On the morning of December 26, 2024, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor Huang Xiaoming from the School of Transportation at Southeast University, accompanied by Chen Qi, Director of the Maintenance Professional Committee of the Henan Highway Society, arrived at Longteng Highway Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Longteng Road") in Xinxiang City. Guo Zhining, General Manager of Longteng Road, invited the Chairman, who had very little involvement in the company's operation, to greet him. The arrival of Huang Xiaoming and Chen Qi represents the dual support of industry experts and local platforms for Longteng Road, which has put the work plan of combining production and research on the substantive agenda of the emerging highway maintenance industry. At the same time, it has injected new vitality into the creation of the "Yu Maintenance" brand.
It is worth mentioning that there is a deep connection between the Chairman of Longteng Road and Professor Huang Xiaoming. As early as the early 1990s, in a scientific research project jointly conducted by the Henan Provincial Department of Transportation and Southeast University on the application of geogrids in cement concrete curing, the two representatives of their respective units achieved a perfect combination of technology and construction over a period of three years. This project won the second prize for scientific and technological progress from the Henan Provincial Department of Science and Technology. And the three years of living, eating, and fighting side by side made the two highway people sympathize with each other, and their friendship is unbreakable. For many years, the first thing Huang Xiaoming did when he came to Henan was always to make plans with old friends. This special relationship has made Huang Xiaoming pay extra attention to the development of the rising star Long Teng Road, and has also made the interaction between the two sides in the field of highway maintenance more tacit and trusting.
At noon that day, Professor Huang Xiaoming and his delegation went deep into the Longteng Road factory area, visited the experimental area, production area, equipment area, and storage area, comprehensively understood the research and development capabilities of Longteng Road, as well as the production capacity of two production lines for highway chemicals and building materials. When the general manager of Longteng Road, Guo Zhining, accidentally mentioned a spray repair equipment imported from the United States in the 1990s, Huang Xiaoming was impressed and said, "This equipment is very classic. It's a pity that the imported materials are out of stock and put on hold. This is precisely the opportunity of Longteng Road. You can break through this material, and with this equipment, you can achieve high-quality and low-cost rural road maintenance. This volume is huge. Professor Huang Xiaoming also said, "Longteng Road is a practical enterprise that must root in the grassroots and explore truth from practice, whether it is research and development innovation or tackling difficulties. You have achieved this
In the afternoon, Guo Zhining, General Manager of Longteng Road, and Li Yanping, Deputy General Manager, gave a report on the current development status of the enterprise, recent research and development of new products, as well as plans and implementation results for upgrading existing maintenance and construction processes. From entrepreneurial philosophy to development planning, from innovative application of raw materials to optimization and improvement of construction technology, the unique craftsmanship spirit and innovative ability demonstrate the momentum of Longteng Road's accumulation and firm pace of technological innovation. After patiently listening to the report, Professor Huang Xiaoming focused on the four key issues of preventive maintenance of highways and proposed a direction for the positioning and development of Longteng Road: firstly, the prevention and solution of ruts, exploring the coordinated prevention and control of ruts from pavement structure design, material selection to traffic control at multiple levels; The second issue is the problem of cracks. How to adopt more efficient and durable repair materials and processes for different road surface materials and crack types; The third is to improve and ensure the durability of the anti-skid coefficient, and to study anti-skid treatment methods that can adapt to different climates and traffic flow sections; The fourth is the strategy for dealing with noise issues, which specifically points out the need to distinguish between in car noise and out of car noise, and implement precise measures according to different scenarios such as highway sections and urban roads. He emphasized that "while pursuing the improvement of maintenance effectiveness, we must also take into account cost control and achieve a win-win situation of increasing efficiency and reducing costs. This is the key to the sustainable development of the industry." Huang Xiaoming keenly observed the huge development potential of Longteng Road and its commitment to the industry during the inspection and exchange, and immediately stated that he would provide multi-dimensional support for Longteng Road from his own resources. He also hoped that Longteng Road would timely raise demands to the Henan Maintenance Special Committee, consolidate the provincial market through the support of local industry platforms, and cooperate with the "Yu Maintenance" Alliance to break through key markets outside the province. He also proposed that it is difficult to maintain quality in the fiercely competitive conventional business. Longteng Road has the ability to build technical barriers with its own research and development advantages, using new technologies as solutions and new materials as technology carriers, and under the leadership of university research and development teams and industry platforms, formulate group standards and local standards, gradually realizing the "technical standardization, standardization, and standardization internationalization" advocated by the State Council.
At the end of the exchange, Guo Zhining sincerely thanked Professor Huang: "Professor Huang's professional guidance today has shown us the direction of our enterprise's progress. In the future, Longteng Road will seize opportunities, closely connect with all parties, and work together to develop suitable materials for market pain points, making unremitting progress for the road maintenance industry.
Huang Xiaoming's inspection not only strengthened the interaction depth between universities and enterprises, but also built a smooth bridge for innovative breakthroughs in highway maintenance technology and the improvement and upgrading of industry standards. It is expected to give birth to more practical achievements and promote the highway maintenance industry to reach new heights.
