Top 10 news of China's rubber industry in 2013
Top 10 news of China's rubber industry in 2013
1. Rubber prices remain depressed throughout the year
In 2013, the price of natural rubber and synthetic rubber continued to fluctuate. The price of natural rubber was first subdued and then entangled. The price of the whole year was 16600 ~ 27100 yuan/ton, and the inventory remained high. The price of synthetic rubber is low, the enterprise is not working well, and the overall operating rate is about 61%. As a result, the price of rubber products such as tires has gradually declined.
2. The overall profitability of the rubber industry has been reversed
Due to the low price of rubber raw materials, in 2013, the overall profit situation of the rubber industry in addition to the black carbon industry was basically reversed. According to China oak, the profit margin of the first 10 months was 5.45%, up by 0.21 percentage point from the previous third quarter, ending three consecutive months of downward trend. The sales revenue of the industry remained slightly higher than the previous year, and the growth trend was flat, with the year-on-year negative growth of tire sales. The increase in export value growth was positive for three consecutive months, but the increase was small.
3. A batch of national industrial policies are introduced or completed
Commissioned by the ministry of industry and information technology, the China rubber industry association has completed the approval of the tyre industry access conditions and reported it to the ministry of industry and information technology.
In January 2013, the ministry of commerce issued two industry standards for the technical specification of the tyre claims technical specification and the professional technical requirements of the tyre claims appraisement, and began to be implemented on 1 September. In April, the ministry of industry and information technology promulgated the interim measures on the comprehensive utilization of industry access to waste tyres, which will take effect on May 1.
China rubber co., LTD. Has completed the revision of the standard for the processing of tire tyre processing trade and approved by the general administration of customs, China petroleum and chemical industry federation. Proposed changes to the industrial structure adjustment catalogue led by the NDRC; To be entrusted by the ministry of environmental protection to complete the preparation of the technical policy on pollution prevention and control of rubber industry; The NDRC, the ministry of industry and information technology, the ministry of environmental protection, completed the consultation paper on the technical requirements for the evaluation of clean production in the recycled rubber industry.
4. The company will speed up the development of self-discipline standards in the industry
At the completion of the ministry of setting up a green tire industry development research subject, based on the China rubber industry association organization completed the technical specification for the green tire self-discipline standard (draft), has begun to comment in the industry and is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2014; Research and research on the implementation of the tire labeling system in China, the establishment of "green tyre technical support center" and the preparation of green tire green raw materials guide, etc.; Completed the first draft of the integration and revision of the tire clean production evaluation index system; The technical specification of tire technology is formulated. Completed the self-discipline convention on the health and safety technology of rubber shoes products; The self-regulation standard of high thermal stability insoluble sulfur yellow.
5. The tire investment heat drives the production and marketing of the rubber industry
In 2013, the tire industry started another round of investment boom, with a rough estimate of 20 million new steel production capacity and more than 100 million semi-steel production capacity. As a result, production and marketing of rubber machinery industry in China and now two prosperous situation, in 2013 sales revenue of 12 billion yuan, the export of $220 million, record highs, sales revenue accounted for 30% of global share, 10 years in a row at the top of the list.
6. The trade friction situation is still serious
In 2013, foreign trade friction with China's rubber industry was still frequent. Such as the anti-dumping investigation on the sunset review of China's passenger car tyre from Egypt to China; A sunset review of us tires on China's non-road to China, conducted 337 investigations of my six tire companies; Brazil has initiated an anti-dumping investigation against the tyre of my bicycle tyre, which is levied on the imported Chinese motorcycle tyres of $2.21 ~ 7.4 usd/kg. Facing foreign frequent trade friction, related association are quickly organized domestic enterprises to actively respond to involved, dissemination of domestic and foreign rubber products import and export situation in a timely manner at the same time, calling for enterprise early warning.
7. Progress in construction and application development of eucommia
On September 20, 2013, the world's first set of synthetic gutta-percha - trans - isoprene rubber (TPI) industrialized production facility in Qingdao, changed the world without trans history of isoamyl rubber equipment of industrial production. At the same time, hubei duzhong science and technology industry co., LTD. Produces 300 tons of natural eucommian adhesives to build and produce successfully. The application and development of the application of eucommian adhesive has been made, and the tire tread of the new material company of Qingdao is tested by the German authorities, which has reached the eu AA standard. The new material company of zhuzhou era cooperated with the xiangxi old daddy biology co., LTD., and successfully applied the natural eucommia to the high iron shock absorber and other components. The use of synthetic eucommia in the bottom of the shoes also has a good effect.
8. The rubber enterprises went out and the merger and reorganization achieved results
In 2013, Chinese rubber enterprises continued to make significant achievements in the process of going out and merging. For example, the north American research and development center has been established in akron, United States, and the r&d center in Europe and China has completed the international layout of r&d. At the same time, we completed the construction of 5 sales areas covering the whole world. The dual money group has obtained and acquired a 51 per cent stake in xinjiang kunlun tyre co., ltd. and chaoyang longma tire co., LTD., through the capital increase and acquisition method of the equity cooperation project. Zhuzhou times new materials with global auto parts supplier in Germany (ZF) zf-group master purchase agreement, for about 290 million euros in the overall acquisition of ZF group's business (BOGE), rubber and metal become important suppliers of products for domestic automobile damping noise reduction.
9. The waste rubber comprehensive utilization industry to implement environmental protection upgrade
In order to meet the requirements of sustainable development and recycling economy, building economical society, the protection and improvement of the environment, the comprehensive utilization of waste rubber industry to upgrade environmental protection work in 2013, as the key to determine the three major tasks: eliminate "small three" unsafe equipment, change waste tyre crushing process; Set up the self-regulatory standard of environment-friendly renewable rubber industry and eliminate coal tar; The process of desulfurization of high temperature and high pressure of regenerative rubber was changed.
10. Automated informatization boost the transformation and upgrading of rubber industry
Due to the enterprise environment cost, labor cost, logistics costs, such as key in the high-end technology and equipment, improve labor efficiency, reduce labor costs, improve product quality, it is also a rubber for the transformation and upgrading of enterprises. Therefore, the enterprise to the robot, intelligence and automation technologies such as information technology needs urgently, the technological process is carried out for many enterprise intelligence and information management, and strengthening the application of automation equipment, at the same time, due to more e-commerce this new mode of sales.
