Asian textile machinery market is booming demand for high-end machines

The exchange conference of various professional exhibitions has always been an opportunity for people in the industry to collect industry information and understand the development trend. The Textile Machinery Show is no exception. At the 2010 China International Textile Machinery Exhibition and ITMA Asia Exhibition, Thomas Babacan, an expert in analysis from Oerlikon, reminded everyone not to lose sight of the numbers that were very "pleasing" this year and last year. Because despite this year's rapid growth compared to last year, it is only equivalent to the pre-crisis low level. Therefore, it is too early to say that the world financial crisis is over.

Asia is in the "warmest" area of ​​crisis

In the textile machinery exhibition, many exhibitors have expressed that this year's textile machinery exhibition has been able to show its vitality in the crisis and is closely related to the role of the Asian market in the economic recovery engine played by the late financial crisis. In 2009, despite the sharp decline in textile exports in the international market, textile machinery demand began to pick up as the Asian textile industry began to recover. Most shipments of the international textile machinery industry have flowed to Asia.

According to relevant data, in 2009, the top five countries and regions for textile machinery imports were concentrated in Asia, accounting for 56.62% of the total global textile machinery imports. Although the growth of textile machinery investment in Asia has slowed down compared with the peak period of global textile machinery investment, the demand for technological innovation and equipment renewal by textile manufacturers in the region in order to improve their competitiveness is still brought to the global textile industry in the cold winter. The machinery manufacturing industry is warm with silk.

The future market focus is still in Asia

Data from Germany, a world leader in the production of textile machinery, shows that Asia will continue to be the main sales area for its products in the future. This is not only reflected in the fact that 55% of German textile machinery, ie 1.8 billion Euros, was exported to Asia in 2009. In January and February of this year, textile machinery exported to China reached 83 million Euros, up from the same period of last year. 37%. In addition to China, the import of textile machinery in other Asian countries also showed a strong growth trend. For example, Iran imports German textile machinery and parts and components 6.8 million euros, an increase of 50%; Thailand imports 4.1 million euros, an increase of 42%; Vietnam imports 1.7 million euros, an increase of 35%; Bangladesh imports 2.7 million euros, an increase of 8%.

“German textile machinery orders increased by 130% in the first quarter of this year. It is expected that German textile machinery sales this year will increase by 30% to 35% over 2009. Asia is still the focus of our attention.” German Textile Machinery Association ( VDMA) concerned person said.

New changes in market demand

It is worth noting that after experiencing the global financial crisis, Asian markets have seen some new changes in the demand for textile machinery. According to the statistics of China Textile Industry Association, from January to March this year, China imported 767 automatic winding machines, an increase of 263.5% year-on-year; 27 imported rotor spinning machines, an increase of 263.5% year-on-year; imported air-jet spinning machines 1,849 units, The increase was 248.87%; imported 3,635 shuttleless looms, an increase of 318.78% year-on-year. The huge impact of the global financial crisis has made such adjustments and upgrades more urgent. Increasing domestic labor costs also force companies to increase labor productivity and reduce employment through new technologies and new equipment. Despite the impact of the financial crisis last year, the number of imported equipment was reduced, and the base was low. This year, the economy picked up and the proportion of growth increased. However, these data indicate that after a period of rapid development, the Chinese textile industry has been committed to the adjustment and upgrade of the industrial structure. The momentum of expansion has gradually slowed down, and the demand for upgrading has increased significantly. The demand for high-end equipment in China's cotton textile companies has continued to grow.

From the perspective of some of the most popular products in the exhibition, the market demand is mainly reflected in the further improvement of the demand for equipment, and the demand for high-efficiency, high-quality, high-automation, and energy-saving equipment continues to grow.

High-end textile machinery leads the industry

At the textile machinery exhibition, the national pavilions reported their textile machine features in the form of press conferences. Sandro Salmoiraghi, chairman of the Italian Textile Machinery Association, emphasized that the future direction of Italian textile machinery will focus on energy conservation and environmental protection and contribute to ecologically sustainable development. Italy is the largest foreign pavilion at this year's show, bringing with it 115 exhibitors. According to the data, in the first quarter of this year, Italy’s export of Chinese textile machinery increased by 85% year-on-year, which is the “big winner” in the development of China's textile machinery market. This shows that its textile machinery R&D concept has won popularity among Chinese textile companies. In the future, the Italian textile machinery will continue to increase research and development of energy-saving and environmental protection technologies to provide better equipment for China.

Switzerland has always been the main place of production of textile machinery and testing equipment, and it occupies a considerable proportion of the world's textile machinery and testing equipment. In this exhibition, the Swiss Pavilion not only demonstrated its traditional advantages in spinning and finishing equipment, but also demonstrated its products and technological advantages in environmental protection products and testing equipment. According to Bachmann, chairman of the Swiss Textile Machinery Association, “Our philosophy is not just to sell one device, but later there will be a series of services such as training, supplies and maintenance. We are not selling equipment. Our ultimate goal is to sell solutions. ."

Green energy has become a “trump card” collectively played by German textile machinery companies. According to Wen Bin, representative of the German Federation of Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing Industry in Beijing, with the rise of prices of various raw materials such as oil, natural gas, electricity and water in the international market, energy has become the third largest cost input after raw materials and capital. Therefore, energy efficiency is a challenge that must be faced in all aspects of textiles. Among them, Tis, Opel-Tek, and Manor have all brought new products that are energy-saving and environment-friendly, demonstrating the strength and level of research and development of German textile machinery companies.

According to Andre Wissenberg, vice president of Oerlikon Textile Group, energy consumption and emission reduction in China's textile industry, elimination of outdated production capacity, encouragement of innovation and application of new technologies are in line with Oerlikon's development strategy and product characteristics. Oerlikon Group introduced 20 new products to the Chinese media at this year's textile machinery exhibition. They are all new crystallizations of the “continuous innovation” strategy, aiming to provide advanced technology and products for the industrial upgrading of the Chinese textile industry.