"After experiencing the rapid development of China's plastics industry in recent years, the plastics machine market will begin to decline. The entire press industry will also usher in a new round of reshuffle." Dai Zhongkai, executive vice chairman of the China Plastics Machinery Industry Association, has recently accepted During the interview, the reporter expressed the above.
According to incomplete statistics, there are nearly 700 major plastic machinery manufacturing enterprises in China. In recent years, the annual growth rate of the plastics machine industry is about 30%, and the growth of the profit rate is also much higher than the growth of the industrial output value. It is one of the fastest growing industries in the traditional machinery manufacturing industry. However, from the beginning of last year, affected by the rise in oil prices, the slump in the plastic products market, the country’s macroeconomic controls, and the anti-dumping policies imposed on China by countries such as Europe and the United States, China’s home appliance companies and telecommunications companies used large amounts of presses to reduce the demand for injection molding machines. At the same time, the problem of energy shortage in our country is increasingly serious, and it also affects the development of the press machine industry to some extent. Plastic product manufacturers concentrated in coastal areas often face underemployment. The press machine industry has become weaker and it has begun to decline.
In fact, since 2004, the price of plastic raw materials has continued to rise, while the price of oil has continued to climb. This year is a high and high run, always running at a high level. In order to cope with the trend of price increase, presses companies have made technological changes and technological upgrades to existing equipment, and production of equipment with energy saving, consumption reduction, and high added value, and resisting the cold current has become an urgent matter.
China is the world's largest producer of presses, but over the years, the amount of press exports accounted for only 5%-10% of total sales. Due to the large-scale, precision and high-speed equipment, domestic equipment still has many technical deficiencies. In recent years, the number of imported plastic machinery and equipment in China has grown rapidly. Each year, it imports tens of thousands of plastic machines. In 2001, China imported 1.12 billion U.S. dollars for molding machines and only 130 million U.S. dollars for export machines. In 2002, the value of China's imported machine equipment was nearly 2 billion U.S. dollars, which is twice the total output value of domestic machine presses. Foreign advanced plastics machinery manufacturers have relatively obvious competitive advantages in technology, especially in the production of certain products, imported equipment occupies a dominant position. For example, the production of heat-resistant PET bottles in China is almost entirely accomplished by imported equipment. In addition, all high-end film production equipment is also the introduction of the production line.
Chen Hao, manager of market development at Guangdong Jinming Plastics Equipment Co., Ltd., said that due to the increase in raw material prices, profits have dropped sharply, and customers have paid more attention to saving raw materials and reducing energy consumption, and they also pay more attention to production speed. This has become the main reason why some companies prefer to purchase expensive imported presses.
Compared with similar domestic products, the hollow blow molding machine produced by Qinchuan Plastic Machinery Factory is light in weight and can save about 5% of raw materials. Its comprehensive performance is also superior to many competitors. "But we also feel tremendous pressure." Shi Yonghong, director of the plant, admitted frankly. According to Shi Yonghong, the price of polyethylene raw materials for plastic drums has doubled compared with two years ago, influenced by rising oil prices and price increases by upstream refineries. The production costs of plastic products companies have increased, and profits have dropped sharply, which has seriously affected the plastics industry. A large number of press makers have closed down or are on the verge of bankruptcy, especially those small-scale, low-tech, and under-managed companies.
Plastic machinery industry ushered in a new round of reshuffle
The total industrial output value accounts for less than five thousandths of the total output value of the machinery industry, but its status in the national economy is increasingly important. In addition to the newly added market, currently about one-fifth of China's press equipment is a high-energy-consuming and low-capacity equipment that should be eliminated. The situation of “total introduction and total backwardness†still exists.