The Development Road of Wire and Cable Industry under the New Normal


2017-03-28


[Cable Network News] As the foundation of national economic construction, the growth rate of the wire and cable industry has slowed down with the slowdown of the national economy. China's wire and cable manufacturers to seek high-end market development has been urgent.

 

From a global perspective, the growth rate of the entire wire and cable industry is slowing down. In the United States, Japan and Europe, these major developed countries and regions, the development history of the wire and cable industry is earlier, and its cable industry is accompanied by its economic development and industrialization!

 

Under the background of the gradual decline and transfer of the proportion of manufacturing industry, the increasingly perfect infrastructure and the relatively slow economic growth, for wire and cable enterprises, if they want to continue to develop, they must go out. They have set their sights on China, Nexen of France, Prysmian of Italy, General Motors of the United States and Guhe of Japan. These world-class wire and cable enterprises have entered the Chinese market or jointly built factories with Chinese enterprises, either invest and build factories independently. With superb technology and mature marketing methods, these wire and cable companies have captured the high-end market of China's cable industry in recent years. The wind and fire in China has made Chinese wire and cable companies very jealous.

 

There is no doubt that the big cake of China's wire and cable market is attractive. China's wire and cable industry has surpassed the United States in 2011 to become the world's first, but China's wire and cable industry is not mature, technology is not developed, China's local wire and cable manufacturers have long been only hovering in the low-end market competition, low-end market serious overcapacity caused by low-price competition, a vicious circle. However, for the high-end market with relatively high profit margin, it can only be hoped and sighed.

 

What needs attention is that the vicious circle of overcapacity and low-cost competition caused by the repeated construction of low-profit Chinese wire and cable companies. Due to the development of China's electric power, new energy, communications, nuclear power, etc., China's wire and cable market has ushered in unprecedented development, especially the electric power, shipbuilding industry, rail transit, new energy, and communications industry have ushered in rapid development. The cable market has opened up a piece of brand-new market.

 

In addition, the demand for cable products in countries such as India is also increasing rapidly with the development of the economy. In fact, in the past few years, an obvious trend is the rapid economic growth in emerging countries such as Asia, the world's wire and cable production center of gravity to Asia, driven by China, India, Vietnam, the Philippines and the Middle East Egypt and other countries of the rapid development of the wire and cable industry. At the same time, the wire and cable industry in Central and Eastern Europe has grown rapidly due to European unification and relatively low manufacturing costs.

 

With the development of economy, the demand for wire and cable is amazing. This was originally good news for China's wire and cable industry, but due to the entry of foreign companies or joint ventures, the dream of local cable manufacturers has been disrupted, and these foreign companies have won almost all of China's domestic high-end market with their leading technology and technological level. For example, the global cable giant Prysmann has a strong competitive advantage in the fields of special industrial cables such as oil and natural gas, as well as new energy cables, fireproof cables and smokeless cables. Nexans of France has won the first position in the world in submarine power cables and winding wires, the second in LAN cables and power cables, and the first in Europe in communication copper cables, data transmission cables, equipment cables and bare wires; japan's Sumitomo Electric fiber optic cable production and sales for many years has also been ranked in the forefront of the world.

 

From the perspective of the development trend of wire and cable technology, the development direction of wire and cable is: large capacity, ultra-high voltage, oil-free, anti-short circuit, high reliability, and maintenance-free. At present, the cross-linked cables of various voltage levels have gradually replaced the traditional oil-filled paper insulated power cables, and the application of high-voltage and ultra-high-voltage cross-linked cables is becoming more and more extensive.

 

In addition, environmental protection cable is also an international trend, not just the development trend of China's wire and cable industry. Europe, the United States, Japan and other countries have higher and higher requirements for the cables used. It is forbidden to use or import non-environmentally friendly cables, and it is clearly stipulated that wires and cables must meet the standards and characteristics of halogen-free, low toxicity, flame retardant, low smoke volume during combustion, no or less corrosive gases and harmful halogen-containing gases, no heavy metals such as lead, no soil pollution, high heat resistance and high temperature, and recyclable waste wire materials, in particular, the safety, non-toxicity, flame retardancy and other indicators of the product are particularly valued. With the promulgation of the RoHS directive by the European Union, the large-scale adoption of eco-friendly wires and cables has become an international trend.

 

As far as the domestic policy on environmental protection cables is concerned, Beijing, Shanghai and other cities have clearly stipulated that the use of PVC wires and cables is prohibited in important buildings to avoid large amounts of smoke and halogen-containing gases when fires occur, causing more casualties. Halogen-free low-smoke crosslinked polyolefin insulated wires and cables have become local regulations in these areas. As the country's increasingly stringent requirements for environmental protection, the demand for such environmentally friendly cable products will gradually expand, which requires companies to continuously increase investment in technology research and development, and companies that do not meet environmental protection requirements will face the risk of being eliminated by the market.

 

With the future wire and cable market will continue to increase, but at the same time, the quality and technical requirements for wire and cable products will also be higher and higher. Fortunately, some powerful domestic enterprises are increasing the cost of R & D investment to get rid of malicious competition in the low-end market.


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