New orders for heavy machine tools slow down, high-end products are still sought after

Cai Weici, vice president of the China Federation of Machinery Industry, pointed out that from the perspective of domestic demand, new orders in some industries declined after May, and the ordering situation of power generation equipment, heavy machinery and other industries was not optimistic and the industry remained cautiously optimistic.

Compared with the growth of other machine tool products this year, the recovery and growth of the heavy machine tool market is not so rapid, and it is even facing a severe marketing situation. Recalling the strong performance of the heavy machine tool market in the financial crisis, rushed by many companies to consider it a “natural” safe haven, where hot money flows, and the new heavy machine tool brand is dazzling, and the current grim situation may be inevitable. People feel full of emotion.

Heavy-duty machine tool is the guarantee of China's industrial development

With the rapid development of industries such as energy and power, shipbuilding and ocean shipping, aerospace, transportation, defense and military, construction machinery, and metallurgical equipment, and the ever-increasing scale, the demand for heavy-duty machine tools has become increasingly prominent. In order to meet the needs of national economic development, independent innovation of heavy-duty machine tools has emerged and has been able to basically meet the development needs of various fields.

Relevant statistics show that in the past three years, the total output value of China's heavy machine tool products has increased year after year. In 2008, it has exceeded 12 billion yuan and the total output is close to 2,000 units. Such a large-scale production of heavy machine tools is the highest in the world, and the output of such a large-scale heavy machine tool can also be among the best in the world. According to incomplete statistics, heavy machine tools imported from 2006 to 2008 accounted for about one-third of the total market of heavy-duty machine tools in China, but the number of machines is much less. It can be seen that the imported heavy machine tools are all high value-added high-end CNC machine tools. In China's huge heavy machine tool market, there is still a large demand for high-end products. Industry agencies and experts also repeatedly appealed that new investment in heavy machine tools should not only stop at the blind expansion of production capacity and the repeated construction of existing products, should increase investment in research and development of high-end products, and quickly upgrade China's high-grade heavy machine tools. Manufacturing level and capacity.

Industry experts specifically pointed out that the heavy machine tool industry with a strategic position in the national economy can reach the scale of survival, have the ability to continue to develop and have a greater influence, have certain advantages in the open competition, and are directly related to many important industries in China. The survival and development of these important industries are directly related to the national economy and the people’s livelihood and are directly related to national security.

High-end heavy-duty machine tools are sought after by the market

The entry of investors certainly is not only optimistic about the performance of heavy-duty machine tools, but also full of confidence in the future market potential. In order to deal with the global financial crisis in 2008, the country has adopted a variety of policies to boost domestic demand and maintain economic growth. China is in the stage of modernization and improvement of traditional production methods. Whether it is railway construction, power station construction, aerospace construction, or autos, engineering machinery, military industry, etc., it requires a lot of high-end machine tools to support it. Heavy machine tools have therefore become a machine tool manufacturing industry with certain advantages. As the haze of the financial crisis gradually receded, the country’s various policies for pulling things have been put in place, and the domestic demand has gradually been released. What will be the future direction of heavy machine tools?

In terms of the external environment, the total number of orders in the machine tools market in Japan, Europe, and North America from April to June has decreased or remained unchanged. In terms of the domestic market, the growth rate of CNC machine tool production in China fell for the second consecutive month in May and June. According to the market situation of heavy machine tool products, according to market analysis of relevant third parties, the large-scale investment in the heavy machinery industry and energy power generation industry is nearing completion, and conventional equipment is basically saturated, but key equipment and high-precision equipment still need to increase; The shipbuilding industry was hit hard by the financial crisis. In the first half of 2009, the new orders decreased by 80.7% year-on-year, but due to the large number of orders in hand and the relatively late start of marine equipment, there is still a certain demand for high-end CNC heavy machine tools; The construction machinery industry already has a strong manufacturing capacity, and most of the varieties are already in excess, even serious excess. However, due to its large coverage, some varieties and some key processes have insufficient production capacity, and there are still demands for some high-end CNC machine tools. But on the whole, there is little room for demand. According to industry analysts, in the future, the industry procurement focus of users will be focused on heavy-duty, super heavy-duty high-end composite intelligent CNC machine tools that meet the process requirements. The market demand is to increase investment in technological innovation, rather than the general expansion of production capacity.