Longbai Group: "31 Articles for Private Economy" strengthens the confidence and determination of enterprises in the deep integrated development of industry, academia and research

On July 19, the opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on promoting the development and growth of the private economy (hereinafter referred to as "opinions") were released. The "opinion" proposes to support private enterprises to cooperate with scientific research institutions to establish innovation platforms such as technological R & D centers, industrial research institutes, pilot maturity bases, engineering research centers, and manufacturing innovation centers.

Longbai Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Longbai Group), which invests more than 1 billion yuan in scientific research every year and owns 27 provincial-level or above research platforms, has a particularly profound feeling. "We are more confident and determined to develop deep integration of industry, university and research, and the group's overall plan for the next step is to 'consolidate, upgrade and innovate breakthroughs'." The chairman of the group and Benliu said.

The "opinion" has strengthened the confidence and determination of the deep integration and development of industry-university-research.

"the introduction of the" opinion "will clearly support the cooperation between private enterprises and scientific research institutions to establish an innovation platform, which will strengthen the group's confidence and determination to devote itself to the deep integration and development of industry, university, research and application." Recently, in an interview with Dahe Financial Cube reporter, the chairman of Longbai Group and Benliu said.

Innovation, let Longbai Group is new every day. This slogan, which is very common in Longbai Group, tells the company's importance to innovation on the other hand.

He Benliu said that for a long time, Longbai Group has attached great importance to the important role of innovation platform in the process of enterprise technological innovation, and persisted in both independent innovation and cooperative innovation.

Up to now, Longbai Group has established long-term development and cooperative relations with Central South University, Zhengzhou University, Henan University, Sichuan University, Northeast University, Chinese Academy of Sciences and other university institutions, vigorously introducing high-level talents and realizing collaborative innovation inside and outside the company. it has made more than 20 international leading or international advanced technological achievements and won more than 30 scientific and technological awards at and above the provincial and ministerial level.

The construction of innovation platform has achieved fruitful results in Longbai Group.

Henan Titanium material Industry Innovation Center is one of the first eight industrial innovation centers in Henan Province officially announced by Henan Development and Reform Commission a year ago.

The industrial center, led by Longbai Group, is jointly built by 5 units, including Guizhou Aerospace Science and Technology and Zhejiang Yongjin shares. "there are two considerations for the construction led by Longbai Group: one is the importance of titanium materials, and the other is the innovative strength of the leading construction unit." At that time, the person in charge of research and development of Longbai Group said.

How strong is the innovation strength of Longbai Group and how is the construction of the innovation platform?

And Benliu introduction, the first is to establish an academician workstation. In 2017, Longbai Group and Central South University jointly built an academician workstation to carry out cooperation in the development and application of new products and processes of titanium resources, the joint training of talents, and the comprehensive utilization of Panxi mine resources. a total of more than 20 academicians and Chinese foreign technical experts have been introduced.

The second is to create an innovation platform of "two research institutes, two academies and one base". Longbai Group gives full play to the leading role of science and technology, vigorously implements the innovation-driven strategy, invests more than 1 billion yuan in scientific research every year, and strives to build the "two research institutes", that is, to lay out R & D centers in Shanghai and Shenzhen, and to build two professional materials research institutes, "titanium-zirconium materials and lithium energy materials".

One base, that is, to build a "particle shape controllable split material pilot test base", focusing on the particle shape control of powder materials such as titanium materials and derivative products, positive and negative materials of lithium-ion batteries, to provide "full-process" technical services from basic research, engineering and technology development to industrial production.

Third, play a leading role, and remarkable achievements have been made in the construction of the platform. In 2022, led by Longbai Group, together with scientific research forces such as upstream and downstream backbone enterprises, universities and scientific research institutes, "Henan Titanium-based New Materials Industry Research Institute" and "Henan Titanium material Industry Innovation Center" were established. Focusing on the strategic emerging industries of titanium-based materials encouraged by the state, we will carry out strategic, forward-looking, key technology and product research and development with independent intellectual property rights. Strengthen the research on "sticking neck" technology and key core technologies to drive the transformation and upgrading of the industry.

"according to statistics, the Group now has 27 scientific research platforms above the provincial level, such as the State recognized Enterprise Technology Center, the National Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Cleaner production of Titanium dioxide, the National Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Titanium Resources Deep processing, the National CNAS Accreditation Laboratory and Henan Titanium Zirconium Powder material Engineering and Technology Research Center." And introduction to Benliu.

Anchoring the development of deep integration of industry-university-research

Continue to consolidate, upgrade and innovate breakthroughs

"the Group is more confident and determined to develop deep integration of industry, university and research, and the overall plan for the next step is to 'consolidate, upgrade and innovate breakthroughs'." And Benliu told Dahe Financial Cube reporter.

First, consolidate and upgrade the existing innovation platform. Make full use of and build existing academician workstations and various innovative platforms. At the same time, we should do a good job of upgrading the platform, declare and establish Henan Titanium-based New Materials Innovation Center as a national industrial innovation center, and plan to apply for a national manufacturing innovation center; strive to upgrade the provincial engineering research centers and enterprise technology centers of each base to national R & D platforms. Give full play to the driving effect of the Longbai innovation platform, link the scientific and technological forces outside China, integrate innovative resources inside and outside the province, and make every effort to build a production base for the industrialization of achievements, and form an innovative full-chain platform of "basic research-tackling key technological problems-technological application-industrialization of achievements". We will promote new breakthroughs in key industrial technologies and contribute to the construction of innovative highlands in Henan Province.

The second is to build an innovation platform around green development. In recent years, the state pays more and more attention to the development and utilization of key mineral resources. while doing a good job in titanium powder materials and titanium metal, Longbai Group continues to extract high-value elements from waste by-products in the pursuit of "unlimited utilization of limited resources". The iron source has been successfully applied to the production of iron phosphate, the precursor of new energy battery materials. In addition, low-cost, high-purity scandium oxide and vanadium oxide products have been developed. the former, as the raw materials of metal scandium and scandium, can be used as emission materials for alloys and hot electron exchangers in the nuclear industry, X-ray sensitization screens, neutron absorption materials in atomic reactors, etc. The latter can increase the toughness, elasticity, strength and wear resistance of the alloy, and is widely used in iron and steel, petroleum, chemical industry, aerospace and so on. It is also an important raw material for the electrolyte of the new generation of all-vanadium flow battery.

To this end, Longbai Group will speed up the industrialization of manganese and niobium extraction to build an innovative platform to further promote and support the development and application of new green products and technologies.