Nine aspects of China's mold industry still need to increase efforts

In recent decades, we are proud of the rapid development of China's mold industry, mold industry restructuring and institutional reforms have increased, emerging a number of competitive mold manufacturing companies. However, we need to be concerned that the overall level of the mold industry still lags behind the international advanced level for many years. The mold output still cannot meet the market demand of the mold. The satisfaction rate of the entire domestic mold market is less than 80%. In particular, the satisfaction rate of medium and high-grade molds with high mold technology content is still very low. Therefore, China has to import a large number of molds every year. The annual trade deficit of domestic import and export molds reaches US$1 billion. According to Luo Baihui, a mold expert, the Chinese mold industry still needs to increase efforts in the next area.

First: Increase the output value and develop medium and high-grade molds.

At present, the global mold production value is about 100 billion US dollars, China's mold sales in 2010 has reached 112 billion yuan (***). In the past ten years, the output value of domestic molds has increased by an average of 18% per year, which is higher than the annual growth rate of GPD in China. However, the total amount of molds is still in short supply. The self-provision rate of homemade molds is less than 80%. Among them, the supply of middle and low molds is oversupplied and high-grade Nearly 50% of the mold is imported, especially large, sophisticated, complex, long-life die gaps are greater. China is a large importer of molds. The annual import amount is equivalent to 25 to 30% of the domestic mold production value. Due to the rapid development of China's mold industry, it has stimulated the consumption of domestic mold steel. Since the 21st century, the output of domestic mold steel has increased rapidly.

Second: Adjust the organizational structure, product structure, technical structure and import and export structure of the enterprise.

Mould is an important process foundation for manufacturing industry. In China, mold manufacturing belongs to special equipment manufacturing industry. Although China started to make molds and use molds very early, it has not formed an industry for a long time. Until the late 1980s, the Chinese mold industry entered the fast lane of development. In recent years, not only the state-owned mold enterprises have made great progress, but also the development of foreign-funded enterprises and township and village (individual) mold enterprises has been rapid. Although China's mold industry is developing rapidly, it is clearly in short supply compared with demand. Its main gap is concentrated in the field of precision, large-scale, complex, long-life molds. Due to the accuracy, longevity, manufacturing cycle, and production capacity of molds, there is still a large gap between China's average level and the international average and developed countries. Therefore, a large number of molds need to be imported each year.

In recent years, the pace of structural adjustment and system reform of the mold industry has increased, mainly in the large-scale, sophisticated, complex, long-life, high-grade mold and mold standard parts development speed than the general mold products; plastic mold and die-casting mold ratio increased; The number of professional mold factories and their production capacity increase; 'three foreign capital' and private enterprises have developed rapidly; In terms of regional distribution, the development of the southeastern coastal areas centered on the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta is faster than that in the central and western regions, and the development in the south is faster than in the north. The provinces with the most rapid development and the most concentrated mold production are Guangdong and Zhejiang, and Jiangsu, Shanghai, Anhui, and Shandong have also achieved great development in recent years. Luo Baihui believes that in addition to continuing to increase its production capacity, the Chinese mold industry must focus on the adjustment of the internal structure of the industry and the improvement of the level of technological development. The structural adjustment is mainly focused on the adjustment of the enterprise structure to the specialization, the development of the product structure towards middle-to-high-end molds, the improvement of the import and export structure, the analysis and structural improvement of the molds for mid-to-high-end automotive panels, multi-functional composite molds and composite machining, and laser technology. In the mold design and manufacturing applications, high-speed cutting, ultra-precision machining and polishing technology, information technology development.

Third: improve development capabilities and economic benefits.

The proportion of technical personnel in China's mold enterprises is low, the level is low, and product development is not valued, and it is often in a passive position in the market. The average annual output value of each mold worker in our country is about 10,000 US dollars. Most of the foreign mold industry developed countries are 150,000-200,000 US dollars, and some are as high as 250-300,000 US dollars. In contrast, a considerable number of mold enterprises in China still use the past. There are few companies that have realized the management of workshops and truly realized modern enterprise management.

Fourth: Improve the level of mold products.

At present, the domestic mold production cycle is higher than the international level, but the product level is still relatively low, mainly in the mold accuracy, cavity surface roughness, life and structure and so on.

Fifth: Increase the state's policy support for the mold industry.

Although the country has clearly promulgated the industry policy of the mold industry, it has few supporting policies and weak implementation. At present, there are only 185 companies that enjoy the value-added tax of mold products. Most companies still have heavy tax burdens. Mold companies to carry out technological transformation and introduction of equipment to pay a considerable amount of taxes, affecting technological progress, but also very difficult for private enterprises.

Sixth: Increase talent training, research and development investment.

The mold industry is a technology, capital, and labor-intensive industry. With the progress of the times and the development of technology, there is an abnormal shortage of talents who master and skillfully use new technologies, and senior mold fitters and enterprise management personnel are also very nervous. Due to the poor efficiency of mold enterprises and insufficient attention to scientific research and technology development, the eyes of scientific research institutes and colleges and universities are staring at income generation, resulting in too little investment in research and development and technological breakthroughs in the mold industry, resulting in little development of mold technology. Progress is not fast.

Seventh: Improve the level and utilization of process equipment.

In recent years, China's machine tool industry has made rapid progress, and it has been able to provide relatively complete sets of high-precision processing equipment. However, compared with foreign equipment, there is still a large gap. Although many domestic companies have introduced many advanced foreign equipment, the overall level of equipment is much lower than many foreign companies. Due to institutional and financial reasons, the introduction of equipment is not complete, and equipment and accessories are not common enough. The problem of low equipment utilization has not been properly addressed for a long time.

Eighth: Strengthen collaboration and further increase the degree of specialization, standardization, and commercialization.

Due to the long-term impact of 'big and full' and 'small and all', the level of mold specialization is low, the professional division of labor is not detailed, and the degree of commercialization is low. At present, the domestic production of molds, commodity molds only account for about 40%, the rest for their own production. Mould companies do not cooperate well and it is difficult to complete large-scale tooling tasks. The low level of standardization of molds and the low coverage of the use of mold standard parts also have a great influence on the quality and cost of the molds, especially the mold manufacturing cycle.

Ninth: Strengthen the mold material and mold technology research.

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, and equipment also directly affects the improvement of mold level.

As long as China has done all these nine major aspects, the gap between the mold industry I have had and the international mold industry will be much smaller.

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