Since 2008, due to the outbreak of the global financial crisis and the impact of domestic automobile emission standards being switched from State II to Country III, the entire Chinese heavy-duty auto industry has seen a trend of highs and lows. In a difficult external environment, Shaanxi Fast Automotive Transmission Group Co., Ltd. relied on independent innovation to work hard to open up the market and achieved leapfrog development in adversity.
Shaanxi Fast Automotive Transmission Group Co., Ltd. is a large-scale state-owned enterprise with a history of 40 years. It is also the largest heavy-duty automobile transmission production and sales base in China and even in the world. The reporter learned that, in 2008, the annual sales of Fast transmissions were 470,000 units, and sales revenue reached 6.6 billion yuan. The leading product, heavy-duty vehicle transmission, has a market share of more than 80% in the domestic market. All operating indicators ranked first in China's gear industry for seven consecutive years, and heavy-duty vehicle transmission production and sales ranked the first in the world for three consecutive years.
In the first five months of 2009, Fast's production and operation situation was low and high, and it quickly recovered. In January, sales volume of Fast Transmission was only over 10,000 units; in February, it rose to 30,000 units; in March, it exceeded 60,000 units, and in April and May, it was maintained at around 50,000 units. Production and sales volume remained at high levels. run. According to the latest statistics, in the first five months of this year, Fast has cumulatively produced 196,700 automobile transmissions and sold 197.2 million units, achieving sales revenue of 2.643 billion yuan. In the current severe economic situation, Fast can have such good results. His experience has much to learn from. 
Independent Innovation Maintaining Competitive Advantage
For a state-owned old factory, technical obsolescence seems inevitable. However, through constant efforts, Fast has been adhering to independent innovation in science and technology, independent research and development of products, and independent development of enterprises, achieving a leap-forward development.
In recent years, Fast has passed more than 10 kinds of heavy-duty transmission products with independent intellectual property rights and independent brand characteristics through provincial appraisal and put into batch production. The sales of new products have accounted for more than 50% of the total sales volume of products. Now, Fast has its own intellectual property rights of heavy-duty transmission products has reached 20 series of hundreds of varieties, in the four-speed 16-speed transmission in the field to achieve full coverage, the formation of a double countershaft series transmission-led, high-middle and low-grade heavy Transmission complementary development pattern. Its products have more than 80% market share of over 8 tons of domestic heavy-duty vehicles, more than 15 tons more than 90%, and have been selected as fixed-point supporting products by over 50 domestic and foreign OEMs. Among them, the key technologies and core technologies of some independent innovation products have reached the international advanced level and have more than 20 patents, which not only breaks the intellectual property barriers built by multinational corporations, but also forms a competitive advantage for scale development.
In the R&D of product innovation reserves, Fast has extensively strengthened international information exchange and cooperation and actively seized the technological commanding heights. At the same time, it has strengthened close cooperation with domestic universities, actively carried out basic theoretical research, and continuously promoted the development of new products. The speed of development has achieved product science, diversification, serialization, and all-round development.
Exploring the market to create new highlights
The traditional market of Fast Transmission has been limited to the range of heavy trucks. Since 2008, Fast has begun to expand its market space in the areas of construction vehicles, buses and low-speed trucks, and has achieved very good results. 
Fast's new transmission products tailored to the passenger car market cover three gear ranges of 6, 8, and 9 and a torque range from 400Nm to 2000Nm. Among them, the 6J70T, 6J80T and 6J90T three transmissions are mainly aimed at fuel-efficient mid- and high-end buses; 8JS85T is for the general passenger car market; 6JS160T, 8JS125T, 8JS160T and 8JSX180T are geared for urban buses and high-end luxury buses. The new 6DS series transmissions provide the latest optimized configurations for the replacement of buses, light trucks, cement mixers, truck cranes, terminal carriers, and airport shuttles. These new products have fully demonstrated their strong technical strength and competitive strength in the field of passenger cars to domestic and foreign customers. At present, the Fast Bus Transmission has successfully completed the support for Yutong Bus, Suzhou Jinlong, Anhui Ankai, Zhongda Bus, Yantai Shuchi, Xiamen Golden Dragon, Dongfeng Hang Gas, Dandong Huanghai and other auto manufacturers. Other bus manufacturers are also Have expressed their interest in the products of Fast cars.
At the same time, Fast developed and launched new transmissions such as the 8-speed and small 8-speed transmissions, which provide the latest optimized configuration for medium-light trucks and low-speed trucks. They are highly favored by the market, and the sales volume has reached the total sales of Fast. The 10% has become a new bright spot to drive sales growth.
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June 26, 2018