Beijing's bid to host the Olympic Games and Shanghai's bid to host the World Expo was successful. Various new projects, renovation projects, and small town construction have provided a huge market for the development of the stone industry. Joining the WTO has created more favorable conditions for China's stone to enter the international market; China Stone enterprises began to set up factories directly abroad to open mines... Under the conditions of a series of favorable conditions, what is the current status of China's stone industry? How to change the reality of "Made in China" quality and low price? What is the future development trend? On March 15th, at the 2005 World Stone Summit held during the 12th China (Beijing) International Stone Products and Stone Technology Equipment Exhibition, delegates expressed their views.
New phenomenon: processing machinery exports more than imports
Industrial clusters first exposed "spikes"
Zou Chuansheng, president of China Stone Industry Association, said: "The level of localization of China's large-scale complete sets of stone machinery and equipment is rapidly increasing. In recent years, the export of China's stone machinery and stone tools has increased significantly, and the import of stone machinery and equipment has been significantly reduced." China's stone industry in 2004 Overcoming the unfavorable factors of rising prices such as energy, materials and transportation, and continuing to advance into the international stone market, a number of more advanced stone machinery and tool manufacturing enterprises have emerged, and their product quality has reached or approached the world advanced level.
In addition, China's stone industry presents a new geographical development feature, forming a number of stone provinces represented by Fujian, Guangdong and Shandong, with several stone industry clusters represented by Guangdong Yunxiao Shandong Laizhou and Fujian Nan'an. A large number of large and medium-sized stone enterprises represented by Global, Kangli, Guanlu, etc., and a large number of large professional stone professional markets represented by Beijing Xilian International and Weinan Building Materials have also emerged.
development trend:
Technology imports more consumer varieties have changes
China's stone exports are mainly based on Asian countries and regions. The main export varieties are granite. The imported varieties are marble and granite that make up for the shortage of domestic varieties. Since 2001, China has become the world's imported marble waste. The country with the most materials and plates.
Zheng Chengyao, vice chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, believes that the trend of China's stone production and consumption in the next few years will be manifested in several aspects: First, the import of stone technology equipment will further increase. At present, the resource utilization rate of China's stone mines is low, and most mines have a material shortage rate of less than 50%. Advanced technology and equipment will improve resource utilization; most stone enterprises have insufficient export competitiveness of processed plates, and the proportion of China's plate exports is not high. Moreover, the export of sheet metal mainly wins market share by lower cost and price. Therefore, it is necessary to import stone processing equipment that cannot be produced in China or whose quality is not good enough to improve the competitiveness of product quality.
The second is to adjust the structure of the export products while maintaining the overall weight of the export. Enterprises will improve the quality and proportion of decorative stone produced industrially, especially the brand products to meet the needs of foreign importers for quality and other services, pay attention to the processing quality of China's precious stone varieties and the added value of processing depth.
Third, the import volume of China's shortage of stone varieties will further increase, especially the import of various types of marble. At present, the consumption of domestic granite plates is several times that of marble plates, which is far from the world stone consumption structure. In the future, China's architectural designers, decorative engineering designers and project owners will have new demands on stone varieties under the changes of market prices and other factors.
Sino-Indian Stone Industry: Cooperation is greater than competition
K?VIKRAM, president of the Indian Stone Technology Center, said that India's green marble and various granites have attracted the attention of Chinese processors, and Chinese processing equipment such as diamond powder, diamond knives, steel sand and other consumables have also been exported to India. In the past, the steel blades used in granite cutting saws in India were mainly imported from Italy, and now a Chinese company dominates this field in India. He suggested that Chinese stone manufacturers could consider entering the mining of Indian marble and granite. Although it may take some time, it is worth doing.
In addition, Chinese processing companies can also open joint ventures in India without importing granite and marble into China, but directly processing and selling them locally to the United States and other countries. At the same time, he suggested that China has good technology for diamond powder production, and can establish such joint ventures in India, or joint ventures of steel blades and steel sands.
Stone manufacturer development tips:
Applying chemical technology to improve quality The representative of Yakemei Chemical Co., Ltd. of Germany believes that the secret of the development of stone manufacturers is to apply chemical technology to reduce the rate of scrap and improve the quality of stone. Natural stone is affected by the physical characteristics, mining methods and environmental impacts of its use. Its age and quality have become a concern of many manufacturers. Every step in the entire process of stone processing will affect the cost of the product, and the proper use of chemical treatment can be reduced.
New phenomenon: processing machinery exports more than imports
Industrial clusters first exposed "spikes"
Zou Chuansheng, president of China Stone Industry Association, said: "The level of localization of China's large-scale complete sets of stone machinery and equipment is rapidly increasing. In recent years, the export of China's stone machinery and stone tools has increased significantly, and the import of stone machinery and equipment has been significantly reduced." China's stone industry in 2004 Overcoming the unfavorable factors of rising prices such as energy, materials and transportation, and continuing to advance into the international stone market, a number of more advanced stone machinery and tool manufacturing enterprises have emerged, and their product quality has reached or approached the world advanced level.
In addition, China's stone industry presents a new geographical development feature, forming a number of stone provinces represented by Fujian, Guangdong and Shandong, with several stone industry clusters represented by Guangdong Yunxiao Shandong Laizhou and Fujian Nan'an. A large number of large and medium-sized stone enterprises represented by Global, Kangli, Guanlu, etc., and a large number of large professional stone professional markets represented by Beijing Xilian International and Weinan Building Materials have also emerged.
development trend:
Technology imports more consumer varieties have changes
China's stone exports are mainly based on Asian countries and regions. The main export varieties are granite. The imported varieties are marble and granite that make up for the shortage of domestic varieties. Since 2001, China has become the world's imported marble waste. The country with the most materials and plates.
Zheng Chengyao, vice chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, believes that the trend of China's stone production and consumption in the next few years will be manifested in several aspects: First, the import of stone technology equipment will further increase. At present, the resource utilization rate of China's stone mines is low, and most mines have a material shortage rate of less than 50%. Advanced technology and equipment will improve resource utilization; most stone enterprises have insufficient export competitiveness of processed plates, and the proportion of China's plate exports is not high. Moreover, the export of sheet metal mainly wins market share by lower cost and price. Therefore, it is necessary to import stone processing equipment that cannot be produced in China or whose quality is not good enough to improve the competitiveness of product quality.
The second is to adjust the structure of the export products while maintaining the overall weight of the export. Enterprises will improve the quality and proportion of decorative stone produced industrially, especially the brand products to meet the needs of foreign importers for quality and other services, pay attention to the processing quality of China's precious stone varieties and the added value of processing depth.
Third, the import volume of China's shortage of stone varieties will further increase, especially the import of various types of marble. At present, the consumption of domestic granite plates is several times that of marble plates, which is far from the world stone consumption structure. In the future, China's architectural designers, decorative engineering designers and project owners will have new demands on stone varieties under the changes of market prices and other factors.
Sino-Indian Stone Industry: Cooperation is greater than competition
K?VIKRAM, president of the Indian Stone Technology Center, said that India's green marble and various granites have attracted the attention of Chinese processors, and Chinese processing equipment such as diamond powder, diamond knives, steel sand and other consumables have also been exported to India. In the past, the steel blades used in granite cutting saws in India were mainly imported from Italy, and now a Chinese company dominates this field in India. He suggested that Chinese stone manufacturers could consider entering the mining of Indian marble and granite. Although it may take some time, it is worth doing.
In addition, Chinese processing companies can also open joint ventures in India without importing granite and marble into China, but directly processing and selling them locally to the United States and other countries. At the same time, he suggested that China has good technology for diamond powder production, and can establish such joint ventures in India, or joint ventures of steel blades and steel sands.
Stone manufacturer development tips:
Applying chemical technology to improve quality The representative of Yakemei Chemical Co., Ltd. of Germany believes that the secret of the development of stone manufacturers is to apply chemical technology to reduce the rate of scrap and improve the quality of stone. Natural stone is affected by the physical characteristics, mining methods and environmental impacts of its use. Its age and quality have become a concern of many manufacturers. Every step in the entire process of stone processing will affect the cost of the product, and the proper use of chemical treatment can be reduced.
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