Transferred from: Geshi Automobile Network

Since the Central Government issued the Environmental Protection Supervision and Inspection Plan (for Trial Implementation) in July 2015, this year has been the third year for environmental protection supervision and inspection. Compared with the initial stage, this year, the investigation and punishment of illegal acts in various regions have significantly increased. Taking the machinery manufacturing industry as an example, as pollution discharge, exhaust gas pollution, dust, noise, groundwater pollution, etc. have been included in the key inspection objects, many enterprises that ignore environmental issues have been ordered to stop production, which has triggered a large-scale "stop production tide".

The bearing industry, as a segment of the manufacturing industry, has not been spared. It is reported that under the severe environmental pressure, bearing enterprises have stopped production. However, just as the saying goes, everything has two sides. For the same problem, if an enterprise does not do well, it must perform well. As a representative of the latter, we visited one of them, Nanfang Bearing in Jiangsu.

Founded in 1998 and listed in 2011, Nanfang Bearing is committed to developing, manufacturing and selling needle bearing, one-way pulley assembly, motorcycle one-way clutch, etc. Its bearing products are widely used in automotive, industrial and other fields. However, such a "big bearing manufacturer" pays close attention to environmental protection while focusing on producing high-quality products - Nanfang Bearing not only keeps environmental protection in mind in daily production, but also actively learns some advanced experience in dealing with environmental issues when cooperating with other domestic and foreign auto parts enterprises.

In 2014, in order to build the company into an environment-friendly enterprise, Nanfang Bearing invested tens of millions to build a water treatment system in the company. The wastewater and sewage discharged by the company can be directly used for fish farming after being treated by the system. In addition, Nanfang Bearing also took special measures to control hazardous waste gas emissions, workshop noise, etc., to create a good working environment for employees.

Nanfang Bearing even takes a serious and strict attitude towards environmental protection and applies it to the management of suppliers. For some suppliers who fail to meet the environmental requirements, it takes timely stripping measures to prevent risks. For those good resources, we will take merger and acquisition measures and incorporate them into the company's operations. For example, in 2017, Nanfang Bearing successfully acquired a professional needle roller manufacturer.

In the view of South Bearing, compared with a car that can accommodate several or even dozens of people, the small needle roller parts are a little small in size, but very powerful in function, and can be widely used in various automobile assemblies. Therefore, the company chooses advantageous resources for M&A, not only focusing on the environmental protection of M&A enterprises, but also on the supply chain quality of the company itself.

With such a serious and responsible attitude, South Bearing has maintained an annual growth rate of no less than 20% in the past few years. Among them, in the fields of generator, hydraulic torque converter, gearbox, air conditioning compressor, throttle valve, caliper, ABS, etc., Nanfang Bearing has kept a comprehensive supporting with the domestic and foreign leading enterprises in the subdivided industry, providing them with cost-effective, high-quality needle roller bearings, precision shaft sleeves, various precision pins and other products. The relevant person in charge of Nanfang Bearing said that because the company paid attention to environmental protection issues earlier and handled them properly, it was possible to maintain strong competitiveness under the pressure of environmental protection supervision, so as to gain a large number of high-quality customers.

At present, China's national manufacturing industry has reached the threshold of transformation. Transformation is bound to be accompanied by the survival of the fittest. There are more and more obvious business advantages and stronger overall competitiveness of leading enterprises. Enterprises facing heavy pressure will have to consider changing their development ideas to achieve a virtuous circle. This is true of the bearing industry in the automotive industry, as well as other supporting industries in the automotive industry chain.