New Factory of Zhenjiang Tongzhou Propeller Co., Ltd went into operation
The opening ceremony for new factory of Zhenjiang Tongzhou Propeller Co., Ltd was held in Zhenjiang on April 23, which meant Zhenjiang and Nanjing production bases for marine equipments of China Transmission were formally established. Zhenjiang base is mainly working on the designing and production of marine propellers and copper alloy castings; and Nanjing base is specialized in the designing and manufacturing of marine gearboxes, shaft lines, controllable pitch propeller, tunnel thruster, azimuth thruster, rudders and deck machineries. Mr. Liu Handong, the Mayor of Zhenjiang city, and Mr. Hu Yueming, the Chariman of China Transmission unveiled the plaque. More than 500 people coming from 320 marine manufacturers, shipping companies and designing institutes both abroad and at home attended the opening ceremony.
Mr. Liu Handong (left) and Mr. Hu Yueming (right) unveiled the plaque
Zhenjiang Tongzhou Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of China Transmission, converged the elites of propeller manufacturing, designing and management domains, and appraised as Jiangsu High-tech enterprise. Since the origination of Tongzhou Company, adhering to the independent innovation and cooperative development, it has been growing quickly and its products have won the trust from the clients both at home and abroad. Till today, Tongzhou has produced over 3000 pieces of FPP, 600 sets of CPP. On August 28th, 2009, China Transmission invested 255million for the technological transformation of Tongzhou Company. Since the trial production in the new workshop at the end of last year, Tongzhou has delivered over 10 sets of propellers for 47500DWT銆�82000DWT銆�176000DWT vessels etc. Covering a wide range and large size, the marine propulsion system of China Transmission is able to be supplied as a turnkey package. China Transmission owns the independent intellectual property and core technology for all marine products, and has been approved by nine classification societies. The core components are all manufactured at home and the raw materials are supplied by the subsidiary of China Transmission, and its quality has been certified by GE America. The company has also built up an international marketing & service net.
In the ceremony, Mr. Chen Yongdao, the Chairman of Zhenjiang Tongzhou Propeller Co., Ltd, on behalf of all Tonzhounese, expressed his thankfulness to the attendants. He also pointed out that Tongzhou is capable of producing 6000T FPP and 600 sets of CPP per year, and the weight of single piece arrives to 100T with the diameter at 11m. Right now a big order of nearly 50 sets of large propellers has already got.
Meanwhile, Mr. Hu Yueming, the Chairman of China Transmission addressed a speech, he advanced to challenge the world top companies. Mr. Li Xiaoping, the vice mayor of Zhenjiang stated that the Zhenjiang government will upgrade the service function and efficiency to help the company become stronger and stronger. He also hoped that the company would grow to be a first class marine propeller manufacturer in the world.鈥�
Following the philosophy that technology is truly from international, and our service is worldwide, Tongzhou people will 鈥榗limb up the summit step by step, strive after perfection bit by bit鈥�, to maximized the value for the customers, and create a China-owned marine propulsion brand.
