Rebirth 76: Industrial Internet Empire

After Yang Mo and his party arrived in Trollhattan, they were not in a hurry to discuss cooperation with Karlsson. Instead, they first visited the Saab Group's automobile production base located in the southern suburbs of Trollhattan.

Compared with the entire Saab Group, the Saab automobile production base is not large in scale. Only in the proud tone of the staff did Yang Mo understand that Saab means aircraft manufacturing company in Swedish.

From the overall layout of Saab Group, we can also see clues that aircraft manufacturing is a dream that Saab Group cannot give up. This may be one of the reasons why Saab Automobile Company has two hot-selling models but has no money to expand its production line, because most of them All sales profits will flow to the parent company.

Entering the Saab assembly workshop, Yang Mo was stunned for a moment. Isn't this the car James Bond used in the 007 series of movies?

Seeing Yang Mo circling the newly rolled-off convertible with great interest, Carlsson introduced with a smile: "Mr. Yang, this is the Saab 900 turboconvertible that Saab just launched this year. The cockpit is equipped with Heated seats, cruise control, a premium stereo and a five-speed manual transmission..."

After speaking, Carlsson opened the car door again and demonstrated the latest design of the electric folding convertible.

"Mr. Carlsson, as far as I know, Saab Automobile Company is the first automobile manufacturer to use turbocharging technology in mass production. The fatigue resistance of engines using turbocharging technology needs further testing... Yang Mo asked after watching Carlsson's demonstration.

Carlsson nodded and said: "Turbocharging technology, in the final analysis, drives the compressor through the exhaust gas flow, and then compresses the air into the cylinder to increase the power of the engine. For ordinary manufacturers, it will indeed encounter fatigue resistance. Problem, but Saab won’t…”

"Oh?" Yang Mo's eyes showed confusion.

Carlsson continued: "Mr. Yang does not know that in order to prove the reliability of turbocharging technology to the public, Saab once conducted a fatigue resistance challenge on the American ring track in 1986, driving at high speed for 16 consecutive days. , only changing people but not cars, with a cumulative mileage of 80000 kilometers, an average of 5000 kilometers per day, and a speed of up to 213.691 kilometers per hour. The Saab car was safe and sound, successfully breaking the fatigue challenge record!

Yang Mo secretly admired that this was a dreamy challenge record, but asked calmly: "Mr. Carlsson, I would like to ask, how many vehicles can Saab's vehicle production capacity currently reach per year?"

"The car production capacity of the Trollhättan plant is about 5.4 units per year, plus the production capacity of commercial vehicles and heavy trucks at the Skåne Schneider plant, the total is close to 8.5 units..." Karlsson replied.

After visiting the Trollhättan factory, Yang Mo and his entourage, accompanied by Karlsson, headed to the Schneider factory in Skåne.

Scania's heavy-duty trucks, known as the King of the Road, are produced at the Skåne Saint-Germany plant under Saab Automobile Company, and Scania is also named after the Skåne Saint-Germany Latin name.

However, after Scania was acquired by Saab Group, it has not yet shown impressive development potential. Whether it is heavy-duty trucks or commercial buses, it has been suppressed by Volvo, MAN and Mercedes-Benz.

Karlsson introduced eloquently on the side: "This is our most classic Scania dump truck, and it is also the first improved version of Vabis LT76-110 exported to China. It uses DS14-liter V8 high-performance diesel engine……"

Yang Mo secretly cursed in his heart, no wonder Scania can't develop in your hands. For such an expensive heavy-duty truck, instead of finding ways to open up markets in developed countries, they always want to bypass strong competitors like Volvo and Mercedes-Benz and take shortcuts. In the Asian, African and Latin American markets, you have to have foreign exchange to buy your car. One Scania is worth several Jiefang vehicles. Unless it is needed for major national projects, which state-owned enterprise without foresight would dare to apply to the Ministry of Finance to buy a card? Nia?

But after the 90s, if you focus Scania's development on mainland China, I think you have a foresight!

Carlson pointed to a bus that had just rolled off the assembly line and continued: "This is the q370 bus. We are unique in installing a passenger car compartment on a truck chassis. Its stability and safety are far superior to similar products..."

"This three-axle bus is Scania's most classic model, with excellent performance and affordable price..."

"This double-decker bus is our newly developed tourist bus. The cost is a bit expensive, but the driving and riding experience is top-notch..."

Listening to Carlsson's introduction, Yang Mo had an illusion that this Carlsson seemed more like the technical director of Saab Automobile Company...

After returning to Trollhattan, Saab Group headquarters also sent people to participate in the talks with Zhiyuan Group.

Yang Mo got straight to the point and proposed the overall acquisition of Saab Automobile Company.

The board of directors of Saab Group just wants to sell Saab cars at a good price. The success of Airbus and Boeing has stimulated the nerves of everyone on the board of directors of Saab Group. All they want is to restore the glory of the Swedish aircraft manufacturing company. In fact, in their hearts, Saab's technological accumulation in aircraft and aero-engines is no worse than that of the French. What Saab lacks is only funds and markets...

It doesn't matter to Carlsson. If Saab Automobile Company is sold as a whole, he can still return to the group headquarters to take up an important position.

Weisenberg is different. As the original major shareholder of Scania, he deeply regretted being acquired by Saab. From the day he was acquired by Saab, he was responsible for the heavy truck and bus business, both from personal feelings and from Scania. Considering Asia's future, he firmly opposed this acquisition!

Weisenberg even threatened to withdraw from Saab Automobile Company and Scania to establish its own company to block the acquisition.

Yang Mo paid two consecutive visits in person, but was rejected by Weisenberg, and the negotiations reached a deadlock again...

During the visit to the Scania factory, Carlsson's intermittent introduction awakened Yang Mo's remaining memories. He was pleasantly surprised to find that the core value of Saab Automobile Company was not the production technology of the Saab 900 luxury sports car that they were proud of, but the production technology of the Saab [-] luxury sports car that they were proud of. Is the heavy truck and bus business of Scania factory!

As a last resort, Zhiyuan Group readjusted its acquisition strategy and began to contact Scania's other small and medium-sized shareholders, trying to obtain Scania's controlling stake before persuading Weisenberg to agree to Zhiyuan Group's overall acquisition.

After contacting other small and medium-sized shareholders, Yang Mo discovered Weisenberg's true intention...