Automotive industry drives domestic mold industry development

Reporter Weng Shuxian reported: The reporter learned from the 2006 China International Mould Technology and Equipment Exhibition held in Guangzhou that there were 5.9 million domestic car sales last year, surpassing Japan and Germany, ranking second only to the United States. Bit. Among them, the sales volume of imported cars was only 160,000, and the scale of the “market cake” of auto parts was larger than the whole vehicle. 90% of these parts are produced by molds, which greatly promoted the development of the domestic mold industry.

Auto parts support three areas of vehicle maintenance, used vehicle maintenance, and non-automotive internal combustion engine matching. It is predicted that by 2010 China's domestic demand for auto parts sales will reach 180 billion yuan, providing equipment for auto parts. The rapid development of the mold industry is obvious. However, at present, some mold parts of domestic auto parts are not beautiful enough, causing the appearance of certain models to be a little bit "old-fashioned". Although the functions of a car itself are not bad, the high price does not go up, and obviously it lacks competitiveness.

According to the relevant person in charge of the China Die and Mould Association, at present, the degree of specialization, commercialization and standardization of domestic mould products is not high, and most of them are middle and low grade products with low technical content. The overall technical level of the entire domestic mold industry is about 15 to 20 years behind the developed countries, which is not commensurate with the needs of the domestic manufacturing industry. It also imports more than 2 billion US dollars worth of middle-to-high-grade molds each year. However, in 2005, the export volume of mold products in China reached 740 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 50% over 2004.