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By 2025, Lu’an Chemical Taiyuan New Materials Company (hereinafter referred to as Taihua New Materials Company) will aim to enhance its \"three competitive strengths\" in terms of cost, technology, and market presence. It will foster a culture of cost optimization, strive to reduce costs through meticulous production practices, improve efficiency by leveraging technological innovations, and expand its market reach through diverse sales strategies, thereby achieving significant improvements in the company’s operational performance. From January to November 2025, the company’s total physical production volume reached 2.1066 million tons, accounting for 104.69% of the planned target ； The sales volume of major products was 1.0159 million tons, achieving 100.04% of the planned target. In addition, the power supply power factor has steadily increased to over 0.92 ； The chloride ion concentration in the circulating water is reduced to 650 mg/L, resulting in significant energy savings, reduced consumption, and improved efficiency. Cost reduction through careful planning – Lean production is the key driver that helps companies achieve high-quality development. Taking the equipment maintenance as an opportunity, Taihua New Materials Company has comprehensively optimized its production processes and equipment management, shifting from \"one-time maintenance optimizations\" to \"regular lean operations.\" This approach has enabled long-term balance in terms of equipment safety, costs, and efficiency, laying a solid foundation for achieving the annual goals. In late August 2025, Taihua New Materials Company carried out its annual major maintenance campaign, involving 4,081 tasks. During the maintenance period, the company integrated a culture of cost efficiency into every aspect of the maintenance process, promoting self-maintenance and the reuse of existing materials. This approach enabled the effective utilization of idle resources, significantly reducing the need to purchase new spare parts and resulting in savings of 2.6 million yuan in total. The pursuit of excellence in equipment management is also an important aspect of cost reduction. Focusing on key aspects such as lubrication and heat preservation, Taihua New Materials Company implements a \"theme per week\" initiative for equipment management, strengthens regular inspections and maintenance of the equipment, and continuously optimizes existing equipment, thereby further improving their operational efficiency and service life. To date, the company has experienced no unplanned shutdowns due to equipment issues. In addition, the company has enhanced cost awareness among all its employees, adopting the philosophy that \"all costs can be reduced.\" It integrates cost control throughout the entire production and operation process, and makes significant efforts to create value. By 2025, 20 value creation projects had been initiated and completed, resulting in savings of over 46 million yuan. Wang Hongbin, head of the Production Management Department and director of the Dispatching Office at Taihua New Materials Company, said, “We will continue to focus on our key tasks, use lean management as a tool to continuously refine production processes, and work to overcome production bottlenecks. While ensuring the safety and stability of the production system, we will turn the achievements in cost reduction into a foundation for our development.” ” Technological upgrades boost efficiency. Taihua New Materials Company relies on technological innovation and process improvements to emulate leading companies in the same industry, identifies gaps, addresses weaknesses, and enhances its operational efficiency by continuously tapping into its internal potential. The company has two cyclohexanone production lines and one cyclohexanol production line; insufficient processing capacity of the reaction systems and high pressure drops before and after these systems have consistently hindered improvements in both output and quality ； The relatively low design heights of key units such as the initial distillation tower and ketone tower result in high material reflux rates and substantial steam consumption, thereby increasing the cost per unit of product. To completely get rid of this \"pain point,\" Taihua New Materials Company has made it one of the key technical improvement projects for 2025. On the one hand, by \"replacing the internals\" of the initial distillation tower, ketone tower, and alcohol tower – that is, replacing traditional packing with high-throughput structured packing – the separation efficiency is significantly improved, thereby addressing the bottlenecks related to yield and quality at their source ； On the other hand, to strengthen the system, an additional two distillation towers for cyclohexanol were added, in order to reduce energy and material consumption and make the production process more economical and environmentally friendly. “Currently, the cyclohexanone C-line dehydrogenation unit has been fed with feedstock and brought online, with the dehydrogenation plant operating at full capacity. After the modification, this production line can save 7 tons of steam per hour, reduce 1 ton of waste oil as a by-product per day, and significantly improve the quality of cyclohexanone. ”Li Xiang, head of the Development Planning Department at Taihua New Materials Company, said that another key project – the energy-saving and consumption-reduction renovation project for caprolactam – is being advanced at full speed. Next, the company will strictly oversee the safety, quality, and progress of the project construction to ensure early completion and prompt realization of benefits. Diversified strategies to expand the market – Taihua New Materials Company is committed to establishing a comprehensive sales network, adopting diversified and multi-dimensional market strategies to continuously broaden and deepen the reach of its products in the market. By adopting a sales model that combines strategic partners with end-product manufacturers, the company expands the reach of its sales, dynamically optimizes its market strategy and customer base, continuously broadens its market coverage, and enhances its market influence, thereby accelerating the upgrade of its sales network. “The company’s sales staff have completely broken away from the traditional sales mindset of waiting, relying on others, and making demands; they have proactively changed their working methods and sales approaches. Through targeted marketing and personalized services, they have successfully acquired new customers in regions such as South China and the Northwest. By 2025, the company had developed a total of 28 new customers. ”As explained by Li Wei, the head of Sales Department 1 at the sales branch of Taihua New Materials Company. At the same time, the company took bold steps to explore new transportation methods for bulk products by adopting a combination of road and rail transport, which effectively reduced freight costs; from January to November 2025, these efforts resulted in cost savings of over 2.25 million yuan. “We have also strengthened the regular communication mechanisms between the sales and production departments, worked meticulously to coordinate production with sales, and promoted the steady implementation of key tasks, thereby injecting strong momentum into the high-quality development of the enterprise during the 15th Five-Year Plan period. ”said Fu Bo, manager of the sales branch of Taihua New Materials Company.