Predict the development of the German machine tool industry

Machinery manufacturing is a trump card for the German economy. However, in the fight for the global financial crisis, China strode forward ahead of Germany, becoming the new largest machine-building country. According to Luo Baihui, head of the International Mould and Hardware & Plastics Industry Suppliers Association, China’s share in the world market has reached 20%. Hans Hesse, Director-General of the German Federation of Machinery and Equipment Manufacturers, said that in 2009, Germany's machinery manufacturing output fell by 10% to 20%, and this downward trend ended in mid-2009. The German "Focus" weekly pointed out that China's machinery manufacturing industry sales in the world, does not indicate the status of China's machinery exports. The export of German mechanical products will still be the first in the world. Among the 31 departments in the machinery manufacturing industry, 17 in Germany occupy global leading positions such as mechanical handling, power transmission equipment and printing technology. In China, only certain sectors such as textile machinery are competitive. And more than 50% of China's high-end machinery products still need to be imported. The German "Frankfurter" also believes that the machinery manufacturing industry in Germany and China is not on the same competitive platform.

China is the world's largest machine tool market and the largest machine tool importer. China and Germany have a good cooperation in the field of machine tools. In 2010, China ranked 7th among the important machine tool suppliers in the German industrial sector. Germany's total imports of machine tools from China total about 74 million euros, an increase of 50% over 2006, including mainly spare parts, fittings and lathes.

In addition, in 2010, 21% of China's machine tools imported from abroad came from Germany. This means that Germany has become the second largest supplier of machine tools in China's industrial sector after Japan. Germany’s machine tool exports have doubled since 2006 and are relatively small due to the international financial crisis. Since the end of 2009, double-digit growth has been achieved in terms of orders. In the second half of 2010, there were even several There was a three-digit increase in the month. Throughout 2010, booking orders increased by an average of 85%, and the latest machine tool deliveries reached 1.7 billion euros.

Hain Marketing Director of the German Machine Tool Manufacturers Association said that China has a good technology base and a very fast development of the machine tool industry, and German machine tool manufacturers attach great importance to innovation, Sino-German cooperation can be extensive, such as the establishment of a technology base, joint development and manufacture of machine tool products To expand into more emerging markets.

A report issued by the Computer Institute of Knicksdorf (Paderborn, Germany) states that in the next 5 to 15 years, the German metalworking machine tool plant will be integrated and reorganized. At the same time, another report published by the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems Engineering and Innovation (ISI) also pointed out that many industrial experts also share the same view. Listed below are predictions based on the experts’ influence on the program:

- 30% of machine tools will have functions of automatic control, error warning and remote service;

——The extension of the machine tool manufacturer's business can provide customers with machine tool-related financing plans, and even other related programs;

——The auto parts supplier will develop purchasing plans for the machine tool based on the consumption of the whole work cycle;

- The “access-to-production” technology is more widely used in the manufacturing sector;

——As the technical specifications and quality of all manufacturers' machine tools will be comparable, customer relationship management will become the key to the sales process of machine tools;

- Micro-motor systems (such as brakes) will be more widely used in areas such as active devices (such as fixture systems);

- Half of the machine tool boxes sold are tailor-made according to the customer's manufacturing requirements;

- The online catalogue will provide selectable customized machine boxes assembled from various types of molds;

——As the production cycle is shortened, the investment in process innovation should be equal to the investment in product development;

- Due to the application of high hardness cutting, dry cutting and high speed cutting, the world market demand for cutting tools will increase by 1/3;

- 30% of vehicles' hybrid power systems and other braking systems will use non-mineral raw materials as fuel;

- About 90% of machine tool failures are caused by software program errors or information transfer errors.