The 700,000th Foton SUV Rolls off the Production Line Worldwide
Date:2024-08-01 Author:Olivia Source:www.chinaspv.com
On July 30, 2024, the 700,000th vehicle rolled off the assembly line of Foton Motor's multi-purpose vehicle global center factory and the local vehicle promotion meeting with the theme of "Intelligent Manufacturing Leads the New Quality Departure" was grandly held. At the event site, Guo Fei, deputy secretary of the Weifang Municipal Party Committee, Dong Shengyong, secretary of the Party Leadership Group and director of the Weifang Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Zhang Shuai, deputy secretary of the Party Working Committee and deputy director of the Management Committee of Weifang High-tech Zone, Wang Shuhai, deputy general manager of Foton Motor, Dai Songgao, functional vice president of Foton Motor, as well as relevant departments of Weifang City, counties and districts, key enterprises, leaders of Foton Motor's relevant business units, dealers, partners, and media attended the event together to witness the 700,000th vehicle rolled off the assembly line of Foton Motor's multi-purpose vehicle global center factory, and work together to promote the rapid development of Weifang's logistics industry.
Accelerate the layout of intelligent manufacturing and seize the new track of new energy vehicle development
At the beginning of the event, Wang Shuhai, deputy general manager of Foton Motor, delivered a speech. Foton Motor insisted on technological innovation and increased R&D investment. With Beijing as the core, it has deployed 18 technology innovation R&D centers around the world and built a technology innovation system with new energy vehicle technology, intelligent network technology, energy-saving technology and lightweight technology as the core. At the same time, Foton Motor accelerated the layout of intelligent manufacturing and has built an intelligent manufacturing system covering the entire industrial chain of commercial vehicle complete vehicles and parts. The current standard production capacity of complete vehicles is 800,000 vehicles/year. Among them, 21 complete vehicle and parts factories are deployed in China, and 22 KD factories have been built overseas to achieve a global industrial layout.
The Foton Motor High-tech Plant is positioned as the global center factory for multi-purpose vehicles. With the strong support of the Weifang Municipal Party Committee and Government, the High-tech Zone Party Working Committee, the Management Committee and relevant municipal departments, it has been built into an intelligent factory integrating R&D, production, trial production and testing, domestic and foreign logistics, and customer interaction. The products produced cover Foton's core products, including complete vehicle products such as Tuyano, Fengjing, and Foton Pickup, as well as key components such as Oukang engines and new energy three-electric. The factory is built with all its strength based on the German Industry 4.0 standard, with a large number of intelligent robots. The process level has reached the domestic advanced level, the production line is intelligent, flexible, and green, and large-scale mixed-flow manufacturing of multiple categories of products has been realized. Since it was put into production in August 2012, it has achieved a total vehicle production of 700,000 units, achieved sales revenue of more than 70 billion yuan, and an output value of 9.35 billion yuan in 2023, with products exported to 35 countries and regions.
Build a new energy ecological system and realize full-scenario solutions
Afterwards, Tan Zhenguo, general manager of Foton Motor Shandong Marketing Center, interpreted the new energy full-scenario solutions and said that Foton Motor has completed the product-ecological full-scenario solution, covering the full cycle of customers' "purchase, use, management, maintenance, and replacement". At the technical level, the company has implemented a three-pronged strategy and formulated a technical route of "electricity when it is suitable for electricity, hybrid power when it is suitable for hybrid power, and hydrogen when it is suitable for hydrogen", covering short-distance light loads, medium- and long-distance heavy loads, and complex scenarios; at the product level, Foton Motor provides full-scenario product solutions of EV, PHEV, and FCV for urban logistics, terminal distribution, heavy-duty transportation, municipal sanitation/airports, and urban/inter-city passenger transportation; at the network coverage level, the company has a sales network of 224 stores and a service network of 536 stores in Shandong region, with the industry's strongest maintenance capabilities for three electrics and core components, achieving full regional coverage. In addition, there are two Foton Global Parts Centers in Shandong region, which can achieve "12-hour delivery" of urgently needed parts; at the aftermarket level, it will provide users with high-efficiency and high-premium second-hand car disposal solutions, "Internet of Vehicles + Logistics Integration" solutions, and low-cost, high-quality maintenance solutions through the use of used cars, fleet management systems, genuine parts + cardholder matching; at the energy ecology level, Foton Motor has created an ecosystem of "car + charging pile + light + storage + load + intelligence", providing customers with a variety of modes such as charging and swapping, vehicle leasing, and battery leasing.
New product launch + strategic major customer signing, win-win cooperation promotes development
With the acceleration of urbanization, the transportation field is becoming increasingly segmented and specialized. Foton Motor has been deeply engaged in user scenarios and continuously launched new products based on user needs. At the event, Foton Motor launched new products such as the Auman Xingyi Pro automatic medium truck, Aumark Zhilan ES1 Express Edition, Auman CTV, Tuyano V Extreme Edition and Foton Resa small-volume mixer truck to help the high-quality development of the transportation industry.
After the product launch, Foton Motor signed strategic contracts with Jinan Zhongli for 200 Auman heavy trucks, with Huomanman (Shandong) for 160 Aumark light trucks, with Weifang Xianxing Logistics for 200 Auman light trucks, with Shandong Zhongying Modern Pharmaceutical Logistics for 200 Xiangling mini trucks, with Weifang Garden and Environmental Sanitation Group for 200 Proco sprinkler trucks, with Shandong Port Logistics Group for 1,000 Foton new energy vehicles, and with Zhucheng Qiankun Logistics for the delivery of Auman GTL Star Wing tractors. The signing and delivery of batches of large orders are not only the recognition and trust of users in Foton Motor's quality, but also help partners achieve sustainable and win-win benign development.
For many years, Foton Motor's multi-purpose vehicle global center factory, located in Weifang, Shandong, has continuously upgraded, renovated, and built new production lines, applying advanced technologies of informatization, digitization, and intelligence to the entire production process, and is committed to creating a benchmark for intelligent manufacturing, stimulating "new quality productivity", and realizing the transition from "manufacturing" to "intelligent manufacturing". At the same time, as a leading company in China's commercial vehicle industry, Foton Motor will continue to lead the industry's innovative development, provide customers with smart and efficient comprehensive solutions, strive to build a green technology and market-leading international enterprise, and contribute to the high-quality development of the commercial vehicle industry.
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