On November 20, the second phase of the Michelin Shanghai Factory expansion project was officially started in Minhang Development Zone. The first phase of the project covers an area of over 70,000 square meters and will create a super flexible, green, and intelligent future factory. The first phase of the project is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2026, at which time the factory's annual production capacity of high-performance radial passenger car tires will increase from 8.5 million to 9.5 million tires.
Florent Menegaux, CEO of Michelin Group, attended the groundbreaking ceremony and said, "China is one of Michelin Group's important markets with unlimited opportunities and potential. As China moves towards high-quality development, the demand for green and intelligent products from the travel industry and consumers is constantly increasing, which also creates more opportunities for Michelin's further development in China. As an important tire production base for Michelin in China, the Michelin Shanghai Factory has always upheld the group's vision of "Everything Is Sustainable." With the smooth progress of this expansion project, I believe that the Shanghai Factory will continue to meet the needs of consumers in the Chinese market with more high-quality and high-performance products in the future."
Michelin Shanghai Factory was established in 2001 and is one of Michelin's two major tire production plants in China, as well as the only production base in the East China region. In recent years, Michelin Shanghai Factory has actively promoted the construction of a green intelligent manufacturing system, cleverly blending elements such as innovative concepts, intelligent production, collaborative development, and environmental protection, and exploring a new path for the transformation and upgrading of traditional manufacturing. In 2021 and 2022, Michelin Shanghai Factory was successively awarded the "Shanghai Green Manufacturing System Demonstration Unit", "Minhang District Intelligent Factory" and "Shanghai Intelligent Factory".
In order to further improve the level of green intelligent manufacturing and provide the market with more energy-saving and environmental-friendly high-performance radial tires, Michelin began to implement the high-performance radial tire expansion project in 2021. In March 2021, the first phase of the project was launched, including technical renovation of the existing radial tire production line, construction of new spare parts and mold warehouses, introduction of automated storage devices, upgrading of the existing production line logistics system, improving the layout of the existing workshops, and improving the efficiency of semi-finished products and finished products. In addition, Michelin also eliminated bottleneck processes through the purchase and modification of equipment. The first phase of the project has been completed and accepted. After production, the factory's annual production capacity has been increased from 7 million to 8.5 million. The second phase of the project plans to further expand the production capacity of high-performance, high-value radial passenger car tires in stages based on the first phase, while realizing efficient, clean and flexible production.
Looking to the future, Michelin Shanghai Factory will also actively build a "zero-carbon factory" in response to the group's "Leadership 2030 Strategy" on reducing carbon emissions: by 2030, carbon emissions in production and energy will be reduced by 50% from 2010, and by 2050, carbon neutrality will be fully achieved in production, energy, and transportation. It is worth noting that Michelin Shanghai Factory's overall carbon emissions have already been reduced by 83% compared to 2010.
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