Lightweight of automobile has been gradually accepted as a mainstream direction of the industry by the governments of automobile manufacturing powers, which is an important way to solve the energy and environment problems of the industry. At present, the weight of a steel car body is generally 368 kg, while the weight of a carbon fiber reinforced polymer car body is only172 kg. According to the statistics, each weight reduction of 100 kg in car body can save fuel by 0.7L/110km when the car is running. Guangdong Yatai Composite Material Technology Co., Ltd. is a national high-tech manufacturing enterprise specialized in production of carbon fiber composite material automobile parts and components and integrating R&D, production, sales and services.

　　Established in July 2017, the company is located at No. 11, Yongsheng Road, Nanjiang Industrial Park, Sihui, which is a secondary independent incorporated company of Guangdong Yatai Advanced Material Technology (Group) Co., Ltd. Its R&D team comprises two on-the-job professional doctors and six on-the-job graduates, with the on-the-job staff with an academic degree above bachelor accounting for over 60% of the workforce. The company is also equipped with domestically leading production and detection equipment. Under the leadership of the group, the company boasts a solid innovation strength and has successively passed several global management system certifications such as TüVTS16949, ISO9001: 2008, ISO14001: 2004 and OHSAS18001.

　　With the support of the municipal government, the company introduced Chen Yunbo, an academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, and his innovation team, established an academician workstation of Guangdong Province for advanced manufacturing technologies of composite material auto parts and components and Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Manufacturing of Auto Parts and Components with Carbon Fiber Composite Materials, undertaken applied research branch of National and Local Union Engineering Research Center of High-Performance Carbon Fiber Manufacture and Application and established the Enterprise Technology Center of Guangdong Province based on research and development of carbon fiber composite materials for vehicles.

　　The company has been granted a batch of independent intellectual properties, of which 7 R&D fruits such as “a lightweight rear floor of the car body”, “a composite material with a good resistance to layering”, “a new type of container” and “a wheel fender of carbon fiber composite material” have been granted a national utility model. 11 R&D fruits have applied for a national invention, which have all been accepted and entered the stage of substantial review. 3 R&D fruits have been accepted as national utility models.

　　The company has cooperated with organizations such as Guangzhou Automotive Research Institute to develop a large batch of new products for vehicles with carbon fiber composite materials, including rear floor, new-type wheel fender, integration framework, battery pack of special-purpose vehicles, engine hood of SUV, front car lamp cover, rear hydrogen bottle holder and chassis armor. The company has supplied Guangdong Baolong Auto Co., Ltd. with products such as carbon fiber engine hoods and lamp covers; worked with Xi’an Space Composite Material Research Institute to supply a high molecular material company of Luoyang with carbon fiber chassis armor products; worked with Shenzhen Optimum Battery Co., Ltd. to supply composite material battery pack products; and worked with China Aviation Lithium Battery Group to supply battery packs for special-purpose vehicles. At present, it is introducing advanced Industry 4.0 intelligent production equipment from home and abroad and is predicted to realize the industrialization of carbon fiber auto parts and components by the end of 2018.

　　Participation in drafting of technical standards is an important measurement of the technical level of an enterprise. Approved by Guangdong Quality and Technology Supervision Bureau, the company has compiled two local standards of Guangdong, namely, Carbon Fiber Composite Material Wheel Fender for Car Body and Carbon Fiber Composite Material Fabric for Interior, Exterior and Skin of Cars; has been involved in the drafting of the national standard High Temperature Alkali Resistance Test Method of Glass Fiber Reinforced Composite Material Bar. Now it is working on the national standard General Technical Requirements on Carbon Fiber Composite Material Cover Parts for Automobile with organizations such as Guangzhou Automotive Research Institute, Harbin Institute of Technology, China Automotive Engineering Research Institute Co., Ltd. and China Academy of Machinery Science & Technology. The national standard passed the review and recommendation of TC39 Standard Committee in March and made an application reply to the Standardization Administration of China on July 12, which is now waiting for approval.

　　The Several Policy Suggestions on Speeding up Technical Innovation (YF 2015 No. 1 document) issued by the provincial government supported the establishment of innovative research institutions. The company plans to integrate the scientific research strength of Xi’an Space Composite Material Research Institute, Guangzhou Automotive Research Institute, Harbin Institute of Technology, Advanced Manufacturing Technology Research Center of China to strengthen industry-academy-research cooperation, cooperate with Germany KraussMaffei in world’s advanced research, development, production lines and mould production and establish “Guangdong Yatai Composite Material Technology Enterprise Research Institute” in accordance with the requirements of the province for innovative research institutions. After making an inspection, the leaders of the provincial department of science and technology and the municipal science and technology bureau agree that the conditions are basically mature for the company to construct an innovative research institution. We are trying to create conditions to speed up the implementation of each work.

　　The following five years will be an important period for fully implementing Xi Jinping’s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for the New Era. The development of the enterprise will continue to implement the strategy of innovation driving. Its general plan is to serve Guangzhou Automobile Group with critical parts and components of composite materials, depend on Yatai Non-metallic Material Automotive Research Institute, invest RMB 1 billion Yuan to build industrialization production lines of carbon fiber composite material auto parts and components with an annual output meeting the demand of 500,000 whole cars, build a special industrial park of lightweight auto parts of carbon fiber composite materials, achieve another leap-frog development and make new contributions to the lightweight automobile process of China and the development of Chinese advanced material industry.