SWA Going On Forward

Overview

History

Operation Achievements

Technology Innovation

Honour of Enterprise

Development Strategy


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History

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¡¡   1965: Begin construction of SWA
  1970: Put into formal production
  1979: The China¡¯s first batch of exported aluminum plates made by SWA were on sale in Hong Kong.
  1980: annual output 22,500 tons, sales income up to 100 millions RMB yuan
  1985: output and production value doubled than that of year 1980
  1987: Acquired the license for manufacturing precise aviation die forgings and forging stock granted by Boeing company, U.S.A
  1989: annual output 50,000 tons
  1990: Start to carry out a massive modernization and expansion
  1992: Super-thin sheet line were put into production, which filled the vacancy of making super-thin Al sheets and strips with high accuracy and high performance in China, it symbolized that the development of China¡¯s non-ferrous metal materials industry had entered into a new stage.
  1993: The first one which was qualified both from international and domestic approvals of ISO 9002 Quality Certification System among domestic super large-sized enterprises.
  1996: the title of ¡°comprehensive aluminium fabrication enterprise with largest scale and most advanced equipment in China¡± was conferred by the Development Research Center of State Council
  1997: on Nov 27th, the large special Al-alloy profiles developed by SWA for aviation reached the world advanced technical level through assessment by the experts team of China Natioal Non-Ferrous Metal Industry Corporation
  1998: on Feb 23rd, SWA accessed into the global Internet web
on April 27th, SWA Forging Plant successfully developed first batch of large Al-alloy profiles for metro & high speed train vehicles
  1999: on Sep 1st, SWA held a ceremony for start working of special profiles project.
In the same year, the inequilateral abnormal Al-alloy ring with max. diameter of 2114 mm, thinnest thickness of 145 mm and color coated sheet, which these two items were developed and produced by SWA, have been selected into the ¡°New Records Of Chinese Enterprise¡±
  2000: Make a breakthrough of over 100,000 tons, reached an annual output of 116,000 tons with sales income of 2.1 billion RMB yuan, the company accomplished historical leap over.
On Dec 18th, Southwest Aluminum (Group) Co., Ltd. was founded while an initial modern enterprise system was set up.
  2001: on Nov 22nd, SWA Special Profiles Co., Ltd produced a first batch of large AL-alloy profile for vehicle
  2002: on Oct 30th, the first prestretching line for large-sized Al-alloy plate in Asia has been built up and put into production.
  2003: on June 15th, SWA Foil Plant successfully developed electronic foil for high voltage purpose.
  2004: on Sep 16th, the CHINALCO ¨C SWA Plates & Strips Co. Ltd was founded.
  2004: on Nov 3rd, SWA has passed the qualification of ISO 14001 Enviorment Management System & GB/T28001 Employment Health Safty Management System
  2004: annual output of aluminium products was over 200,000 tons, and reached 214, 000 tons; the target of main equipment capacity has been realized.
  2005: On June 28th, CHINALCO ¨C SWA Hot Tandem Rolling Line was completed put into production.
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