Changhe Aircraft Industries Group Co., Ltd.(hereinafter referred to as Changhe Aircraft), under the leadership of Aviation Industry of China, is located in the famous porcelain capital, Jingdezhen City. The company has the capability of development and series production of multi-type, multi-series, multi-model of helicopters and subcontract production of aviation parts and assemblies.
Changhe Aircraft, established in 1969, covers the area of 1.29 million sq. meters and 0.22 million sq. meters are construction area. There are more than 4300 employees and more than various 4000 sets of equipment. The total asset is about ¥ RMB 4,300,000,000. The company has strong technical capabilities on scientific research and production, and preferable cold and heat processing capability and means. Moreover, Changhe Aircraft has strong physical & chemical test, metrology, avionics, flight test, digital management and manufacture capability.
Changhe Aircraft has a 37-year history for developing and manufacturing the helicopter, and has developed and manufactured Z-8, Z-11 helicopter successively. Now, the above-mentioned types have come into series production. At the same time, the company actively expands the international cooperation on development and manufacture of the helicopter, and widely cooperates with Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation of U.S.A and Agusta of Italy. Meanwhile, Changhe Aircraft introduces advanced manufacture technologies and management experience and builds up well enterprise image in international helicopter industry. The S-92 Tail Rotor Pylon in cooperation with Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation had come into series production. Jiangxi Changhe-Agusta Helicopter Co., Ltd. invested jointly by Agusta and Changhe Aircraft, unveiled in Sep 19, 2005, which gets high attention of the industries and the media.
Changhe Aircraft continuously increases the investment on facility upgrade to optimize manufacture environment, and builds up modernized NC machining center, composite material production line and helicopter production line one after the other. The company introduces excellent advanced equipment, builds up and completes computer network system and Intranet system, increases the capability construction of NC machining, makes full use of modern information technology to improve the state-of-the-art level and efficiency of manufacture. In order to speed up the industrialization and the series production capability for helicopter, Changhe Aircraft is working on the strategic adjustment for production layout.
In recent years, the company continuously strengthens the management, and prepares management systems of “Working Flow”, “‘5S’Management” and “Enterprise Culture”, which further optimizes working flow, working system, and enhances working criterion and efficiency. At the same time, the company strengthens quality management and carries out whole process control for product quality. The company puts “5S” Management in practice all-rounded, boosts “6 Sigma” Management step by step, and then forms fairly complete management system. The company had passed the certification of GJB9001A-200 quality system, supplier quality system review by Italy Agusta and had passed FAA Audit for S92 program. In order to accommodate to international cooperation and keep the quality assurance system consistent with international aviation industry, the company started the certification of IAQS9100-2000.