According to Taiwan's machine tool and Development Foundation (TMTF) released the latest statistics, from January to May 2010, Taiwan's total export value reached 10.2915 machine hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars, up 45% over the same period, exports improved.
From the export market, China (including Hong Kong) are among the first exports of 4.8273 billion dollars, 46.9% of total exports, rose 108%. Data show an increase of global exports, compared with the mainland China market even more stable.
United States ranked second for $ 44,400,000, representing 4.3% of exports, decreased 34.3% over the same period. India ranks third,glue stick the amount of $ 43,810,000, accounting for 4.3% and 107% increase over the same period.
You can see the mainland market for Taiwan's machine tool industry, a pillar of the role.
The importance of the mainland market.
Machine tool industry compared to the mainland, the development of Taiwan's machine tool industry has been a leading. Back in 1994, Taiwan had to enter the world machine tool exports to the ranks of the top ten, and has maintained a good momentum of development. According to the Taiwan Machine Tool & Component Manufacturers Association's latest statistics show that in 2008, Taiwan's machine tool industry output value reached 4.7 billion,glue gun for the areas of the world's fifth largest producer of machine tools and the fourth largest exporter, even in the world in 2009 in Taiwan machine tool market is still the top four suppliers.
Taiwan's machine tool industry is obviously close to the mainland market. With the mainland market demand and needs of machine tool products, improve the synchronization level, pay more attention to Taiwan's machine tool industry is also the mainland market.
In the just-concluded 12th Shanghai International Machine Tool Show, the Taiwan Machine Tool & Component Manufacturers Association as the Shanghai International Machine Tool Show's co-organizer, organized the 25 machine tools in Taiwan exhibitors, together with Taiwan businessmen in mainland China opened enterprises, a total of more than 200 Taiwanese exhibitors, representing the total number of the current machine for 20% of Exhibitors.
Many Taiwanese business leaders have been calling for strengthening the mainland and Taiwan co-operation between the two places and exchanges such as the leader of Taiwan's machine tool industry in Taiwan Fair Friend Enterprise Group, its president, Mr. Zhu Zhiyang repeatedly called on Taiwan authorities to speed up economic cooperation with mainland China signed a framework agreement (ECFA), to promote cross-strait cooperation and exchange paving machinery industry. Recently, ECFA finally settled, Taiwan machinery exports to mainland China can be removed about 10% tariff, will greatly enhance the competitiveness of Taiwan's machine tool manufacturers.
According to data released by the Oriental Morning Post, the mainland to Taiwan to cut taxes more than 500 products, which accounted for 107 of mechanical products, mechanical products, especially various types of grinding machine tools and occupy a considerable proportion. Tariff reduction of machine tools products are: metal cutting CNC horizontal lathe, CNC lathe cutting of metals, metal cutting CNC drilling machine, CNC surface grinder, grinding machine, grinder, polishing machine, slotting, broaching, sawing or cutting machine, planer, forging or stamping machines and hammers, not numerically controlled punching, slot machines, punching machines and dual-purpose machine tool parts.
China Machine Tool Industry Association executive vice president Miss Berlin, said that preferential policies will be very beneficial to Taiwan's machine tool market in China to consolidate the status of machine tools on the mainland will inevitably have an impact and influence.
But there is a trend has not changed, that is, mainland China and Taiwan machine tools machine tools continued to narrow the gap, or the power of the two sides in the game quietly changing.
Competitive comparison.
CNC machine tool market, the world basically divided into several camps, Switzerland, Germany, came in the first tier, second tier behind Japan, the United States came in third echelon, China Taiwan ranked fourth echelon areas, while the mainland machine Taiwan machine tool technology is the difference between the least.
Miss Berlin said, "Taiwan's machine tool industry body has three characteristics, namely, basic does not produce low-end products, CNC machine basically makes economical; Second, do not have the large size, heavy production capacity; third feature industry rapid development, the full range. "
In recent years the trend shows that the development of mainland China machine tool industry faster than Taiwan's machine tool industry, but features industry to be excluded.
Huang Zuyao rolling features industry experts introduce the Taiwan Industrial Development features fast rolling, start time, about 10 years later than the mainland, but the level of development is on the mainland. Like the silver, Intime and other enterprises, investment is quite strong, with Japan, Germany, the United States and other countries corporate communications flow than the mainland, and their level of production than large-scale high number of mainland enterprises. In particular reference is the feature of Taiwan enterprises attach great importance to basic research, Huangzu Yao said he collected a lot of rolling Taiwan counterparts to write feature articles on basic research, are studied in depth. Taiwanese companies are willing to invest in this area, many companies are specialized in the recruitment of basic theory.
In addition to feature businesses, CNC machine tools for large enterprises, research and development, technology, procurement, storage, quality control, production, sales, distribution analysis of all aspects of the mainland and Taiwan enterprises are enterprises difference between the mainland's large machine tool business groups in addition to key parts of the production and R & D level is relatively backward, but in research and development ideas, advanced optical / mechanical / electrical design also has the overall gap.
However, mainland enterprises have their own unique advantages: they have many years of traditional machine tool production base, while the manufacturing sector in particular have a certain accumulation of technology, especially the mechanical parts of the castings / forgings of precipitation technology, financing channels wide, with a certain traditional market share and capital accumulation can be pre-established business conglomerates, through the acquisition, holding relative to absorb and digest foreign advanced technology.
Because of this advantage, that prompted the mainland in recent years the level of machine tool products to elevate, a great catch up with the momentum of Taiwan's machine tool products. Narrowing this gap, so that the mainland to Taiwan machine tools machine tools have no small impact.
However, competition in the mid-range machine tool products, can not ignore the strength of Taiwan's machine tool. Miss Berlin concluded, "Right now the competitive advantage of Taiwan's machine tool main features: the same specifications of the product quality is better; delivery is relatively shorter; because some foreign policy of blockade, procurement costs are lower than the mainland manufacturers. In addition, the quality of the entire industry personnel, corporate management level, the mainland is still a considerable gap between enterprises. "
In fact, the game market in the future, quality will be very important to a competitive aspect.
Recently, Inspection and Quarantine Bureau on a batch of Zhoushan value of imports from Taiwan, $ 506,000 of the 2 sets of CNC machine tools can be tested, and found that 2 devices do not meet the requirements of the national mandatory technical regulations, it is this year Zhoushan Board the third consecutive CNC machine tools imported from Taiwan were detected safety problems.
It is understood that two sets of CNC machine tools in mechanical, electrical and safety aspects of the seven mandatory technical regulations are not in line with national requirements, there are serious security risks, the risks are not eliminated, easy to stick injuries caused by relevant personnel, electric shock and other accidents.
This event obviously will have a direct impact on Taiwan's reputation for quality machine tools.