Die-casting hardware usher in diversified development

The diversification of die-casting products is one of the characteristics of die-casting production in China. Japan and the United States accounted for 80-90% of the total die castings, while Chinese auto die castings accounted for only about 50%. Together with the balance of 17 million motorcycles, 2.68 million agricultural vehicles and 8 million electric bicycles, the impact of the automotive market fluctuations on the die casting market has been greatly reduced. Moreover, in 2005, the production and sales of automobiles still maintained a growth rate of more than 12%. Hardware, lighting, home appliances, and power tools were very prosperous. Therefore, the development of China's die-casting production still maintained a stable and high growth rate.

In 2005, the demand and proportion of major users of die-casting industries were: 542,700 tons of automobiles and motorcycles, accounting for 62.8%; 138,200 tons of hardware toy cars, accounting for 16.0%; 10,1900 tons of electrical and electronic computers, accounting for 11.8%; 81,400 tons of general machinery and other fields. Accounted for 9.4%.

Die casting of automobile engine aluminum alloy cylinder In recent years, China's automobile aluminum alloy engine die casting has developed rapidly. According to Luo Baihui, Secretary-General of the International Model Association, Guangzhou Dongfeng Honda Engine Co., Ltd. took the lead in introducing a large number of die-casting car aluminum alloy cylinders. Subsequently, Chongqing Changan Automobile Group, Changan Suzuki Automobile Company, and Harbin Dongan Automobile Power Company all introduced automatic production lines around the year 2002 to die-cast aluminum alloy cylinder blocks for automotive engines. Shanghai Qiantong Auto Accessories Co., Ltd. produced Liuhe Wuling Automotive Aluminum Alloy cylinders, and later introduced 3,550 tons of fully automatic die-casting production lines, dedicated to the development and production of larger aluminum alloy die castings. Changchun FAW Group introduced 2700 tons of fully automatic die-casting production lines and Yixing Jiang Xu Foundry Company introduced 3,200 tons of fully automatic die-casting production lines. In September 2004, Guangdong Hongtu Science and Technology Co., Ltd. 3,000 tons automatic die-casting machine production line was formally put into production, both for the development and production of large-scale aluminum, Magnesium die castings create conditions.

In recent years, multinational auto giants have set off a new round of engine investment in China. In April, Changan Automobile Group, Ford Motor Company and Mazda Motor Company established a new engine plant in Jiangning, Jiangsu. At the beginning of May, FAW-Volkswagen Engine (Dalian) Co., Ltd. was established with an annual output of 300,000 engines. On May 25, Shanghai Automotive Co., Ltd. announced a joint venture with Volkswagen AG in Shanghai to establish Shanghai Volkswagen Powertrain Co., Ltd., which will produce 300,000 engines per year. In June, the new engine plant of SAIC-GM-Wuling Company laid a foundation in Liuzhou, with a total investment of 3.2 billion baht and an annual output of 500,000 engines. The rapid development of investment in automobile engines will strongly promote the accelerated development of aluminum alloy engine block casting.

There are nearly 100 domestic aluminum alloy wheel hubs for automobile and motorcycle aluminum alloy wheels and pistons, mainly low pressure, gravity, and squeeze casting, and less die casting. In 2003, the total output was 42.5 million; in 2004 it reached 47 million, an increase of 10.6% year-on-year, of which exports were 17 million, accounting for 36.17%. More than 52 million in 2005. Its main enterprises are: Qinhuangdao Daica Wheels Company, Nanhai Zhongnan Aluminum Alloy Wheel Company, Zhejiang Wanfeng Aowei Steam Turbine Company, Zhejiang Wanfeng Motorcycle Company, Baoding Lizhong Wheel Company, Kunshan Liufeng Machinery Industry Company, and Sanmenxia Jiashi Aluminum. Alloy Wheel Company, Taian Huatai Aluminum Wheel Company, Jiangmen Huatai Aluminum Wheel Company, Chengdu Yuanda Wheel Company, Xiamen Minxing Industry Co., Ltd., Shanghai Guoxing Metal Product Company, Fushun Shunhua Aluminum Wheel Company, Shanghai Jinheli Wheel Company, Kunshan Yuanqing Aluminum Company, Shenyang Durui Wheel Company, Zhejiang Tailong Aluminum Wheel Company, Zhejiang Yuhuan Hengbao Wheel Company, Zhejiang Zhengtai Aluminum Wheel Company, Dongfeng Huatai Aluminum Wheel Company, Danyang Jincheng Wheel Company, Shandong Binzhou Bohai Aluminum Wheel Company , Weihai Wanfeng Aowei Turbine Company, Shanghai Wanfeng Aluminum Company, Chongqing Wanfeng Xinrui Wheel Company, Chongqing Jieli Wheel Company, Ningbo Orwell Wheel Company, Chongqing Zhongnan Aluminum Alloy Wheel Company, Lijin Technology Group increased The investment in the field of aluminum alloy wheels is in the ascendant.

The volume of aluminum alloy pistons is extremely large, with more than 100 million billets. Gravity, extrusion and low pressure casting are the main factors, and die casting is less. Major manufacturers: Shanghai Kerbenschmidt Pistons, Nanjing Mahle Pistons, Binzhou Bohai Pistons, Dongfeng Piston Bearings, Chongqing Changjiang Yimi Pistons, Tianjin Automobile Company Piston Works, Beijing Jingxing Piston Works, Changzhou Zhengxing Piston Co., Ltd., Fujian Juli Pistons Co., Ltd., Hebei Sanyo Pistons Co., Ltd., Qufu Jinhuang Pistons Co., Ltd., China Qingqi Qufu Pistons Factory, Harbin Dongan Liyuan Piston Co., Ltd., Fujian Jinjiang Luan Piston Co., and Nanping Huayi Auto Parts Co., Ltd. Yantai Wansite Hongxing Piston Factory, Guanghan Best Piston Company, Anhui Jinlong Piston Company, Anhui Hengtai Piston Company, Hubei Piston Factory, Jinhongda Piston Company, Hubei Meiyuan Piston Company, Shandong Longkou Dachuan Piston Company, Shandong Wulian Orly Pistons, Wenzhou Pingyang Hualian Pistons, and Qingdao Jinghe Industrial Company. The production and sales of motorcycles will continue to grow rapidly. The national motorcycle production in 2005 was 17.767 million units, an increase of 6.75% year-on-year; sales were 17.745 million units, an increase of 6.52% year-on-year. The number of exports reached 4.553 million, an increase of 39.05% year-on-year; foreign exchange earned 1.82 billion US dollars, an increase of 48.54% year-on-year. In 2005, there were five million-level enterprises in Jiangmen Dachangjiang, Jialing Group, Construction Group, Qianjiang Group, and Luoyang North. Lifan Industrial, Longxin Industry, Sundiro Honda, China Qingqi and Jincheng Group are all over 800,000. The motorcycle industry is prosperous and has become an important pillar of the durable development of the die-casting industry.

Automotive parts have already constituted a huge market The strong domestic demand and external demand of the automotive industry has contributed to the rapid development of parts manufacturing. In 2004, the supporting scale of auto parts reached 440 billion yuan, and in 2005 it was about 500 billion yuan, of which aluminum alloy die-casting occupies a large share.

In recent years, a large number of auto parts production enterprises and bases have emerged throughout the country, and their development momentum is still expanding rapidly. The annual sales of automobile and motorcycle parts in Zhejiang Yuhuan amounted to 10 billion yuan and the annual export volume was 55 million US dollars. There are more than 40 automobile and component manufacturers in Suzhou High-tech Zone, focusing on the development of high-tech and high-value-added auto parts industries. Guangdong Foshan auto parts market is booming, with 169 auto parts companies, a total investment of 6.878 billion yuan, the initial formation of South China Sea, Shunde, Sanshui auto parts base. There are 480 major automobile and motorcycle parts and components companies in Chongqing. The total output value in 2004 was 21.3 billion yuan. Chongqing Yujiang Die Casting Co., Ltd. in 2004 sales revenue of 580 million yuan. In 2004, Wuhan alone imported more than 3 billion U.S. dollars from multinational auto parts and components companies such as France, the United States, and Japan. In Xiangfan City, Hubei Province, the number of auto parts industry projects reached 29 in 2004, with a total investment of 2.23 billion yuan, and the annual output value exceeded 600 million yuan. There are more than 140 auto parts manufacturers in Liaoning with more than 12 billion yuan in assets, of which more than 30 are joint ventures and are located in Shenyang, Dalian and Yingkou. Shandong auto parts exports reached 460 million U.S. dollars in 2004, a year-on-year increase of 69%.

In 2005, multinational auto parts giants set off a new round of investment in China. In June alone, there were more than a dozen new investment projects. Among them, Visteon established three joint ventures at one stroke. American APM Auto Parts Co., Ltd. established Qingdao Auto Parts Co., Ltd. TRW and China South Industries Group Corporation invested 400 million yuan to form South Tianhe Undercarriage Co., Ltd. in Chongqing Yushan. Changchun Fuao-Junsen Auto-Control Automotive Trim Systems Co., Ltd. and Japan Delta Industrial Co., Ltd. jointly established Changchun Deta-Foo Ao Johnson Advanced Technology Co., Ltd. American Delphi Group and Honeywell Group, as well as German Bosch Group and Nippon Denso Co., Ltd., are all high-flying machines in the Chinese auto market and have accelerated the expansion of the market in an all-round way.

The rapid development of the real estate industry has promoted the rapid development of the real estate industry in the hardware industry, which has strongly promoted the development of construction hardware and daily-use hardware. Zhejiang Yuhuan produces about 800 valves and bathroom hardware companies with an annual output value of 7.5 billion yuan, exports of 2.5 billion yuan, and valve production accounts for about 60% of the country. A group of scientific research, production and export bases headed by leading enterprises are formed. Wenzhou has more than 400 locks production enterprises, annual output value of more than 60 billion yuan, exports more than 2 billion yuan, known as "lock capital."

Escalator aluminum step die casting rapid development, emerged Suzhou Schindler Elevator Co., Ltd., Suzhou Jiangnan Elevator Co., Ltd., Wuxi Shenling Elevator Co., Ltd., Suzhou Aishikeda Cascade Co., Ltd., Wuxi Europe and Asia Elevator Equipment Co., Ltd., Qiqihar Jianhua Elevator Factory , Tai'an Jinshankou Elevator Plant, Zhangjiagang Georg Fischer Die Casting Company, Jiangyin Xinda Aluminum Industry Co., Ltd., Guangdong Hongtu Science and Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai Xinyi Nonferrous Foundry and a large number of aluminum alloy step die-casting enterprises.

The continuous development of hardware, lighting, toys and car mold industry provides a broad market for the growth of zinc alloy die castings. In 2005, the output of zinc alloy die castings reached 218,500 tons, accounting for 25.2% of the total output of die castings. The zinc alloy die-casting market is dominated by coastal provinces and cities, Guangdong ranks first, followed by Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Tianjin, Fujian and other provinces and cities. In particular, the return of Hong Kong and Macao has shifted more than 100,000 tons of zinc alloy die-casting business and hundreds of zinc alloy fully automatic die-casting production lines to coastal areas such as the Pearl River Delta, adding to the boom in the zinc alloy die-casting market.

Magnesium alloy die-casting develops rapidly at an annual growth rate of 20%. China's magnesium resources are extremely abundant. In 2005, the output of raw magnesium reached 469,600 tons, and there is a huge potential demand for magnesium alloy die-casting products. This unique supply and demand condition inevitably stimulates magnesium. Alloy die casting production development and enthusiasm.

In recent years, magnesium alloy die-casting production enterprises and scientific research units have rapidly developed from nearly a few families to nearly one hundred. Shanghai Qiantong Auto Accessories Company took the lead in mass production of magnesium alloy gearbox housings. Subsequently, magnesium alloy notebook computer cases, mobile phone cases, and digital camera camera cases became hot spots, and a large number of companies with high starting points and high levels emerged: Qingdao Jingu Magnesium Industry Company, Suzhou Kecheng Technology Company, Taicang Jingde Technology Company, and Kunshan Company. Fuyi Precision Components Company, Guangdong Jiarui Group Company, Dongguan Magda Metal Products Factory, Merida Industry Corporation, Pan Asia Opel Metal Products (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Dongguan Dongyun Magnesium Company, Huanyu Magnesium Aluminum Alloy Die Casting Company, Huang Jiang Jingcheng Technology Company, Dongguan Kenli Hardware Products Company, Foxconn Technology Group, Chuang Jin Mei Technology (Shenzhen) Company, Changchun Huayu Magnesium Industry Company, Ningbo Nate Magnesium Technology Company, etc., whose factory scale is still developing rapidly. In particular, the Chongqing Longxin Group successfully manufactured the “full magnesium” concept motorcycle in 2003, and the vehicle magnesium alloy amounted to 12 kg. And invest 175 million yuan in Chongqing to build "magnesium alloy application and industrialization base", motorcycle industry is expected to become a large magnesium alloy die-casting. The FAW Group has made new progress in the application of magnesium alloys. Dongfeng Motor Company's magnesium alloy production base has already been put into production and has been actively promoted. Magnesium alloy car steering wheel frame die-casting, which was originally produced by the original Zhejiang Polyamide Company, was recently put into production by Hangzhou Fuchun Magnesium Alloy Products Company, Changshu Zhongyi Auto New Material Company and Jilin Baishan Linjiang Magnesium Industry Co., Ltd., etc. Chongqing Magnesium Technology Co., Ltd., Nanjing Huahong New Material Co., Ltd., and Guangdong Hongtu Technology Co., Ltd. have also developed magnesium alloy steering wheel skeletons, with more and more varieties and larger scales. The magnesium alloy bicycle frame developed by Beijing Far East Magnesium Alloy Products Co., Ltd. has been entirely die cast and opened up a new field for magnesium alloy die casting applications. In particular, in 2001, the Ministry of Science and Technology formulated the “Tenth Five-Year Plan” national science and technology breakthrough plan “Magnesium Alloy Application Development and Industrialization”. The state allocated 43 million yuan and 600 million yuan of social capital was introduced. Four scientific research institutes, seven universities and more than 20 enterprises were directly involved in the implementation of the organization. A total of 27 scientific and technological achievements have been obtained, 95 national patents have been applied, 138 new products, new processes and new equipment have been completed, 6 magnesium alloy production and application bases have been built, 14 industrialized production lines, 3 technical research centers, 3 international Cooperation projects. Basically formed from the raw materials, deep processing to the application of the industrial chain and industrial clusters, and from basic research, applied research to product development research and development system. In 2005, the output of magnesium alloy die castings in the mainland was nearly 9,000 tons. It can be said that the development of magnesium alloy die-casting in China has basically taken shape. Turning the advantages of magnesium resources into economic advantages and realizing the leap-forward development of the industry is expected to become a reality.