Once he carried two cement barrels to make a living everywhere; once, he wore a safety helmet, repaired the house, took on the project, and ran around. Today, he is general manager of Shanghai FRP Co., ltd..
First Cao Zhengguo, thick "boorish", make people feel warm. Having just returned from Paracel Islands, he lamented that he was still very busy, but very different from what he used to be. The weather bureau, the Pudong and Hongqiao airports, and the high-tech spherical radar antennas all came from him.
Take the job that others don't want to do
20 years ago, Cao Zhengguo graduated into the construction company to do the young Mason, he wanted to make a career, but unfortunately the collapse of the company. Unwilling to return to the countryside, he and his cousin, carrying two buckets, were doing odd jobs around the city. Only the East Tosi for the first transaction.
Recalled the business, Cao Zhengguo also vividly remembered, "only 500 yuan, to help Chongqing North Road Nursery for tiles, but also includes the cost of materials.". In fact, is to earn hard cash, but no way, in order to do business." Cao Zhengguo said that the market competition in the construction industry is not so intense as it is now. In general, large companies start according to the task list and take the task as the criterion. The task list says to pull out the nail, the nail on the edge is out of order." So, Cao Zhengguo do intimate service, the others do not want to do all the work down. Relying on meticulous services, he began to do business, more and more customers, from the initial minor repairs to the late to undertake the project, from the 2 force to hire dozens of employees, Cao Zhengguo also opened a decoration company. He joked that it was his first venture.
However, with the passage of time, Cao Zhengguo gradually discovered, the market is increasingly fierce construction decoration, capital, qualification requirements higher and higher, the profits of enterprises gradually lower.
Be prepared for danger in times of peace。 Cao Zhengguo said, we must innovate, explore new blue ocean. Then, he played with wear-resisting flooring materials, engineering of the golf course special ground rubber pavement and heavy tire factory.
Build the most cattle antenna cover in China
With the accumulation of funds, Cao Zhengguo began to expand enterprises, develop high-tech products, and eventually turn their attention to radar radome.
In the field of national defense, aviation and meteorology, large radar is widely used. In order to ensure the performance of radar is not affected by natural climate and environment, radar radome comes into being. This giant spherical cover looks simple, but it is a high-tech product. That time, a small number of foreign countries can manufacture or raise the price, or blockade technology, China imported a diameter of ten meters of radar radome, you have to spend more than 20 yuan.
"In fact, this is a special industry, has been able to enter the market, or by the time my good partner" Jiang. "." Cao's "Chiang Kai Shek" was the deputy chief engineer of the former Shanghai glass fiber reinforced plastic Research Institute, Jiang Hansheng. The two hit it off, Cao Zhengguo in the old port of Nanhui rented a small factory. The start of a business revolution toward high technology begins here.
For three years, Jiang Hansheng and his team concentrated on the technology in the factory. The day was spent in the factory and only on weekends. Three years, the enterprise did not produce any products, but in continuous research and development, testing. Finally, a new radome was developed. "It is a domestic low-end, foreign enterprises have dubbed China production are three." Cao Zhengguo said, after the successful development of new products, not only advanced performance, cost is much lower than international products, to fill the gap in the country. "From then on many domestic downstream demand is no longer imported."."
Like an egg shell, a little bit
From a minimum of 4.5 meters in diameter of the ground cover to the steel super large glass 40 meters in diameter, after years of accumulation, the enterprise now has a series of products including a plurality of Size 6.5 meters, 7.5 meters, 17 meters, 25 meters in the process of becoming more and more mature. "Look, the glass covers look similar. Actually, each one is custom made. It takes three months to six months to make a new product."." Cao Zhengguo said, "the radome doesn't have a skeleton, it's like an egg shell. It's a little bit loaded.". A 40 meter diameter radome is large enough to cover a basketball court."
In the afternoon, Cao Zhengguo's factory was a busy scene. Dozens of workers are busy carrying pieces of glass panels just outside the mold. "Each glass plate of the radome shall be opened with a new mold. The male and female die, toss about to do several times, to the final. The location of each bolt must be very accurate, so that it is easier to install on the spot."
This is a piece of glass steel surface is very heavy, smooth, more than glass flat, approached the board face can be clearly shone on the board. A piece of 6, 7 square glass fiber reinforced plastic weighs more than 200 catties, want 3, 4 people join forces to lift together. From the thinnest to less than 3 centimeters to nearly 10 centimeters thick, Cao Zhengguo said the radome would last up to 15 years. And adhere to 15 years, technology is the most critical support. "Our factory now has a total of 200 people, and R & D personnel account for 1/4."
Now, after the identification of the state authorities, the glass fiber reinforced plastic company's radome has obtained the export foreign qualifications. "State