Fierce Competition Forced Knitting Machinery To Become High-End.

Our country Knitting equipment After years of rapid development, the industry scale effect has already appeared. At present, under the leadership of a group of leading enterprises such as Cixing, the industry has entered the stage of deep research and development of independent technology and famous brand building. Domestic knitting equipment is becoming more and more important in the world. The sixteenth Shanghai International Conference held recently Spin At the industrial exhibition, many knitting equipment enterprises participated in the exhibition, telling the progress of the industry and the difficulties they encountered.

Fierce competition forces high-end products.

The rapid development of the knitting equipment industry, the rapid expansion of the industrial scale, has brought more cost-effective products to the domestic downstream market, and has also effectively responded to the impact of foreign products on the domestic market. At the same time, the early expansion of the market also contributed to the subsequent upgrading of capital and experience. At present, the industry is fiercely competitive and enterprises are full of sense of hardship. Fujian Tai fan Industrial Co., Ltd. head of the enterprise said that at present, the industry competition pressure is too large, especially last year, the market downturn, enterprises have many ways to reduce costs.

Cost reduction is on the one hand. Knitting machinery Manufacturers improve their equipment production process, save energy and reduce consumption on the production line; on the other hand, help downstream enterprises to reduce management and operation costs. The most important embodiment of this aspect is the introduction of more intelligent equipment to help downstream enterprises solve the problem of high human cost. However, some enterprises in the practice of reducing costs hurt the healthy development of the industry. Quanzhou fine magnesium Machinery Co., Ltd., responsible person said that the industry is currently fierce competition, resulting in a number of enterprises to reduce sales, disrupting the industry order, while reducing prices at the same time to protect profits, the use of low quality accessories, which will damage the long-term development of the industry.

For the practice of vicious competition, insiders pointed out that the reason behind it is the irrational industrial structure. It is understood that at present, the competition in the knitting machinery market has squeezed the profits of low-grade products. An enterprise representative said that the profit of the low-grade knitting machine was only about 10%, or even lower, while the profit of the high-grade knitting machine could reach more than 30%. High grade products have high technical threshold and obvious technical advantages. However, many key technologies in the industry have been mastered by major enterprises at home and abroad, and technical barriers have been set up in the form of patents. Large enterprises, especially foreign enterprises, have a long history of operation. Knitting technology Research, electronic control system development and so on have many years of technical experience accumulation, it is very difficult for newly entered enterprises to grasp the technology involved in the industry in a short time and get a higher technical threshold.

In view of this situation, domestic enterprises have their own initiatives. For example, Ningbo cistar Limited by Share Ltd wholly-owned the world's third largest computerized flat knitting machine maker Switzerland after the Tanger group, the Swiss R & D base for the new product development platform, research and development of successful products in Shanghai small batch production, mature technology and then transferred to Ningbo for large-scale production. Quanzhou Jing Mei Machinery Co., Ltd., originally a sole proprietorship of Taiwanese businessmen, has been acquired by Italy Saint East Holdings Limited. Using Italy technology, the products of enterprises are more refined and stable.

Meticulous development and constraints

　　 Knitting enterprise Knitting machinery needs long, stable and efficient operation, which requires higher accuracy, stability and reliability, while the machining accuracy of the knitting machine parts is an important factor affecting the quality of the products. The director of Quanzhou Jing Mei Machinery Co., Ltd. said that knitting needles used by enterprises are generally imported. In addition to deficiencies in strength and life, knitting needles are not accurate enough for processing. A person in charge of the enterprise even said that using domestic knitting needles would only drag back legs of mechanical performance.

According to the introduction of the enterprise, foreign knitting needles can be used for 6 months, while domestic good knitted fabrics can barely be used for 3 months. According to the insiders, the reason behind the development of short knitting needles is that the production scale of knitting needle manufacturing enterprises in China is generally small, the research and development capability is weak, the equipment accuracy is low, and the heat treatment level is not high. It is only that some products of individual enterprises have made progress, and have touched foreign products, so that their sales prices in the domestic market have declined. The assets of needle weaving enterprises are also uneven. The assets of larger enterprises may exceed ten million yuan, and the smaller ones may be only a few hundred thousand yuan. Because most enterprises have limited ability to develop independently, the technology content of home-made needle making equipment is relatively low, and the machining accuracy can not meet the requirements of high-grade knitting needles. The products are mainly middle and low grade knitting needles, and there is still a big gap between the needle products produced by famous foreign companies and foreign ones.

As a well-known knitting needle manufacturer abroad, the head of Samsung precision knitting needle company said that the main reason why their knitting needles are popular in China is quality stability. The customers of Samsung's knitting needles include the major domestic manufacturers of computerized flat knitting machines, such as flying tigers. Flat knitting machine And so on. It is understood that knitting machinery enterprises have a large number of non-standard parts and components to be produced. Considering the requirements of parts machining accuracy and technical confidentiality, the core parts suppliers have established long-term and stable cooperative relations with the existing large enterprises in the industry. With the progress of technology, the processing technology of parts suppliers and the knitting machinery enterprises have developed together, and the machining accuracy has improved rapidly. The mature parts processing technology has become one of the main barriers for new enterprises.