Future development direction of hardware industry - saving development

Luo Baihui, head of the International Mould & Hardware & Plastics Industry Suppliers Association Chamber of Commerce, said that currently the hardware industry associations (Association) will play an increasingly prominent role in strengthening industry self-regulation and have officially issued and will implement the industry standards for pump valves. The industry standard for taps and taps also attaches great importance to the research and development of energy-saving products. The National Association of Industry and Commerce’s Hardware Chamber of Commerce is also accelerating the pace of industry self-regulation and regulation. One of the core elements of the industry’s self-regulatory standards is to guide and promote the development of the hardware industry toward conservation.

Luo Baihui said that from the status quo of the industry and the need for future development, the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan and Scientific Positioning of Hardware, Electrical and Mechanical Tools and Related Industries, and Industrial Clusters, Industry and Commerce (Association)” will build industry-based self-discipline in a conservation-oriented society, saving hardware The industrial age is gradually approaching.

The hardware industry is a typical resource-consuming industry. In the production process, a large amount of metal raw materials (including steel and non-ferrous metals) are needed, and at the same time, a lot of energy (including electricity, fuel, etc.) is consumed. In 2004, the total export value of the three major categories of tool hardware, construction hardware, and daily hardware reached 17.3 billion U.S. dollars. The export volume has surpassed that of Germany, the U.S., and other traditional hardware products export countries, accounting for the first place in the world. However, this “laurel” is based on the premise of consuming a large amount of production resources in our country and a large amount of energy pollution, and relying on low-cost competitive advantages.

At the same time, the unit price for export of hardware products in China is only a fraction of that of developed countries in Europe and America, and even one-tenth. In other words, using the same raw materials and consuming the same energy, the value of our end products is only a small part of the population. If we want to create products with the same value as European and American countries, it will take several times or even dozens more than others. Times of raw materials and energy consumption.

Statistics from the Machinery Industry Association show that the cost of energy for the production of mechanical and electrical products and raw materials accounts for about 70% of the cost of products. According to the data analysis, the energy consumption of mechanical and electrical products that consume more energy accounts for about 70% of the national energy use, and there is great potential for energy saving, water saving, and material saving. At the same time, more than 90% of the machinery industry is small and medium-sized enterprises. Its products are used in various fields such as production, construction, circulation, and consumption, and play an important role in resource conservation.

According to Luo Baihui, like hardware industry clusters such as Chang'an Mould Industry Base, Jiangsu Qidong Electric Tools Town, and Emerging Stainless Steel Industry Base, in the future planning, the development focus has been placed on the use of hi-tech and the development and promotion of energy-saving products. on. In its “Eleventh Five-Year Plan”, the mold industry set a new type of “resource-saving product research and development and promotion” with high demand, high technology content, representative development direction and good export prospects as the top priority for the development of the industry, and strive to make our country's mold The level reached the advanced level in Asia by 2010.