China's Railway Maintenance Market - Domestic And Foreign Enterprises

China's railway maintenance market - domestic and foreign enterprises

Before 1960, there were no railway maintenance equipment (only pick and shovel) in Chinese mainland, and it was maintained by manpower. From 1960 to 1980, with the improvement of railway maintenance process, such as track lifting, track shifting, Lane diversion, rail joint adjustment (grinding, straightening, etc.), tamping and screening, small mechanized maintenance equipment began to be applied. Tamping machine and screening machine are the earliest maintenance equipment. Since 1980, with the flourishing of railway lines, maintenance work is facing the demand of large area mechanization. The application of large mechanized maintenance equipment to the railway in Chinese mainland, more advanced screen cleaning machine, tamping machine, track bed dynamic stabilization vehicle, ballast shaping vehicle, rail grinding car, turnout grinding car and overhaul train have been put into use.

Influence factor

National policy: the outline of the national medium and long term science and technology development plan (2006-2020) promulgated by the State Council clearly proposes to "focus on the construction of national major transportation infrastructure and break through the key technologies of construction and maintenance", and lists "key maintenance technologies and equipment" as a key research and development project. In 2016, the State Council issued the national strategic emerging industry development plan for the 13th five year plan, which aims to "build an internationally competitive rail transit equipment industry chain and form a series of Chinese standard new high-speed EMUs, energy-saving permanent magnet motor driven high-speed trains, 30 ton axle load heavy-duty electric locomotives and vehicles, large road maintenance machinery and other products".

Railway Planning and construction: according to the medium and long term railway network planning (adjusted in 2016), by 2025, the coverage of the national railway network will reach about 175000 km, including about 38000 km of high-speed railway. By 2030, we will basically realize internal and external interconnection, smooth inter regional multi-channel, provincial capital high-speed rail connectivity, rapid access to prefectures and cities, and basic coverage of counties. Such a huge railway business scale has a great demand for technical equipment that can complete efficient and high-precision comprehensive maintenance of the line.

Competition from foreign manufacturers: at present, China's large road maintenance machinery has occupied a great advantage in the domestic market, but from the overall level, there is still a certain gap compared with the international advanced level. With their advanced management and marketing concepts, superior product performance and excellent after-sales service, foreign well-known manufacturers have formed great competitive pressure on domestic rail construction machinery manufacturing enterprises in terms of technology and economy. At the same time, in order to expand the international market of China's railway, China's railway must accelerate the research and development level of railway key technologies and actively improve the international competitiveness of technical equipment.

China Railway maintenance equipment manufacturing enterprise

Major railway maintenance equipment manufacturers in China include:

Kunming China Railway Large Road Maintenance Machinery Group Co., Ltd.: founded in 1954, it is subordinate to China Railway Construction Co., Ltd. of SASAC. It is the earliest manufacturer of railway maintenance machinery and equipment with the largest production and sales in China and the leading enterprise of railway maintenance machinery and equipment in China. At present, railway maintenance products have formed a pattern of supporting more than 30 series of products, such as screening, tamping, ballast distribution, stability, materials, welded rails, etc., realizing the localization of large-scale road maintenance machinery, and the products are distributed in railway bureaus, engineering bureaus, local railways and urban subways all over the country.

Xiangfan Jinying Rail Vehicle Co., Ltd.: a state-owned railway holding company formed by the overall restructuring of Xiangfan rail vehicle factory; It is one of the main manufacturers of domestic rail vehicles, electrified railway construction, maintenance and testing vehicles, large and medium-sized road maintenance machinery, light rail and subway maintenance vehicles.

Shaanxi West Railway Construction Engineering Co., Ltd.: with grade II qualification of general contracting of railway engineering construction, it is a professional company integrating railway public works, electricity, power supply, bridge and tunnel engineering construction, Quarrying and landscaping; It is mainly responsible for the capital construction, overhaul and reconstruction of railway public works, electricity, power supply, electric power and other main driving equipment.

Foreign railway maintenance equipment manufacturing enterprises

Major foreign railway maintenance equipment manufacturers include:

Plasser & therer, Austria: established in 1953, it is a professional manufacturer specializing in the research, development, manufacturing and sales of machinery and vehicles for the construction, overhaul and maintenance of railway lines, turnouts and OCS; The products are applicable to various gauge railways, high-speed railways, heavy haul railways, industrial and mining railways, urban subway and light rail railways, etc.

Harsco Corporation: founded in 1956, with 21000 employees; Its main business includes infrastructure construction, metal processing and railway maintenance, with branches in 51 countries.

Matisa, Switzerland: founded in 1945, it has 6 branches in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Britain and Japan; The main products include tamping machinery, track bed treatment machinery, track bed cleaning machine, new and overhauled line units, railway operation testing equipment, etc.

China Railway Maintenance Enterprise

Major railway maintenance enterprises in China include:

China Railway 12th Bureau Group Railway Maintenance Engineering Co., Ltd.: a comprehensive member unit of China Railway Construction Co., Ltd., with "double super grade" qualification for general contracting of railway and construction construction and "double grade a" qualification for design in railway industry and construction industry. The business scope of the enterprise involves engineering construction, planning and design, logistics trade, line maintenance, capital operation, real estate development and other fields and specialties. The company undertakes the maintenance of 526km Tangnan section of Qinghai Tibet railway and 253km Laji railway.

Shanghai langzhao highway and railway maintenance company: established in 2009, it is a comprehensive company specializing in highway and railway bridge maintenance engineering. The main business includes bridge and tunnel detection, inspection and safety assessment; Digital bridge maintenance management; Real time dynamic monitoring of overload of operating bridges; Maintenance and reinforcement design of bridge and tunnel; Undertake maintenance works and sales of reinforcement materials. In view of the frequent collapse accidents of bridges all over the country in recent years, the company has jointly developed the bridge overload dynamic monitoring system with the strategic cooperation unit and Feng Technology Group, and also developed the bridge digital maintenance management system to assist in the management and maintenance of roads and bridges.

China Railway Electrification Railway Operation Management Co., Ltd.: established in 2005, it is the first professional rail transit operation and maintenance management company in China. The business scope of the company includes the management and maintenance of railway facilities; Management and maintenance of rail transit facilities; General contracting of construction; Professionally contract the R & D of railway equipment; Carry out maintenance business in Beijing, Jinan, Shanghai, Nanchang, Shenyang, Hohhot, Xi'an Railway Bureau and Guangzhou Railway Group Corporation.

Foreign railway maintenance enterprises

Major foreign railway maintenance enterprises include:

DB NETZ AG of Germany: provide high-quality services for the maintenance of railway infrastructure. The business scope of the company includes the preparation of railway operation schedule; Maintenance and repair of railway network; On the basis of modern command and control technology, the railway infrastructure is developed, constructed and upgraded through the existing railway network system, so as to obtain the continuous security guarantee for the safe operation of the railway.

Meiko construction Minggong construction company of Japan: established in June 1941, it was originally a professional railway maintenance engineering company established to realize the "measures for enhancing the transportation capacity of the Ministry of Railways". The business scope of the company is roughly divided into two categories: Railway Maintenance Engineering and laying construction. Since its establishment for more than 70 years, Minggong company has carried out maintenance work on many railway fortifications such as Japan's Ministry of railways, guotie, JR East China Sea and so on.

Dr. Wang Xin, global partner of Sullivan, vice president of global market strategic planning and President of Greater China, pointed out that China's railway maintenance will gradually change from qualitative and traditional experience management to quantitative and scientific management, and the detection of track status and quality will change from static to dynamic and comprehensive, from a separate decentralized system to a comprehensive, networked and comprehensive system covering the whole road Intelligent system transformation. In addition, China's railway must also improve the R & D level of key railway technologies and improve the international competitiveness of technical equipment, so as to export domestic large-scale road maintenance machinery without foreign restrictions.