China's Automobile Fastener Industry Status and Prospects (2)

4. The disparity in China's automotive fastener industry (1) has a gap in concept. The guiding ideology of the global excellent automotive fastener suppliers in the management and management is to provide all-round support for the design, production, sales, service, and logistics of the main engine plant to solve the problems encountered in fastener manufacturing. For example, how do you design your engine, how do you need to connect between the cylinder block and the cylinder head? How much strength do you need? Tell the fastener supplier that they will design for you and solve the problem. Today's modern industrial assembly line is very advanced and general, and 70% of the workload is still bolts and nuts. Whether the supplier can provide all-round support for the OEM to solve the fastening problem is very important for the OEM.

(2) There is a gap in the development model of the company. In 2010, the famous German Würth Group had global sales of 11.4 billion U.S. dollars. Their production methods are typical of scale and specialization, and they provide fastener services for the most important auto factories in more than 40 countries and regions in the world. The scale of automotive fasteners has not only not come up, but specialization is not yet in place.

(3) Material, equipment, logistics, and other related resources guarantee a great gap with the international advanced level. Nowadays, some of the world's leading manufacturers of large-scale automotive fasteners have their own special materials and special technologies. Special materials are jointly developed with steel mills according to the required composition and requirements of the products. For example, Kobe Steel in Japan has specially smelted SCM435 steel for engine connecting rod bolts. In terms of equipment, for some automotive fastener companies, a lot of specialized equipment is needed, and a large number of related equipment is needed. This virtually lays a solid foundation for its products.

(4) Lack of common technology platforms for automotive fasteners. The total amount of research and development expenses for automotive fasteners in China is insufficient, accounting for a low proportion of sales of automotive fasteners, lack of development tools, investment in equipment and facilities construction pressure, and a shortage of R&D talent in automotive fastener companies, and the loss of key technology developers. The phenomenon is more serious. Compared with foreign counterparts, there are generally irrational structures, unqualified professionals, and lack of R&D experience. Lack of common technology platforms for automotive fasteners, including key automotive engine fastener technology research and development platforms, engine fasteners key technology public laboratories, and automotive fastener material research platforms; and information on the automotive fastener industry Resource-sharing platform, automotive fastener technology information service platform, automotive fastener personnel training platform, etc.

5. Prospects of China's automotive fasteners According to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, China's auto exports in 2010 were only 549,900, and have not yet returned to 2008 levels. The export volume accounts for only 2.98% of the total output, which is the lowest level among the world's major automakers. It is not only unable to reach the level of major auto export countries such as Europe, Japan and South Korea, but also to Thailand, Mexico, etc. as the export base of international car companies. . It can be seen that for China, the world’s leading automobile production and consumer country, its automobile exports are still just a beginning. In the future, the Chinese automobile industry has great potential to be tapped.

In addition, under the rapid development of China's automotive industry, with the increasingly fierce market competition, coupled with the increasing demand for automotive fastener products, such as lightweight, environmental protection, long life, etc., automotive fasteners The company's equipment will continue to be renewed. According to the number of fasteners, there are approximately 580 specifications of nearly 5,000 fasteners for a car, and approximately 570 fasteners of approximately 570 different specifications for a medium-sized truck.

It can be seen that the market space for automotive fasteners is huge.

From the perspective of technological development, the new round of competition in automotive fasteners has been in full swing; from the perspective of controlling costs, the increase in the cost of the automotive industry chain worldwide has posed a threat to sustainable development. Under the pressure of narrowing technology gaps and controlling costs, improving the competitiveness of international trade has become an urgent issue for China's automotive fastener companies. In the coming years, we should pay more attention to improving the competitiveness of international trade, familiarize ourselves with international rules, face trade frictions, increase manufacturing competitiveness, and develop our products independently, and complete our country’s automotive fastener industry. The historical shift in trade competitiveness is perhaps the core of China's automotive fastener competitiveness.

Looking ahead to 2011, while we were excited and moved by the progress made by our country’s auto industry, we are also clearly aware that there are still significant gaps between China’s auto fastener companies and the world’s advanced level. If we do not work hard, This gap will not shrink but will increase. From this point of view, the development and revitalization of China's automotive fasteners is still a long way to go.