China's mold industry is facing various risks

During the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, the market share of China's mold industry will reach 120 billion yuan. Although the current mold industry has a vast market space, it is plagued by the monopoly of foreign capital to squeeze the profit space of the industry and the problems inherent in domestic-funded enterprises. The risk of industrial investment has suddenly increased.

Mold manufacturing is the foundation of the manufacturing industry. Sixty to eighty percent of all electronic, automotive, electrical, electrical, instrumentation, appliance, home appliances, and general-purpose asset types rely on molding. In 2005, the capacity of China's mold market reached 80 billion yuan. During the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, the market share of China's mold industry will reach 120 billion yuan. Although the current mold industry has a broad market space, it is plagued by the monopoly of foreign capital to squeeze the profit space of the industry and the problems inherent in the domestic-funded enterprises. The risk of industrial investment has suddenly increased.

I. Foreign-funded enterprises are stepping up to die market

During the "10th Five-Year Plan" period, China's mold enterprises have experienced rapid growth, with an average annual growth rate of 20%. In 2005, the mold sales in the Chinese mold industry reached 61 billion yuan, up 25% from the previous year. With a share of more than 2 billion dollars imported, the capacity of the Chinese mold market has reached 80 billion yuan. Experts predict that during the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period, China’s mold market share will reach 120 billion yuan.

In recent years, the new round of expansion of international mold manufacturing giants investing and setting up factories in China is in full swing. Germany Haila Jilin settled in; Japan Toyota mold set up factories in Tianjin; Finland's Belrose company invested in Shenzhen mold manufacturing plant was officially put into operation not long ago, specifically for telecommunications, health care, electronics, automotive and other industries to provide high-end mold products.

The large number of foreign capital entering alone will not help China in improving its own mold level. Foreign-funded enterprises have advanced technology and financial strength. By reusing China's labor force and cheap raw materials, the competitive advantage is self-evident. Chinese enterprises in the high-end mold market that they have occupied are even more inaccessible. That is to say, Chinese companies have no chance to upgrade their grades. . What Chinese enterprises are most afraid of is that their own strength has not yet been enhanced. Foreign-funded enterprises have completed monopoly on the Chinese mold market.

At present, the size of China's mold enterprises is second only to Japan and the United States, but most of them are concentrated in middle and low-grade areas, and their technological level and added value are low. According to the data provided by the China Die and Mould Industry Association, the precision, complex stamping dies and plastic molds, car cover molds, electronic connectors and other electronic product molds that are urgently needed in China’s manufacturing industry still rely heavily on imports. The import and export deficit of mold products exceeds 10%. Billions of dollars.

Second, many problems existing in domestic-funded enterprises need to be solved

According to incomplete statistics, there are currently more than 20,000 factories producing molds in the country, of which more than half are self-produced. At the same time, most of them are small-scale enterprises. In recent years, the pace of structural adjustments and institutional reforms in the mold industry has accelerated, but the overall level of design and manufacturing is much behind that of industrialized countries. Mainly in:

1. Weak industry innovation

The mold industry is a technology-intensive and capital-intensive industry. With the progress of the times and the development of technology, talents who can master and use new technologies are in short supply. Advanced mold fitters and corporate executives are also in short supply. Due to the poor efficiency of the mold enterprises and the lack of attention to scientific research and technological development, the mold industry as a whole has invested too little in research and development and technological research. The difficulties in the loans of private enterprises also affect the technological transformation of many enterprises, resulting in little progress in science and technology and no progress.

2. The overall efficiency of the industry is low

Although many domestic companies have adopted advanced processing equipment, the overall level of equipment is still much lower than that of foreign companies. In particular, equipment NC ratio and CAD/CAM application coverage are much lower than foreign companies. Due to institutional and financial reasons, the introduction of equipment is not complete, equipment and accessories are not supporting the phenomenon is very common, the problem of low equipment utilization can not be resolved for a long time. The low level of equipment has brought problems such as too high a locksmith ratio in China's mold enterprises.

3. Specialization, standardization, low commercialization, poor cooperation

The low level of standardization of molds and the low coverage of use of standard parts also have a significant impact on the quality and cost of the mold. In particular, it has a great influence on the mold manufacturing cycle.

4 mold materials and mold related technology behind

The performance, quality, and variety of mold materials often affect mold quality, life, and cost. There is a large gap between domestic mold steel and imported steel. Poor performance of plastics, plates, equipment, etc., also directly affects the improvement of mold level.

Third, the external environment analysis

Foreign-funded enterprises generally do not choose joint ventures because core technologies are not willing to evacuate. There are generally two modes for foreign-funded enterprises to enter: one is to enter together with the supporting companies (ie customers), which is characterized by the professional service for a single customer, the same type of mold; the second is to enter China. Foreign investment mold companies invest in China and their purpose is to use China's cheap labor and cheap steel to make more profits.

The personage inside course of study introduces, in the foreign enterprise, the mould workshop is "secret workshop", the outsider cannot come close. To set up factories in China, foreign capital has both funds and independent technologies, and does not require joint ventures with Chinese companies. They are just to reduce labor costs. Moreover, they still put the design abroad, and spread it to other companies in China through the Internet.

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