The company
Shandong Binzhou Bohai Piston Co., Ltd (SBBP) is one of the 520 State Enterprises in China, located in Binzhou (Shandong) and has over 60 years of history (founded in 1951).
Website: http://www.bhpiston.com/en/gywm_gsjj.asp
Core product of SBBP is high performance piston with diameters of Φ30mm-Φ350mm. See some samples in the pictures.
Piston variety is over 1000 and annual production capacity is 30 million pieces, widely applied in all kinds of sedan car, motorcycles and marine engines, engineering machinery and other.
Main customers include famous large scale auto works and engine manufacturers in the domestic market and overseas, such as GM, DaimlerChrysler Ford, Caterpillar, Cummins FAW Wuxi Diesel Engine CO, FAW Dalian Diesel Engine Co, Shanghai Diesel Engine Co, Yulin Diesel Engine Co, Dongfeng Chaoyang Diesel Engine Co, Chery Automobile Dongfeng Cummins Engine Co, Beiqi Foton Motor Co, Nanjing Fiat Automobile, Harbin Dongan Power Co, Yunnei Power Co, Daewoo Heavy Industries & Machinery, Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp. in USA, Greaves Cotton Limited in India. It has a 220 service parts distribution network covering 34 provinces in China and occupies 30% of the comprehensive market share and over 40% share of the heavy-duty truck market in China.
International quality system related to manufacturing of automobile components and standards: ISO90OO, QS-9000, VDA6.1, ISO/TS16949, IATF16949, ISO14001, OHSAS18001, among other.
In June 2015, SBBP state-owned equities were incorporated into Beijing Automotive Group.
Visit to SBBP
On 30 November 2019 our delegation of foreign specialists visited the enormous factory.
See the pictures where you will notice the whole manufacturing chain is automated and very few if any workers are around.
Bohai Advanced Technology Research Institute
We also visited the rather enormous construction site of this future Institute.
