Mold Industry Becomes One of Kunshan Advanced Manufacturing Industry Brands

"Frequently, the technical transformation project of the company's extra large (continuing) molds and large-scale mechanical structural parts products has been approved. This project to fill the gaps in the country must be rushed to start before the end of this year!" Deputy Secretary-General of the Kunshan Mould Association, Jiangsu It is not an easy task for Yang Rong, Chairman of Zeon Steam Locomotive Parts Manufacturing Co., Ltd. to interview. In the past few days, he has gone all out for the new launch of the project!

Today, Kunshan mold industry base, like Yang Rong busy with corporate technological innovation, independent innovation entrepreneurs are not few. Their busy footsteps played the symphony for the transformation and upgrading of Kunshan's mold industry. This industry, which is hailed as the "mother of industry," is becoming a brand of advanced manufacturing in Kunshan in the Phoenix "Nirvana"!

Thousands of enterprises, leading the country

Speaking of Kunshan's mold industry, it is famous in the country. “As of the end of October this year, the mold base has registered 951 mold companies, achieving nearly 10 billion yuan in sales of mold products, an increase of 14.3% year-on-year, and continuing to maintain a 10% share of mold sales in China, ranking the nation’s mold base.” Kunshan Hi-tech Zone Leading family treasures.

The mold industry has been hailed as "the mother of industry" and is one of the national basic industries. In electronics, automobiles, motors, home appliances, and communications products, 60% to 80% of parts and components rely on molds. The level of mold quality determines the quality of the product. Kunshan, as an important electronic information product manufacturing base in the world, provides a vast market space for the development of the mold industry.

In recent years, the National Torch Program Kunshan Mould Industrial Base has continuously promoted the extension of the industrial chain and the value chain to the high end. The development and manufacturing of hardware molds represented by Wah Fu Electronics and Hong Precision Components have covered computer accessories and computers. Connectors, auto parts, etc.; plastic mold development and manufacturing companies represented by three mold machinery, successful molds, etc. Products cover computer parts, auto parts, etc... “Compared with other mold industries, Kunshan Die has a high degree of industrial concentration, perfect industrial chain, advanced technology and other unique advantages.” Yang Rong told the author.

“However, there is no doubt that among the more than 30,000 mold companies in the country, most of the mold companies produce mostly mid- to low-end products, and there is a tendency for production to saturate.” The low-cost, low-tech extensional expansion stage, which mainly relied on "fighting for prices," basically ended. Mould enterprises must rapidly transform and upgrade, establish the company's core competitiveness, cultivate the industry's internal driving force, and achieve a transformation from big to strong.

Therefore, under the promotion of the Municipal Economic and Information Committee and the Municipal Science and Technology Bureau and other functional departments, the mold industry in Kunshan has quietly begun the process of transformation and upgrading.

Technology Alliance, Innovation Transformation

“This year, the Kunshan mold industry base has accelerated the establishment of a technology innovation system that combines the enterprise as the main body, the market as the orientation, and the combination of industry, university and research. The cooperation between production, education and research is the focus of innovation and transformation, and the overall innovation capability of enterprises within the base is overall improved. According to the relevant leaders of the Kunshan High-tech Zone, the Kunshan mold and die enterprise has achieved a rapid transformation of "high" in the "standard" repair and other aspects.

On October 18th, more than 40 members and experts from the National Standardization Technical Committee of Molds gathered in Kunshan to discuss the work of the 2011 Standard for Mold Standards and the "Twelfth Five-Year" mold standardization planning and mold standard system. Kunshan Jiahua Electronics Co., Ltd., a key enterprise in Kunshan Mould Specialty Industrial Base, was approved as a member of the National Mold Standardization Technical Committee and became the chief lead drafting unit of the “Technical Criteria for Electrical Connector Precision Progressive Die”. one. This shows that Kunshan Jiahua Electronics Co., Ltd. has an important say in the production of precision molds.

In cooperation with industry, universities, and research institutes, the mold characteristic industrial base has established a cooperative relationship with the Engineering Research Center of the Department of Education of Molded Products of Dalian University of Technology. The base company Jiahua Electronics and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics established a graduate student workstation, Huimei Plastics and Industrial Technology Research Institute and Huazhong University of Science and Technology have formed a "marriage", and Randeng Mould has established the "East China Mould Manufacturing Base of China Academy of Mechanical Sciences Zhejiang Branch"... ...

It is worth mentioning that the continuous high-precision stamping die jointly researched and developed by Rongteng Mould and China Academy of Machinery Sciences has entered the stage of small-batch production and has obtained one each of provincial high-tech products, invention patents and utility model patents. As a family member of two companies, Rong Teng Mould and Zahn Steam Locomotive Parts Manufacturing, Yang Rong has deep feelings about the promotion of enterprise transformation and upgrading with independent innovation: “The risk of innovation is very large. Some people once said that innovation is to find death and not to innovate. Die, but Rong Teng mold not only enhances its core competitiveness through innovation, but also created the Zern Corporation, which will fill the gap in the domestic mold manufacturing industry and transform it into a high-end industrial chain. Companies see different landscapes.”

Skillful use of Dongfeng, service to force

There are innovative demands and driving forces within the company, and the services of the mold industry base are also very powerful. This year, based on the actual needs of enterprises, the base has achieved new breakthroughs in the construction of public service platforms on the basis of already established Jiangsu High-speed Die Engineering Technology Research Center, mold industry technology public service platform, Kunshan Mould Network and other platforms. .

In the interview, the author was informed that, with the approval of the Provincial Bureau of Quality Supervision, the Jiangsu Province Precision Mold Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Center was formally unveiled on October 15, and related equipment is being purchased and entered. The completion of the inspection center will fundamentally solve the puzzles of the difficulty of appraisal of mold enterprises, and will be of great significance to the promotion of the development of mold and mold related industries in our province and even China. Based on the trial operation of the center, it plans to apply for a national-level testing center next year.

In order to solve the problem of talent demand for companies in the base, Kunshan Mould Vocational Technical School, which is jointly established by Dongfeng Automobile Technician Institute and the base and has a total investment of 300 million yuan, is stepping up preparations and is basically completed and put into operation in December next year. The completion of the school will effectively solve the problem of shortage of technical personnel for mold companies, and it will greatly promote the improvement of the mold base industrial chain and the improvement of the base industry level.

In addition, in order to further promote industrial restructuring and optimization and upgrading, the base promotes “integration of the two industries”, guides industrial agglomeration development, intensive development, and innovation and development. It also organizes and reports on the provincial new industrialization industrial demonstration bases and provincial special funds for the development of small and medium-sized science and technology enterprises. Projects, etc. Since the beginning of this year, the bases and companies in the base have received nearly 10 million yuan in technical support funds.

“Now, now that the development of the mold industry is facing a bottleneck period, it is better to say that we are facing the opportunity to promote transformation and promote development.” Luo Baihui, executive secretary general of the International Die and Hardware Industry Suppliers Association, said that during the “12th Five-Year Plan” period, Efforts to promote the transformation and upgrading of the mold industry, which originally belonged to the traditional industries, have transformed the products from the low end of the value chain to the mid-to-high end, effectively driving the mold industry from being driven by factors such as cost to innovation. It is gratifying that, in terms of how to solve the challenges and difficult issues faced by the mold industry, the transformation and upgrading of Kunshan mold industry has given the answer!