“As a national high-tech enterprise and a specialized and new enterprise in Anhui Province, we now have 8 invention patents and more than 50 utility model patents.” Said Xu Wenfeng, general manager of Huainan Wenfeng Aerospace Cable Co., Ltd.
In recent years, the national Huainan Economic and Technological Development Zone has been developing with innovation, continuously improving the capacity of scientific and technological research and development, business incubation and landing transformation, and a number of outstanding innovative and high growth enterprises such as Wenfeng cable, Anhui Shanhe Pharmaceutical Excipients Co.Ltd(300452) and Guangshen Aerospace have emerged, which has brought strong momentum to accelerate the construction of a scientific and technological innovation highland in Northern Anhui.
Walking into the production workshop of Wenfeng cable, on a cable weaving equipment, more than 30 silvery silk threads, such as the silk continuously spit out by spiders, are woven into cable cores through the equipment on the other side.
“Look at this cable. There are not only wires, but also signal wires, data wires and dozens of wires. Each wire has a function definition.” Xu Wenfeng pointed to a group of cables and said that because Wenfeng cable products have outstanding performance indicators such as high and low temperature resistance, acid and alkali resistance, light weight and large current load, they are mainly used in high-end equipment manufacturing, military products, aerospace and other fields. A variety of products have been replaced by imports. The annual tax of the enterprise is more than 40 million yuan, and the benefits continue to improve.
The development and growth of Wenfeng cable depends on innovation. According to Xu Wenfeng, once, in the development of an important project, the customer invited a number of scientific research institutes, universities and enterprises to jointly tackle key cable parts, but failed to succeed, resulting in successive delays in the project, so he found Wenfeng cable. Relying on its own technology accumulation, the company team has successfully developed products that meet the indicators and won high recognition from customers.
It is reported that during the 13th Five Year Plan period, the annual compound growth rate of the financial expenditure actually used for scientific and technological innovation in Huainan Economic Development Zone was 18.12%, nearly 9 percentage points higher than the overall average level of the national economic development zone.
The pharmaceutical health industry is an R & D intensive industry. In Huainan Economic Development Zone, Sinopharm group, Guorui pharmaceutical, Anhui Shanhe Pharmaceutical Excipients Co.Ltd(300452) and other enterprises temper their stronger competitiveness by increasing R & D investment.
“We have 16 invention patents. Basically, we have to apply for 1-2 patents every year. There are 5 provincial new products and 3 provincial scientific and technological progress awards.” Liu Qi, chief financial officer and Secretary of the board of directors of Anhui Shanhe Pharmaceutical Excipients Co.Ltd(300452) said that Anhui Shanhe Pharmaceutical Excipients Co.Ltd(300452) attaches great importance to innovative R & D, and has a National Postdoctoral research workstation and four provincial R & D platforms such as Anhui pharmaceutical excipients engineering technology research center. In 2021, Anhui Shanhe Pharmaceutical Excipients Co.Ltd(300452) R & D investment accounted for 3.5% of revenue, and it is expected to increase to 4.5% in 2022. The company also carries out extensive cooperation with many colleges and universities, seizing the important window period of the development of pharmaceutical excipients market, and developing more high-end pharmaceutical excipients.
Liu Qi revealed that through continuous innovation and development, Anhui Shanhe Pharmaceutical Excipients Co.Ltd(300452) has developed a series of fist products, including microcrystalline cellulose with more than 10 specifications and models, which has partially replaced imported products; Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose can be used in the manufacture of plant capsules to replace gelatin capsules, which has a broad market prospect.
Innovation and development, gather potential and empower! Relying on the vigorous development of a number of high-tech enterprises, emerging industrial enterprises and “specialized and new” small and medium-sized enterprises, Huainan Economic Development Zone has gathered a stronger momentum of high-quality development.
(source: International Business Daily)
