Soong Heavy Industries
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Native name | 宋重工业株式会社 |
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Iberic name | Sòng Zhònggōngyè Zhūshì Huìshè |
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| Industry | Heavy equipment Rolling stock manufacturing Defense Shipbuilding Vehicles |
| Founded | 10 May 1898 |
| Founder | Soong Bojing |
| Headquarters | Zhangye, Xiaogu, Monsilva |
Key people | Wen Ning (Chairman) Tao Yusheng (President & CEO) |
| Products | Rolling stock, aerospace equipment and vehicles, shipbuilding, construction |
| Revenue |  ¥650 billion (2022) |
| ¥50 billion (2022) | |
| ¥5.3 billion (2022) | |
| Total assets | ¥789 billion (2022) |
| Total equity |  ¥214 billion (2022) |
Number of employees | 45,000 (non-consolidated as of March 2022) |
| Subsidiaries | |
| Website | www.shi.ms |
Soong Heavy Industries Ltd. (SHI) (Monsilvan: 宋重工业株式会社; pinyin: Sòng Zhònggōngyè Zhūshì Huìshè) is a Monsilvan public multinational corporation manufacturer of heavy equipment, rolling stock, aerospace and defense equipment and ships, headquarted in Zhangye, Xiaogu, Monsilva. Soong is also active in the production of industrial robotics, gas turbines, pumps, boilers and other industrial products. The company's name originates from its founder, Soong Bojing.
SHI is one of Monsilva's largest companies, and is one of the country's four major manufacturing companies, alongside Fushao, Ltd., Chienkun Rúlla and Dayu Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering. The shipping company, Soong Chichuan, Ltd. is a former subsidiary of Soong Heavy Industries, but is no longer connected to the company since 1978.
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History
Soong Bojing, who was born in September 1836, was heavily involved with the maritime industry from a young age. However, he was involved in multiple offshore disasters, which he survived but left him quite severly injured. He accredited his injuries to the failure of Monsilva's shipping industry in modernizing. This lead to the decision to create technological innovations for the Monsilvan shipping indsutry. In 1878, after several years of struggling to find any business in the massive cities of Amking and Luhai, Soong moved to Zhangye where his first order was placed. This is marked as the company's start in the industry.
By the late 1880s, Soong's business was growing rapidly, and he decided to purshase the largest dockyard in Zhangye, which he renamed to Soong Dockyard. The new and improved company went public as Soong Dockyward Co., Ltd. After opening Soong's new dockyard, the company decided to construct new factories which were built between 1890 and 1910. With these new factories, the company began to diversify its products. They began to produce parts for the railroad and airplane industry by the end of the 1910s. During the anti-military period in Monsilva in the 1930s and 40s, Soong's shipbuilding and aerospace industries declined significantly, while their rolling stock industry began to rocket.
During the martial law period in the 1960s and 70s, Soong faced increasing pressure from the authoritarian government and at multiple points, the government attempted to acquire the company. Soong's profits declined significantly during this period. When martial law was ended in 1978 with the establishment of the republic, the new government introduced a new manufacturing agenda which gave Soong a rise in profits and helped restore the company. The company was able to resume all operations and by the mid 1980s, the company returned to being Monsilva's largest shipbuilder.
However, in the 1990s, Soong began to focus less on shipbuilding and make its other products just as important. Despite this, Soong's largest subsidiary is still the Soong Shipbuilding Corporation, however the Soong Railcar Manufacturing Company has since come into close second.
Products
Aerospace
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Soong is active in a diverse range of the aerospace industry. The company is a contractor of the Monsilvan Department of Defense and has built aircraft such as the Y-1 transport aircraft, P-4 intermediate jet trainer, and the Soong F-3 Chung Kwei antisubmarine warfare patrol airplane. More recently, Soong has also built the F-1 maritime patrol aircraft and the Y-2 transport aircraft. Soong also builds helicopters, including the Soong CSC 117.
In the commercial aviation business, the company is involved in the joint international development and production of large passenger aircraft, as well as turbofan engines. The company also provides equipment for the Monsilva Aerospace Exploration Agency. Soong has participated in projects including the development of reusable launch vehicles for spacecraft that will handle future space transport, space robotics projects and experimental orbiting planes and docking mechanisms.
Main products
- Aircraft
- Spacecraft systems
- Helicopters
- Flight Simulators
- Jet engines
- Missiles
- Electronic equipment
Rolling stock
Soong is one of Monsilva's two major rolling stock manufacturers, alongside Fushao Rail. It began operations in the industry in the early 20th century, with its first carriages entering Monsilvan railways in the 1920s. It manufactures express and commuter trains, subway cars, freight trains, locomotives, monorails and new transit systems. Soong is also involved in the development of high-speed trains such as on Monsilva's Gaosu.
Main Products
- Electric multiple units (including Gaosu models)
- Monorails
- Passenger coaches and freight cars
- Diesel locomotives
- Electric locomotives
- Platform screen door systems
- Passenger coaches' and freight cars' integrated transit systems
Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding is the foundation industry in which Soong Heavy Industries was developed and created, as the company's first base of operations in the 19th century was the Soong Dockyard in Zhangye, which it still runs to this day.
Soong Shipbuilding Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Soong Heavy Industries. Its products range from high-performence LNG and LPG carriers, container ships, bulk carriers and VLCCs, to submarines and offshore structures and research vessels. The company also produces marine machinery and equipment, including main engines, propulsion systems, sterring gears, deck and fishing machinery.
Soong's main shipyards are in Zhangye, Xiaogu and Luhai City, Luhai.
Main products
- LNG carriers
- Tankers (LPG carriers)
- Container ships
- High speed vessels
- Submarines
- VLCCs (Very Large Crude Carriers)
- Bulk carriers
- Offshore structures
- Marine machinery and equipment
Energy plants and facilities
Soong's key offering are high-performance gas turbines. The company is also involved in development of new energy sources as an alternative to fossil fuels such as wind power generation, biomass power generation, photovoltaic systems and rechargeable batteries. It mainly produces these systems within Monsilva, as most are requested upon by the federal government. Some of these systems have been joint ventures with their usual Monsilvan rival company, Fushao, another large manufacturing conglomerate.
Main products
- Small and medium-sized gas turbine generators
- Gas turbine cogeneration systems
- Gas engines
- Diesel engines
- Wind turbine generators
- Ash handling systems
- Combined cycle power plants
- Nuclear power plant equipment
- Boilers
Industrial equipment
Soong develops and builds a wide variety of industrial plants and equipment, including large cement, chemical and nonferrous metal plants, prime movers, and compact precision machinery. It also offers industrial plant engineering from design to sales. The company also develops automation systems. Industrial robots for processes such as assembly, handling, welding, painting and sealing, as well as automation systems for distribution and logistics such as automated product- and cargo-handling systems for plants and airports.
The majority of these products are used domestically, however the company has expressed its desire to export them to factories in other countries across Terraconserva.
Main products
- Industrial plants
- Industrial robots
- Aerodynamic machinery
- Hydraulic equipment
Environment and recycling
According to the environmental policy of Monsilva, as a fossil-fuel emitting manufacturing company, Soong is obligated to develop equipment that prevents pollution for their industry. Soong has surpassed the minimum requirements for the policy, and produces pollution mitigating equipment for a wide range of industries. Soong is among the leading companies in producing fuel gas desulfurization and denitrification systems, and ash handling systems. The company also supplies municipal refuse incineration plants, gasification and melting systems, sewage treatment and sludge incineration plants.
Soong has also been developing systems that enable a variety of municipal and industrial waste to be recovered, recycled and put to new use. Such systems include refuse paper and plastic fuel production facilities that convert wastepaper/plastics into an easy-to-handle solid fuel, equipment that converts old tires into highway paving materials and tiles, and machinery that sorts glass bottles by size and color.
Main products
- Municipal refuse incineration plants
- Water treatment systems
- Industrial waste recycling equipment
- Flue-gas desulfurization equipment
Infrastructure
Soong has a long history of building steel structures, however, in the last 30 years, the company's infrastructure industry has been in steep decline. The company completes its infrastructure and consumer product projects out of its subsidiary, Soong Consumer Products and Machinery Company.
Main products
- Wheel loaders
- Construction machinery
- Shield Machines
- Tunnel boring machines
- Steel bridges
- LNG and LPG tanks
- Airport and port-related products
- Snowplows
