Lukang's Technology Realizes Product Expansion From "Quantity" To "Qualitative Leap".

Clothing is an important traditional pillar industry in Zhangjiagang. It has gathered a large number of leading textile enterprises in Jiangsu, such as Dong Dong, Jinling textile and Lukang science and technology.

However, due to the lack of R & D investment, backward technology and equipment, independent brand and marketing network lagging behind, and other factors, such as external market, policy environment and exchange rate changes, some textile enterprises have declined competitiveness and unstable profits.

In this regard, the Zhangjiagang inspection and Quarantine Bureau has carried out the theme service activities of "inspection of Hong Kong counterparts" in an effort to help enterprises improve the quality management system, intensify technological pformation and enhance the competitiveness of the international market.

According to the Bureau statistics, in the past three years, the whole city has exported 100 thousand batches of textile and clothing, and the value is about 3000000000 US dollars.

Even in this year's extremely severe foreign trade situation, it has exported 14 thousand textile and apparel products, valued at $350 million, with batches increasing by 9% over the same period last year.

Recently, the reporter walked into Zhangjiagang Lukang science and technology, and felt the development process of the enterprise.

Technological pformation, the inexhaustible motive force of soaring

In July, Hong Kong City, the scorching sun has made people feel the taste of midsummer.

But entering Lukang science and technology, the "temperature" seems to be even higher. The construction of the "multi fiber blended spinning project" with a total investment of 300 million yuan is in the hot stage. Among them, the newly built 2 buildings, 4 floors and 260 thousand square meters workshop have been flooring, and the first imported 20 thousand ingot Italy and Germany finger spindles compact spinning equipment has also entered the commissioning stage.

The project was put into operation in August this year, and the annual sales revenue can be increased by 600 million yuan.

"After the project is put into operation, the blended products can be applied to high-grade underwear and so on, which will enhance the grade of the company's products."

Qian Wenlong, chairman of Lukang science and technology, told reporters that this is why the floor of the project workshop is laid.

When Lukang science and technology was established in 1993, there was only one small workshop, with the old factory buildings and the aging equipment, and the annual output of wool yarn was less than 2000 tons. However, the company adheres to the development strategy of "high added value, high technology content, high quality and low cost", breaking through from traditional industries and becoming the leader in the industry.

"If we want to ask where the motive force for the growth of enterprises comes from, technological pformation is certainly one of the most important driving forces -- Transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, and technological pformation is a road that can not be wound."

Qian Wenlong said.

And Lukang's technology is relying on constantly introducing advanced equipment to carry out technological pformation, leaving its competitors far behind.

In recent years, labor shortage and recruitment difficulties have been plaguing labor intensive industries, especially the development of textile enterprises, introducing foreign first-class advanced equipment, eliminating backward production capacity, reducing the number of workers and labor costs has become an important way of pformation and upgrading of the textile industry.

Qian Wenlong knew this.

For this reason, since 2007, Qian Wen lung has imported about 30000000 euros of equipment from Italy and Germany, which has greatly increased labour productivity, and the number of workers per thousand ingot has been reduced by 30%.

At the same time, the product structure of enterprises has been further optimized and the product grades have been upgraded rapidly, and the core competitiveness of the company has been greatly enhanced.

A large number of first-class imported equipment, greatly improving the effectiveness of technical pformation, the introduction of tow dyeing production line, but also filled the domestic production of acrylic colored shrinkage fiber blank, and effectively promoted the pformation and upgrading of enterprises.

The whole set of Italy wool spinning equipment can produce 32 thousand tons of all kinds of yarn and fancy yarn, such as cashmere, wool, blended yarn, cashmere yarn and wool nitrile yarn. The most advanced semi worsted production equipment of 30 thousand spindles can produce 2000 tons of all kinds of semi fine spun yarn. 18 Italy tow producing equipment can produce 32 thousand tons of different kinds of tow, and 20 thousand spindles are the most advanced international cashmere strips and strips, spun, dyed and dyed worsted fabrics. Among them, the high tech cashmere yarn production line is one of the only two production lines in the country, with an annual output of 300 tons of worsted cashmere yarn and 4 million meters of high-grade worsted fabrics. At present, Lukang science and technology owns 100 thousand

In 2011, Lukang's technology sales revenue reached 1 billion 786 million yuan, ranking the top 10 in the national wool textile industry. It became the top 100 export enterprises in China's textile and garment industry and the leading supplier of the national wool yarn supply.

Listing, laying the foundation of international brand

Strengthening their brand building and striving to create their own brands is almost an inevitable choice for all traditional industrial enterprises to pform and upgrade and become a leader in the industry. Lukang science and technology is a successful example.

With continuous technological innovation and quality advantages, as well as rapid market response, supply chain management mechanism, Lukang science and technology not only rely on high-quality products to occupy the market, but also pay attention to honesty and detail, and win good recognition and praise from domestic and foreign customers with excellent service.

The "Lukang" brand has been awarded the title of "Jiangsu famous brand product". All products of the company have passed the quality management system, the environmental system and the relevant standards of European environmental textiles.

In order to make Lukang brand more competitive in the international arena, Qian Wen long has taken an active part in the famous French TEXWORLD international in the industry.

Exhibition, New York international fashion fabrics exhibition and International Textile Exposition held in Germany, Italy, Korea, Japan and other countries and regions.

At these exhibitions, "Lukang" worsted yarns and worsted fabrics have been widely adopted by many international brands with advanced design concepts, excellent product quality and good follow-up services. They have established a good brand image both at home and abroad.

In terms of yarn, Lukang science and technology owns operators of international and domestic brands including ZARA (Spain), GAP (USA) and H&M (Sweden). In terms of woolen fabrics, it has many world-class brand customer groups including Mark&Spencer (UK) and HugoBoss (Germany).

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While Lukang technology accelerated the international stage, in May 2011, Lukang technology listed on the main board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, raising nearly 500 million yuan.

As for Lukang's technology, capital management is even more powerful.

"No worries about money, no worries about good projects."

Qian Wenlong said frankly.

To this end, Lukang science and technology rapidly accelerate the pace of project construction, and constantly expand the scale of the industry.

The "multi fiber blended spinning project" launched in 8 and September this year is the first Lukang science and technology investment project.

While accelerating the construction of the "multi fiber blended spinning project", in order to extend the industrial chain and realize the pformation from semi-finished products to finished products, Lukang science and technology announced in February this year the establishment of the La Po apparel Co., Ltd.

And the 20 million 400 thousand yuan of the registered Pak Pao Garments Co., Ltd., will actively lay the groundwork for Lukang technology to create its own brand.

Talents, inject strong development vitality

"Transformation and upgrading of traditional industries can not be achieved without intellectual support."

Qian Wenlong told reporters.

In the course of development, Qian Wen long has always attached great importance to product development. In recent years, R & D investment has been around 10 million yuan each year, and is growing year by year.

It is worth mentioning that Lukang science and technology has established a relatively perfect product independent research and development mechanism. According to product classification, the R & D institutions are divided into worsted R & D team, semi worsted R & D team, woollen R & D team, fancy yarn R & D team and woolen technology department.

Bunch Enrique, a famous European R & D engineer from Italy, is the head of Lukang science and technology fancy yarn research and development team.

The main research direction of the team is to study the advantages and disadvantages of various raw materials, enhance its "long" and avoid its "short", and develop "fancy yarn" products with higher quality and broad market prospects.

"For example, we mix 2 or more ingredients to make a new fabric.

The sweater made of this fabric has a lighter sense while ensuring its thermal performance.

Qian Wenlong introduced.

In the process of developing new products, Lukang science and technology, aiming at the different requirements of customers and guided by the trend of popularity, set up a product development mode of product designers and customers, and jointly developed and developed targeted products. At the beginning of the design, there was a clear market target, so that the product could meet the needs of customers to the maximum, and realized the expansion from "quantity expansion" to "qualitative leap".

At present, Lukang science and technology has set up postgraduate workstations, provincial engineering and technology centers, and many other R & D institutions, with more than 40 professional and technical personnel.

At the same time, Lukang science and technology is also good at making use of external resources, and has hired senior engineers who are familiar with dyeing and woolen spinning. Especially high salaries have introduced experts like Bunch Enrique who have a certain reputation in the world to take charge of the design and development of Lukang products, greatly improving the overall R & D level.

In addition, Lukang science and technology adheres to the path of "production and learning cooperation", and ties closely with Jiangnan University Textile College and Beijing Textile College.

In addition, the company has strengthened cooperation with China Textile Information Center and national textile product development center, constantly expanding information channels and enhancing research and development capabilities.

At present, Lukang science and technology already has 48 invention patents and design patents.

Since 2007, the company has won 22 awards such as "Jiangsu high tech products" and "worsted quality products".

Many products developed by the company have relatively high technical originality. Among them, 8 products such as "super high count cotton velvet, soft and elegant" and "wool hemp functional" are recognized as high-tech products by the provincial science and technology department.

"Facing a rapidly changing market, an enterprise, especially a traditional enterprise, how to" stand tall "and even become stronger and bigger is a topic we have always pondered. Only by allowing enterprises to lead the" changing market "can we become the ultimate market winner.

Qian Wenlong is very confident about this. "In the future, we will continue to focus on the design, production and sale of all kinds of blended yarns, acrylic cashmere yarns and high-grade worsted fabrics.

"The development of service enterprises is one of the important responsibilities of the inspection and quarantine departments. Especially in the current severe foreign trade situation, we must implement the" five outstanding "measures to help enterprises improve the quality management mechanism, further promote technological pformation, expand the chain of fine industry, enhance core competitiveness, and strive to create world-class.

Strive to become a world-class enterprise. "

Wei Feng, director of Zhangjiagang inspection and Quarantine Bureau, said.