Summarize Six Factors Restricting the Development of Mould Industry

With the developed countries transferring the manufacturing industry to China, China's mold industry has ushered in a new round of development opportunities. Experts predict that, driven by foreign investment, by 2005, China's mold output value will reach 46 billion yuan. In addition, the rapid growth of related industries such as automobiles, home appliances, and IT has brought new market demand to the mold industry.

However, experts also pointed out that China's mold enterprises can not meet the needs of rapid development of manufacturing, low-grade mold surplus, high-grade mold in short supply, or even rely on imports. Therefore, mold companies must identify their own deficiencies, overcome the constraints, and embark on the track of healthy development.

First, due to price constraints in the selection of materials, the national mold materials use relatively cheap materials for precision heat treatment. The mold materials used abroad are superior to domestic materials in terms of wear resistance, corrosion resistance, and polishing brightness. This fundamentally affected the appearance quality and service life of domestic molds.

The second is that in the production process, many manufacturers do not rely on equipment, many jobs rely on manual completion, seriously affecting the accuracy and quality.

Third, the mold design system of domestic enterprises is still in the initial stage of introduction, digestion and absorption, and no mature theoretical guidance and design system has yet been formed.

Fourth, the lack of mold debugging conditions. Due to the short delivery time and the limitations of the equipment in the test mold field, the domestic mold enterprises often try out molds at the user's place and it is difficult to debug the best state, causing a great deal of loss and waste to users. While some well-developed foreign companies have their own tryout sites and equipment that can simulate the user's working conditions, they can achieve very good results in the shortest time frame.

Fifth, backward management and operation, and the need to change operational mechanisms. At present, there are still many large and medium-sized enterprises in China's mold shop (branch) is closed, the degree of specialization, commercialization, and marketability is very low.

Sixth, there is a lack of awareness of cooperation and the phenomenon of closed doors is serious. China's mold manufacturing companies are accustomed to engage in production research, lack of communication and cooperation with users, equipment suppliers, and raw material suppliers, which results in poor adaptability of the produced mold products and inconvenience to users.