Focus on the sunrise industry of optical communications: How did Hengtong Optical Fiber become an industry leader?

Focus on the sunrise industry of optical communications: How did Hengtong Optical Fiber become an industry leader?

In astronomy, the average distance between the Earth and the Sun is called the Astronomical Unit, which is approximately equal to 149.6 million kilometers.

The optical fiber shipments of Hengtong Optical Fiber in the thirteen years since its establishment have exceeded this huge number.

As the main medium for data information transmission, optical fiber is equivalent to the blood vessels and nerves in the human body. It is an indispensable infrastructure for the information highway, regardless of the Internet, things The Internet, as well as the currently popular big data and cloud computing, all depend on its carrying capacity.

According to CRU statistics, my country's fiber demand accounts for more than 50% of the global market, far exceeding the proportion of GDP, GFCF and overall telecommunications capital expenditure.

Located in Wujiang, Suzhou, Hengtong Optical Fiber is now the world's largest single optical fiber industry base, with an annual optical fiber production capacity of more than 35 million core kilometers; it also continues to invest at a high level in research and development. , continue to innovate and occupy the high end of the industry.

From production capacity scale to innovative solutions and product quality, it has made important contributions to the construction of an information society in my country and even the world and to promoting the arrival of the digital age.

　"Optical communications is a sunrise industry, and market demand continues to exceed imagination , and we happen to be in this industry.

" Faced with reporters, Yuan Jian, general manager of Hengtong Optical Fiber, opened the conversation.

He said that through internal potential tapping methods such as the integration of "three modernizations" and the construction of smart factories, the company has Without increasing production lines, Hengtong Optical Fiber will strive to achieve an annual production capacity of over 40 million core kilometers in the next three years.

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In 2002, when the optical fiber and cable manufacturing industry was in a downturn, Hengtong officially launched the optical fiber project and entered this market.

At that time, Hengtong Optical Fiber was a latecomer, but due to its precise positioning, forward-looking strategy, and willingness to Put in the effort and it will grow quickly

In 2004, the Hengtong optical fiber project was put into production. In the first year, its shipments exceeded 1 million core kilometers, setting a national record.

Since then, its shipments have nearly doubled every year. By 2007, , the cumulative number exceeded 10 million core kilometers; it took 4 years to go from 10 million core kilometers to 50 million core kilometers; from 5,000 core kilometersIt took 2 years from 10,000 core kilometers to 100 million core kilometers; it only took one and a half years to go from 100 million core kilometers to 150 million core kilometers.

In Yuan Jian’s view, optical communications is an industry closely related to productivity, and market demand is growing faster than most people expected.

Especially in recent years, with the global information revolution, the optical fiber and cable market has continued to heat up, and manufacturers have faced the "growing pains" of tight supply.

Opportunities always favor well-prepared enterprises. Hengtong Optical Fiber has always focused on optical communications, and continues to invest in the expansion of production and the development of key process equipment while making profits, and insists on developing towards the high end of the industry and the upstream of the industrial chain. In order to fully meet customer needs in terms of "quantity" and "quality".

Many third-party institutions have made optimistic predictions about the trend of the optical fiber market. CRU predicts that global demand will increase by 15.3% year-on-year, reaching 352 million core kilometers; the Chinese market will increase by 23.5% year-on-year, reaching 185 million core kilometers.

According to estimates by Hengtong Optical Fiber, domestic optical fiber demand will reach 190 million core kilometers in 2015, accounting for more than 55% of the world.

"The government attaches great importance to emerging industries, entrepreneurship and innovation, and mass entrepreneurship and innovation, and has done a lot of support and encouragement. The foundation of emerging industries and mass entrepreneurship and innovation is optical fiber networks, 3G/4G mobile communications, data centers, 'Internet+', cloud computing, and 'intelligent manufacturing in China', all of which are inseparable from network carrying.

" He expanded, "In the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's 13th Five-Year Plan, the fixed asset investment level in the communications industry will exceed 400 billion yuan every year, and the demand for optical fiber will increase in the next few years on the current basis. .

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The world's largest single optical fiber industry base

In December 2013, Hengtong Optical Fiber, which had undergone multiple rounds of expansion, built the world's largest The single fiber optic industry base has an annual production capacity of 30 million core kilometers - to this day, it is still the only single factory in the world with an annual production capacity of more than 30 million core kilometers.

At present, Hengtong Optoelectronics' annual optical fiber production capacity has exceeded 35 million core kilometers, and the daily optical fiber production can circle the earth twice and a half.

Yuan Jian told reporters that combined with other brother companies, the entire Hengtong Optoelectronics' annual optical fiber production capacity has exceeded 6,000. It ranks among the top three in the world by various statistical measures, and the CRU report shows that its production capacity ranks second in the world.

It is not easy to add another 5 million core kilometers to the designed production capacity of 30 million core kilometers. Hengtong has also made many efforts to this end, such as promoting collaboration among various departments, improving wire drawing processes, extending effective product production and smooth and stable operation of equipment, etc.

Based on the comprehensive advancement of the "three modernizations" integration and smart factory construction, Hengtong Optical Fiber will strive to have an annual production capacity of more than 40 million core kilometers in the next three years.

In the recently released results of China Mobile’s 2015-2016 large-scale centralized procurement of optical fiber and cables (the estimated optical fiber procurement volume is 94.52 million core kilometers), Hengtong Optoelectronics Winning first place in three of the four bidding sections and ranking first in total share, he became the biggest winner.

Being able to capture the largest share in the world's largest fiber optic centralized procurement to date not only benefits from Hengtong's comprehensive strength in R&D, delivery, service, management, and branding, but also relies on strong production capacity and products Quality support.

　"It is important to be large-scale, but it is more important to be strong.

" Drawing speed and optical rod size are two factors that determine the efficiency of fiber drawing. In terms of major key indicators, Hengtong has independently developed core equipment such as optical fiber drawing and optical rod manufacturing, which not only more than doubled the drawing speed, but also went through thousands of tests to develop the industry's most cutting-edge preform rods with a diameter of 200 The world's largest light rod is millimeters long and has a length of 6 meters. The drawing length of a single light rod reaches 15,000 kilometers, setting a world record.

In addition, its product qualification rate has once again achieved significant improvement on the basis of its original leading position in the industry.

Comprehensively build a smart factory

In compliance with the trends of "Industry 4.0" and "Made in China 2025", Hengtong Optoelectronics comprehensively promoted the integration of "three modernizations" in 2015. Promote the construction of smart factories in order to achieve "intelligent cable manufacturing" and enhance the global competitiveness of China's cable industry.

As the main fiber manufacturing body of Hengtong Optoelectronics, Hengtong Optoelectronics has responded actively and formulated relevant plans and implemented them. A number of measures have also achieved considerable results

Yuan Jian told reporters that in terms of leanness, Hengtong Optical Fiber has introduced the lean production concept and laid the foundation for the organization. and publicity, and mobilized all employees to actively participate.

At the same time, a roadmap for lean construction in the next three years was formulated, and top domestic professional consulting companies were hired to assist in planning and implementation in phases.

In terms of informatization, Hengtong Optical Fiber has been investing continuously over the years. It established ERP and PTS systems when the factory was put into production. In 2015, it introduced the SAP information system, which was implemented by IBM. Professional consulting and guidance, through in-depth analysis of the business processes of various products, using standardized and unified standards to build business processes covering core businesses such as finance, materials, projects, equipment, human resources, etc., truly realizing everything from order placement to planning. Informatization and intelligent management of production scheduling and production processes.