Japan has lagged behind China mold

China overtake Japan dies

2005, Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan is Japan important gathering place for small and medium enterprises of the mold. Now, the field area of ​​the larger factories have moved to China to take advantage of the cheap labor is much more. By 2007, industry began to show signs of hollowing out the area more than 1 / 3 of the business by cheap Chinese labor impact, had to choose out of business, discontinued or close down altogether. The closure of many factories have now become real estate development site.

The phenomenon of the decline of the mold industry in Japan, it is precisely because the Japanese consumer companies have turned to China mold, China mold purchase inexpensive caused. According to statistics, since 1998, reached a peak of 1.87 trillion yen, after Japan, sales of the mold industry continued to decline, by 2006 the figure was only 410 billion yen, in 1998 1 / 5 of a little more. In addition, compared with the peak in 2006 when the Japanese die makers to reduce the number of about 8.5% of employees reduced by about 30%, 11% rate of output decline. Ota-ku, Tokyo plight of mold companies, mold industry in Japan is a vivid portrayal of the status quo. In sharp contrast with Japan, China mold industry since 20 years ago began an unprecedented growth. Which from 1996 - 2002, China mold manufacturing output annual average growth of 14 percent. In 2003, this figure is a staggering 25%. To the present, calculated in accordance with the output value, sales in China in 2006 dies 720 billion, has become the world's third largest mold after the United States and Japan. In the eastern coastal areas, especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the formation of a dense mold companies large enterprise clusters. Most of these companies have imported high-grade mold manufacturing machine tools, plant and spacious hard work of staff. Compared with counterparts in Japan, China mold factory is not worried about not get orders, but the fear of too many orders.

Although the absolute value of the mold industry is not large, but because of its manufacturing system in which the special position, making the mold industry with the ability to determine the overall level of manufacturing. Mold is a modern industry, especially in automotive, aerospace, electronics, appliances, instruments, equipment, weapons, commodities and other essential processes and equipment, industrial sector output of these products 60% - 90% of the parts are relying on mold forming. Mold directly restricts the development of manufacturing technology, product upgrading capability and competitiveness.

According to statistics, mold-related industries to drive their ratio is about 1:100, which mold the development of 1 million yuan, related industries $ 10 billion. Calculate this ratio in China in 2006 dies value of related industries driven up to 7 trillion, driven by such a large capacity gives the cornerstone of modern industrial tooling industry position.

In the U.S., the mold industry is considered to be "the cornerstone of American industry"; in Japan, the mold industry is to be respected to the "driving force into the affluent society," such a high position. If you want to know the level of a country's manufacturing and development potential, the level of mold manufacturing industry is a good choice.

For Japan, a severe shortage of natural resources in the country, the people's creativity is the only resource. Only rely on people constantly create new products, Japan was able to survive this era of globalization and development, in this sense, the manufacturing sector as the founding of the Japanese is fitting. That is why China's mold industry's prosperity, stimulate the Japanese industry will be so nervous. If China has a wealth of resources to grasp the essence of the manufacturing sector, and to continue to sublimate, then Japan would be shaken the foundation of survival.