Great Wall Motor Company Limited is China’s largest SUV and pickup manufacturer. It was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2003 and the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2011. By the end of 2014, the assets had amounted to 52.826 billion yuan. Now the company owns Haval and Great Wall brands, covering products range of SUV, passenger car and pickup. With over 40 holding subsidiaries, more than 70,000 employees, four vehicle manufacturing bases, the company has developed the independent matching capacity of core parts such as engine and transmission.
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The Xushui production base covers an area of 13 square kilometers and includes vehicle plant, spare parts park, performance proving ground, stamping and welding plant and the community. Xushui base is constructed in four phases and it mainly produces Haval series SUV like: H8, H9. The annual capacity of the xushui production base is up to 100 million.
The tour included visit to three craft workshops of the vehicle production, starting from the stamping shop then to the welding shop and the assembly shop. Since the painting shop is a dust-free and closed working district, no one was allowed to enter.
The stamping shop covers an area of 24,000 square meters. There are 5 fully automated production lines are put into use with advance equipment. They produce in an enclosed area which not only guarantees the quality of the outer panel and effectively reduces the noise, but, also improves the safety of the workers. On each line, there are four pressing machines, whose maximum stamping tonnage is 2400 ton and minimum tonnage is 630 ton.
The welding shop covers an area of 75,000 square meters. Now the workshop has planned 2 production lines. One production line produces H8 and H9. Another production line produces H6 coupe. The automation rate of this production line is up to 93.6%. The whole production line has 236 ABB robots to do the welding, moving, stud welding work.
The assembly shop covers an area of more than 70.000 square meters and is one of the biggest and most advanced craft workshops in China. There are 3 main production lines and 7 subsidiary assembly lines. The three main production lines are: Interior trim line, the chassis line and the assembly line.
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