At present, the scale of global manufacturing transfer is increasing, the speed is also accelerating, and it is extending to the depth and breadth, and China's mold manufacturing industry is the ideal place to undertake transfer. In addition, during the "12th Five-Year Plan" period, the country will continue to vigorously support the development of China's mold industry. Under multiple favorable conditions, the future of China's internal mold industry will show a beautiful scene.
The preferential policies provide a good development environment for the mold industry. According to Luo Baihui, head of the International Die and Plastic Hardware Industry Suppliers Association, Yuyao, Dalian, Huangye, Chongqing, Yiyang, and other places have successively introduced support for the development of the local mold industry under the direction of national industrial policies and related supporting policies. The preferential policies have received very good results. At the same time, the rapid development of the mold industry has also contributed to the prosperity of the local economy. Luo Baihui said that with the increasing frequency of exchanges between regions, the favorable policies for the development of the mold industry will further improve the development environment for the domestic mold manufacturing industry.
1. Accelerate mechanism conversion and structure becomes more reasonable
In order to adapt to the situation, China’s mold industry has accelerated the pace of system reform and mechanism conversion in recent years. “Three foreign capitals†and private enterprises have occupied the dominant position in the industry. Equipment and product levels have been greatly improved, and management has made great progress. . Many companies have applied CAD/CAM/CAE integration technologies, 3D design technologies, information management technologies such as ERP and IM3, and many high technologies such as high-speed processing, rapid prototyping, virtual simulation, and network technology. Many companies have already proposed "production." Professionalization, product branding, enterprise modernization, market internationalization, and other corporate development strategies. Companies that have passed various quality system certifications are more than a year old.
2, the scale of economic benefits, rapid development of the cluster
While the specialization of “small and sophisticated†has continued to develop, the scale effect has been increasingly emphasized in recent years. In addition to making the company bigger and bigger and benefiting from economies of scale, the mold cluster production continues to show its superiority. As a result, various mold production forms such as “Mold Cityâ€, “Mold Industry Parkâ€, and “Mould Production Base†are in the country. Rapid development. According to many companies, cluster production has at least the following advantages compared to decentralized production: the market is wider, collaboration is more convenient, production costs are reduced, exchanges are much more, and preferential policies are enjoyed. According to Luo Baihui's survey, there are more than 40 enterprises that annually produce more than 100 million yuan in the country's molds, and more than 200 companies have more than 30 million yuan. The "Mould City (Park)" has a certain influence. 50. The construction of these mold gathering and production bases has played a positive role in promoting the development of China's mold industry.
3. Pay attention to brand patents and strengthen innovation and research and development
Many companies began to realize the importance of "brand" and "patent", and their capital investment and capability for independent innovation continued to increase. For a long time, the mold has always been in the "rear" and "passive" status, so there are few "brands" and "patents." With the development of market economy, in recent years, companies have paid more and more attention to "brand" and "patent." Some companies have realized the importance of innovation and R&D, and their input has increased rapidly. According to the situation learned by the China Die and Mould Industry Association, in recent years, the proportion of investment and sales revenue of many companies in innovative R&D has reached about 5%, and individual companies have even reached 8% to 10%.
4, high-tech popular, mold talent shortage
The technical content of molds has been continuously improved, and more and more high-tech molds are being used. It is understood that there are four kinds of molds that have been listed by the relevant state departments in the "China's High-tech Products Export Catalogue". In fact, there are already many molds that have more than the technical content of these four molds, such as automotive parts advance molds, precision multi-position progressive molds, car large-scale complex cover stamping molds, automated automotive interior parts casting molds, high strength Plate hot pressing molds. With the development of high and new technology, more and more mold manufacturing enterprises have been recognized as high-tech enterprises by relevant government departments at all levels. According to preliminary statistics from the China Modular Association, there are currently seven state-level high-tech enterprises in the mold industry, and there are nearly one hundred high-tech enterprises at the provincial and municipal levels.
The shortage of talent has become increasingly prominent. Although the rapid development of the workforce in China's mold industry in recent years, it is estimated that it has reached nearly one million people, but it still can not keep up with the development needs of the industry. First, the total amount is insufficient, and second, the quality is not enough to meet the needs of the development of the industry. According to Luo Baihui's survey, there are about 300,000 to 500,000 employees in the mold industry in the country, including about 20% engineering and technical personnel. The current shortage of high-quality and high-level mold enterprise managers and middle- and high-level technical personnel and advanced technologies are particularly in short supply. worker.
5. Increased foreign trade deficit and good export prospects
Although China's mold industry has entered the fast track of development, due to its accuracy, longevity, manufacturing cycle, and capability, compared with international standards and industrial advanced countries, there is still a big gap, so it can not meet the needs of China's manufacturing industry development. . Especially in the precision, large-scale, complex, long-life mold, still in short supply. Therefore, a large amount of imports are still needed each year.
The dependence on foreign capital has increased year by year. Six years after China’s accession to the WTO, foreign trade developed rapidly. The dependence of China’s economy on foreign trade rose from 30% to 70%. At the same time, in recent years, it is the period when foreign capital has entered China in large numbers. With the continuous expansion and deepening of the policy of opening up to the outside world, foreign investment in China's mold industry has also increased, and the dependence on foreign capital has also increased year by year. For example, Guangdong Province is the largest mold province in China and its production capacity accounts for about 40% of the country. Among the mold production capacity in the province, foreign-funded enterprises account for about 60%, and joint ventures account for about 10%. The province’s mold exports account for about 50% of the country’s total, and exports from foreign companies and joint ventures also account for the majority of its exports. Reliance on foreign investment and foreign trade will have a major impact on the safety of the industry and even the economic security of the entire country.
Increased market competition. The competition in China's mold market is constantly increasing, and its performance is that mold product prices have been decreasing year after year. At the present stage, the prices of raw materials for moulds and personnel wages have continued to rise. However, the prices of moulds have not risen. This has led to a continuous decline in the profits of mould enterprises and some companies have suffered losses and losses. According to the China Die and Mould Industry Association's survey of 270 major mold manufacturing enterprises in the country, the profit rate of output value in 2005 decreased by 2.1 percentage points from the previous year, and the profit rate of sales revenue dropped by 3.1 percentage points from the previous year. The annual loss of enterprises above designated size in the country reached 260 million yuan in 2005, a substantial increase. This trend continues. The middle and high-end mold market is mainly focused on the competition between China's key enterprises and foreign companies and domestic "three-funded" enterprises. The middle and low-end mold market is dominated by competition among private enterprises. Some are already in an unordered state and have reached the point of disrupting the normal market order. The low quality that must be caused by too low prices has severely affected the survival of some enterprises and forced some enterprises to adjust their positioning at an accelerated pace. It is not surprising that a small number of enterprises are facing elimination. Although the increase in mold exports in recent years is greater than the increase in imports, the absolute increase is still greater than the export of imports, resulting in mold foreign trade deficit year after year. Luo Baihui's analysis of the increase in foreign trade deficits in molds has two main reasons: First, the sustained and rapid development of the national economy, especially the rapid development of automobile companies has brought about a strong demand for molds, some high-grade molds do not produce, they have to import, but it is true Some molds that can be produced domestically are also imported. This is related to China's current tariff policy and project approval system. The second is the lack of encouragement for export of molds.
The trend of the transfer of international mold capital to China is very clear, and the outlook for mold exports is very good. Because China's molds, especially medium- and low-grade molds, have large price advantages in the international market, some molds even cost only a fraction of the international market, plus China’s cheaper quality labor resources and better Due to the technological foundation and infrastructure facilities, foreign investment in China's mold industry has increased over the past year, and more and more multinational companies have purchased molds in China.