How to realize innovative development of fasteners in the future in China

After years of development, China has become the world's largest fastener producer. It is reported that there are currently nearly 20,000 fastener manufacturers in China, with an annual output of over 6 million tons and more than 1 million employees. However, at the same time, we also saw that factors that are not optimistic about the industry exist at the same time. On the one hand, the industry has fallen into the quagmire of overcapacity, vicious competition, and declining profits. On the other hand, foreign fastener giants such as Würth and Haoming Global Technology have become experts. In the Chinese market, one after another came to China to set up factories on the beach and further accelerate the process of reshuffling the industry. Coupled with the frequent occurrence of anti-dumping in foreign countries, there is a long way to go for China's fastener industry to achieve noble transformation. It is expected that the trend of fasteners in the future will be greatly affected by the international environment. Then, how will China's fasteners achieve innovation and development in the future, and be able to compete in the international market?

Strengthen technological innovation

Industry experts estimate that the future production and sales of the fastener industry will maintain a relatively high growth rate in the better development of the machinery industry and strong demand in the international market. However, experts have warned that the fastener industry must be prepared for the tightening of macro-control and the fickleness of the international market.

As we all know, China's fastener products exported to foreign countries are mostly low-end products. The products are mainly imported into the domestic spare parts maintenance market. In the high-end markets such as automobiles and aviation, there are few traces of Chinese fasteners. It is reported that at present, the average price of standard fasteners exported by China is only 1/3 to 1/9 of China's imports from Europe and the United States. If our fastener companies have high-end, high-value products and create independent innovation brands, we can make Domestic fastener products have a better place in the fierce foreign market.

Especially in the case of foreign anti-dumping incidents, the low value-added and unreasonable structure of domestic fastener products deserve more attention. Imagine if we can produce innovative products that are necessary for them. Set the threshold "retreat"?

To solve the problem of insufficient technological innovation capability of fastener companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, the Local Fasteners Association shall assume the responsibility for joint collaborative development and conduct professionalization, systematization, and integration in all aspects of the fastener industry chain. R&D, truly builds its own technological innovation capability, promotes technological innovation with system and management innovations, such as materials restructuring technology for the common industry, surface anti-corrosion electroplating environmental protection technology and mold technology and other joint research, controlled by one enterprise, several other companies Participating stocks, focusing on a common key technology, at the same time build a product quality inspection center, jointly open up an international sales channel, create the same product brand, develop the production in the form of corporate alliances, and organize exports.

The Jiaxing Brothers Standard Parts Co., Ltd. began to adjust the product structure as early as two years ago. Although raw materials are being cut in price, the “brothers” have not reduced their product prices because they have technical advantages and high market share. Therefore, foreign customers are not willing to press prices arbitrarily. . At the same time, this year's situation is more complex than the financial crisis. The European debt crisis, the renminbi exchange rate, rising labor costs and other issues, there are too many uncertainties, and the risk in the future remains high.

Timely strategic transformation

According to statistics, in 2009, the State Council has approved the 22-city subway construction plan, with a total investment of 88,2010 million yuan; as of now, about 27 cities are preparing to build urban rail transit, of which 22 cities have obtained rail transit construction plans. The State Council approved. It is estimated that by 2015, 22 cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou will construct 79 rail transit lines with a total length of 2259.84 kilometers and a total investment of 88,200.03 million yuan. According to incomplete statistics, there are about 50 cities in Beijing, Shanghai and other 15 cities, and 1,154 kilometers of rail transit lines are under construction. It will be more secure for the railway industry to maintain a growth rate of no less than 25% in the next 2-3 years.

The continuous “increment” of rail transit in China can not only promote the development of the railway industry, but also to a certain extent, it will also drive the development of related industries. The fastener industry is one of them!

Undoubtedly, the guaranteed growth of rail transit will lead to a relative increase in the growth of the fastener industry. However, it must be pointed out that the entire industry's guaranteed growth does not mean that all fastener companies can enjoy their food and clothing. Although the construction of the railway can not be separated from the role of fasteners, but not all specifications and models of fasteners are suitable for railway construction, the strength of some ordinary fasteners simply can not adapt to the high-speed rail vibration, rail and subway rail traffic All require stronger fasteners.

In order to meet the needs of industry growth, domestic fastener companies who want to share a share of the big cake in railway construction must adjust the product structure, gradually increase the proportion of high-strength fastener production, and realize strategic transformation to meet market demand.

It is reported that as the largest fastener manufacturer in China, Jinyi Company first tasted the sweetness in the national subway project, and the signed high-speed rail orders reached 2 billion yuan. Under the impact of the international financial crisis last year and the rise of trade protectionism, Jinyi Industrial Co., Ltd. seized the opportunities of the “high-speed rail economy” and focused on improving the development and production of various spare parts products in the high-speed rail fastener system. The complete set of fastener system integrated support and logistics capabilities. With its technical strength, Jinyi Industrial Co., Ltd. now takes over 20% of China's high-speed rail fasteners.

Optimize the structure of export products

It is not difficult to see that although the export volume of fasteners in China has developed rapidly, the problem of irrational export product structure still exists. In the competition in overseas markets, domestic enterprises are still in a disorderly state and price wars have occurred frequently. As more and more foreign manufacturers give up production and go to China to purchase, there are more and more business opportunities for domestic companies. It is expected that in the next two to three years, only China’s fastener exports will exceed US$2.5 billion. At the same time, the risk of anti-dumping is also increasing. The international anti-dumping investigations on fasteners and auto parts in China are about to start or have started, and the risk of international trade frictions has suddenly increased.

To completely solve the problem of export fastener product structure, we must strengthen independent innovation, optimize the structure of export products, and solve the problem of homogenization of product structure, unity of market structure, and the accumulation of many enterprises in a market channel to fight for disorderly competition. .

The competition in the international market today is actually the competition of multinational corporations and enterprise groups. The internationalization of the domestic market and the internalization of the international market are the new market conditions faced by domestic fastener companies. The industry concentration of the fastener industry in China is not high, and it is at a disadvantage in the international market competition. Therefore, in the face of new forms of economic globalization, leading domestic enterprises are required to integrate industrial resources and develop large enterprise groups to adapt to the new forms of economic globalization.

Practice technical standards

Technical standards refer to the standards formulated in the field of standardization that need to be negotiated and harmonized, and are promulgated and implemented by the state (or international organization). It is understood that there are more than 2,000 fastener standards in the world, among which there are more than 400 fastener standards in China.

Technical standards are divided into basic technical conditions, structural elements, mechanical properties, products, processes, inspections, test methods, etc., which have become the link between science and technology to productivity, and are important foundations for achieving product socialization and intensification. Arbitration of trade and other acceptance. Standards can not only improve the technological content of products, help companies sell products, sell better, and more scientifically grasp objective laws.

The rapid rise of the fastener industry in developed countries and regions such as Japan, South Korea and Taiwan in just 20 years is due to the customary use of technical standards to regulate themselves.

Although China has made many efforts in the standardization of fasteners in recent years, such as the basic standards set by the China Fasteners Standardization Technical Committee, more than 10 new standards have been issued every year, but the effect still needs to be strengthened. . Taking the passenger car as an example, in the production of nearly 10 million vehicles in 2009, the imported brand cars accounted for 60%-70% of China's automobile consumption market, and 60%-65% of the fasteners on the car were imported. . This of course relates to the attribution of the intellectual property rights of these products to foreign parties, but there are also other influencing factors. One of the key factors for China's automotive fastener companies to have low matching rates for automotive fasteners in Europe, the United States, and Japan, and the gap here lies in the understanding of standards. These companies do not understand the tightness of cars in Europe, the United States and Japan. Because of the firmware certification standards, it is not possible to pass the standard certification of these vehicle companies, and eventually it is difficult to break into the procurement system of European, American and Japanese cars and become their suppliers.

Standards are the weapons that companies use to fine-tune their products, upgrade their technological content, and transform the previously extensive production model. While companies regard quality as the lifeline, they must also adopt standards as nourishment to produce healthy vitamins and nutrients.

Take the road of energy saving and emission reduction

Since the Copenhagen conference in 2009, low-carbon and energy-saving have become the protagonists. However, recent performance of hardware companies can not dare to compliment. First of all, Jining Shandong Sakura Hardware Group Co., Ltd. was 23.7 times more than the total chromium content in the waste water discharged from the explosion workshop. The contaminated Zijin mining pollution incident caused by the sacking of dead fish in Tingjiang was finally revealed in the early morning of July 16th. Fujian's first batch of 12 provincial-level listed companies to supervise the list of polluting enterprises are five hardware companies. Environmental awareness, low-carbon has become a headache for the hardware industry.

The relative density of the fastener industry is relatively less than that of certain heavy industry polluted SARs, but it cannot be ignored. Although pollutant emission reductions do not have rigid targets for fastener companies, they must also assume some of their social responsibilities.

Compared with developed countries and regions, the overall level of the fastener industry in China has been improved to some extent in recent years, but the environmental awareness is still at a shallow level because of the level of people’s environmental awareness and is affected by various social factors. Constraints. Environmental awareness is reflected by people's environmental behavior.

Looking at the internal management of fastener companies, the level of environmental awareness is often higher than the level of environmental behavior, but in reality there is a "thinking giant, the dwarf of action," and pollution reduction is urgently needed. It is understood that the environmental situation of the fastener industry is still worth paying attention to, and it is particularly manifested in the problems of water pollution and pollutant discharge. The environmental problems that some old companies have accumulated over the long term need to be improved, and environmental issues of new start-up companies are also emerging.

Fastener companies must attach great importance to environmental protection. They must accelerate technological innovation and institutional innovation, increase investment in environmental protection technology, strengthen pollution control within the company's area, promote cleaner production, and build a harmonious and sustainable development of fasteners for people and nature. We must really do a good job of managing details and protect the environment from the source, so as to effectively promote the sustainable development of the entire society.