Benchmarking Learning, Exchange and Cooperation - Zhang Huixin, President of Zibo Equipment Manufacturing Industry Association, led a team to visit Shandong Kaitai Group

On May 20th, Zhang Huixin, President of Zibo Equipment Manufacturing Industry Association, led relevant member enterprises to Shandong Kaitai Group Co., Ltd. for benchmarking learning and exchange, and discussed cooperation in order to benchmark against first-class and learn from advanced. Yin Jianguo, Vice President (first rotating President) of Shandong Equipment Manufacturing Association and Vice General Manager of Kaitai Group, Li Yongkun, President of Forging Branch of Shandong Equipment Manufacturing Association and General Manager of Shandong Zibo Hongjie Automation Equipment Co., Ltd., and others accompanied the attendees.

At Shandong Kaitai Group Co., Ltd., everyone carefully observed the company's exhibition hall, which aims to comprehensively showcase Kaitai Group's 20-year glorious history and outstanding achievements. From the research and development highland, taking advantage of the situation, high-end manufacturing, highlighting value, leading party building, and keeping in mind the mission, the exhibition hall showcases Kaitai people's dedication, responsibility, and steady and far-reaching corporate spirit. Through the combination of technology and design, VR experience, holographic projection, shot blasting machine working scene and other means are used to deeply interpret the specific content, bringing a new visual experience and spiritual shock to the visitors. The observers listened to explanations, visited the site, learned while watching, thought while discussing, and exchanged ideas for cooperation.

The stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade.The key to benchmarking and visiting advanced scholars isWhat are you learning?

One is to learn from Kaitai Group's adherence to the core business, deep cultivation and meticulous work, and striving for excellence.Shandong Kaitai Group Co., Ltd. was established in 2001 and is located in Qingyang Town, Zouping County, Binzhou City, Shandong Province. It has 1800 employees. Enterprises attach great importance to technological innovation, focusing on specialization, refinement, and innovation for more than 20 years. They have participated in the formulation of twelve national standards and three international standards, and their products are constantly iterated and updated, maintaining their vitality at all times. Overtaking the curve in the industry, small abrasives forge great development. Kaitai Group has been focusing on the research and development of shot blasting equipment technology for 16 years, continuously tackling the bottleneck technology of metal surface treatment, leading the product of intelligent shot blasting equipment, filling the gap of intelligent cleaning equipment for metal surfaces, and independently developing intelligent shot blasting cleaning robots to fill the domestic gap and replace imports, becoming a leading enterprise in the metal surface treatment industry. It has been rated as a national specialized, refined, new and small giant enterprise, with a product output value of 720 million yuan in 2023 and a market share ranking first in the country. To become the leading manufacturer of metal abrasives and intelligent shot blasting cleaning equipment in Asia. Shandong Kaitai has independently developed four series and more than 80 specifications of metal abrasive products. Metal abrasive products are mainly used for surface treatment of high-end equipment such as rail transit, aerospace, shipbuilding, and engineering machinery, and can be called "beauticians of industrial products". Kaitai Group has presided over or participated in the formulation of 20 national and industry standards, and has won many major honors such as the National Manufacturing Single Champion Enterprise of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Key Specialized and New "Little Giant" Enterprise of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Third Batch of Service oriented Manufacturing Demonstration Enterprises of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the First Batch of Gazelle Demonstration Enterprises in Shandong Province, the Leading (Cultivation) Enterprise of Shandong Province's High end Equipment Manufacturing Industry, and the Leading Enterprise of Shandong Province's Science and Technology.

The second is to learn from the pragmatic style of Kaitai Group, which is to work hard and vigorously explore domestic and international markets.At present, Kaitai Group has gradually formed six major industries including metal abrasives, shot blasting, fans, precision casting, dust removal equipment, and chemical industry. It currently has over 10000 customers and a market share of 35% in China. It exports to more than 100 countries and regions and has acquired overseas peer companies in markets such as the Netherlands and Australia, forming a complete domestic and international marketing service network. Through more than 20 years of development, technological accumulation, and brand accumulation, Kaitai Group's metal abrasives have achieved a leading position in the world's second and Asia's first. It is a global professional supplier of intelligent metal surface blasting technology solutions and a leading enterprise in the metal surface treatment industry. It has established 17 sales branches and 65 offices in China; We have twelve subsidiaries internationally. We have served over 10000 customers and exported our products to more than 60 countries including Southeast Asia, the European Union, and the Middle East. The acquisition has absorbed advanced shot blasting technologies from the Netherlands such as Aibote and Finlambsman, making it the largest professional manufacturer of shot blasting cleaning equipment in China. Its leading products have high levels of intelligence, cleaning quality, and operational efficiency, and key technologies such as intelligent shot blasting (sand) robots have reached international leading levels.Calm is the tide and the banks are broad. Gentle is the wind and the sail is stretching. On the way out to sea, Kaitai is vigorously racing for the current and steadfastly moving forward.

The third is to learn from the innovative and creative spirit of Kaitai Group, and the strong atmosphere of daring to explore and try new things.Times are changing, and Kaitai is also changing. Nowadays, Kaitai is transitioning from factor driven to innovation driven. Focusing on the demand for green, intelligent, and high-end industries, our main focus is on new energy vehicles, green energy wind power, nuclear equipment, and some wind turbine power generation equipment in the national 30 and 60 strategies. We tailor our services to customers and provide more refined and leading deep services. Our metal abrasive products will take the next level and strive to enter the international top tier. In 2023, through the construction of a digital quality control platform, the entire production and manufacturing process will be empowered by digitization, elevating the product quality of metal abrasive series products to a new level.

Through this visit and exchange activity at Kaitai Group, all participants unanimously expressed that they have broadened their horizons, learned experiences, seen gaps, and felt pressure. At the same time, I made new friends, opened up new markets, and benefited greatly from this trip. Everyone is determined to take this benchmarking study as an opportunity to further emancipate their minds and concepts, strengthen their confidence in development, and strive to make the main business of the enterprise better and stronger, adding glory and color to the equipment manufacturing industry.

Information source: Zibo Equipment Manufacturing Association official account/sorting: Chen Hongmiao