September 11, Mayor Zhang Guohua to Jiangsu dragon Heavy Group Limited under the " dragon ship" on the enterprise and Singapore Keppel Group to enter the offshore areas of cooperation, seize the international market, the implementation of the transformation and upgrading of the practice affirmed.

The next day, we went to " Heavy dragon " is heard emanating from the workshop sound welding, cutting sound see is a factory close to the entrance to recruit skilled welders, fitters of notice. Company deputy general manager Wang Yuehua, at present, the company is Singapore's Keppel Group supporting a marine equipment production lines running at full capacity independent construction of offshore wind power installation platform into the equipment installation phase, delivered in March next year.

By the international environmental impact of the current global marine steel industry is at the bottom. " Heavy dragon " bucked the trend, Group Chairman Xu Guohua, said:" This is a transformation of the company from manufacturing to create the result. " " dragon Heavy " predecessor is a humble small tools hardware factory, as a single product structure, was on the verge collapse. After the restructuring, the company seize the international shipbuilding industry the opportunity to shift to China, was established in May 2003 in Nantong dragon Heavy Industry Development Co., Ltd., and gradually expand the scale of production to steel shipbuilding expansion.

In 2008, the international financial crisis, the traditional ship steel industry is under attack, " dragon Heavy " promptly adjust their development strategies, to enter the field of marine engineering. In early 2009, the company successfully acquired Singapore marine research institutions JHI company, set up the province's first overseas Marine Institute - dragon Heavy Industries Ltd. of Singapore, to hire foreign experts to carry out offshore wind power installation platform and the development of offshore oil drilling platform. " Heavy dragon" has built the largest multi-project tender, China's first self-designed and manufactured to self-propelled jack-up offshore wind power installation platform, representing the world's advanced level of offshore support vessels and a series of marine products . 2012, the company signed with Singapore customers build three multi-purpose offshore wind power installation platform contract.

In the " dragon Shipping" build base, Wang Yuehua pointing to the first strip being built offshore wind power installed multifunctional platform said: " The bulk carrier with the same size as compared to the price of a platform hundred million dollars, and less than bulk carriers 40 million yuan, the most critical is that now bulk orders fierce competition, many enterprises in the construction of zero profit or even a loss, while our platform profit of nearly ten million U.S. dollars, which is not comparable to build ordinary vessel. "

Offshore wind power compared to the general installation platform, " dragon Heavy " in the crane, pile legs and other six aspects of the innovative optimization. R & D team technical director Xu Zhixing said: " The lifting system is the offshore wind installation platform the most important part of our rack and pinion lift system using drives, the system speeds up to 2.4 meters per minute, significantly higher than the general self-elevating platform, lifting speed, security, reliability. " In addition, the platform in addition to the offshore installation, maintenance, offshore wind power equipment, but also have sea rescue, the laying of submarine cables and submarine oil exploration drilling capabilities. " Dragon Heavy" respectively, in Singapore and Nantong set up R & D centers, R & D team of 110 people in transition to become a strong backing. Singapore team to grasp the forefront of marine equipment needs, targeted design, and the corporate headquarters of the R & D team focused on optimizing the order to do detailed design and guidance, so that the " dragon creation" in the market more competitive.

The first half of this year, the global leader in marine equipment in Singapore Keppel Group selection and " dragon Heavy " to reach a comprehensive strategic partnership in August this year in the" dragon Heavy " Establishing a marine equipment production line has been put into production, and the other two production lines are preparing equipment installation, can be put into production in October.