There are more than 600 enterprises related to the titanium industry chain, producing more than 5,000 specifications of titanium products, with an annual output value of more than 60 billion yuan, and 65% of the country's titanium materials are produced here... Why is Baoji City, Shaanxi Province, far away from titanium ores, so important in the titanium industry? This high-tech material field is the leader? The reporter came to some companies in Baoji to observe the development of titanium industry chain clusters.

It's winter, but Baoti Co., Ltd.'s wire rod factory is in full swing. After a series of processes such as heating, rolling, drawing, annealing, and surface treatment, the 150 mm thick bar blank becomes a coiled wire with a diameter of only 0.8 mm. According to Liu Tao, Secretary of the Party Branch of Baoti Co., Ltd. Wire Rod Factory, this is the first independently designed and developed titanium and titanium alloy hot rolling production line in China. High-precision rods for loading materials are widely used in aviation, aerospace, marine, medical, electronics and other fields.

Baoti Group Co., Ltd., the parent company of Baoti Co., Ltd. Wire Rod Factory, also plays a more important role - the chain owner of the titanium and titanium alloy industry chain in Shaanxi Province.

Baoti Group, founded in 1965, is the founder and leader of Baoji titanium industry from scratch. Since its establishment nearly 60 years ago, Baoti Group has built a full industrial chain from titanium sponge production to titanium smelting, processing and deep processing and equipment manufacturing. At the same time, Baoti Group also led the formulation of many titanium standards including the first international standard in the titanium field, becoming a leading enterprise in the domestic titanium industry.

The leader leads and forms a "chain" into a "group". Driven by Baoji Group and nurtured by the local government, the upstream titanium material processing and downstream application production markets continue to expand. More than 600 titanium and titanium alloy and other rare metal production, processing and trading companies have settled in Baoji, forming a cluster development effect. Among them are many "individual champions" and "little giant" companies that specialize in new technologies.

From providing strip processing services to Baoti Group, Western Superconducting and other leading companies 10 years ago, to now independently developing and producing titanium alloy materials and products for new energy and deep-sea equipment, Baoji Topuda Titanium Co., Ltd. is developing rapidly. It is a microcosm of the continuous extension of the local titanium industry chain.

Walking into the National Titanium Metal High-end Manufacturing Industrial Park controlled by Baoji Topuda Titanium Co., Ltd., a huge electron beam cooling bed furnace is roaring in operation. "From the investment of titanium sponge to the finished products of titanium and titanium alloys, a lot of 'waste materials' will be produced in the process of casting, forging, rolling, planing and milling, etc., and the comprehensive utilization rate is usually only about 40%. We are very interested in titanium materials. After the 'waste material' is identified, surface decontaminated, cut and processed, it can be reused through smelting in a cold bed furnace, effectively reducing waste and improving efficiency." said Qiao Lu, technical director of Baoji Topuda Titanium Co., Ltd.

It is understood that the construction projects of the National Titanium Metal High-end Manufacturing Industrial Park include a green recycling and smelting center for residual titanium, a titanium and titanium alloy forging center, and a ring rolling processing center. "It is expected that after the project is fully put into operation, it will be able to produce 8,000 tons of high-quality large-sized titanium ingots, 3,000 tons of titanium and titanium alloy forgings, and 3,000 tons of new energy titanium products annually, achieving an annual comprehensive income of 1 billion yuan." Baoji Topuda Titanium Wang Yongjin, Chairman of the Industry Co., Ltd. said.

In order to continuously expand the "territory" of the titanium industry, Baoji has launched a set of policy "combinations" covering park construction, talent introduction, platform construction, and school-enterprise collaboration. The local government, leading enterprises, industry organizations and experts formed a special class for the titanium and titanium alloy industry chain. By implementing the "group leader system" and "chain leader system", they helped enterprises connect production and sales, forming a "cluster-type" implementation and a "chain-type" system. "Good momentum of development.

At present, Baoji, as a national key R&D and production base for titanium and titanium alloys, has formed a complete industrial chain of "titanium ingots - titanium forgings - titanium processing - titanium components - titanium equipment", with an annual production and processing volume of titanium materials of nearly 70,000 tons. , the industrial scale ranks first in the country, and its products are exported to more than 70 countries and regions.

"The Central Economic Work Conference proposed nine key tasks to promote high-quality development next year, among which 'leading the construction of a modern industrial system with scientific and technological innovation' is at the top of the list. In the future, Baoji City will continue to strive to build a world-class titanium industry innovation ecosystem. By the end of 2025, Baoji's titanium and new materials industry strives to achieve the '1151' development goal, that is, the titanium material processing capacity reaches 100,000 tons, the total output value of the titanium and new materials industry cluster exceeds 100 billion yuan, the number of listed companies reaches 5, and high-level talents reach 100 people will promote the high-end, intelligent and green transformation of the titanium and titanium alloy industry and inject surging momentum into high-quality development." said Han Mingfang, director of Baoji Economic Cooperation Bureau and deputy chain leader of the city's titanium and titanium alloy industry chain.