Hunan Valin Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., a well-known (famous) steel brand, is a large-scale iron and steel enterprise group that has built three platforms: lean production system, integrated operation system of sales, research and production, and marketing service system supported by informatization
Hunan Valin Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Valin Iron & Steel") is a joint stock limited company established by Hunan Valin Iron & Steel Group Co., Ltd. as the main sponsor, Changsha Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and other units, and approved by the Hunan Provincial People's Government, and was listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in August 1999.
Since its listing, Valin Steel has fully grasped the development opportunities of the industry, relied on the capital market, took the lead in implementing the international development strategy, and introduced ArcelorMittal, the world's No. 1 iron and steel company, as a strategic partner through equity transfer. Adhere to the strategy of "being better and stronger, regional leading", adhere to the construction of lean production system, integrated operation system of sales, research and production and marketing service system supported by informatization, establish a differentiated development strategy supported by adhering to and implementing specialized production pattern and cost control, pursue the high-end position of products in the market segment, and position itself to develop from a steel manufacturer to a "comprehensive service provider of steel products that pursues customer value".
Since its establishment, Valin Steel has invested more than 65 billion yuan to carry out a series of technological transformations around optimizing processes, adjusting product structures, saving energy, reducing consumption and enhancing competitiveness, realizing process modernization, large-scale equipment, operation automation and lean management. By 2013, the company has an annual production capacity of 16 million tons of iron, 18.1 million tons of crude steel and 18.3 million tons of steel. With cold and hot-rolled ultra-thin plates, wide and heavy plates, seamless steel pipes with complete sizes and diameters, high-quality wire rods and other characteristic products as the focus of development, it has formed a production line of plates, pipes and lines with advanced equipment level at home and abroad, and focuses on the development of high-precision products such as high-strength car steel, high-strength ship plates, high-power thermal power and nuclear power extra-thick plates and high-pressure boiler tubes, X80 and above pipeline steel, etc., which are in short supply in the domestic market, and strive to form a product series with strong market competitiveness, replace imports and meet the needs of the domestic market.
In the unprecedented market changes and severe competition pattern in the iron and steel industry, Valin Steel closely focuses on the two central tasks of turning losses and getting rid of difficulties and transformation and upgrading, insists on looking inward, deepening the reform of the system and mechanism, and further tapping potential and creating efficiency, so that the operating situation has improved significantly and the profitability has increased rapidly. In 2013, 14.17 million tons, 14.99 million tons and 14.32 million tons of iron, steel and materials were completed respectively, with sales revenue of 59.7 billion yuan and profit of 166 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 3.523 billion yuan.
