Tier-1 supplier Guangzhou Jizhong boosts material efficiency with VectorAutomotive iP

Guangzhou Jizhong’s independently operated R&D and production capabilities allow it to develop innovative seating system components for major carmakers Toyota and Honda as well as domestic electric vehicle makers like XPENG, EV Group, and Nio.

The company also works with international automotive seating suppliers Lear, Adient, Faurecia, and Toyota Boshoku.

The Challenge: Reduce buffer between cut parts with highest level of cutting accuracy

Guangzhou Jizhong first turned to Lectra’s cutting room expertise in 2009. In the years that followed, the company acquired a total of 15 fabric cutters from Lectra, with long-term contracts for services as well as genuine Lectra parts and consumables for all models. This installed base of fabric-cutting equipment continues to run in Guangzhou Jizhong’s manufacturing facilities. 

In 2021, Guangzhou Jizhong turned once more to Lectra to enhance cutting capabilities at a plant cutting mainly PVC automotive materials.

To lower operational costs and meet sustainability objectives, Guangzhou Jizhong acquired Lectra’s VectorAutomotive iP fabric-cutting solution. As the most advanced Vector in the range, it can substantially reduce buffer between cut parts while at the same time ensuring the highest level of cutting accuracy. 

“We adopted Lectra’s high-precision cutting equipment in part because Lectra has been our trusted partner for years”.

The Solution: VectorAutomotive iP, digital fabric cuttervehicle seating and interior suppliers to achieve the lowest cost per cut part on the market today

Lectra's VectorAutomotive iP cutting solution has successfully helped Guangzhou Jizhong boost PVC cutting efficiency, resulting in significant material savings. Lectra’s VectorAutomotive iP series is specially designed to lower costs by reducing buffer between cut parts and maximizing overall cutting productivity. The solution’s unmatched cutting accuracy enables a consistent level of quality that optimizes material consumption. VectorAutomotive iP6 and iP9 set the industry standard in terms of, reliability, machine availability and material efficiency for a wide range of automotive materials and cut parts.

What’s more, Lectra’s advanced-technology VectorAutomotive iP uses long-life consumables that require a simplified maintenance program. Fewer scheduled maintenance interventions allow Guangzhou Jizhong to keep production costs to a minimum while significantly increasing production efficiency. Lectra’s Customer Success Managers play a pivotal role in achieving these goals on an ongoing basis.

"Lectra’s remote services and after-sales support also make a difference.” concludes Wei. “Their customer success managers visit our facilities regularly to perform assessments and analyses of the complete production environment. This helps us find points in the production cycle that can be improved, allowing equipment to operate at optimum efficiency.”