Taiyuan Heavy Industry forges ahead

Shanxi machinery firm is using tech innovation to enhance efficiency, improve product quality

In Taiyuan Heavy Industry Co Ltd of Shanxi province, forged steel wheels for transit rails are produced at 52 seconds per strip by the company's advanced manufacturing equipment, ready for shipment to more than 50 countries and regions.

Monthly output of forged steel wheels for transit rails has hit 40,000 units to date. But 20 years ago, the steel company only made a few hundred units - a productivity rate that saw the company lose several million yuan just in the transit rail sector.