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Changzhou Aircraft Manufacture Ltd Co (CAM)

Changzhou Aircraft Manufacture Limited Company (abbreviated as CAM) is a state-owned company affiliated to China Aviation Industry Corporation II (shortened as AVIC II). CAM is located in west suburb of Changzhou City, Jiangsu province, near the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway and the No.312 National Way, only 17 km to the Changzhou Civil Airport. It is very convenient for transportation. CAM covers an area of 1,100,000 m2, including roofed area of 109,000 m2.

Early in 1970, when the company was just founded, it produced helicopters. Changzhou Aircraft Factory, affiliated to China Aviation Industry Croporation II (AVIC II), is a final assembly and text flight base for helicopters. Early in those year when CAF was founded, the factory was engaged in the final assembly and test flight works for "Z6" helicopters. The main aero-products manufactured by CAF consist of "CK-1" drone aircraft and aero extinguishers. At present, CAF is developing aero-products used in ciil fields, such as ground-effect anti-smuggling patrol boats and Albatross No.4 Ground-effect aircraft jointly designed and produced with the Ministry of Shipping Industry, which has filled in gaps in the ground-effect aircrafts field. The 8 ton "Goose" ground-effect aircraft was developed by CAF and Shanghai Qiuxin Shipyard.

From 1979, Changzhou Aircraft began to manufacture pressure vessels to make a better use of advantages in military production. As of 2009 CAM had more than 700 employees, including 268 technical persons engaged in aircraft design, aircraft manufacture, welding, material, nondestructive inspection, machinery, chemical machinery and electric control. Among these technical persons, there are 34 senior engineers and 40 engineers. The registered assets of the company is 120,000,000 RMB yuan and the total assets is 266,000,000 RMB yuan. CAM has 882 sets of equipment used for manufacture, inspection and test as well as a special airport with tens of general- purpose aircraft.

By 2009 CAM's the main aero-products were aero-extinguishers, CK drone aircraft and ground-effect aircraft; the main non aero-products are pressure vessels, welded gas cylinders, special gas cylinders, tank containers and civil nuclear pressure-bearing equipment. CAM has the capability to produce 1650 tons pressure vessels and 62,000 welded gas cylinders per year. As the biggest production base of steel gas cylinders with the highest output and great varieties in China, CAM occupies about 45 percent shares in China for the production and the sale of welded gas cylinders. CAM has a Physical & Chemical Test Center with enough advanced equipment for material and welds.

CAM has the right to run import & export business. CAM has a complete quality system and has gained ISO9001-GB/T19001 Identification for Standard Quality System among the first ones in its field. The products of CAM have gained high praise from purchasers and are best sellers in domestic market as well as in the countries and regions such as Japan, Korea, Egypt, Iraq, Southeast Asia and Middle East. At present, CAM is the biggest manufacturer producing exported welded steel gas cylinders. The 'liquefied chlorine cylinder' once rated as national silver prized product in 1984 has a good reputation in domestic and abroad market. In the years from 1998 to 2001, all liquefied chlorine cylinders requested by UN for Iraq were manufactured in CAM. CAM is the ' National secretary unit of welded steel cylinders' and the drafting unit for manufacture standards of welded steel cylinders.

Changzhou Aircraft is among the leading enterprises in design, trial production and manufacture of tank containers, as well as the first national company that has gained Llod's Register Approval (March, 2003), which has made a good preparation for products Export. The 1 liter nonrefillable cylinders production line of CAM has been put into use and the products has gained DOT Approval, which has filled the gap in related national fields.