Six Problems in the Plastic Mold Industry in China

The development of plastic molds in our country has developed along with the development of the plastics industry. In recent years, people have become increasingly demanding for the lightness, aesthetics and feel of various equipment and supplies, which provides a broader market for plastic products.

The development of plastic products will inevitably require the development of plastic molds. The major users of plastic products such as automobiles, home appliances, office supplies, industrial electrical appliances, building materials, and electronic communications have all been operating at high levels in recent years and have developed rapidly. As a result, plastic molds have also developed rapidly.

In 2007, China's (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan statistics, the same below) plastic mold sales were about 36.5 billion yuan. Large-scale mold car bumpers, dashboards, large-screen color TVs, large-capacity washing machines and other plastic parts molds and other sophisticated molds CD, light guide plates, mobile phones, audio and video equipment, small module gear, lights and other plastic parts mold complex Multi-color mold injection molding, multi-layer injection molding, low-pressure injection molding, with parts of blue, mold transfer, steam injection molding, hot runner and gas-assisted injection molding plastic mold multi-cavity mold plastic packaging mold, plastic packaging mold and other high-speed mold plastic extrusion Molding, including double-cavity, double-color, dual-material co-extrusion molds.

There are six major problems in China's plastic mold industry compared with its development needs and advanced foreign standards.

(1) Unbalanced development and low overall product quality. Although the products of individual companies have reached a fairly high level, some of the products of individual companies have reached or are close to the international level, but overall, the accuracy of molds, cavity surface roughness, production cycle, life expectancy and other indicators with foreign advanced level There is still a big gap. The overall level, including production methods and enterprise management, still has a gap of more than 10 years compared with foreign industrialized countries.

(2) The technological equipment is backward and the organization and coordination ability is poor. Although some enterprises have undergone technological transformation in recent years and the level of technological equipment has been relatively advanced, most of the company's technological equipment is still relatively backward. What is more important is that our corporate organization has poor coordination capabilities and it is difficult to properly integrate or mobilize social resources for my own use. This makes it difficult to undertake relatively large projects.

(3) Most companies have weak development capabilities. On the one hand, the proportion of technicians is low, and the level is not high enough. On the other hand, less investment in scientific research and development, and more importantly, the concept is backward, and the importance of development is insufficient.

(4) Management is even worse than technology. Backwardness in technology is often easy to see, and management is sometimes difficult to realize. The gap between the management of mold enterprises at home and abroad is very obvious, and the problems caused by the management gap are often more serious than the technical gap.

(5) With strong market demand, it is still difficult to keep pace with the development of production. The contradiction between supply and demand is difficult to solve for a time. The situation of supply exceeding demand will continue for some time, especially in the middle and high-end products.

(6) The solution to the system and talent issues will take some time to come. In the socialist market economy, in the process of economic globalization, competitive industries, especially those that depend on special users like molds and require single production, are still difficult to adapt to the current system and operating mechanisms of many enterprises. Market. The quantity and quality of talent cannot keep up with the rapid development of the industry. Although all localities are working hard to solve these two problems, it will take time to get a better solution.

Today, the level of mold production technology has become one of the important indicators to measure the level of manufacturing of a country's products, because the mold to a large extent determines the quality of products, benefits and new product development capabilities.

Looking into the future, due to the overall good international and domestic macro environment, the major users of domestic plastic molds will continue to develop at a relatively rapid pace, and plastic molds will also continue to develop at a rapid rate.

The major problems that currently exist are gradually being better resolved through exchanges and cooperation at home and abroad, through the joint efforts of the entire industry, and through common support from all sides.