Five “hard injuries” restrict the development of the Xiamen mold industry

The mold industry is known as the “mother of industry”. Small to mobile phone covers, large car covers or doors, all require molds as production equipment. According to the person in charge of the Xiamen Mould Industry Association, the mold industry is a high-value-added industry with “point iron to gold”. A piece of raw steel used to make molds may be worth tens of yuan, but after processing into a mold, it may be worth Ten thousand yuan, even several hundred thousand yuan. Xiamen's mold enterprises have a unique advantage in development. Because, Dell, Kodak, Amoi, Jinlong, Malata, Xoceco, Lenovo, Tsann Kuen and other large-scale manufacturing companies are on the side, mold product demand is large. However, due to the industry's technical level is not high enough, the industrial chain is not perfect, can only watch a large number of orders flow to Guangdong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Luo Baihui, head of the International Die & Metals and Plastics Industry Suppliers Association, believes that the five “hard injuries” have restricted the development of the Xiamen mold industry.

1. The business is fragmented and it is difficult to form an overall synergy.

The overall size of the mold industry in Xiamen is not large, the development of enterprises is uneven, and there are many small businesses. Only seven of the fixed assets have a net value of more than 10 million yuan, and only 10 have a total industrial output value of more than 10 million yuan. The mold industry in Xiamen is dominated by small and medium-sized private enterprises. The mold manufacturing environment (plant) can not meet the mold manufacturing requirements. Most of them do not have their own fixed plants, rely on leasing factories to carry out production activities, and often replace the plant. Every time you move, you must dismantle and install the equipment. This will inevitably adversely affect the accuracy of the equipment, which will directly affect the quality of the mold. The location of enterprises is scattered, mutual communication is less, technology and business information are not smooth, horizontal integration, professional complementarity, industrial chain is not perfect, and scale effect has not been formed. On the one hand, it can not meet the market demand, resulting in the flow of business resources to the field; on the other hand, the utilization rate of large-scale, high-precision equipment is not high. This is true for larger companies, not to mention small-scale enterprises. Mold enterprises in Xiamen City are the private and small ones. Many companies rented factories often change, resulting in equipment loss of precision, but also affect the overall strength of the formation of the industry.

2, lack of funds, can not upgrade the level of equipment.

Mold manufacturing is also a capital-intensive industry with large investment in equipment. Due to the lack of funds, enterprises are unable to engage in large-scale technological transformations. The investment in advanced and high-grade equipment is slow to update. New technologies and new technologies cannot be quickly applied. High-precision mold processing equipment is not much, mold production capacity can not meet the market needs. Some of the more sophisticated molds with high requirements for finish have to be processed in Guangdong. Larger molds need to be processed in Zhejiang. For example, car cover molds are generally processed by Taiwan's mold factories, Amoi mobile phones, Cankun appliances, and Huaya PVC pipe fittings. The company's molds are all purchased or imported domestically.

The prior art equipment is difficult to adapt to the manufacture of large-scale, sophisticated, complex, long-life molds. Xiamen Yonghong Electronics Co., Ltd. is an enterprise that can manufacture high-precision molds in the Xiamen mold industry, and it is the only company in Xiamen that has constant temperature control of its factories. It is still unable to meet the requirements for manufacturing high-precision molds. The company that manufactures a new generation of ID chips originally commissioned Xiamen Yonghong Electronics to manufacture a "framework." Xiamen Yonghong Electronics Co., Ltd. could not accept the commission because its equipment accuracy was not up to the requirements.

3, structural disorders, the degree of specialization is not high.

Most of the mold manufacturing factories in Xiamen are self-produced tooling workshops (branches). The percentage of self-produced molds is as high as about %, and the mold product rate is low. Most of the professional mold factories are "large and complete" and "small and complete" forms of organization, lacking professional division of labor. The professional division of labor in the mold industry in developed countries is clear. Most of them are “small and specialized” and “small and fine”.

There are more than 300 mold manufacturing enterprises in Xiamen and only 16 companies have passed quality certification. The backwardness of technology is easily discovered, and management is backward and easily overlooked. The number of employees is small, the proportion of technical personnel is low, and there is a shortage of professionals. In particular, the CAD/CAM/CAE personnel are in short supply. The management of mold enterprises and technical backbones are in short supply. Most of the mold enterprises still use the workshop management mode in the past to truly realize modern enterprise management. Not much yet. The promotion and application of CAD/CAE/CAM, high-speed cutting, new materials, hot runners and other advanced mold technologies needs to be further strengthened, and the degree of standardization of molds must be continuously improved. The commercialization rate of mold production is relatively low, and the company's own production accounts for more than one-half of the total output value, and the value of molds sold as commodities is less than one-third. The development capability is not strong, the overall level of technical equipment is low, and the cost of labor is high, and the economic efficiency is not good. The per capita annual output value of the mold industry in Xiamen is about US$10,000, which is equivalent to the average level of the domestic mold industry. However, the gap between the mold industry and developed countries is very large. Foreign mold industry developed countries are mostly in the 150,000 to 200,000 US dollars, and some reached 250,000 to 300,000 US dollars.

4, improper cooperation, information is not high.

Many companies in Xiamen own three-dimensional scanning equipment, rapid prototyping equipment, and machining centers. However, due to cognitive reasons and lack of industry coordination, there is no system of division of labor and collaboration, lack of network design and resource sharing, equipment utilization is not high.

5, learning is not enough, will not use preferential policies.

In order to support the development of the mold industry, under the leadership of the State Council, relevant state departments have issued preferential policies. For instance, on October 8, 1997, the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation issued the “About Value-added Tax on Mold Products” in the form of Caizizi (1997) No. 115. On May 27, 2003, the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation issued the "Notice on Continuing to Return Value-added Tax on Die and Mould Products" with Circular No. (2003) 95. From January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2005, 160 mold companies across the country were listed as enjoying this preferential policy, and none of Xiamen's cities was listed among them. The lack of understanding of the preferential policies that have been issued by Xiamen mold companies is an important reason.

Xiamen Mould Industry Development Countermeasures and Suggestions

1. Raise awareness and increase government support.

The development of the mold industry has far more social benefits than its own. Accelerating the development of modern mold and die industries will help improve the international competitiveness of the manufacturing industry and help expand exports and attract investment. Government departments should improve their understanding of the role of the “leader” in the industrialization of molds, improve the government’s service functions, and promote the nation’s relevant support and preferential policies for the mold industry in many ways and channels, and make full use of existing preferential policies. , Fully support the typical enterprises in the mold industry in Xiamen City, so as to break through the development bottleneck and enhance the development space. The mold industry in Xiamen is dominated by privately-owned small and medium-sized enterprises. It is a developing company. It is difficult for listed companies to compare funds. It is recommended that local governments return 40% of income tax to enterprises in return, and give them in urban construction tax, education fees, and various funds. Corresponding relief care. For mold and mold enterprises that have certain difficulties in operating temporarily, they may be granted income tax reductions or exemptions for 1-2 years upon application and approval. Identify the high-tech industries of the mold enterprises and give them two years of tax relief for the high-tech enterprises.

2. Establish a park to improve the company's production environment.

The establishment of a mold industrial park not only avoids the loss of equipment accuracy due to frequent plant replacements, but also has a catalytic effect on the overall advantages of the industry. It is suggested that the municipal government draw on the practice of “China Light Industry (Yuyao) Mould City” and “Mould Industry Experimental Zone of Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province” in Zhejiang Province, and plan to build a mold processing area in Jimei Guankou Machinery Industrial Zone or Jimei Automobile Industry Zone. An area of ​​1 million square meters; construction area of ​​700,000 square meters, accommodating 200 mold manufacturing enterprises. First, attract 30-50 enterprises with certain scale and advanced technology to settle in, and then attract foreign and domestic precision mold manufacturing enterprises with sophisticated, long-life, and large-scale molds through attracting investment. After the mold processing area is completed, a high-tech industrial park will be formed with mold manufacturing as the main body and mold material supply, parts manufacturing and supply, professional processing technology, scientific research and development, information exchange, and talent training. The park should highlight professional cooperation and support, and increase the efficiency and professionalism through socialization of labor, so as to increase the overall level, efficiency, and competitiveness of the mold manufacturing industry.

3. Integrate resources and give play to the overall advantages of the industry.

Integrate the existing mold design and manufacturing technology and equipment resources in Xiamen, and build a collaborative community that is market-oriented, complements each other, and cooperates with each other. The promotion and application of technology is the need for economic development. It is also a need to build a Gulf-type city and is conducive to the promotion of enterprises. Inter-regional cooperation and the optimal utilization and common development of its resources will help improve the level of regional design and manufacturing and the overall ability to innovate, and will be conducive to the promotion of regional economic development and investment promotion. The Xiamen Mould Industry Association has been established and can play a role in integrating industry resources. It is recommended that the relevant government departments authorize the Xiamen Mould Association to carry out the functions of guidance, coordination, service, and supervision in the mold industry, and to give play to the association's planning, structure adjustment, statistics, mold professional exhibitions, industry standards, and economic and technological exchanges in the industry. The role of cooperation, industry training, job qualification evaluation of practitioners, job title assessment and feasibility study of investment projects, and recognition of high-tech companies. When the conditions of the association are mature, it can also be used as one of the investment entities in the processing area to participate in the management and service of the MCC. Guide enterprises in accordance with economic laws and market-based mechanisms, organize modern companies or corporate consortia, and expand the scale of the company. In this way, not only can companies improve their competitiveness, but they can also enjoy the current preferential policies.

4, innovation management, improve the level of enterprise management.

The mold enterprises in Germany, the United States, Japan, and other countries are aiming at quality, reasonable interests, customer service, and establishment of corporate reputation. They organize and educate employees and manage companies. Each mold project is planned and controlled by its production process. Management unit to control and ensure the quality and performance of each pair of molds. To this end, companies continue to innovate or introduce methods and software for managing companies and controlling and managing their production processes so that they can master and control their production and business service operations in a timely manner, and achieve high-efficiency operations while conserving corporate resources. Luo Baihui believes that the existing mold enterprises in Xiamen are slow in introducing or innovating the scientific methods and mechanisms of enterprise management, and are restricted by talents, ideas, habits, inputs, and systems, resulting in backward production and operating service operating mechanisms, which are not sufficient. Reasonable use of resources such as high-efficiency, high-precision production equipment owned by the company. It is necessary to guide the mold enterprise's innovation management system, study or introduce the management and control theories, models, scientific methods and software for the production of single-piece molds, cultivate or introduce management talents, and implement the mold enterprise regulations and regulations issued by the industry or the country. Or transform the system, management model, habits and concepts of home-based businesses, and comprehensively improve the level of enterprise management and the quality of the enterprise.

5. Strengthen training and enhance the quality of employees.

The mold is a special-purpose technology product and is a molding tool that can only be produced in one piece. The industrialized countries need to design and manufacture more than one million molds per year. Obviously, experience and technology in the mold design and manufacturing process are very important. The production knowledge or the technological tradition formed by the precipitation of experience and skills is the key and core technology in the mold production process. Mold CAD/CAE/CAM production technology is also based on long-term accumulation of production experience and production knowledge. Therefore, it is a problem and urgent task that must be solved at present and in the future to study and master mold production experience, skills, and solidification knowledge as soon as possible, and to make it an expert system or production tradition for mold design and manufacture. It is necessary to establish a consulting and training system and promote modern mold design and manufacturing techniques. Relying on qualified universities, research institutes and qualified enterprises to carry out cooperation between industry, universities and research institutes, conduct market-oriented operations, and jointly carry out mold design and manufacturing operations; implement factory-school links to train professional and technical personnel, and adopt order-based training systems. , Adjust and optimize the mold and mold manufacturing professional curriculum, education and teaching process is not only pay attention to systematic learning of basic theoretical knowledge, but also pay attention to practical hands-on system training. Each year, a certain period of time is allocated to the factory production post to study on the spot and receive professional skills. This not only enables the trainees to gain labor skills, but also has an in-depth understanding of the corporate culture and operation methods, and provides quality supporting services for manufacturing enterprises.

6, establish a platform to carry out network design and manufacturing.

Informatization is an important technical support for the modern mold industry. Networked design and manufacturing has become an important research topic in all industrialized countries in the world today. The United States’ Advanced Manufacturing Program, Japan’s “Advanced Manufacturing Technology White Paper” and the European Union’s “Fifth and Sixth Framework Program” all put Network manufacturing as a research focus. China's "863 Program" also regards network manufacturing as the research focus. The "Capital Network Manufacturing Project" based on Tsinghua University has been active for several years. The manufacturing informatization ASP service platform in Guangdong and Tianjin also takes the collaborative manufacturing of the mold industry as the key content of the work. It is suggested that a networked mold design and manufacturing service platform be established according to market-oriented management mechanism and networked operation principle. Through the Internet platform, the role of CAD, CAE, CAM, CAPP, DFM and other technologies in mold design and manufacturing will be brought into full play to achieve the sharing of process data resources, standards and specifications, human resources and manufacturing equipment resources, and provide effective technical support and applications. Service, shorten the design and manufacturing cycle, so as to comprehensively enhance Xiamen's manufacturing enterprises' technological innovation capabilities and market competitiveness.

In view of the fact that Xiamen's mold enterprises are small in scale, dispersive in operation, and technologically weak, Xiamen's construction of a mold information network platform is divided into two steps. First, a network platform for management services is established. When the time is ripe, an ASP networked mold design and manufacturing will be established. Service Platform.