Industry Focus: Comparison of Domestic and Foreign Valve Industry Development

Valves are indispensable fluid control equipment for various departments of the national economy such as petroleum, chemical industry, power stations, long-distance pipelines, shipbuilding, nuclear industries, various cryogenics, aerospace, and marine oil extraction. The development and needs of the aforementioned industries have promoted the development of the valve industry. In recent years, while satisfying all aspects of high-parameter new requirements, we have also paid close attention to how to better improve performance, reliability, and cost reduction in terms of valve structure, materials, and production processes. The valve is a kind of product that involves many categories, complex varieties, and large quantities. Its quality and level of technology directly affect the development of various sectors of the national economy. Therefore, the valve is required to strictly control the intrinsic quality. Some valves need to be approved by an international authority to open the market. For example, some power engineering valves and nuclear power valves have to be approved by ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) to be purchased. ASME currently uses five kinds of flags such as "N", "Nv", and "NPT". Valves for the petroleum industry must be marked with the American Petroleum Institute's "API" before they can be sold.

Foreign valve industry status:

With the rapid development of foreign large-scale industry, the valve industry's production and development is also very rapid. Before about the 1950s, many countries formed independent valve specialties and their industrial systems, and they had valve industry organizations or valve professional academic organizations. For example, there are valve industry associations in two European countries, the United States, and the United Kingdom, valve industry associations and valve research associations in Japan, and valves in Europe and the former Soviet Union. Design Institute. These valve industries and professional organizations are all set up to increase production technology and the need for external competition. The composition of the valve industry in several major industrial developed countries is as follows.

Number of employees in the valve industry (in 1990, for example) There are 77,500 employees in the United States, of which 70% are workers, 30% are technology and management personnel, 80,000 are in the UK, 52,500 in Germany, 35,000 in Japan, 15,000 in Italy and 11,519 in France .

The total number of valve manufacturers in the United States is 900, the largest number of companies is 3,500; Japan is 1,507, the largest number of companies is 900; Germany is 450, the largest number of companies is 3,300; Britain is 490, the largest number of companies is 1,100; France, 400, the largest enterprises The number of people is 1,000; it can be seen that the largest number of valve manufacturers is Japan, and the largest number of employees is the United States. The Japanese valve industry employs only one-half of the United States, and the total number of companies is nearly twice that of the United States. Compared with the United States, Japan’s valve industry is mostly small and medium-sized, with about 250 larger companies. Since the beginning of the 1980s, the number of employees in the valve industry in various countries has decreased to some extent, and the most significant reduction has been in France, from 21,000 in the 1980s to 1l519 in the late 1980s (1988).

The total output value of the valve (taking 1990 as an example) US 107.4 billion U.S. dollars 7.958 billion U.S. deutsche marks Japan 484.143 billion yen Fato approximately 61.00 million francs (1987) U.K. 601 million pounds (1986).

Valve international trade:

The international valve trade market has been very active in recent years and competition is fierce. Stronger forces are Germany and the United States. Germany is the world's largest exporter of valves. In 1985, Yi Renli's valve trade exceeded the United States, ranking second. In 1987, the proportion of the total import and export volume of valves in developed countries was 22.2% in Germany, 16.5% in Italy, 10.9% in the United States, l0.7% in Japan, and 9.7% in France. In 1985, the ranking of the world's top eight valve import and export trades was as follows: Germany's 2739.8 million deutsche marks, Italy's profit of 2l27.5 million deutsche marks, and the United States' 1833. I million German mark, Japan 1683.5 million mark, France 1545.7 million mark, Britain l376.7 million mark.

Domestic valve status:

Although there are many restrictive factors in the development of China's valve products, the market prospect of China's valve industry is very broad in the future. This is mainly due to:

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 be further supported.

Strong demand for valve product market. 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-East Electricity 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, in the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period, the electric power industry predicts the total valve demand for large and medium-sized projects in coal-fired power plants: total valve demand is 153,000 tons, annual average demand is 30,600 tons, and total valve demand is 3.96 billion yuan. The average annual demand is 792 million yuan.

With the entry of the WTO, the reduction of international trade threshold and the adjustment of product structure by the developed countries, China is gradually becoming the largest processing plant 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 continuously improve product technology content and product quality, will be able to occupy a proactive position in the vast market competition.

Companies with technological innovation capabilities have a long-term competitive advantage. We can use high technology to transform traditional industries, actively introduce, digest, and absorb advanced technologies and equipment at home and abroad, improve the level of enterprise equipment, accelerate equipment upgrades and technological innovations, realize the optimization and upgrading of the valve industry and products, and increase the added value of products. This type of valve company will have a long-term competitive advantage.

Leading enterprises in the industry will develop faster. These leading enterprises have advantages not only in scale, but also in technology and capital. With the gradual improvement of the valve quality requirements of the market, such enterprises will gain development opportunities in the fierce competition. For example, at present, China is vigorously developing the nuclear power industry, and at the same time, the construction of the West-East Gas Pipeline, connecting oil pipelines in Central Asia and Other construction projects, will be the leading enterprises of smart valves in China, such as Hongcheng Co., Ltd. Opportunities grow.

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