China's automotive mold industry has a good momentum and prospects

In recent years, China's mold industry has achieved rapid development. The structure of China's mold products has further tended to be reasonable. The share of large-scale, sophisticated, complex and long-life molds with high technology has increased from 20% to 30%. In 2009, China's mold sales reached nearly 1,000. 100 million yuan. At the same time, the level of equipment of some mold companies has been continuously improved, the level of technology has been continuously improved, production capacity has been strengthened, and the mold industry has shown new development trends.

The complementary relationship between the mold industry and other related industries has enabled the mold industry to continuously focus on new market demands to achieve its own expansion, and the automotive industry plastics industry has become the driving force for the growth of the automotive mold industry. Plastics have been used in the automotive industry for more than 50 years. As an essential material for life and industry, plastic materials are light, high strength, wear resistance, abrasion reduction and insulation; chemical stability, high strength; light transmission damping Other characteristics. With the development of the concept of light weight, energy saving and environmental protection, the trend of auto parts plastics will become more apparent. 1kg plastic can replace heavier materials such as 2-3kg, and every 10% drop in car weight can reduce fuel consumption. -8%. Luo Baihui, head of the International Mould and Hardware Plastics Suppliers Association pointed out that under the theme of global economic growth in environmental protection and energy conservation, plastics will surely become more and more widely used in the automotive component industry, and the development of automotive plastic mold industry will inevitably usher in more. Fast growth rate.

During the “Ninth Five-Year Plan” period, the development of new technology for car materials was listed as a national science and technology research project in China. At the same time, under the support of the National 863 High-tech Plan New Materials, a number of metal materials and non-metals that are urgently needed for domestic car production have been developed. Materials promoted the technological progress of domestic automotive materials. Plastics and composite materials can reduce the weight of parts by about 40%, and can reduce costs. In recent years, the amount of plastic used in automobiles has risen rapidly.

During the “10th Five-Year Plan” period, China’s auto consumption was only 2.73 million vehicles in 2001, which accounted for 4.3% of the global auto market. In 2005, this proportion increased to 8.7%. According to statistics from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, domestic auto sales reached in 2005. 5.9 million vehicles jumped to the second place in the world. During the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period, the auto market maintained a growth rate of around 15%. The “cake” market for auto parts and components was larger than the entire vehicle, supporting the three fields of vehicle maintenance, old vehicle maintenance, and non-automotive industries. And can provide international procurement, there are predictions that in 2010 China's domestic demand for auto parts will be as high as 180 billion yuan, of which more than 95% need mold to manufacture. Such a huge demand market will significantly promote the rapid development of the mold industry that provides equipment for the auto parts industry.

According to the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan for the Development of China's Auto Industry", the number of cars in 2010 is expected to reach 55 million. According to the data from the National Bureau of Statistics, as of the end of 2009, the number of China's civil motor vehicles was 62.81 million, an increase of 23.16% over the same period of last year, but it was in the mature international market. In comparison, China’s total car ownership is only two-thirds that of Germany and one-fifth that of the United States. In 2009, the number of thousand-person cars in China was 47, while in the United States it was 1,056/1,000, and in Japan, 617. Thousands of people are equivalent to Japan’s 60’s. When the per capita GDP reaches 20,000 U.S. dollars, the number of car ownership for thousands will increase rapidly. In 2008, China's per capita GDP just reached 3,000 US dollars, and it is still in the period of rapid popularization of automobile consumption. The potential for future growth is huge, and the increase in the number of automobiles will inevitably drive the rapid development of the automobile after-sales service market. With the rapid development of automobile consumption, the automobile mold industry as an accessory industry has also developed rapidly. At present, China's auto mold enterprises are generally small in scale, and their independent research and development capabilities are not strong. However, it is believed that under the impetus of the market, companies will continue to be stronger in their expansion.

According to statistics from the National Development and Reform Commission's China Association for Automobile Products and Refitting Technology Center, the average annual growth rate of automotive supplies and parts and components market was more than 30% in 2007, and the number of manufacturers above the scale was nearly 15,000, and the total annual industrial output value was 200 billion yuan* **. In accordance with China's passenger vehicle sales growth at a rapid rate of 12% annual growth rate, the high growth rate and base number will make China's passenger vehicle sales in the next few years will exceed 10 million, behind the high amount of possession is a huge mold market. According to Luo Baihui, head of the International Mould and Hardware Plastic Suppliers Association, the entire automobile industry chain, the entire vehicle sales profit accounts for about 20% of the profits of the entire automobile industry, and the profit for parts supply accounts for about 20%. The auto mold market The resulting profits account for about 20%, and the other 40% to 50% of profits are generated in the service sector. According to the “Yearbook of the Automotive Industry” (2009 edition), the number of vehicle ownership in the United States reached 251 million in 2007, of which 138 million were passenger cars; the number of Canadian cars was 20 million, of which the number of passenger cars was With 0.19 billion vehicles, the North American region’s car ownership in the United States and Canada accounts for 28.56% of the world’s car ownership. Its huge car ownership has given birth to a huge mold market in North America.

The automotive plastic parts industry is highly dependent on the automotive industry. With the rapid development of China's auto market in recent years, the number of autos in China and the world continues to increase, and the demand for automotive plastic parts and components is increasing. Zhou Yibing, chairman of the relevant industry branch of the Automobile Industry Association, estimates that the average plastic consumption of domestic mid-size cars is about 135kg/vehicle. According to the average unit price of plastics, the value of plastic raw materials for bicycles is estimated to be about 2,000 yuan. Through interviews with a number of industry experts and analysis of the main representative products of auto plastic parts, it is believed that the proportion of the total cost of raw materials for auto parts and plastic parts is about 50% to 70%. In this way, the value of bicycle plastic parts will reach an average of about 3,300 yuan. . According to this conservative estimate, the current market capacity of plastic parts will be around 35 billion yuan, and by 2013 it will reach more than 50 billion yuan.

The "radiation power" of an industry is inextricably linked with the establishment of an industrial park. The mold industry has also begun to build its own growth chain. The ratio of the production value of the mold industry to its related industry output value is about 1:100, that is, the development of related industries with a value of 100 billion yuan per 100 million yuan in molds. The overall development trend of the mold industry known as the “golden key” becomes a refraction-related A mirror of the development of the industry. Luo Baihui pointed out that the promotion of clustering, and gradually forming a mold division of a reasonable division of labor, supporting a sound, closely coordinated mold industry chain, to promote the development of regional mold and related industrial chain and even manufacturing has become a trend.

As the rapid expansion of the automotive industry has also led to the rapid development of automotive plastic mold, although China's auto plastic parts enterprises are generally small-scale, production and research and development level is still not high, but the vast market demand and international industrial transfer trend for China's plastic parts The manufacturing companies have injected a powerful driving force for development. The company's mold development capabilities, innovation awareness, and overseas development capabilities are constantly increasing. With the cost advantages that will remain for a long time, the growth of China's auto plastic parts industry in the coming years will be considerable. According to statistics, in 2009 China's passenger car plastic mold market capacity reached 34.788 billion yuan, is expected to grow to 54.744 billion yuan by 2013.

At present, many local governments recognize the importance of the mold industry in the development of the manufacturing industry, and pay more attention to the development of the mold industry. The establishment of the China Die and Mould Industry Park is being “heated”. According to Luo Baihui, the mold and die parks in Hebei Huangpu, Ningbo Yuyao, Ninghai and Suzhou Kunshan have all been expanded; the new mold industry park is being built up and Chengdu has established the mold industry promotion office, Chongqing, Changsha, Dalian, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Suzhou, Tianjin, Shenyang, Xi'an, Shanghai, Ningbo Beilun, and Zhejiang Huangyan have established mold and die parks. Some high-tech park mold enterprises have occupied a considerable amount, such as Tianjin Hi-tech Zone has more than 40 mold companies. The model established by these mold industry parks will further increase the radiation effect of the mold industry.