2018 is already over half of the year, what is the current situation of my country's weaving machinery market? On June 21, at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Weaving Machinery Branch of the China Textile Machinery Association, hundreds of industry representatives gathered in Hangzhou to take the pulse of the weaving machinery industry and jointly explore the development direction of the industry.

Many factors at home and abroad affect the demand for looms

Statistics from the China Textile Machinery Association show that in the first quarter of this year, affected by the adjustment of national fiscal and financial policies, the increase in raw material prices, the diversification of fabric varieties, the acceleration of industrial transfer, and the restoration of stability in the financial policies of the major international textile machinery import markets, The demand for the three types of high-speed rapier looms, water jet looms, and air jet looms has shown substantial growth in varying degrees.

In the first quarter of this year, major domestic manufacturers sold 2,234 high-speed rapier looms, a slight increase of 1.82% year-on-year. A total of 433 domestic high-speed rapier looms were imported, a significant decrease of 53.84% year-on-year. Including ordinary rapier looms, from January to March, my country's domestic enterprises exported a total of 3,984 units, a significant year-on-year increase of 37.71%. Major domestic manufacturers sold about 13,000 water jet looms, a year-on-year increase of 30.77%. A total of 134 water jet looms were imported, a year-on-year decrease of 51.97%. Domestic companies exported a total of 2,691 water jet looms, a sharp increase of 49.25% year-on-year. Major domestic manufacturers sold 4964 air-jet looms, a year-on-year increase of 100.73%; imported 936 air-jet looms, a year-on-year decrease of 6.96%; domestic companies exported a total of 564 units, a year-on-year increase of 3.87%.

Except for high-speed rapier looms, the demand for water-jet looms and air-jet looms have shown substantial growth in varying degrees. This phenomenon is under the strategic background of my country’s industrial structure adjustment and the “Belt and Road” construction. Formed: The policy of "three eliminations, one reduction and one supplement", especially the implementation of the "capacity reduction" policy, has caused the PPI (producer price index) growth rate to turn from negative to positive since September 2016, and it has continued to this day. The price of raw materials for production has risen sharply, and the inventory of downstream user companies has decreased, resulting in increased willingness of downstream users to purchase equipment.

The strengthening of the implementation of environmental protection policies has also indirectly increased the prices of raw materials for production. In addition, the local government also used the strengthening of environmental protection policies to complete the task of reducing production capacity and industrial transfer. For example, the Wujiang area of ​​Jiangsu Province will eliminate 100,000 water jet looms within three years and guide local user factories to replace other types of looms. This is one reason why the demand for air-jet looms has soared this year.

The needs for the renewal and transformation of old machines are firstly caused by the changes in the types of fabrics in the user's factories, and on the other hand, they are also caused by the expiration of the service life of a large number of machines purchased in 2010 and 2011.

With the implementation of the “One Belt One Road” initiative, domestic manufacturers have targeted the markets in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central Asia and other countries. Coupled with factors such as the restoration of stability in the region’s main textile machinery import market, the financial policies have driven the sales growth of domestic manufacturers. .

Policy adjustments + trade frictions, equipment exports are facing challenges

The current industry development hotspots are the Xinjiang policy adjustments and Sino-US trade issues. Wang Shutian, Chairman of the China Textile Machinery Association, expressed his views on this. He said that the policy adjustments this year are in line with the current development situation and are under construction or to be built. And the approved projects still continue the original policy. The early-stage spinning project has been invested smoothly, and the new weaving, knitting, printing and dyeing projects in the later stage have gradually formed a complete system, which requires continuous attention.

The US textile consumption accounts for 17% of China’s textile exports. The US trade policy has a huge impact on China’s economy and textile industry. Liu Ming, general manager of Picanol (Suzhou Industrial Park) Textile Machinery Co., Ltd., believes that both technological trends and the development trend of the fashion industry should attract the attention of the textile industry. At the same time, companies need to focus on the revolution of business models and future technological breakthroughs.

The main challenges facing China’s textile exports currently come from 12 aspects: labor costs have risen, with an average annual increase of 10% in the past, which is not sustainable for suppliers who rely on low-cost competition; from other countries, especially Southeast Asia. Cost-country competition; under the threat of trade protectionism, the adjustment of traders’ procurement strategies and changes in the industrial chain; the increasingly "unfriendly" surrounding and global political environment has weakened the confidence of long-term business cooperation; the aging population, the employees of the industry year by year Decrease, it is estimated that the number of low-skilled workers nationwide will be reduced by 3 million every year; the pressure on land, environmental protection, and financing has increased, resulting in rising costs and unpredictable; the impulse of local governments to adjust local planning and industrial upgrading, and there is a risk of business interruption; Industrial transfer to foreign and inland regions; the decline of private entrepreneurs’ confidence and the confusion of corporate inheritance; the upgrading of knowledge structure and the application of digital technology; the lack of core competitiveness in the fashion industry, including branding, design, distribution and innovation; business Incline to large enterprises, and the pressure on small and medium-sized enterprises has increased.

The international market accelerates the reshuffle, and the potential of domestic demand is further released

To ascertain the future development direction of weaving machinery, it is necessary to understand the development of the global textile industry. Liu Ming believes that according to the 2017 GHERZI International Textile Industry Trends Report, major developed countries have lost their international competitiveness in the traditional textile industry since 2000 or before; it is expected that China will gradually lose its international competitiveness in the industry after 2020. Competitiveness, but the domestic demand market will increase rapidly; by 2050, the world's largest textile markets will be: China, India, the United States, Indonesia and Nigeria. At present, the textile industry is undergoing changes and is facing the possibility of disruptive textile technology. The world's sportswear sales have increased significantly, with an annual growth rate of 4.5%. Among them, European and American demand accounted for 75%. It is predicted that the Asian region will also have a large increase.

Today, Asia is the center of the global textile industry and the world's largest textile machinery market, with a huge trade of 180 billion U.S. dollars in Asia. The Asian market’s demand for textile machinery automation, high-performance, and energy-saving equipment is increasing. Now Asian textiles have entered a new stage of development. It is estimated that the intra-Asia trade will double to US$3,500 in 2025. By then, Asia will become the most attractive Powerful trade market.

Smart interconnection has a clear direction, energy-saving, high-efficiency and enhanced performance

Li Xueqing, Deputy Secretary-General of China Textile Machinery Association, said: “In 2017, domestic weaving preparation machinery continued to develop in the direction of high efficiency, energy saving, intelligence, and modular applications. Preparation machinery paid more attention to online inspection and fine control of the production process, and used the Internet, Information technology, etc. enhance the level of intelligence of equipment; while looms continue to improve efficiency and product adaptability, they are developing towards networking and intelligence, and combined with the weaving process expert system to establish a navigation database to further realize digital and intelligent The foundation of the chemical weaving workshop has been laid. Many companies have exerted efforts on short board devices such as shedding equipment and drawing-in equipment to improve the performance of domestic equipment. Environmental protection and energy saving are also the theme of 2017. The "environmental storm" promotes the reshuffle of production enterprises, and also Promoting the upgrading of equipment. The domestic weaving preparation machinery tries to improve the driving mode and air distribution technology to achieve the purpose of energy saving and air saving. In addition, the water pollution problem of water jet looms has also been paid attention to by many equipment companies. Solutions on the device side."

As a well-known brand enterprise in China's textile machinery industry, Shandong Rifa Textile Machinery Co., Ltd. pays attention to every step taken by the industry. "From January to May, Shandong Rifa produced and sold more than 3,100 shuttleless looms of various types, achieving sales revenue of 510 million yuan. It is expected to achieve production and sales of more than 8,000 units and sales revenue of 1.3 billion yuan in 2018. At present, Shandong Rifa It has achieved simultaneous growth in economic efficiency and sales revenue, sufficient cash flow, reduced asset-liability ratio, and significantly improved production and operation quality. The company has initially achieved sustained and healthy high-quality development relying on high-end positioning, technological innovation, quality brand, and advanced management. According to statistics from China Textile Machinery Association, Shandong Rifa's market share of shuttleless looms in 2017 was 13.54%, ranking first in the industry." said Li Zijun, general manager of Shandong Rifa Textile Machinery Co., Ltd.

In Li Zijun’s view, Shandong Rifa’s outstanding performance is mainly due to five successful practices: one is to improve the technical level of looms relying on continuous R&D investment and continuous technological innovation; second, the quality of healthy development Go ahead and invest efficiently to ensure quality improvement; the third is to subdivide the textile industry, intensive cultivation, and serve the market; the fourth is talent-oriented, culture is the root; the fifth is to strategically navigate the development of the industry, respond to national policies, and intelligently create a green future.

Li Zijun said: “In the future, Shandong Rifa Textile Equipment will continue to develop in the direction of energy saving, environmental protection, intelligence, and complete sets of connections, adhering to the vision of'becoming an agile international company', and positioning itself globally through advanced technology and excellent management. The goal of the market is to build Shandong Rifa into a world-class R&D and manufacturing base for shuttleless looms."

Stäubli, who has a certain say in the future direction of the weaving machinery industry, has been intensively working on the weaving machine shedding and weaving preparation system. At present, weaving mills producing high-quality fabrics all over the world almost without exception will use Stäubli’s dobby or cam box as their special equipment for looms, and Stäubli’s pre-weaving warp preparation system can meet modern requirements. Various needs of the weaving industry.

According to Dai Rongbing, manager of the textile machinery division of Stäubli (Hangzhou) Precision Machinery Electronics Co., Ltd., Stäubli focuses on high-productivity weaving technology. Through continuous innovation, it provides support for customers to ensure that customers can increase productivity, efficiency and sustainability. sex. "Stäubli’s textile machinery products and services include automated weaving preparation systems, shed opening solutions for heald frames and jacquard weaving, carpet weaving systems, industrial fabric weaving systems, and knitting hosiery machine automation solutions. Performance and reliability are suitable for systems and solutions for the most demanding applications. The final products cover fashion, home textiles, floor fabrics, automotive fabrics, protective equipment fabrics and industrial fabrics, etc. Stäubli has formed with customers all over the world To establish a partnership to provide personalized service and support to ensure efficient production and minimize downtime.” Dai Rongbing said.

As a representative of downstream user companies, Zhao Wenjun, vice president of Black Peony (Group) Co., Ltd., believes that the intelligent development of textile machinery enterprises is the basis for intelligent manufacturing. In recent years, Black Peony collects various data in real time through information collection, computer networking, and data processing, using big data and cloud computing to strengthen intelligent learning, and implement command control through standard execution, automatic detection, and smart commands.