Rubber Technology dragged behind vehicle back rubber applications dangerous

Recently, a foreign-invested enterprises in order to reduce the cost of parts and components in preparation for the procurement of domestic rubber, through trial and error and research, but eventually abandoned the intention of purchasing in China, decided to import. They feel that China's production of rubber stability of poor quality, applied to products at risk.

2006 global non-tire rubber products 50 announced a few days ago, the distribution companies on the list was the United States, Japan, Europe and the pattern of three pillars of Japan's Bridgestone, Hutchinson France, Germany Friedkin Sardenberg, according to a leading position, and other enterprises, Chinese enterprises Still absent.

Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Dean of the North Professor Cheng Yuan said that in recent years, and the car is closely related to the rubber industry despite the rapid development of convergence products, but the lack of sophisticated technology enables the industry as a whole are less competitive, the pace with no apparent On the development of the automobile industry.

Not only the introduction of innovative technologies

It is reported that domestic production of rubber small-scale enterprises, low profits. China's largest non-tire rubber products business - in Anhui Ningguo Ding seals Co., Ltd., and its annual sales in 2005, only 778,000,000 yuan, with 50 of the world far.

Association of Automobile Manufacturers vehicle-related industries Branch of the information provided by our country each year more than 50 billion yuan of non-tire rubber products from overseas procurement, which is equivalent to non-tire rubber products industry with annual sales of 1 / 5, and that was year by year Growth trend.

According to the analysis, although our country for the production of rubber products, consumer power, but the "low-cost exports and imports at high prices", due to lead to the loss of profits of Chinese enterprises overseas. At the same time, there is no technological innovation, a lack of high-tech products, exports can only take low-cost routes.

At present, non-tire rubber products abroad, mainly generic, but after almost did not imitate innovation, to form the final out of the forthcoming introduction of the product, not the vicious circle of self-updating, and the ever-changing technology, lags far behind the car.

Beijing Design Institute of raw materials for rubber industry experts to Cao Zhengang car engine hose, for example, to the "Financial Times" reporter describes the status quo in this regard. Automobile exhaust emission standards from Europe to Europe Ⅱ Ⅲ, require more fuel combustion, the higher the temperature, engine hose material from the NBR, nitrile rubber halogenated to the development of fluorine rubber, silicone rubber and other high-tech special rubber. Although the number of domestic rubber production, research institutes that have produced these raw materials, but the stability of quality, production, and so on, are still unable to meet demand.

Large international companies in the world behind after the car giant to enter China through the blockade and technical barriers to trade, further widening the gap with Chinese enterprises.

Relevant data show that 70 percent of China's imported raw rubber, which is our natural conditions of the decision. Domestic enterprises are facing a major problem is that research and development, testing, production equipment behind. The majority of enterprises do not have the ability to research and development, can not test products, research and development facilities in the area even more powerless. Foreign companies generally produce three composite hose, a two-tier domestic enterprises producing products that are very complex problems.

Industry fierce infighting

Hebei Province, a lot of focus on the production of rubber products for small businesses. Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Professor CHENG Yuan County, Hebei Province went to study found a village where there are dozens of car production by the small oil seal factory.

These plants are producing the same products, backward technology, low profits. They can only be produced sales of around 0.7 yuan, and in the international market, such products can be sold for 78 U.S. dollars.

CHENG Yuan believes that the main reason is that each plant has been bought technology is backward, together with the convergence of products, the number of large, the formation of the local industry's fierce price competition.

For this competition, there is one thing good explanation. Hebei, a car parts factory rubber on the outside of Mr. Zhao produced a piece of rubber are very interested in, but it has yet to master the production of this product technology. The reason is that, he took a sample around in search of expert advice production methods. But others were afraid of technology to school, robbed his business, so do not want to let the experts take samples to study.

To repeat the phenomenon of investment in the domestic rubber industry is widespread. Businesses to buy technology, often blocked immediately, for fear that other people know. We all believe that their technology is the exclusive, it was on the psychological advantage of this technology will be the same number of selling out, they found that very few people.

It is understood that domestic production of non-tire rubber products are small-scale enterprises, the lack of technology development capability, combined with each other confidential and fierce infighting, has not been able to form a cohesive force, which seriously hindered the healthy development of the industry as a whole.

Much-needed new ideas

Introduced a number of countries to promote the development of small and medium enterprises policy, but the rubber industry so scattered, chaotic, the situation worse, it is difficult to attract the attention of government investment. "Five-Year Plan" period, the national research project radial tire production industry, funding more than 100,000,000 yuan. However, non-tire rubber products business has not been any investment in the country.

There are those who believe that the market environment, businesses should no longer rely on government support. To resolve this situation the best way to strengthen the industry, academia, research the relationship between colleges and businesses matched with business-to-business cooperation, reduce research and development costs and improve efficiency. At the same time, strengthen their ability to innovate.

However, colleges and universities as a neutral scientific research institutions, has been troubled by the lack of funds.

Professor Cheng Yuan has been working in rubber technology and equipment innovation, often have a good project, because of funding problems can only be shelved. In his view, the state colleges and universities engaged in research funding is the main source of funding, due to lack of support, many scholars have experienced "can not make bricks without straw" embarrassing.

It was also suggested that there is no lack of rubber industry and excellent technical staff, the key is not to form a concerted effort, the industry will be unable to form a competitive advantage. As a result, changes in business management concept is very important, it should establish a long-term vision and formulate a long-term strategy, or, in the face of strong competition from multinational companies, can only be at a loss, eventually eliminated by the market.