Japanese mold encounters Waterloo to increase value-added opportunities

It is not uncommon for the mold factory to eliminate the outburst in the recession, and the scale of manufacturers, employees, and operations has shrunk significantly. Compared with the peak period, the current number of manufacturers has decreased by about 8.5%, the number of employees has decreased by about 30%, and the rate of decline in output value has reached about 11%. In addition, based on the large-scale development of the mold industry in other Asian countries and regions, regardless of the increase in cost or technological competitiveness, Japanese mold prices have been forced to drop by about 20%.

Of the total output value of Japanese molds, the value of plastic molds was 642.8 billion yen, which was the first one, accounting for 38.8% of the total mold output value. Plastic molds are used in a variety of industries. In recent years, particularly in the rapidly growing information technology industry, there has been a rapid development, but the law is still changing the mold industry decline. The relocation of major customers in the automotive and semiconductor industries has forced the mold industry in Japan to shift its business focus overseas. The factors such as high technology and increasingly stringent quality requirements have further exacerbated the Japanese mold industry.

In order to get out of this dilemma, experts suggest that apart from making more efforts in high-precision processing technology, how to distinguish it from general molds and create high-value-added processed products is the direction of the Japanese mold industry. This is also the Asian countries and regions. New issues faced.