Machine tool companies should actively face breakthroughs in innovation

In recent days, data shows that in 2015, the overall boom index of China's machine tool industry was only 34.5%, far below the 50% boundary, and a 8.8 percentage point drop from 2014. China's machine tool industry is in a period of transformation. Enterprises must have a comprehensive, profound, rational and objective understanding and grasp of the current situation and take the initiative to adjust and respond positively.

Structural contradictions between supply and demand are prominent

“As for the basic characteristics of this round of market changes, the Machine Tool Association made its judgment as early as the end of 2012, but the total amount of decline and the speed of structural upgrades exceeded expectations,” said Chen Huiren. According to the statistics of the Machine Tool Association, compared with 2011, the total consumption in the domestic machine tool market fell by 18.6% in 2014, and it was down by 13.5% in 2015 compared to 2014. “But it must be pointed out that the decline in total market demand is structural, that is, the decline in low-end general-purpose products is the most prominent.” Chen Huiren said that compared with the peak of the first half of 2011, the current production and sales of ordinary machine tools, major machine tools The quantity has dropped to 30% or even 20%.

Machine tool companies should actively face breakthroughs in innovation and research and development

While the market situation is not optimistic, as users increase their production efficiency and product quality, they begin to pursue intelligentization and personalization. The demand for "workbenches" for machine tools has been upgraded to automated packaging, customized customization and universal shifting. upgrade. For example, the vertical machining center for small-sized vertical machining centers used for the processing of smart phone housings has seen an explosive growth in recent years.

“The direction of these demand upgrades is completely opposite to the long-term inherent advantages of China's machine tool manufacturing industry.” Chen Huiren said, “China is best at manufacturing low-end, standard general-purpose stand-alone products in large quantities, and the short board is based on customer-specific It is required to provide a package solution. As the demand structure upgrades, the contradiction between supply and demand mismatches becomes increasingly prominent.

Seek breakthroughs in high-end areas

Recently, the two major national special projects of the “Comprehensive Capability Building Platform for Large Precision Composite Stamping Machine Tools” and the “Automatic Large Body Pressing Production Line for Automobile Body” undertaken by Jinan No. 2 Machine Tool Group have been highly evaluated as “a number of technical performance indicators have reached the international advanced level”. And successfully passed the acceptance.

Similarly, Chengdu Ningjiang Machine Tool Group is one of the prominent companies in the adjustment and transformation of the machine tool industry. In the event of changes in the market environment, Ningjiang Machine Tool decisively adjusted its corporate development strategy, externally contracted its front lines, and reduced its internal weight. It redefined the differentiated product development strategy with “professional, refined, and special” as its main features. In the fierce competition stood firm.

Chen Huiren believes that Jinan No. 2 Machine Tool and Ningjiang Machine Tool won the first chance in the industry transformation and upgrading. Its experience has brought important inspiration to the domestic machine tool industry, and it has made the whole industry see new directions and hopes.