Metal molds need to sort out the relationship between the upstream and downstream markets

In the 1960s, China's hardware mold industry rose in Dongguan and peaked in the late 1980s. At that time, the threshold of the hardware mold industry was very low, and there was no need for any technology. With 30,000 yuan to buy some old equipment, it was possible to open a home-workshop-style metal mold processing plant. Today, after more than 40 years of development, all types of hardware and mold processing companies have passed 10,000, and the vast majority are labor-intensive small enterprises.

With the continuous development of the domestic hardware mold industry, the competition from various provinces has become increasingly fierce. The situation of disorderly competition in the hardware mold industry has begun to appear, and the disadvantages such as the low cost of hardware, the level of product structure, and the lack of technical content are increasingly exposed.

At the same time, there are many factors in the development of the hardware mold industry, which restricts the development of the mold industry. For example, the problem of raw materials, most of our country's mold is still using steel as its production material, but this year's steel market is in short supply. This is undoubtedly a no-trick for the mold industry, which has seriously affected the development of China's mold industry.

Secondly, after the products are produced, they must be marketed. If there is not a good sales market and the sales of molds are poor, mold companies will have a hard time surviving. Therefore, the mold industry must unite the upstream and downstream industries of the mold to expand its own industrial chain, ensure that the mold production has its source, and has its way out.

We all know that in the same industrial chain, different industries survived but were tightly integrated, and they were all involved. The same is true for the mold industry. The upstream and downstream industries are the mold material industry and the mold use market. The mold industry must rationalize these relationships so as to extend the industry chain for common development.

China is gradually moving from a mold-producing country to a die-manufacturing powerhouse, and corporate investment enthusiasm is high. However, China’s mold industry can only understand the relationship with the upstream materials industry and downstream demand markets, and realize its importance before it can use the entire industry. The vision is to formulate plans for the development of upstream and downstream companies so as to extend the industrial chain of the mold industry.