Over the years, after the continuous double-digit growth of China's fasteners, the fastener industry experienced negative growth in 2012, down about 1.5% year-on-year, mainly due to insufficient market demand, especially after the fasteners suffered from international anti-dumping. , export sales are declining.

Advanced fasteners are the foundation of high-end machinery manufacturing, and their role can be called "four liang of a thousand pounds". On the surface, the output value of fasteners only accounts for a few percent of the machinery industry. In essence, the added value it brings to key components and equipment is much higher.

Fastener market competition is fierce, moving towards brand management

In the past 10 years, the development speed of my country's fasteners has attracted the attention of the world. While the developed countries are surprised, they have also discovered a new large market, and multinational companies have filed in.

When domestic fastener companies suddenly feel that it is so difficult to survive in the market, powerful competitors have blossomed everywhere.

In today's Chinese fastener market, some small and medium-sized fastener companies manufacture a large number of common standard parts, which do not really bring core competitiveness to the company, but are subject to changes in raw materials, labor costs and other conditions. From 4.8 to 6.8 low-strength fasteners, or 8.8 to 12.9 high-strength fasteners, the current production technology level of fasteners in my country will be basically close to the world's advanced level, mainly ordinary standard parts and low- and medium-grade special, Special-shaped fasteners, large quantities and low prices.

It can be concluded that low-grade products flood the dominant market, and a small part of high-grade, high-precision, high-strength fasteners still need to be imported, and the ratio of product import unit price to export unit price gap is more than 6 times.

It can be seen that my country's fastener industry is still a developing industry, "big but not strong", "fat but not strong", and the gap with the United States, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan is large, and there is a lack of technical services to solve mechanical problems. Fastening solutions to realize the digitization of products, design, manufacturing and management, and the greening of products and manufacturing processes.

It is understood that the development of fasteners in my country is under increasing pressure from resources and the environment. An important way to alleviate resource constraints is to develop green manufacturing.

The development of fasteners will continue to be actively promoted in the direction of brand management for a period of time in the future, and promote the development of fastener projects in all directions.

In terms of products, mid-to-high-end products will accelerate the localization of quality research and development. The whole process from design, manufacturing, packaging, transportation, use to end-of-life disposal must consider the least waste, the lowest emission, the highest resource utilization rate and environmental impact. Minimal, so as to optimize the coordination and optimization of enterprise benefits and social benefits.

In terms of circulation, explore various value-added service models to bring value and benefits to customers. From providing a single set of fasteners to providing mechanical fastening solutions, customized services, remote monitoring, etc., the proportion of services in the sales revenue of fastener manufacturers will gradually increase.

Corporate restructuring is a trend, and strategic alliances seek development

At present, the problem of low industrial concentration of fastener enterprises in my country seriously restricts the improvement of China's fastener competitiveness. The market opening over the years has not brought the core technology.

my country's growth in the field of fastener core technology lacks breakthroughs. At the same time, the living space of low-end products is getting smaller and smaller, and foreign capital through localized enterprises also has considerable cost advantages, coupled with the advantages of technology brands, and began to enter the market space of the original independent brands.

In view of the above situation, the reorganization and strategic alliance between enterprises is a major trend. China's fastener industry must conform to this trend and trend, strengthen strategic cooperation between enterprises, and improve the overall competitiveness of China's fasteners.

However, to promote the reorganization and strategic alliance between Chinese fastener enterprises, the following three principles should be followed: starting from the enterprise's own strategic needs, following the principle of complementary advantages; focusing on cooperation and following the integration of culture; must implement standardized operation. It can be used first in automotive fastener companies.

The future development and revitalization of fasteners has a long way to go

At present, the problems in the economic system of China's fasteners have caused the tension of human capital and the flood of low-end product liquidity.

Industry insiders believe that in the absence of major fluctuations in the macro economy at home and abroad, the growth rate of my country's fastener production and sales in 2013 will bid farewell to the negative growth in 2012, low-speed growth will become the norm, and the production and sales growth rate will remain at 3% to 6%. between.

In the market structure of product diversification, we cannot determine which product will become the main market, and the growth of fasteners in the future is still very difficult.

Calculated based on the annual output of 20 million complete vehicles, the demand for fasteners in China is as high as more than 50 billion pieces, about 1.2 million tons; the machinery industry will maintain development in the next few years of the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, and the average annual growth rate will remain unchanged. At about 5% to 10%, the growth rate of high-end equipment is more than double the average growth rate of the entire industry.

Mechanical sub-industries such as high-end CNC machine tools, offshore heavy equipment, precision basic parts, power transmission and transformation equipment, and electrical automatic control equipment are difficult to shorten due to their high technical barriers and manufacturing cycle, resulting in limited increase in production capacity, while power grid construction and new energy development The acceleration of the industry has caused a substantial increase in downstream demand, so the growth rate of downstream demand is faster than the growth rate of supply, and the demand for fasteners in these industries remains strong.

Although the production capacity of machinery sub-industries such as textile and garment machinery, packaging machinery, hardware abrasives, and power equipment has not increased significantly, due to the obvious decline in the prosperity of the downstream industries, the demand has shrunk seriously, resulting in a situation of oversupply. Demand for parts has declined.

In the field of agricultural machinery, the total output value of a series of agricultural machinery products such as tractors, rice transplanters, and harvesters will reach 250 billion yuan in recent years.

Today, the social stock of construction machinery loaders, excavators, road rollers and other series products will reach 6 million units, with an annual sales volume of about 50,000 units. It is estimated that the annual demand for high-strength fasteners is 20,000 to 30,000 tons.

It is undeniable that in the era of negative growth, Chinese fasteners will face huge survival pressure in the future.

① How to improve the high added value of fastener products and effectively organize the business operations to ensure economic benefits; ② In the era of international production, how to organize a flexible and flexible production system to improve international competitiveness; ③ Save resources and save energy Operating fastener enterprises under the symbiotic conditions of emission reduction and protection of the global environment; ④ How to ensure talent training and inheritance of fastener technology and skills.

Time flies like an arrow, time does not wait for me. We must seize the opportunity to change the method, and grasp the progress to stabilize the growth. We cannot afford to delay a day. In the face of the profound adjustment and rapid transformation of the world economy, opportunities are fleeting, and a slow beat will turn into new crises and challenges.

From this point of view, the development and revitalization of fasteners in our country still has a long way to go.