[Observer Network Comprehensive Report] With its product advantages, Tiejian Heavy Industry continues to deepen the Taiwan Province market. Mainland China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Group (China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Group), headquartered in Changsha, Hunan Province, revealed on December 4 that the group successfully signed the supply contract for four shield machines of Taipei Metro Wanda Line CQ850 and CQ850A on the same day.
In 2015, the group’s core product shield machine (tunnel boring machine) entered the Taiwan Province market for the first time, and four sets were successively purchased for the construction of the Taipei Metro Wanda Line, successfully breaking the Japanese company’s market monopoly on shield machine (tunnel boring machine) in Taiwan Province for more than 30 years for the first time.
According to Zhongxin. com, on the same day, the signing ceremony for the procurement of CQ850 and CQ850A shield machines for Taipei Metro Wanda Line was held in Taipei. Railway Construction Heavy Industry signed two supply contracts with Taiwan Province Ronggong Engineering Co., Ltd. and Taiwan Province Continental Engineering Co., Ltd. respectively, and the first batch of equipment will be delivered and put into use in 2018.
Wanda line of Taipei subway is an important traffic trunk line built in Taipei, and its main geology is silty sand layer and sandy silt layer. In the process of shield tunneling, it is necessary to overcome the geological and construction problems such as ultra-small turning radius of 50 meters, crossing the pile foundation of Shuanghe Bridge, in-situ migration through the ventilation shaft section, encountering continuous walls along the line and other underground obstacles.
China national radio’s "Hello Taiwan Province Net" once said that compared with Japanese equipment, the mainland shield machine can better cope with the complex situation in the subway crossing area and greatly avoid the construction risk.
Liu Feixiang, secretary of the Party Committee and chairman of China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Group, said that in the construction of underground infrastructure projects in Taiwan Province, Nissan shield machines have long dominated the market.
Liu Feixiang said that the signing of this contract, the high construction standards and strict audit system in Taiwan Province provided valuable experience for Railway Construction Heavy Industry to continue to deepen the Taiwan Province market and explore other regional markets. In the future, Railway Construction Heavy Industry will provide customers with product life-cycle services and fully organize the design, manufacture, production, on-site assembly and debugging, trial excavation and post-service of products.
"Breakthrough from scratch" of Railway Construction Heavy Industry Shield Machine
According to Zhongxin. com, at present, the shield machines independently developed by China Railway Construction Heavy Industry have occupied half of the domestic market in China for four consecutive years, and TBM and large-diameter shield machines with a market share of more than 85% have become the first domestic brands, which are widely used in key projects such as subways, railways, coal mines and water conservancy in more than 30 provinces and cities, and are also exported to many countries and regions around the world.
Shield machine produced by China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Group
It is understood that Tiejian Heavy Industry was formerly known as China Railway Track System Group, mainly engaged in research, design, manufacturing and construction of high-end track equipment and heavy machinery and equipment.
In recent years, large-scale infrastructure projects, such as subways and high-speed rail tunnels, have been built in major cities in China, which have put wings on the urban economy and brought tangible convenience to people’s lives.
"Hello Taiwan Province Net" reported that Ma Chengbiao, Minister of Propaganda and Brand Department of Railway Construction Heavy Industry, mentioned in an interview last month that for many years, the domestic shield machine industry has been dominated by foreign-funded enterprises from technology to market.
Ma Chengbiao introduced that in 2008, Tiejian Heavy Industry focused on shield machines and TBM, boldly innovated independently, and broke through a variety of core technologies, becoming the only mainstream enterprise in China that did not cooperate with foreign manufacturers and did not purchase foreign drawings and patents. The mainland market share is 85%-95%, which subverts the industrial structure dominated by foreign-funded enterprises.
Since the implementation of the "Belt and Road" strategy, the company has begun to expand overseas markets. Zhu Hanjun, general manager of the overseas department of China Railway Construction Heavy Industry, told reporters that the company formulated a "two-step" strategy in 2012, and gradually realized from "borrowing a boat to going to sea by car" in 2016, and successively exported equipment to all parts of the world.
He Yunjin, overseas business manager of China Railway Construction Heavy Industry, said in an interview on November 14th that in the past two years, the company has set up 11 branches in Taiwan Province, Singapore, Thailand, India, Russia, Turkey, South Africa and other countries and regions, and comprehensively laid out overseas markets.
Shield machine produced by China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Group
"We guided you to build the subway decades ago, and now you have come to Moscow to help us build the subway with the latest equipment and construction technology. It’s a reincarnation!" An old expert of the Moscow Tunnel Association lamented Zhu Hanjun. This expert helped guide the construction of the first subway in China-Beijing Metro Line 1 in the 1960s.
When Zhu Hanjun heard this, he could not hide his pride: "The design concept of the first shield machine was put forward by the British in the late 18th century, and now the shield machine has been exported to European countries and regions such as Moscow and Turkey, and returned to the hometown of the shield machine."
Taiwan Province market opens: from "layman" to "important player"
Since 2012, China Railway Construction Heavy Industry has independently explored the Taiwan Province market. At the end of 2015, it won the bid for the supply of shield equipment for Wanda Line CQ850. This is the first time that mainland shield products have entered the Taiwan Province market, successfully breaking the monopoly of Japanese enterprises for more than 30 years.
According to Taiwan Province’s Business Times, He Yunjin, the overseas business manager of Railway Construction Heavy Industry, once introduced that in 2012, after obtaining the qualification of access to Taiwan Province, Railway Construction Heavy Industry delivered 80 sets of turnouts produced by the company (line connection equipment at the intersection of two railway lines to enable vehicles to safely and smoothly transfer to other tracks), and Railway Construction Heavy Industry officially entered the Taiwan Province market.
Zhu Hanjun, general manager of overseas department of China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. said that when the machines and tools of China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Group began to enter the Taiwan Province market in 2012, they first understood the technical standards, entry restrictions, contracting qualifications and regulations of relevant projects in Taiwan Province, and then explained and promoted the products in Taiwan Railway, High-speed Railway Company, Taipei Rapid Transit Bureau and other units.
Zhu Hanjun (data map)
Zhu Hanjun said that after many exchanges, coordination and struggle, he finally won recognition, defeated Japan to obtain the qualification of products entering Taiwan Province, and got the first order to deliver 80 sets of high manganese steel switches, which won praise with self-made products with high CP value and high-quality after-sales service.
Until the end of 2015, China Railway Construction Heavy Industry and Ronggong Engineering Company completed the contract for two shield machines. Since then, Taiwan Province Continental Engineering has also purchased shield machines from them. By the end of 2017, four roadheader machines from China Railway Construction Heavy Industry have been used in Taipei Metro Wanda Line Project. "Hello Taiwan Province. com" said that compared with Japanese equipment, it has completely gained advantages in technology, and plans to continue to expand to other counties and cities in Taiwan Province for subway construction in the future. According to Taiwan Province’s "Zhongshi Electronic News", Taiwan Province Ronggong Project had previously sent a team of 30 people to Changsha, Hunan Province to practice the operation technology.