Equipment Manufacturing Industry Structure Optimization Machine Tool Industry Moves to the High End

During the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period, China’s equipment manufacturing industry achieved a breakthrough in total scale, a number of major technological equipment that played a significant role in the national economy achieved breakthroughs, the industrial structure and product structure were optimized, and the international competitiveness of equipment manufacturing industry was significant. improve. From basic import substitution of large-scale construction machinery and equipment, to the continuous emergence of innovative products in the machine tool industry; from the completion of production of the “first set” of some major technical equipment to the top of the world in the production and sales of automobiles, Luo Baihui, head of the International Association of Mold and Hardware Plastic Industry Suppliers. He said that in recent years, combined with major project construction and the needs of key industries, through vigorous implementation of independent innovation and localization projects, China's equipment manufacturing industry has gradually achieved a breakthrough from low to high, from the "manufacturing" to "creativity" leap.

Significantly improved product structure During the “11th Five-Year Plan” period, industrial enterprises increased the adjustment of product structure and industrial structure, especially after the impact of the financial crisis in 2008, the company further improved the understanding of the necessity and importance of improving product structure. . The severe impact of the financial crisis also forced industry companies to adjust their product mix. Many companies adjusted the main products, compressed low-grade, common products, upgraded and replaced economical CNC machine tools, and focused on the development of medium-to-high-end CNC machine tools and production lines. From the perspective of the current industry, machine tool products show three or three more trends: less production of low-grade and large road goods, production of medium-high-end and special-purpose products, less production of ordinary machine tools, and production of numerical control products. Less, more new products. In 2009, the output of CNC metal cutting machine tools was 143,904 sets, which was 2.41 times that of 59,639 sets in 2005. In 2009, the numerical control rate of metal processing machine tools reached 52%, which was 16% higher than that of 2005, which was 36.3%.

During the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period, there has been new progress in the industrial restructuring of the industry. First of all, the optimization and reorganization of domestic enterprises has accelerated and the cross-ownership restructuring has attracted attention. Secondly, international mergers and acquisitions have also been actively and carefully conducted. Through corporate restructuring and international mergers and acquisitions, it has promoted the organic integration of domestic and foreign companies, laying a good foundation for establishing a new industrial structure, enhancing industry innovation capability, realizing scaled production and improving international competitiveness.

In 2006, Shaanxi Qinchuan Machine Tools Group was established and integrated Qinchuan Machine Tool, Qinchuan Grande, Hanjiang Machine Tool and Hanjiang Tools Factory. Hefei Forging Group was led by Hefei He Forging Press Machine Tool Co., Ltd., and was established by 6 privately-owned machine tool companies including Anhui Jingling, Anhui Shuanglong, Wanma Machine Tool, Aoli Forging, and Forging Technology Center.

In 2007, Zhejiang private-owned enterprise Tianma Group acquired state-owned Qizhong CNC Equipment Co., Ltd.

In 2008, China General Technology Corporation merged with Qi Machine Tool Group. In 2010, it merged with Harbin Tools & Cutting Tools Group again.

International mergers and acquisitions are also an important way to adjust the industrial structure of China's machine tool industry. While paying attention to domestic restructuring, some machine tool companies in China are also paying close attention to the development of the international machine tool industry and timely acquiring overseas machine tool companies. In 2008, Tianshui Xinghuo Machine Tool Co., Ltd. acquired 81% of the shares of French SOMAB, and also participated in a 25% stake in German WMH. In 2010, Chongqing Machine Tool Group acquired the British company Holloday. So far, 9 key enterprises in the machine tool industry have successfully acquired (controlled) 12 well-known companies in the international machine tool industry. Through overseas acquisitions, the company’s product level has been significantly improved and new product development has been accelerated.

In addition, industrial clusters formed in some areas also have good effects, such as the forming machine clustering area in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, and the electric machine tool clustering area in Suzhou Taixing, and the forging and press machines around Jinan, Shandong Province, have also developed rapidly.

The industrial system has been increasingly perfected "As long as it is equipment, it can be found in our country." This is an image description of China's equipment manufacturing industry. The ever-improving industrial system and ever-growing industrial scale have made “China equipment and equipment China” no longer a dream.

During the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, China's equipment manufacturing industry has made remarkable achievements. According to Luo Baihui, head of the International Die & Mould and Plastics Industry Suppliers Association, the total size of China's equipment manufacturing industry has now taken a leading position in the world and ranks among the world's leading manufacturers of equipment manufacturing. The level of autonomy in major technology and equipment has also been significantly improved. The industry's pillar industries have become even more prominent. A number of key products have reached the international advanced level. A group of equipment manufacturers have emerged in the international arena. A number of industrial clusters are accelerating their formation, and some of their product technology and market share have leapt to the top of the world.

During the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period, many areas of equipment manufacturing industry have made rapid progress:

The construction machinery industry maintained a rapid growth and emerged a number of independent brands that enjoyed a certain reputation in the international community. At present, in addition to special large-scale construction machinery, China has been able to produce the 18 major product categories, more than 280 series, more than 1,700 varieties, and more than 4,000 specifications required for domestic engineering construction. Especially in the field of large-scale construction machinery, currently 26 types of machines commonly used in the world can be manufactured, and the technical level has reached the goal of replacing imports.

Automobile production and sales have shown explosive growth. In 2006, the production and sales volume of China's autos were 7,27,700 units and 7,271,600 units respectively. Since then, the number of autos has increased year after year. In 2009, the number of autos produced exceeded 10 million units for the first time, reaching 13.975 million vehicles, becoming the world's largest automobile production country. From January to September of this year, China's auto production and sales respectively completed 1,308,710,000 units and 13,138,400 units, an increase of up to 36% year-on-year.

The scale of the shipbuilding industry has soared. During the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period, China’s shipbuilding completion volume continuously hit a record high. It is estimated that China's shipbuilding production will exceed 50 million DWT by the end of the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period, which is 4.1 times of the shipbuilding output in 2005, and the average annual growth rate of shipbuilding production during the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period will be as high as 34.7%, which is also significantly higher than “15 "The average annual growth rate of 26.5%.

The product structure of the machine tool industry has been significantly improved and the industrial structure has been optimized. During the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period, most machine tool industry enterprises compressed low-grade and ordinary products, upgraded and replaced economical CNC machine tools, and focused on the development of medium-to-high-end CNC machine tools and production lines. In 2009, the output of CNC metal cutting machine tools was 143,904 sets, which was 2.41 times that of 59,639 sets in 2005. In 2009, the numerical control rate of metal processing machine tools reached 52%, which was 16% higher than in 2005.

Independent innovation continues to optimize the "Eleventh Five-Year" period, independent innovation has always been the key to the development of China's equipment manufacturing industry. With the introduction of a series of adjustment and revitalization incentive policies and measures, the development environment for the equipment manufacturing industry has been continuously optimized, the capacity for industrial innovation has been significantly enhanced, and the level of science and technology has increased substantially.

In the fields of power equipment, CNC machine tools, automobiles, and parts and components, China's high-end equipment has achieved new results in independent innovation, and the self-sufficiency rate of high-end equipment continues to increase. Since the beginning of this year, many high-end products with independent innovation have come out one after another. For example, key castings and forgings required for nuclear power equipment have been independently developed, and the world’s first ±800 kV Yunguang UHV DC transmission project has been completed and put into production. "All these indicate that China's equipment manufacturing industry is constantly improving its ability to innovate," said Cai Weici, executive vice president of China Machinery Industry Federation.

The contribution rate of new products from the equipment manufacturing industry to the growth of the industry has also further increased, which has promoted further adjustment and optimization of the industry's technology and product structure. Taking the machine tool industry as an example, in the first half of this year, the output of CNC machine tools increased by 111.18% year-on-year, driven by demand from major aircraft, high-speed railways, and nuclear power equipment. The growth rate was significantly higher than that of ordinary machine tools.

Many companies place greater emphasis on relying on independent innovation to achieve structural transformation. According to statistics, in the first half of this year, the output value of new products of China's machinery industry increased significantly year-on-year, and the growth rate of the output value of new products was always faster than that of the entire industry.

What's even more pleasing is that at present, China's independent innovation in the equipment manufacturing industry is being pushed by the host layer at the key supporting component level: Xidian Electric and TBEA built a high-level AC/DC high-voltage insulated casing coil production line, with long natural gas. A breakthrough has been made in the localization of large-scale valves for pipelines... “The key components of high-end equipment in China have been subject to human control for a long time. We can now make breakthroughs in key components and represent the improvement in the core technological capabilities of equipment manufacturing,” said Cai Weici.

The machine tool industry has been growing rapidly for many years. Industry companies have invested more energy and financial resources in technology innovation and achieved good results. The industry’s capacity for independent innovation has been improved, scientific and technological progress has achieved remarkable results, the process of industrialization of independent innovation has been accelerating, new products have emerged, and new technologies and processes have been widely used.

During the period of 2006-2009, three new technologies in the machine tool industry won the second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award, including the “LS4B Type 2500 UST Closed Multi-Link Press” of Jinan No.2 Machine Tool Group Co., Ltd., Huhai Haijie Manufacturing Technology Co., Ltd. The key technology of high-speed precision grinding and the series of high-end CNC grinding equipment jointly developed by Hunan University and Hangzhou Zhibang Nanotechnology Co., Ltd., is suitable for high-precision precision gear grinding in Shaanxi Qinchuan Machinery Development Co., Ltd. Worm wheel grinding machine technology and products". Another 83 projects won the China Machinery Industry Science and Technology Award, including 6 first prizes.

The company has continuously introduced new products with advanced levels to fill the gaps in the country, such as the world's largest 8m vertical CNC lathe, Φ320mm CNC floor milling and boring machine, gantry span of 10m, 5-axis linkage CNC bridge gantry milling and lathe, Longmen 9m-long digital-controlled bridge double gantry boring and milling machine, machining 5m in diameter, 500t heavy-duty CNC horizontal lathe, depth 1000mm CNC tube deep-hole drilling machine, one-time installation of a 7-axis 5-link CNC machine with maximum diameter 8000mm propeller , Crankshaft and shaft-shaft processing of special large CNC lathes and tangential point tracking follow-up CNC grinding machines, processing of 2200mm diameter CNC roll grinder, heavy-duty milling and lathe machining center, 5-coordinate beam moving gantry machining center, large-scale precision gear grinding machine , Large-scale CNC ultra-precision Fresnel lens processing equipment, ultra-heavy duty CNC precision shipboard roller equipment, CNC high-speed dry-cut hobbing machine, large-scale barrel section integration machine, processing diameter 1600mm CNC spiral bevel gear grinding machine, positioning accuracy 6μm precision horizontal machining center, high-speed vertical machining center with spindle speed of 30000r/min 2.5m×16m movable beam type CNC guide rail grinding machine, CNC gantry boring and milling with double ram and CNC fixture, high-speed railway special grinder for Borg plate, CNC wheel processing machine, presses with pressure tonnage 20000kN～63000kN , 30000kN 14m CNC Hydraulic Press Brake, 20000kN CNC Hydraulic Pipe Machine, 64000kN Automotive Large Cover Hydraulic Press Soft Press Production Line, and other emerging products, which provide necessary for aerospace, shipbuilding, power, national defense, transportation and other key users The technical equipment has improved the competitiveness of CNC machine tools in China.

"In the past few years, China's equipment manufacturing industry has made remarkable achievements. However, we are still only manufacturing big countries, not manufacturing giants." Zhang Xiangmu, Director of the Department of Equipment Industry of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said, "The 12th Five-Year Plan period It is a critical period for China to build a well-off society in an all-round way, and it is also a critical period for China's equipment manufacturing industry to change from big to strong.Therefore, accelerating the structural adjustment and transformation of development methods and striving to build a strong manufacturing equipment manufacturing industry will be significant during the 12th Five-Year Plan period. Strategic mission."

At present, on the technical level, many products of China's equipment manufacturing industry are still in the middle and low end of the industrial chain, lacking the core competitiveness of global well-known brands and high-end products; basic supporting capabilities are also relatively weak, and key components still need to be import.

Looking ahead to the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan", China's equipment manufacturing industry must truly stand up to the world. Completing the transition from a "manufacturing country" to a "manufacturing country" will still require countless challenges and tests. It will take a long way to go.

To carry out "innovation and upgrading", vigorously promote independent innovation, and promote industrial optimization and upgrading will be the key to the further expansion of the equipment manufacturing industry. It is understood that during the “12th Five-Year Plan” period, strengthening scientific and technological innovation and enhancing independent innovation capability will become the central link of the development mode of equipment manufacturing industry, strive to break through the core technology and key technologies of the industry, accelerate the formation of independent technologies, standards and brands, and vigorously promote The high-end traditional industries, high-tech industrialization and industrial agglomeration are highly advanced, and a modern equipment manufacturing system is constructed.

During the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period of technological transformation, the effect and role of the machine tool industry on technological transformation had a gratifying change in concept, gradually changing the practice of expanding the production capacity of old products through technological transformation in the past. , Pay more attention to the adoption of technological transformation, strengthen innovation capacity building, innovative process methods, change the mode of economic development, and maintain the scientific sustainable development of enterprises.

During the period of 2006-2009, the investment in fixed assets of the machine tool industry was 37.475 trillion yuan, 5,391.26 million yuan, 79.11 million yuan, and 107.572 billion yuan, respectively, and it maintained a relatively high growth rate. Luo Baihui, head of the International Die & Metals & Plastics Industry Suppliers Association, believes that through technological transformation, it will enhance the ability of independent innovation of enterprises, increase the manufacturing capability and information level of high-end CNC machine tools, and accelerate the structural adjustment, realize industrial upgrading, and transform the mode of economic development. The important role.

The timing of technological transformation and relocation of new plants, such as Wuzhong, Shenyang Machine Tool, Dalian Machine Tool, Beiyi, Jiji, Qizhong, Qi’erji, Ningjiang Machine Tool, and Hangzhou Machine, relied on national key projects and key projects. Need heavy-duty, high-end CNC machine tools, targeted technological transformation and new plant construction, reform process, increase research and development methods, enhance the ability of independent innovation, improve the high-end CNC machine tool manufacturing capabilities and professionalism.

During the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period, despite the impact of the global financial crisis, the machine tool industry still maintained a relatively rapid development. In particular, CNC machine tools are experiencing rapid development.

In 2005, the industry produced 451,700 metal cutting machine tools, including 59,639 CNC metal cutting machine tools. In 2009, the company produced 580,273 metal cutting machine tools, an increase of 28.7% compared with 2005, of which 143,904 CNC metal cutting machine tools, an increase of 141.3% compared with 2005.

In 2009, China's machine tool industry completed a total industrial output value of 401.42 billion yuan, which was an increase of 218.7% compared with 2005 industrial output value of 125.961 billion yuan; the product sales value was 392.25 billion yuan, and the product sales revenue in 2005 was 121.246 billion yuan. Than, an increase of 223.5%.

With the strengthening of the international competitiveness of China's machine tool industry, the growth rate of China's export of machine tool products has accelerated. In 2009, the export of machine tool products was US$7.44 billion, which was an increase of 58.3% compared with the export value of US$2.995 billion in 2005. In 2009, the output value of Chinese machine tools jumped from the world’s 3rd for the first time to 1st in the world.

In the past few years, the machine tool industry has improved its ability to meet users' needs by enhancing its ability to independently innovate and improve its manufacturing capabilities. Such as nuclear power and wind power special processing equipment developed by Wuzhong Machine Tool Group, marine cylinder liners, crankshafts, propeller processing equipment, special processing equipment for railway turnouts, wheels, locomotives, etc.; automotive panel stamping production lines developed by Jinan No. 2 Machine Tool Group, mechanical type Five-axis linkage CNC gantry moving boring and milling machine, CNC high-speed floor boring and milling boring machine, double gantry mechanical five-axis linkage CNC boring and milling machine; Shenyang Machine Tool Group for the national key projects of large aircraft manufacturing, railway, nuclear power, shipbuilding, military development needs, product quality, Form an industry scale; 9-axis 5-link mill-turn machine, flexible manufacturing unit, and automatic production line developed by Dalian Machine Tool Group; 5-axis linkage milling machine with long span spanning more than 10m for a machine tool developed by Beijing Machine Tool Co., Ltd. Longmen crossbeam 9m CNC double gantry boring and milling machine with CNC bridge; 5m milling and milling center developed by Qiqihar No.2 Machine Tool, 2500t multi-station mechanical press, special CNC milling machine for heavy-duty turbine rotor wheel groove, and large-scale barrel-segment integration machine; Qizhong CNC developed Wind power manufacturing special series machine tools, large crankshaft special rotation Milling machines; large-scale precision gear grinding machines developed by Qinchuan Machine Tools; ultra-long seamless steel pipe processing equipment developed by Chongqing Machine Tools for high-speed dry-cut hobbing machines and Tianshui Spark Machine Tool; hull sheet metal forming hydraulic presses developed by Tianjin Tiandeng; Development of ultra-heavy-duty CNC roll grinders and new crankshaft grinders; Hangzhou Machine Tool and Weihai Huadong CNC developed high-speed railway Borg plate grinders; Texas Pleasant developed a large CNC deep-hole drilling boring machine; Jinan cast forging developed by the car cylinder Cylinder head automatic casting production line; Jiangxi Cam machine developed new type of cam grinder, etc. These new products are introduced to meet the urgent needs of aviation, aerospace, electronics, shipbuilding, power industry, rail transit, automobiles, construction machinery, defense industry and other industries. The international competitiveness of China's CNC machine tools.

The “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” of the Treasury focused on the goal of quality and efficiency The achievements of the Chinese machine tool industry in the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period were obvious to all and basically achieved steady and rapid growth. In particular, in 2009, the industrial output value of the entire industry was completed at 401.4 billion yuan. It is the world's first machine tool producer. As the basic industry of the national economy, the "12th Five-Year Plan" of the machine tool industry has attracted much attention. Entrusted by relevant ministries and commissions such as the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the China Machine Tool and Tool Industry Association began drafting the industry's "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" early this year.

At present and even during the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period, industry enterprises must unswervingly accelerate the progress of structural adjustment and transformation of development methods, and accelerate the improvement of innovation capabilities and core corporate competitiveness. Wang Liming, vice chairman and secretary general of the China Machine Tool Industry Association, put forward the main objective of the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”. “At the end of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, the machine tool industry achieved total industrial output value of 700 billion yuan; annual output of CNC machine tools exceeded 200,000 units. The market share of the domestic market is more than 70% (by sales amount); the annual export volume of the whole industry reaches 10 billion U.S. dollars, of which machine tool exports account for more than 40%. At the same time, the structural adjustment of machine tool products should be accelerated during the 12th Five-Year Plan period, and further We will improve the industrial chain, implement enterprise structural adjustment through the combination of policy orientation and market economy, increase the professional production level of manufacturing processes, and optimize the structure of import and export trade. Wang Liming pointed out in the "12th Five-Year Plan" points that further improvement of the industrial chain is to break the bottleneck in the development of CNC machine tools, to develop functional components and numerical control systems; to encourage the development of CNC tools, complex tools, and precision measuring instruments; Abrasives and superhard materials and products. Among them, the middle and high-end numerical control systems, numerical control tools and so on will all become the development priorities of the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan". The "development of manufacturing services" will also become one of the major tasks during the "12th Five-Year Plan" period.

In recent years, the rapid expansion of the domestic machine tool market has provided space for the rapid development of China's machine tool industry. However, many domestic medium and high-end CNC machine tools and high-grade tools and components have yet to be further improved in terms of service life, efficiency and reliability. This makes the import volume of these products continue to increase substantially.

Since the first half of this year, the overall production and sales of China's machine tool industry have been booming, and many economic indicators have increased significantly. Luo Baihui analyzed that from the current industry development situation, it is expected that the market demand for the machine tool industry will slow down in the second half of the year, but the overall industry development trend will continue to rise steadily. Enterprises should speed up structural adjustments and strive to enhance product competitiveness. From the perspective of the subdivision industry, the gross industrial output value of the three small industries such as machine tools, tools and measuring instruments, and woodworking machinery grew at a lower rate than the industry average, while the machine tool accessories, foundry machinery, abrasives, and other metal processing The growth rate of five small industries such as machinery and metal forming machine tools is higher than the industry average. With the further release of investment energy, market demand will further return to rational demand. In other words, high-end machine tool products will be more favored by the market. In addition, from the policy level, the country is also more inclined to support high-end machine tool products with independent intellectual property rights and strong market competitiveness.

It is expected that the development of the machine tool industry this year will remain relatively stable. For a long period of time in the future, we should pay attention to guiding enterprises to shift from focusing on scale and speed to paying attention to quality and efficiency, enabling enterprises to accelerate structural adjustment and strive to improve product quality and market competitiveness so as to achieve higher industry-wide improvement. The goal of quality and effectiveness.