Analysis of the main characteristics of the development of the mold industry in Guangdong

Since the reform and opening up, Guangdong’s geographical advantages adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao and the numerous cultural advantages of overseas Chinese and Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwanese have been fully utilized. The original industries with weak foundations have continued to develop rapidly for more than two decades, especially for a large number of molds. Industries, such as household appliances, electronic communications, information industry, plastics and packaging products, building materials, toys and hardware products, have been nurtured as important industries in the province’s industrial economy. It is urgent for the mold manufacturing industry to accelerate the pace of development and produce more products. Many and better molds meet the needs of industrial development. At the same time, they provide a good business opportunity and a vast space for the rapid development of the mold manufacturing industry.

As the mold industry of Guangdong's industrial production of important basic technological equipment, it is precisely in such a good condition and a vast space, in the effort to adapt to the needs of the province's industrial development, has been rapid development and improvement, the entire industry economy The overall scale and economic strength have been expanded year by year. The mold manufacturing categories have been gradually completed, the technical equipment level of mold companies and mold quality have been continuously improved, and the ability to adapt to market demand and foreign exchange earnings has gradually increased. Its position in the same industry in the country has been rising year by year, and has been promoted by Chinese molds. The leaders of the industrial association called it “the largest mold province in China today, regardless of whether it is the largest amount of production or usage in the country.”

The main features of Guangdong mold

1. Various types of molds are complete, which can basically meet the needs of the development of the industrial industry in Guangdong

The Guangdong mold industry started late. Until the mid-1980s, there was basically no truly independent mold manufacturing plant. All mold manufacturing was attached as a technology to the machine repair shop of the product plant. The mold sales market was also limited to meet The factory's needs. The rapid development of the province’s industrial economy has enabled various types of economic mold enterprises to leapfrog in this fertile land, and there have been booming state-owned, private-owned, foreign-invested, and joint-venture die-casting companies that thrive and promote each other. Many of the original mold manufacturing technologies were separated from the product factory and taken to the society. They became the founders and main force of the Guangdong mold industry, and made great contributions to the development of the Guangdong mold industry and the development of the province's industry. Private, mold-making companies with individual, shareholding, and joint-stock companies have also flourished like bamboo shoots, and have quickly become the most dynamic new force in the mold industry in Guangdong. A group of Hong Kong, Taiwanese, Japanese-invested mold enterprises and Chinese-foreign joint venture mold enterprises that have advanced technology, equipment and management skills have entered Guangdong actively, participating in the competition of the Guangdong mold market, and playing an important role in promoting the scale and quality of the Guangdong mold industry.

In 1996, the Guangdong Provincial Mold Association organized a relatively comprehensive survey. At that time, the province had owned more than 4,000 mold manufacturing factories with state-owned, private, foreign, and joint ventures. The number of employees reached 103,000, and the total industrial output value reached 5 billion yuan. By the year 2000, all types of mold manufacturing enterprises in the province had increased to more than 6,000, employing 160,000 yuan, and the industrial output value had reached 12 billion yuan, more than doubled in four years. By the end of 2004, the province's mold industry output value reached 23 billion yuan, and it nearly doubled in four years.

At present, the Guangdong mold industry ranks first in the country in terms of the number of enterprises, the scale of enterprises, the total industrial output value, and the average speed of development. According to the statistical analysis of the China Model Association Management and Management Committee, of the 50 companies with a national mold output value of over 30 million yuan in 2004, 11 were from Guangdong, including Heyuan Longji Metal Products Co., Ltd., Guangdong Julun Mould Co., Ltd., and Guangdong Shengdu Mould. Five companies, including Jieyang Tianyang Mould Co., Ltd., were ranked in the top ten.

There are still 14 Guangdong mold companies that have not included the statistics of the China Association for Model Management and Management and whose output value is above this standard. With the expansion of the size of the mold industry, the largest variety of plastic molds will continue to be ranked first. Rubber molds, metal molds, automobiles, motorcycle molds, aluminum molds, and various types of ceramic molds have also been developed in succession. Basically, it can adapt to the needs of the industrial structure of Guangdong. At present, most of the molds needed by the industries such as household appliances, electronic communications, information industry, transportation equipment, plastics and rubber products, packaging materials and building materials in the province can be produced and supplied by the mold factory in the province. The number of molds processed has also increased year by year.

2. Has a group of leading enterprises with advanced equipment, technology and management

In the face of fierce market competition and the promotion of a large number of foreign investment and joint ventures, Guangdong mold enterprises have increased investment, introduced advanced foreign technologies and equipment, and improved their own technical equipment and product levels. At the end of 2000, we investigated 10 professional mold factories that can basically represent the technical level of Guangdong's mold industry. When the funds invested in high-tech equipment were over RMB 300 million, they purchased vertical machining centers, vertical rapid machining centers, and sparks. Machine and high-precision high-precision EDM machine, slow walking wire cutting machine, three-dimensional laser digital scanner, CNC three-coordinate measuring machine, school modelling machine and other high-tech equipment 330 sets, more than the province before the 1996 mold industry owns The total value and total quantity of high-tech equipment.

Since then, each mold company has paid more attention to increasing investment, adding high-tech equipment and advanced technology, maintaining its leading position in technology and equipment, and creating a solid material foundation for enterprises to grow in the competition. With the advanced equipment and the wide application of CAD/CAE/CAM technology and the improvement of management level, Guangdong has emerged as a leading company in the mold industry. These enterprises have excellent technical and equipment, high quality of managers and workers, relatively standardized production and management, and comprehensive economic strength. They have received unanimous recognition from their counterparts both inside and outside the province, and some in Asia and the world enjoy a high reputation.

The leaders of China Mould Association also gave a high rating to the technical level and product quality of the Guangdong mold industry. Its evaluation is: "The technical level of the Guangdong mold manufacturing industry, especially in the field of plastic molds, has entered the ranks of the country's advanced level. Now, most of the mold manufacturing enterprises in Guangdong, especially the "funded" mold enterprises, CAD The CAE/CAM technology has been widely adopted, and its penetration rate is the highest in the country.The CNC processing rate of mold processing equipment and the performance of the equipment are also leading in the country.Overall, the overall technical level of the mold manufacturing industry in Guangdong is ahead of The overall level of the country is about 5 years. Some molds produce key enterprises, and their technical level is close to the international level. The management of mold companies, mold processing technology, mold production professionalization level and standardization degree also lead the rest of the country, the quality and life of molds. It is also advanced in the country."