China'S Industrial Textiles Industry Standards Lack Concentration Degree Is Low.

New growth pole

"From 1 to May 2012, the textile enterprises above Designated Size reached 21449 billion yuan in industrial output value, and the growth rate dropped 18.3 percentage points over the same period last year."

This is the latest report released by the Ministry of industry and information in the analysis of the operation of China's textile industry in the first half of 2012.

The report also pointed out that since 2012, due to the weakening of the international market demand, the slowing down of domestic market demand, and the excessive cotton price difference at home and abroad, the operation of China's textile industry has shown a downward trend, the growth rate of production has obviously declined, the export volume has decreased, the business efficiency has declined, and the front-end of the industrial chain (cotton spinning and chemical fiber) has increased.

It is expected that the textile industry will not be able to improve significantly in the second half of this year.

Industrial textiles in the textile camp are changing the trend of the textile industry and going upstream.

"Industrial textiles have been leading the textile industry in recent years, even though the general trend of the textile industry's macro environment is tightening and the indicators are growing slowly this year, industrial textiles still maintain a strong growth momentum."

Li Lingshen, President of China Industrial Textiles Association, told reporters.

It is understood that from 1 to April this year, the total industrial value of industrial textiles above designated size enterprises grew by more than 19% over the same period, the sales growth rate was 20%, the export growth rate reached 11%, the profit growth reached 23%, and the growth momentum was good.

Industrial use

Known as "technicalfabrics" in foreign countries, it refers to textile materials, semi-finished products or finished products used in industry.

At present, the application of industrial textiles is becoming more and more extensive, and has gradually become a substitute for metal, plastic, paper and asbestos.

With the development trend of light weight, high performance, diversification and beauty of industrial materials, the use of industrial textiles is expanding and market demand is rising.

In recent years, traditional industrial textiles continue to develop rapidly. Emerging textiles such as medical textiles, flame retardants, protective materials and special composite materials also present a new trend of development and have great market prospects.

Industrial textiles are three categories of textiles, which are also known as textiles and household textiles.

"Precisely because it is a" technological content "industry, although textile and clothing has become a marginal industry and even abandoned by developed countries, industrial textiles are still competing for the developed countries, whose development level is an important symbol to measure the comprehensive strength of a country's textile industry.

Li Ling said.

In China, industrial textiles have become one of the important signs to measure the structural adjustment, industrial upgrading and core competitiveness of China's textile industry. They are positioned as "the new growth pole of modern textile industry" in the textile "12th Five-Year plan".

Standard missing concentration is low.

"At present, the development of industrial textiles is faced with many constraints and deficiencies."

Zhu Minru, honorary president of China Industrial Textiles Association, told the China Commercial Daily reporter.

"At present, there is a big gap between China's industrial textiles and the developed countries in terms of production and demand convergence capacity, development of applied fields, formulation of standards and specifications, special raw materials and equipment, etc., and the characteristics of high value-added industries in China are insufficient."

Among the problems mentioned by Zhu Minru, the most prominent ones are the serious lack of industry standards and the low concentration of industries, and the lack of R & D investment.

According to Zhu Minru, in China, the development of industrial textiles is fast, with a wide variety and wide application areas, but the standard setting is lagging behind.

In particular, the problem of unconformity between product standards and application standards, technical standards and testing standards is outstanding.

Due to the lack of authoritative testing agencies and certification bodies in the field of industrial textiles, the difficulty of entering the high-end market for industrial textiles is increasing, and exports are also subject to certain restrictions.

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The Chinese textile industry association standard and Zhang Chuanxiong, director of the Ministry of information, also have deep sympathy for this issue.

"At present, the 386 national standards of the 16 major categories of industrial textiles involve up to 56 imported units. The standard rooms are crossed and disjointed. Part of the standards are lagging behind the market demand. Some other standards, such as the lack of complete sets of testing methods for automotive interior textiles, seriously affect the healthy development of the industry."

Zhang Chuanxiong said.

As a producer of industrial textiles, Feng Guangzhong, general manager of Beijing Oriental Dayuan nonwovens Co., Ltd. lacks the standard of industrial textiles.

A deeper understanding.

"The production and operation of enterprises, especially foreign exports, can not be without standards, and the standard applicability is not good."

Feng Guangzhong said.

Feng Guangzhong pointed out that the industry has three problems in terms of standards: first, the standards are relatively small compared with foreign countries. Although the industry standard of spunlaced nonwovens is established, the spunlaced nonwovens are widely used, and there are still many works to be done to establish standards respectively. Second, the applicability and coverage of the standards are still lacking, the standards are too general in some aspects, and lack of quantification and refinement. Third, due to the imperfections and deficiencies of the standards, if there is a dispute over the export products, whether the testing institutions and test reports can be used as authoritative rulings for dispute resolution, there are still some difficulties at present.

The authority of testing reports issued by testing institutions needs to be improved.

"Industrial concentration is low, and the strength of enterprises is insufficient. This is another important soft rib of industrial textiles."

Zhu Minru said.

The sales volume of the top ten enterprises in China's industrial textile industry accounts for less than 5% of the total industry.

In terms of sales scale, the largest industrial textile enterprise in the world is up to US $1 billion 400 million, while the largest enterprise in China is only about 1 billion yuan.

In terms of production capacity, such as spunbonded industry, the average business in Europe and the United States is 18 thousand tons, and the average in China is only about 3000 tons.

As for the problem of low industrial concentration, Li Lingshen shared the same feeling. "Under the condition of low industrial concentration and large number of enterprises, the R & D capability of enterprises will be very low. This determines that our enterprises can only adopt the" copycat "imitation strategy and follow strategy, so it is very difficult to take an original road of independent innovation.

Li Ling said.

Where is the way out?

How should we solve the above problems of industrial textiles?

"To improve the system as a means to promote platform construction."

Zhu Minru suggested.

It is necessary to establish and improve the standards and standards for the use of industrial textiles, strengthen the standard and standard connection between the upstream and downstream industries, establish state-level inspection and certification institutions for key products, strengthen quality supervision and product testing, improve product quality level, and ensure the safety of products.

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Li Lingshen also believes that the determination and convergence of standards are crucial to the healthy development of the industry.

"We didn't think about this problem. We just immersed ourselves in making products, but now we feel the importance of it.

When the standard comes out, this industry will be able.

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Li Ling said.

"Industrial textiles are closely related to many industries, such as railways, pportation, sanitation, environmental protection, etc., and every industry has its own standard. Industrial textiles should be accepted by downstream industries and must be linked to the downstream industry.

At present, the standard of industrial textiles is seriously missing.

For example, diapers and wet napkins are already used to all kinds of things, and now they are just doing their industry standards.

How much is its strength and hygroscopic index appropriate? How to define allergy and comfort? For example, how much load and weight of nonwoven shopping bags in supermarkets are qualified? How many times do you use them repeatedly?

Similar products can be seen everywhere in our lives, but many of them are not tested.

Zhang Yan, Deputy Secretary General of China Industrial Textiles Association, believes that the state should also introduce coercive measures to ensure the healthy and rapid development of the textile industry.

Zhang Yan also cited specific examples to prove his point.

For example, the special filter products produced in the textile industry can be applied to high temperature dust removal in thermal power plants, flue gas filtration in refuse incineration, and so on, which is very important for creating a "blue sky".

However, thermal power plants, waste incineration plants and other enterprises purchase filter products to raise production costs, and will not produce much economic benefits. Enterprises naturally do not want to buy.

Therefore, the state should formulate dust concentration standards for different grades of cities and enforce them.

As a producer of industrial textiles, the Zhejiang halid new material Limited by Share Ltd said that trade associations as intermediary service organizations should play a role in serving the construction of standards and standards, and introduce new standards for industrial textiles as soon as possible.

At the same time, due to the actual situation and special needs of China's industrial textiles industry, the current industry standard or national standard testing methods and evaluation indicators are not completely in line with the standards adopted by developed countries.

Trade associations should organize experts' obligations to evaluate the quality of products for enterprises, so as to help enterprises solve urgent problems.