Transforming &Nbsp From High Speed To High Efficiency; Advantages Of Warp Knitting Industry Cluster

2011 is the start of 12th Five-Year, and it is also 115th anniversary of the knitting industry.

Since the beginning of this year, Yang Shibin, President of the China knitwear industry association, has been emphasizing that the development of the knitting industry should be changed from high speed to high efficiency.

And the warp knitting industry as an example.

Advantages of industrial clusters remain

At the end of the wartime knitting Association of China, the representatives from various warp knitting industry clusters first summarized their development in 2011.

The warp knitting industry of Yang Xun Qiao, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, has maintained a rapid pace of industrial upgrading. It has been working with famous institutions such as Tsinghua University and Peking University to pform and innovate the traditional warp knitting, dyeing and finishing processes with the application of technology and high technology.

At present, there are 15 industrial research bases and 6 R & D centers in the region.

As of November, 22 warp knitting projects have been put into operation.

It is estimated that in 2015, the curtain and window industry will achieve 21 billion yuan of industrial output value.

This year 1~10 month, Fujian Changle warp knitting industrial park has improved the design and marketing capabilities of enterprises, while vigorously developing warp knitting machinery manufacturing industry. The total industrial output value has reached 9 billion 410 million yuan, an increase of 48.5% over the same period last year.

At present, the Changle municipal government is planning to build a professional park of warp knitting industry that can accommodate 5000 stations.

The Li Zhen government of Changshu, Jiangsu has been actively promoting the steady development of warp knitting industry.

In 2011, the famous brand strategy has achieved remarkable results. In encouraging enterprises to create and cultivate their own brands, they also strengthened the brand building in the region.

At present, Mei Li Zhen is in the process of registering regional brand trademarks and formulating the standard of warp knitted products.

In the next 5 years, Mei Li Zhen predicts that there will be 2 warp knitting enterprises with sales income of 1 billion yuan, 5 of warp knitting enterprises of 500 million yuan, 10 of warp knitting enterprises of 100 million yuan, and 1 of China's famous brand products.

Zhejiang Haining warp knitting industrial park is characterized by warp knitting. The total economic volume of the warp knitting industry accounts for 20% of the total economic volume of the national warp knitting industry.

In the month of 1~10 this year, the output value of Haining warp knitting industrial park reached 16 billion 800 million yuan, up 23% from the same period last year, and it is expected to maintain more than 25% growth throughout the whole year.

From the overall situation of the four major warp knitting industrial clusters in China, the overall growth of the warp knitting industry in each industrial cluster is expected to remain above 25% by the end of the year.

Warp knitting industry is mixed with joy and sorrow

However, despite the gratifying figures in the warp knitting industry, it is undeniable that the growth rate of the entire warp knitting industry has slowed down considerably compared with the past.

On the one hand, the huge increase in the cost of energy and labor has brought great pressure to enterprises in various clusters and enterprises everywhere. On the other hand, the instability of raw materials has also affected the steady and sustained development of the industry.

At the meeting, Chen Nanliang, head of the Chinese warp knitting industry research team in 2006 ~2010, gave a report on the problems encountered in China's warp knitting industry in the second half of 2011.

Since the second half of 2007, the obvious changes in the international economic situation have led to the continuous weakening of the demand for the entire international market of textiles, which has had a tremendous impact on the export of warp knitting industry.

At the same time, due to the global market turmoil, the industry's consumer confidence is also continuing to slump. This has created even greater difficulties for the small and medium-sized enterprises, whose competitiveness is insufficient and the profit margins are small.

He also mentioned that in the warp knitting industry in recent years, duplication of investment and over expansion of production capacity are more serious.

In the past few years, due to the flourishing development of warp knitting industry, private capital was rushing headlong into each other, resulting in many private enterprises entering the manufacturing stage of low warp knitting industry, lacking of technological innovation, low added value of products and serious homogenization.

"At present, how to realize the overall pformation of the industry and get rid of the production and sales mode that seriously depends on the order of the developed countries is the urgent problem that the warp knitting industry needs to solve in the future."

Chen Nanliang said.

Local government and domestic demand market is worth relying on.

At the meeting, Yang Shibin combined with the present situation of warp knitting industry, briefly summarized and analyzed the current internal and external environment of the entire knitting industry.

As for the external environment, he pointed out that at present, the output value of each category in the whole textile industry probably accounts for more than 80% of the whole industry in the whole coastal textile industry, which is the most developed five provinces and one city in China.

A large part of the development of these areas is due to the vigorous promotion of local governments.

At the same time, he also said that despite the financial crisis and the pressure of rising costs, many large and medium-sized enterprises still have annual sales growth.

But compared to a single enterprise, the advantages of the industrial cluster are still more obvious, the profit growth is more stable, and the industrial structure is more reliable.

"Whether it is a single enterprise or an industrial cluster or even the whole region, it must rely on the strong support and continuous promotion of the local government, which is also the key to the development of the whole industry."

Yang Shibin said.

In the internal environment, from 2005 to the first three quarters of this year, the import and export price of China's knitting industry has changed dramatically.

"2005 is the end of" fifteen ", while 2011 is the beginning of 12th Five-Year. In the 6 years, the export price of China's knitting industry has only increased by a very small margin.

However, during this period, China's labor cost growth has doubled at least 10% times a year, and the price of raw materials has increased by more than 30% and the exchange rate has increased by 25%.

With such a serious increase in costs, the export prices of knitted goods in China have only increased slightly, for two reasons: one is not accepted by foreign buyers, the other is by internal digestion.

Export channels with large quantity, high price, good faith and simple settlement methods have become increasingly unprofitable.

While foreign counterparts in the face of the financial crisis, it is much more sensitive than us, the speed of adjustment is much faster, and the export to China is much faster than the growth rate of the unit price. "

Yang Shibin said.

From 2006 to 2010, China imported 252 million pieces of foreign clothing on average every year. According to 5 pieces per person per year, 50 million people consumed high priced clothing in China every year. This also reflected a very obvious polarization in the domestic clothing market.

"In the internal environment, the main focus of the industry is to learn from foreign counterparts first, so as to achieve rapid and efficient production. On the other hand, the number of imported garments in China shows that the domestic consumer market has great potential, and the focus of future sales should be domestic demand."

Yang Shibin said.