Analysis of China's Plastic Mould Market in the Future

In recent years, China's plastic molds have developed rapidly. At present, the proportion of plastic molds in the entire mold industry is about 30%, and the proportion of mold imports and exports is as high as 50-70%. With the rapid development of the pillar industries of the national economy such as machinery, automobiles, home appliances, electronic information, and building materials in China, this proportion will continue to increase.

It is understood that more than 200 interior trim molds are needed to manufacture an ordinary car, while only about 50% of the large and medium-sized plastic molds needed to manufacture bumpers, instrument panels, fuel tanks, steering wheels, etc. can meet the requirements. The replacement of traditional materials by plastic building materials has also become a trend. It is estimated that in 2010, the penetration rate of plastic doors and windows and plastic pipes will reach 30%-50%, and the market share of plastic drainage pipes will exceed 50%, which will greatly increase the demand for molds. .

Experts predict that the overall trend of the mold market is steady and upward. In the future mold market, the development speed of plastic molds will be higher than that of other molds, and the proportion in the mold industry will gradually increase.

Similar to the regional distribution of the national plastic processing industry, the plastic product processing industries in the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta rank in the forefront. The output value of plastic molds in Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Guangdong also account for 70% of the total output value of molds in the country. Now, many companies in these three provinces have realized the unlimited business opportunities in the plastic molding industry and are actively organizing the development and manufacturing of mold products. Recently, a multi-cavity anti-theft bottle cap injection mold developed by a company passed the provincial appraisal of Zhejiang Province. The three-time ejector forced demoulding technology, balanced hot runner system, and universal mold base for bottle cap molds adopted by the mold are highly innovative, and the mold performance and quality have reached the domestic level. According to the Ninghai Mould Association, since last year, the county has actively encouraged enterprises to update technology and equipment, fully promote technological and product innovation, and guide qualified enterprises to expand from production to R&D and sales of high-value-added molds. Large-scale injection mold manufacturing has new opportunities. With the expansion of the company, it is now able to produce a complete set of large-scale complete molds such as 8kg two-cylinder washing machines, automobile bumpers, automobile dashboards, automobile interior parts, and 65-inch rear-projection TV shell molds.

However, although plastic molds have become tempting "cheese" nowadays, cherries are delicious and difficult to plant. Due to the complex shape and flexible design of plastic parts, it has high requirements for mold materials, design level and processing equipment, and not everyone can easily get involved. Experts believe that there is still a big gap between China and foreign countries, and the three major bottlenecks that restrict the development of the mold industry need to be broken as soon as possible: one is to increase the research and development of plastic materials and injection molding technology; Develop and accelerate the integration of resources; thirdly, the tooling level such as mold trial result inspection must keep up as soon as possible, otherwise the development of plastic molds will be restricted.

Generally speaking, the application potential of plastic molds cannot be underestimated. Experts predict that large-scale, precise and well-designed injection molds will be generally welcomed by the market.