; won more than 40 national and provincial/ministerial level science and technology awards, including the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award and the second prize of the National Technology Invention Award.
Located at the foot of Mount Tai, in the hometown of Yang Hu, Shenzhou Mechanical Co., Ltd. is a specialized factory producing cranes. The enterprise was founded in 1989, with its predecessor being the Xintai Crane General Factory. It now has the Shandong Shenzhou Mechanical Co., Ltd. Jinan (Zhangqiu) Office and the Shandong Shenzhou Mechanical Co., Ltd. Hebei (Cangzhou) Office as sales points.
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