Global mold industry overview and market competitiveness analysis

The world's major mold-producing countries include Japan, South Korea, and China in the Asia region, as well as the United States in the Americas and Germany in the European region. The International Model Association Secretary-General Luo Baihui pointed out that due to the fact that mold makers in various countries are mostly operating in small and medium-sized enterprises, they are It is often difficult to raise working capital. If there is no government policy support and tax incentives, the mold industry will form a situation of fighting alone and alone, let alone competing with the international market. In addition to the mainland and South Korea, all countries are under pressure from high labor costs. Therefore, only by increasing the added value of products can we get rid of low-cost competitive pressures.

Overview of the global mold industry In the world's major mold production and marketing countries, the mainland has the largest number of molds and employees, nearly 70% are state-owned enterprises, foreign-funded enterprises also account for the majority, large-scale mold factory employees about 600 to 700 people, more scale The number of Foxconn employees invested by Hon Hai is approximately 6,000. The medium-sized mold factory is between 150 and 300. The small mold factory also has at least 50 employees. The country's mold industry is mostly operated by small and medium-sized enterprises.

In terms of product categories, in 2002 Japan and the mainland focused on the production of stamping dies and plastic dies. The total output value of these two products was as high as 80%, while that of South Korea was the largest among other dies, which accounted for 47% of the total output value. In the application market, Japan, South Korea, the United States, and Germany use automotive molds as the largest product, while in China, they mainly use molds for electronic communication products.

According to the situation of countries in 2002, the moulds of Japan, South Korea and Germany are strong/premature, while the molds of the mainland and the United States are large due to the domestic demand market, and domestic manufacturers cannot supply them completely. We must borrow imported moulds to meet the downstream demand. Products manufactured in the market are therefore strong/admitted to super products. From the analysis of major import and export countries in 2002, it has a great correlation with geographical distribution. Import and export regions are mostly neighboring countries, while Japan's extraordinary export regions are dominated by the United States, but with downstream industries in mainland China in recent years. Rapid development has gradually shifted to expanding the mainland market.

In respect of wages in various countries, according to a survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of International Trade’s white paper on the mold industry in 2002, the hourly pay rate in Germany is the highest, the hourly rate of technical personnel is from $12.13 to $19.28, and that of designers is from $16.91 to $25.26. Japan and the United States In the middle, the wages in mainland China are the lowest. The annual salary of technical personnel is only $732 to $5,853. The designers are only $2,927 to $5,853. If you compare Germany with the highest annual salary, you can only hire Germany. About 38 days of technical staff, it can be seen that the gap between advanced countries and mainland China's low wage cost is so great.

Analyzes the competitiveness of the world's mold powers. Technology advanced countries such as Japan, the United States, and Germany have a leading position in the development of high-precision and complex molds, both in terms of design capability or manufacturing technology. They also have well-trained R&D talents. . Among them, Japanese mold manufacturers pay more attention to the polishing and grinding process. While the German mold manufacturers increase the precision and efficiency of machining and discharge machining, they reduce the time for manual processing. In terms of market size, Japan’s recession is most obvious regardless of output value or domestic demand. In terms of operating costs, they often face high wages and high welfare issues. As a result, downstream industries or mold manufacturers gradually move production sites to neighboring emerging industrial countries or technologically backward countries to reduce labor costs and increase price competitiveness. It often causes doubts about the technology's intangible flow, making it more necessary to invest a large amount of R&D expenses to accelerate the improvement of processing technology and high-speed mechanical performance, and widen the differences between them.

Judging from Taiwan, Korea, and China, China is behind Japan, Germany, and Germany technically, but it is still better than South Korea and China, and it is also far ahead in terms of production speed. However, the market production and demand of South Korea and China in recent years The scale is showing a growing trend. Especially in the rapid development of the mold industry in mainland China, well-known large companies in various countries have entered the production equipment, virtually improving the strength of mold development and design capabilities. In terms of costs, China and South Korea have a relatively low labor cost advantage. Therefore, they often use low-cost marketing to enter the market for the price of molds. As a result, they have successfully captured the interest of market buyers in the global economic climate. The most obvious example is the rise in export value.