The development status and development prospects of the machinery industry in Renze District, Xingtai City

 

Renze District, Xingtai City, has a long history of industrial development. Since the 1970s, it has gradually shown vigorous development. After decades of development, two major equipment manufacturing industrial clusters, machinery manufacturing and rubber and plastic products, have been formed. The main economic indicators account for more than 80% of the region.

1. The current situation of the machinery manufacturing industry in Renze District, Xingtai City

Renze District of Xingtai City is located in the southern part of Hebei Province and the northeast of Xingtai City. It was formerly known as “Ren County”. In June 2020, the county was abolished and divided into districts. It has a total area of 431 square kilometers and a population of 390,000. It has jurisdiction over 4 towns, 4 townships, 2 districts, and 195 administrative villages.Machinery manufacturing is a traditional industry in Renze District.Xingjiawan Town is a well-known civil machinery production base in China. It is one of the 100 key cultivation towns in Hebei Province during the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period. It is a famous industrial town in North China. Xingjiawan was originally a water and dry dock on the Fuyang River (from Daimyo Mansion to Tianjin Wei) and Shunde Mansion to Dezhou Mansion. Industry started in the late Qing Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, with a century-old history.In recent years, industrial clusters have developed rapidly, with more than 2,000 enterprises of various types and more than 30,000 employees, forming four pillar industries dominated by machinery manufacturing, precision casting, wire-drawing and nail-making, and automobile and motorcycle parts.It was included in a key industrial cluster in Hebei Province in 2008, and was approved as a municipal industrial agglomeration area by the municipal government in June 2011.In 2013, Xingwan Town was rated as a famous machinery manufacturing town in Hebei Province, and in 2014 it was recognized as a provincial demonstration industrial cluster for small and medium-sized enterprises by the Hebei Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology. In 2017, Xingjiawan Machinery manufacturing Industrial Cluster was recognized by the province as a “Demonstration Industrial Cluster for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Hebei Province”, and in 2018 it was recognized as a “Famous County for Machinery Manufacturing Industry in Hebei Province”.

By the end of the ”Twelfth Five-Year Plan“, there were more than 1,500 machinery manufacturing enterprises with more than 25,000 employees, the same as at the end of the ”Eleventh Five-Year Plan“; the total industrial output value was 4.4 billion yuan, an increase of 102.8% over the end of the ”Eleventh Five-Year Plan“; the added value was 1.08 billion yuan, an increase of 95.3% over the end of the ”Eleventh Five-Year Plan"; 5 enterprises with an output value of more than 200 million yuan, 11 enterprises with an output value of more than 100 million yuan, 10 enterprises with an output value of more than 50 million yuan, and 14 enterprises with an output value of more than 20 million yuan.So far, there are more than 2,000 machinery manufacturing enterprises, including more than 300 science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, more than 100 foreign trade import and export enterprises, 51 regulatory enterprises, 31 high-tech enterprises, 14 military-civilian integration enterprises, and 2 companies listed on the New Third Board and the Shanghai Stock Exchange.It mainly produces more than 180 kinds of products in six series: general machinery, woodworking machinery, construction machinery, food machinery, civil machinery, and precision casting. The market covers more than 20 provinces, cities, and autonomous regions across the country, and is exported to foreign countries.

——General machinery.Products include large vertical lathes, multi-axis CNC machine tools, wire rolling machines, gear hobbing machines, gantry planers, milling machines, etc.The main enterprises are Hebei Huadian CNC Equipment Co., Ltd. (HDCX800 turning and milling Composite machining center, intelligent valve special machine tool, HDW1290 horizontal machining center, industrial robot, etc.), Xinggong Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Z28-200 wire rolling machine, SJ-16 reducing machine), Xingtai Tiandao Dingcheng Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Multi-axis machine tool), Renxian Hengtai Heavy Machine Tool Factory (CNC horizontal lathe, CNC vertical lathe) and other famous and excellent products, favored by customers in many countries at international and domestic professional exhibitions And praise.

——Woodworking machinery.Products include rotary cutting machines, CNC rotary cutting machines, band sawing machines, wood splicing machines, woodworking planers, etc.; The main enterprises are Hebei Dahuayu Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (series rotary cutting board all-in-one machine, high-precision CNC card-free rotary cutting machine), Hebei Ruifuxiang Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (horizontal/vertical series woodworking band sawing machine, automatic band sawing machine woodworking machine), Hebei Jiushun Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (series card-free rotary cutting machine, veneer composite board preparation), Xingtai Changxing Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (XQ1400 intelligent CNC rotary cutting machine, TPX6111B-2 boring machine) and so on.

——Food machinery.Products include a series of buns, dumpling machines, steamed buns, noodle machines, puffing machines, vegetable cutting machines, cold skin machines, etc. The main enterprises are Xingtai Dahongxing Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (automatic buns, steamed buns, automatic twist machines, etc.), Hebei Yifeng Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (imitation handmade dumpling machine, vegetable cutting machine, steam-type cold skin machine, etc.) and so on.

——Construction machinery.Products include mixers, construction lifts, tower cranes, hanging baskets, small loaders, forklifts, etc. The main enterprises are Xingtai Yatai Heavy Industry Machinery Co., Ltd., Xingtai Xinhengcheng Machine Tool Co., Ltd., Renxian Shuangxing Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Xingtai Qixing Machinery Factory, etc.

——Civil machinery.Products include honeycomb shearers, etc., The main enterprises are Xingtai Puchao Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Xingtai Tiansheng Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and so on.

2. Advantages and development prospects of machinery manufacturing industry in Renze District, Xingtai City

(1) The group advantage is obvious.Xingwan Town, Renze District, is the largest domestic production base for wire rolling machines, woodworking band saws, and rotary cutting machines.Xinggong's wire rolling machine, Dahuayu's CNC rotary cutting machine and Ruifuxiang's woodworking band saw machine have the highest sales volume in the same industry in the country. The rotary cutting machines produced by 28 companies basically control the domestic wood peeling market.As the mainstream industry in the 21st century, equipment manufacturing has nearly 200 production enterprises. Xinggong's large vertical trucks and Ruifuxiang's planers have gradually become branded, selling well all over the country and exported to Central Asia.Yatai Heavy Industry's tower cranes and construction elevators are already at the advanced level of the same industry in China, and the products are in short supply.Xingtai Changxing Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. invested 3.6 million yuan to introduce Taiwan's 2.5*8-meter high-precision gantry grinder, Xingtai Hongxing Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. invested 2.6 million yuan to introduce laser cutting equipment, etc., while improving its own manufacturing level, it integrates resources and opens up processing to the outside world, further enhancing the advantages of the group.It can be said that the machinery industry in Renze District already has deep technical advantages and market advantages, and the group advantages are obvious.

(2) Strong ability to adapt to the market.Most of the products in the machinery manufacturing industry in Renze District are labor-intensive, with low prices and costs, and have a certain competitive advantage; the small scale of the enterprise facilitates the transformation of products and can quickly adapt to market demand; pay attention to the improvement of product quality, brand cultivation and intellectual property protection, and actively participate in the broader market competition.For example, Hebei Longquanjian Nail Industry Group Co., Ltd. actively adapts to market changes, uses the “Longquanjian” brand effect to develop nails, glue, and hardware products and puts them on the market, and integrates local production capacity to build a hardware products park; for example, Xinggong, Yuhui, Ruifuxiang, Dahuayu and other enterprises have introduced and developed a number of patented products and advanced technologies through cooperation with Tsinghua University, Provincial University of Science and Technology, Municipal Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, and Qiyi Heavy Industry. The level of quality and technology has been improved.

(3) Great development potential.More than 60% of the machinery manufacturing enterprises in Renze District have basically completed their capital accumulation. They have a team of hard-working and dedicated entrepreneurs and a group of skilled workers, which provide a solid material foundation and talent guarantee for the second venture, bigger and stronger. Guarantee.The transformation of Xingwan New Industrial Zone and traditional industries has made obvious progress, and the land use problem that restricts the development of enterprises has been effectively solved.The district guarantee center and various financial institutions have provided inclined support to the machinery industry, and the problem of financing difficulties is gradually alleviating. Through continuous development of domestic and foreign markets, enterprises have shown a propeller-style development. At the same time, the awareness of scale development and brand awareness have gradually increased, and the market prospects are very broad.The innovation ability of enterprises has been further strengthened, and the machinery manufacturing industry in our region is further moving towards flexibility, agility, intelligence, and informationization, and a number of leading enterprises and leading products have emerged.At present, more than 10 enterprises such as Xinggong Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Ruifuxiang Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Dahuayu Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Huadian Cnc Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Xingtai Tianzuo Dingcheng Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Yatai Heavy Industry Machinery Co., Ltd., Yongming Geological Engineering Machinery Co., Ltd., Jiushun Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and others have established R&D centers.Up to now, our district has 2 well-known Chinese trademarks, more than 30 well-known provincial trademarks, more than 10 high-quality provincial products, and 18 famous brand products for small and medium-sized enterprises in the province.There are 27 municipal engineering technology centers and enterprise R&D centers.Since 2017, 188 patents have been approved: among them, 8 invention patents, 116 utility model patents, and 84 design patents; so far, there are 37 invention patents within the validity period of the county.

(4) Price advantages compete for the low-end market.Most enterprises in Xingjiawan are small in scale, and there is a certain degree of gap between the accuracy and performance of their production equipment and large domestic enterprises. Most of the products produced are low-end products. The price advantage is very obvious, and the product positioning has room for survival in the low-end market.Although there is a certain gap in product performance compared to the same model of large brands, the price can be half or more lower. Customers will give priority to low-priced products if the accuracy of the workpiece is not high and the amount of investment is considered. Therefore, although the product is low-end, there is still a certain market.

(5) Possess technical personnel of a certain scale.After decades of development, Xingjiawan's machinery manufacturing industry has created a large number of industrial skilled workers. Xingjiawan employs more than 40,000 people, nearly 60% of ordinary technicians, and more than 40% of technicians are apprentices.They have played a supporting role in the development of Xingjiawan machinery manufacturing industry.In addition, Xingjiawan Town has nearly 10,000 foreign sales staff, covering all parts of the country, forming a huge sales network.

Three, development ideas

Take product quality as the core and accelerate the upgrading of the industrial chain; take information technology as the gripper to promote the intelligence of product production; use service marketing as a means to reshape regional brands; take existing industries as the main body to promote the introduction of common technologies and research; take government guidance as the driving force to promote the role of market entities in resource allocation.Realize that Xingjiawan machinery manufacturing industry is moving towards a strong machinery industry town with obvious characteristics, outstanding competitive advantages, and a complete industrial chain in the “Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei” region.

● Take product quality as the core and accelerate the upgrading of the industrial chain

Based on the existing industrial system, we will focus on cultivating local industrial supporting chains, focusing on castings and electrical equipment, and strive to improve the quality level of basic supporting parts and promote the steady improvement of the product quality of the whole machine.

● Use information technology as the gripper to promote the intelligence of product production

Focusing on the machine tool and woodworking machinery industries, we will promote the application of information technology such as intelligent instrumentation, embedded software, and the Internet of Things, and promote the intelligent stage of manufacturing equipment; actively use Internet technology to promote the intelligent level of enterprise R&D, design, manufacturing, and management.

● Use service marketing as a means to reshape regional brands

Based on steadily improving product quality, we actively use modern information means to promote the mutual integration of service and manufacturing by providing customers with a comprehensive combination of products, services, support and a full set of production solutions, and re-give “Xingwan Manufacturing” a new connotation.

● Based on existing industries, promote the introduction and research of common technologies

Actively use the platform role of Renxian Machinery Manufacturing Industry Research Institute to expand cooperation with product technology research institutions in the machinery industry and improve the level of production, processing and manufacturing technology on the basis of school-enterprise cooperation with Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Yanshan University, Hebei University of Science and Technology and other universities.

● Take government guidance as the driving force to promote the role of market entities in resource allocation

Taking the construction of Xingjiawan Industrial Park as an opportunity, the government guided and promoted the establishment of a manufacturing unit with thermal casting processing as the core, integrated small foundry production enterprises in the region, gave full play to the basic role of the market in optimizing the allocation of resources, and formed about two large-scale green foundry production enterprises.

 

Among them, “One regulation” means the integration of the three regulations of master planning, industrial planning, and land planning, “one park” means the industrial park of Xingjiawan Town, and “three upgrading” means the realization of three major improvements in public infrastructure, enterprise operation level, and ecological environment quality.“Excellent, training, supporting, and receiving” means optimizing the industrial structure, cultivating leading enterprises, supporting small and medium-sized enterprises, and undertaking industrial transfer.

Foundry industry：Focus on the development of machine tool castings, automobile castings and other characteristic products; introduce heat treatment enterprises to reduce peripheral logistics procurement costs; large-scale production to focus on solving environmental protection restrictions.

Machine tool industry：The focus is on the production of machining centers, the production of excellent castings, and the improvement of product quality; relying on the transformation of service, the development of machine tool productive service industries such as financial leasing.

Woodworking machinery：Focus on the development of CNC intelligent wood processing assembly lines, CNC rotary cutting machines, etc., to improve product quality, extend the industrial chain, and transform products into a full set of customized and serviced furniture in the future.

Food machinery：Aiming at the production base of Jinmailang in Longwan, with food packaging machinery as the entry point, it will gradually enter the deep processing of food; strengthen food industry standards, avoid disordered competition, and build a well-known brand of Xingwan food machinery.

Hardware (surface treatment)：Use existing channels to expand product categories such as fasteners, build industrial parks, and concentrate production.

Auto parts：Domestic training enterprises focus on second- and third-level supporting business and after-sales market business, while foreign-attracted enterprises focus on first-level supporting business.Products take auto aftermarket spare parts as the entry focus, develop auto remanufactured spare parts, actively develop OEM accessory products, expand the product range of the supporting market, and move to a higher level.