Enterprises innovating for sustainable development

Enterprises are the main driving force

In recent times, Long An has attracted many investment projects. In 2024, the province had more than 2,000 newly established enterprises. To date, the province has more than 19,200 registered enterprises with a total capital of 390,919 billion VND.

The province's GRDP growth rate in 2024 is estimated at 8.3%, ranking 3rd in the Mekong Delta.

With this growth rate, the business community and entrepreneurs are considered the main production force of the economy, playing an important role in socio-economic development.

In particular, in the context of globalization and increasingly fierce competition between enterprises in the international and domestic trade environment, many enterprises in the province are quick to develop, apply advanced science and technology, innovate, and closely link production and business strategies.

Minh Dat Precision Mold Joint Stock Company (Ben Luc District) is highly appreciated for its transformation and application of new technology in production

Minh Dat Precision Mold Joint Stock Company (MIDA Company, My Yen Commune, Ben Luc District) is one of the enterprises highly appreciated for its transformation and application of new technology in production. MIDA was granted a certificate of high-tech application enterprise by the Ministry of Science and Technology in 2019.

Currently, the company specializes in providing comprehensive solutions in the production of plastic molds and plastic parts for customers in electricity, electronics, and automotive equipment.

Director of MIDA Company - Tran Quoc Vu said that participating in the global production network and value chain has become an inevitable development requirement of each enterprise. To effectively integrate into the international economy, under the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, enterprises not only need to be able to exploit and use resources effectively, but also need to be agile in developing and applying scientific and technological advances, innovation, and closely linking production and business strategies.

Minh Dat Precision Mold Joint Stock Company (My Yen Commune, Ben Luc District) applies scientific and technological advances, innovation, and closely linking production and business strategies

To meet the requirements of improving competitiveness, scale, and operational efficiency towards sustainable development, in recent years, MIDA Company has invested in many high-tech equipment and machinery for production such as the most precise 5-axis CNC machining machine from YASDA, a famous Japanese brand. The machine has an accuracy of 4 digits equivalent to 0.1 Micron.

In addition to CNC machining lines, MIDA Company also invested in a synchronous line of Charmilles machines, the world's leading brand in speed and EDM machining accuracy. With a variety of plastic injection machines with capacities ranging from 15 tons to 850 tons, MIDA has enough capacity to meet most of the requirements from customers for the plastic injection manufacturing industry.

In particular, the certificate of high-tech application enterprise issued by the Ministry of Science and Technology is like a passport for the enterprise to develop, proving its production capacity.

Up to now, MIDA products have been exported to international markets: Japan, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Europe for multinational corporations such as Schneider Electric, Samsung Electronics, Datalogic, Amphenol, Furukawa, Eldor, etc.

Thanks to the application of high technology, in recent times, MIDA Company has had a revenue growth rate of 10-20% each year, creating jobs and stable income for 800 employees. At this time, the company has exceeded the 2024 plan and signed contracts with partners, orders are full for the 2025-2026 period.

Outstanding competitive advantages

With outstanding competitive advantages, continuing to invest to anticipate development trends, especially to welcome the wave of foreign investment shifting to Vietnam, MIDA Company has just expanded its factory area to 45,000m². The company has prepared raw materials for production for many years to come.

Mr. Tran Quoc Vu added that in order to build a high-tech enterprise, there must be steps such as preparing human resources, building production processes according to international standards, investing in standard equipment, etc. When the production line is complete, finding orders is not difficult and there is a lot of room to find new partners.

Long An has an important strategic position in socio-economic development, is the gateway connecting the Mekong Delta region with Ho Chi Minh City, the provinces of the Southeast region and the Kingdom of Cambodia, has great potential for sea transport with Long An International Port.

According to Long An provincial master plan for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, the province determines to focus on developing logistics infrastructure, especially transportation, warehouse infrastructure and applying new technology in logistics.

The province strives to become a transit center for goods, warehouses and a hub for exporting agricultural products in the whole region by 2030.

Long An cold storage (Vinh Loc 2 Industrial Park, Ben Luc district) uses multi-application warehouse management software that allows fast and accurate retrieval

Demonstrating the vision and anticipating this strategy, Long An Investment One Member Co., Ltd. and Long An Logistics Joint Stock Company under Transimex Group invested in and put into operation the Long An Cold Storage in Vinh Loc 2 Industrial Park, Ben Luc district.

Long An Cold Storage has a total area of ​​over 29,000m², a capacity of 56,000 pallets including many different temperatures, meeting all types of goods with temperature preservation requirements.

In order to compete with similar enterprises, Long An Cold Storage boldly invested in modern equipment operated by an automated system (ASRS). The import and export system has an outstanding retrieval speed of up to 200 pallets/hour. Fixed shelf systems, automatic conveyors, forklifts, compressors, modern and high-quality refrigeration systems are imported from Europe, designed and supplied according to G7 standards.

Long An Cold Storage meets important international standards such as HACCP, EU CODE and complies with food hygiene and safety conditions.

Warehouse management softwares such as WMS and WCS of System Logistics and Infor, Systor WMS with multi-application functions allow fast and accurate retrieval. Long An Cold Storage's customers are diverse in many fields.

Cold storage not only meets the increasing demand for storage and preservation of goods requiring temperature control in the province but also actively contributes to the supply chain of the entire Mekong Delta region.

Trung Quy Textile Co. Ltd. (Hai Son Industrial Park, Duc Hoa District) is a pioneer in green production with products made from organic fibers and environmentally friendly recycled fibers

According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, greening production and, more importantly, greening the brand has become a new trend in the domestic and international markets. To keep up with the trend, Trung Quy Textile Co. Ltd. (Trung Quy Company, Hai Son Industrial Park, Duc Hoa District) is a pioneer in applying 4.0 technology to production activities.

In addition to many modern equipment, Trung Quy Company invests in German air-dyeing technology in the production process. This technology helps save 60-70% of water usage and reduces the amount of chemicals needed, thereby minimizing the impact on water resources and the environment.

Trung Quy Company is also a pioneer in green production with products derived from organic fibers, environmentally friendly recycled fibers and applying the circular economic chain to production.

"Thanks to strategic steps in green transformation, the company has expanded its export market to developed countries, especially Europe and the US, where there is a high demand for sustainable products and environmental protection. This is also a vital factor and competitive advantage of the enterprise" - General Director of Trung Quy Company - Tran Van Quy said.

Long An is a locality that attracts quite good investment, especially from enterprises from abroad. This is also a good condition for domestic enterprises to approach and learn new technologies and apply them to the production process.

However, according to statistics from the Department of Science and Technology, many enterprises still use outdated technology due to limited investment capital, so they still face many difficulties and challenges.

To develop sustainably, enterprises need to overcome difficulties, take technological innovation and management quality as key methods to overcome difficulties, become the main entity of the innovation system, actively research and develop, increase economic benefits by applying modern scientific and technological advances./.

By Mai Huong - Translated by Q. Thien

Source: https://baolongan.vn/doi-moi-sang-tao-doanh-nghiep-vung-vang-phat-trien-a186903.html