Policy helps the hardware valve industry to "make efforts" in research and development

With the gradual recovery of the world economy, the import and export of China's valve products has increased steadily, but the competition in the international valve market is also increasing. Because there is still a large gap between high-end technology and foreign well-known manufacturers, valve product technology will become a bottleneck restricting the development of valve products in China in the coming period.

The valve is an indispensable fluid control device in various departments of the national economy such as petroleum, chemical industry, metallurgy, water treatment, power station, shipbuilding, nuclear industry, cryogenic engineering, aerospace, and marine oil extraction. After years of development, the number of valve companies in China ranks first in the world. There are about 6,000 valve companies of all sizes, of which more than 900 have an annual output value of more than 5 million yuan. From the product point of view, China's valve industry has now been able to produce more than 10 categories of products, such as gate valves, globe valves, ball valves, butterfly valves, safety valves, check valves, throttle valves, plug valves, pressure reducing valves, diaphragm valves, Traps, emergency shut-off valves, etc., the maximum operating temperature of 575 °C, the lowest -196 °C, the maximum pressure of 600Mpa, the maximum diameter of 6000 mm. In addition, according to relevant department statistics, in 2010 the turnover of China's valve market was as high as 50 billion yuan, of which more than 100 billion market was occupied by foreign valve companies. Although the valve industry in China has undergone vigorous development after the reform and opening up, it has achieved notable results. However, at present, there are still some problems in China's valve industry. For example, currently China's valve companies mainly focus on low-level, small-scale, and family-oriented enterprises. In the product, due to repeated investment, technology investment, and insufficient introduction, the leading product of China's valve companies is still low-quality mass products.

At present, various types of valves produced by enterprises in China have the disadvantages of external leakage, internal leakage, poor appearance quality, short life span, inflexible operation, and unreliable valve electric devices and pneumatic devices. Some products are only equivalent to the eighties of the previous century. The early international level. Some valves required for high temperature and high pressure and critical equipment still rely on imports. In addition, China's valve industry in the industrial structure, the industrial chain of the valve industry, and the industry's degree of specialization have a large gap with foreign companies.

Due to the rapid expansion of the market, and the original state-owned valve companies have shut down and switched, the level of the original mechanical industry was not high, and township and village enterprises (private enterprises) developed rapidly. However, township and village enterprises have a low starting point, technical strength is very weak, equipment is simple, and most of the products are simulated production, especially low-pressure valves for water supply and drainage, and the problem is serious. Contrary to these problems, the future of China's valve industry market is very broad. This is mainly due to:

1. National policy support. As the country's policy of accelerating the revitalization of the equipment manufacturing industry is gradually advancing, the development of the general basic manufacturing industry will receive further support.

2, market demand. The state-owned economy has continued to develop steadily. Investment in fixed assets has gradually expanded. In particular, the commencement of several projects of the “West-East Gas Transmission”, “West-to-East Power Transmission,” and “South-to-North Water Transfer” projects require a large number of valve products; in addition, China is facing the arrival of the industrialized era, the petrochemical industry, and the power sector. The use of large valve manufacturers in the metallurgy sector, chemical industry, and urban construction will increase the demand for valve products. For example, during the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period, the electric power industry speculated that the total number of valves needed for large and medium-sized projects in coal-fired power plants was: total valve demand was 153,000 tons, annual average demand was 30,600 tons; total valve demand was 3.96 billion yuan. The average annual demand is 792 million yuan.

3. With the entry of WTO, the reduction of international trade threshold and the adjustment of product structure by developed countries, China is gradually becoming the largest processing factory in the world, and the processing and manufacturing of valve products face greater room for development.

Therefore, as long as the company can seize the opportunity to strengthen research and development capabilities, and constantly improve product technology content and product quality, will be able to occupy a proactive position in the vast market competition in the valve.