Looking at the development trend of the textile machinery industry in 2017 from the economic operation data of the textile machinery industry in 2016

Recently, the Central Economic Work Conference has made new positions in China's economic development this year, including new normals, new ideas, and new practices. At the meeting, the message “Strengthening the real economy” was conveyed, which is good news for the textile machinery industry. In 2017, how should the textile machinery industry seize this development opportunity and lay out future development?

Relevant statistics show that in 2016, the economic operation of the textile machinery industry continued to slow down, and the indicators were low. The import and export value of textile machinery products showed a year-on-year decline. In the first three quarters of 2106, the domestic key textile machinery enterprises completed the main business income of 28.608 billion yuan, down 3.13% year-on-year, accounting for 34.18% of the textile machinery industry; the total profit was 3.647 billion yuan, down 10.93% year-on-year. The proportion of textile machinery in the whole industry is 68.22%. The loss of loss-making enterprises was 208 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 0.90%, and the loss was 33.75%. According to customs statistics, in the first three quarters of 2016, the total import and export volume of China's textile machinery was US$4.136 billion, down 9.67% year-on-year. Among them, the export of textile machinery was 2.236 billion US dollars, down 5.70% year-on-year; the import was 1.000 billion US dollars, down 13.93% year-on-year. From the perspective of imported product categories, imports of auxiliary equipment and spare parts ranked first, with a total import value of US$423 million, down 1.22% year-on-year, accounting for 22.28% of total imports. Among the 7 categories of imported products, only non-woven machinery and knitting machinery were positive, with year-on-year growth of 24.73% and 4.19% respectively.

As various production costs have risen, in response to market changes, textile companies have increased their efforts in process technology and equipment transformation, which has also prompted textile machinery companies to continuously invest in smart manufacturing and research and development. At the same time, domestic large-scale textile equipment manufacturers have begun to gradually extend their services to the downstream, and began to provide textile enterprises with full life cycle maintenance and support - providing personalized design, e-commerce and overall solutions and other forms of services.

It is foreseeable that in 2017, global textile machinery will continue to show a trend of development towards intelligence, efficiency, energy conservation and environmental protection. Domestic textile machinery will have significant progress in reliability, number control, energy saving and appearance quality. In order to facilitate the management of textile mills, the application system based on Internet technology will have a huge development space.

With the environment faced by domestic textile enterprises, including bottlenecks in population, resources and environment, especially the rise in labor costs, the pace of industrial transfer is accelerating, so textile machinery will face more choices when going out. South Asia, Southeast Asia, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Pakistan, Indonesia and other countries are becoming the main destinations for China's textile machinery exports. The textile industry in these countries plays an important role in their national economy. In the future, various textile machinery and equipment will be equipped in these countries. There are important market opportunities in the new capacity and equipment upgrade process. Relevant people predict that in 2017, domestic textile machinery companies will continue to be enthusiastic about overseas markets.

Spinning machinery: large upgrade space

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According to statistics from the China Textile Machinery Association on key production enterprises, in the first three quarters of 2016, the sales of the carding unit were about 190 lines, and the sales of the carding machine were slightly increased year-on-year; the sales of the draw frame machine was more than 2,350 units, down 2.08% year-on-year; More than 870 sets of comb machines were sold, up 55.36% year-on-year; the sales of roving frames were about 1,100 units, which was basically the same as the same period of last year. The sales of cotton spinning machines were 2.97 million spindles, up 14.23% year-on-year, of which 1.84 million spindles were sold, up 67.27% year-on-year. The proportion of long-wheel spinning machines accounted for 61.90%, accounting for 19.65 percentage points year-on-year; The sales of equipment (including the old machine transformation) was about 4.2 million spindles, up 90.3% year-on-year; the sales of rotor spinning machines was about 174,000, down 24.22% year-on-year; the sales of automatic winders were about 330 units, up 22.22% year-on-year.

analysis

It can be seen from the statistics that the sales volume and proportion of the long-spinning machine are growing steadily, indicating that the market demand for automation and reduced labor continues to increase. In recent years, the continuous increase in sales of concentrated spinning units and the steady increase in the sales of combing machines have shown that end customers are increasingly demanding spinning quality.

2017 forecast

It is unlikely that the growth of textile machinery will be realized by scale growth in the future. At present, the sales of cotton spinning machinery mainly depends on several large projects in Xinjiang. It is expected that after the completion of these projects in the second half of 2017, this situation will change, and the subsequent enterprise demand may consider how to update the equipment and upgrade.

It is expected that in 2017, the spinning machinery field will further increase research and development efforts to develop a new generation of high-end cotton spinning complete sets of equipment to meet the individual needs of users in terms of refinement, high efficiency, reliability and spinnability. The application of modern information networks and digital technologies and expert systems will continue to advance, and the development of on-line detection, display, automatic control, automatic regulation and network monitoring of process parameters in the textile production process will be gradually realized.

On the other hand, the spinning production continuous process will have more room for development, with automatic feeding of cans, rovings and combed laps, automatic joints and other functions, as well as the ability to achieve multiple sets of automatic winders. Equipment for automatic control and automatic packaging of control and winding processes will be more popular among spinning companies.

In addition, the traditional cotton spinning equipment market has a large stock, and with the rise of labor costs and the shortage of skilled workers, there is huge room for technological transformation.

Weaving machinery: low cost advantage is concerned

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In the first three quarters of 2016, major domestic enterprises sold a total of 4,485 high-end rapier looms, a decrease of 5.68% compared with the same period in 2015. According to the variety of fabrics, mainly denim, decorative cloth, high-grade towel looms. In terms of import and export, according to customs statistics, in the first three quarters of 2016, a total of 1,604 high-end rapier looms were imported, a decrease of 3.2% year-on-year; including ordinary rapier looms, domestic enterprises exported a total of 11,600 units in the first three quarters of 2016, year-on-year. Reduced by 12.91%.

In the first three quarters of 2016, major domestic enterprises sold about 16,000 water jet looms, an increase of 14.29% year-on-year. The fabrics are mainly fine denier nylon filament fabric, elastic fabric, double layer cloth and blackout cloth. In the first three quarters of 2016, a total of 849 water jet looms were imported from domestic major enterprises, an increase of 21.98% year-on-year; 3856 water jet looms were exported, a year-on-year decrease of 44.27%.

In the first three quarters of 2016, major domestic enterprises sold a total of 4,583 air-jet looms, a decrease of 16.25% year-on-year. The fabrics included white fabrics, yarn-dyed fabrics, towels, and fiberglass electronic cloth. In terms of import and export, the domestic import of 2,596 air jet looms, an increase of 4.38%; exports 1,168 units, a year-on-year decrease of 44.27%.

analysis

In the market environment where the overall external demand of the textile industry is sluggish and domestic demand is slowing down, affected by the uncertainties of the raw material market and the capital market, the domestic shuttleless looms are in the overall sales, import and export, except for the water jet loom. Compared with the same period last year, there has been a certain decline.

In general, in the first three quarters of 2016, although China's weaving machinery was affected by the slowdown in external market demand, the export of all kinds of weaving machines fell sharply, but the domestic market operated relatively smoothly. With the arrival of the traditional sales season of weaving machinery in the fourth quarter, as well as the clear definition of market segments by domestic enterprises and the formation of favorable financial conditions, although the data has not yet been released, it is foreseeable that the 2016 weaving machinery will perform better than 2015.

2017 forecast

With the development of new and high-tech materials and new raw materials, new textile processing technologies have emerged in an endless stream, which has improved the quality of textiles and broadened the application fields of textiles. The textile processing industry faces many difficulties, such as shortage of raw materials, increased requirements for energy conservation and emission reduction, rising labor costs, and accelerated pace of development of strategic emerging industries. These have placed higher demands on textile equipment and processing technology.

Therefore, the main development and innovation trend of new woven weaving technology and products in 2017 will be energy saving, equipment technology improvement, quality improvement and differentiated innovation. Weaving companies will pay more attention to weaving equipment that can improve the labor intensity and working environment of workers. In addition, we are able to meet new areas, new demands and equipment that promote industrial structure optimization. Weaving equipment with energy saving, emission reduction, low consumption and low carbon advantages, as well as weaving equipment with continuous, automated, efficient and modular functions will be more popular. At the same time, high-end components that can be matched with it will also have a large market space.

Knitting machinery: closer to fashion

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According to the statistics of the China Textile Machinery Association, the number of flat knitting machines in the first three quarters of 2016 was around 90,000. According to customs statistics, the export value of China's flat knitting machine industry was US$152 million in the same period, a year-on-year increase of 14.1%.

In the first three quarters of 2016, the number of large and small circular weft machines in China was around 17,000. In the same period, the export value of China's large and small circular weft machines was US$162 million, a year-on-year increase of 18.6%. Benefiting from the investment and construction of textile production enterprises in Taiwan and mainland China in Southeast Asia, the export value of Yuanwei Machine in the first three quarters increased steadily year-on-year.

In the first three quarters of 2016, the sales volume of warp knitting machines was about 2,700 units. In the same period, the export value of China's warp knitting machine industry was US$67 million, down 20.3% year-on-year. The sales of high-speed warp knitting machines and multi-axial warp knitting machines decreased year-on-year. The sales volume of double needle bed warp knitting machines increased year-on-year. Among them, the lace machine has a small decline, and the main market is still in Fujian and Zhejiang. The sales volume of double-needle bed warp knitting machines increased by about 6% compared with the same period of last year, the sales amount increased by about 16%; the sales volume of multi-axial warp knitting machines decreased by more than half.

analysis

In the first three quarters of 2016, the overall operation of the knitting machinery industry was stable. Affected by different market demands, the performance of the three major models of flat knitting machine, circular weft knitting machine and warp knitting machine is quite different: the production and sales of the flat knitting machine industry are booming, the market performance of the circular weft knitting machine is general, and the warp knitting machine still faces a large downward pressure.

The flat knitting machine industry continued its good momentum in the first half of the year. Compared with the same period of last year, the overall market situation showed a significant improvement.

The circular weft machine industry has a warming trend in the third quarter of 2016. The sales volume in the first three quarters was basically the same as that of the previous year. In the first half of 2016, the domestic circular weft machine was greatly affected by the large-scale shutdown of printing and dyeing factories in Shaoxing. The sales volume decreased year-on-year and slightly improved in the third quarter. The sales model is mainly single-sided machine, and the computerized jacquard circular weft machine has outstanding performance. At the same time, the fine stitch length or the coarse stitch length machine performs well. Although the market-adjusting circular weft machine has a small market share, the market performance is outstanding, and the pantyhose The machine market is gradually picking up.

The warp knitting machine industry is facing a downward downward pressure in 2016.

2017 forecast

In recent years, the knitting industry has been closely integrated with the fashion industry. For example, the wide application of lace has led to the rapid development of multi-comb warp knitting machines for several years. The large-scale popularization of women's leggings has driven the 8-inch circular weft machine. high demand. In 2017, as consumers continue to pursue the continuous development of personalization and fashion industry, the corresponding knitting machinery also has broad prospects for development.

The flat knitting machine market will continue its good momentum. On the one hand, the old computerized flat knitting machine weaving speed and weaving pattern capacity of domestic sweater weaving enterprises can no longer meet the production demand, a large number of equipment needs to be eliminated and updated; on the other hand, the production enterprises used for weaving knitted shoes have maintained strong equipment for flat knitting machines. demand.

At present, the full-form upper machine is the development trend of the knitting upper machine, and it is expected that there will be room for development in the shoe material process and materials in the future. It is worth noting that the domestic circular weft machine enterprises have begun to develop the upper circular weft machine, and some enterprises have prototypes. Thanks to the rise of artificial fur and sports shoes, double needle bed and high speed warp knitting machine will be expanded. With the development of industrial knitwear applications, the demand for multi-axial warp knitting machines will continue to grow.

Printing and dyeing machinery: green and energy efficient

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The traditional printing machine is still the mainstream product in the market, and the rotary screen printing machine of Dahuahui is welcomed by the market. In the first three quarters of 2016, 233 sets of rotary screen printing machines were sold by key sampling enterprises, an increase of 22.00% year-on-year. The flat screen printing machine did not have much innovation in technology, and the market became saturated. In the first three quarters of 2016, 48 key units were sold, down 31.4% year-on-year.

At present, the combination of digital + elliptical cutting machines is popular in the Guangdong market, and the combination of digital + traditional printing machines is yet to be tested by the market.

The sales volume of several major stenter manufacturers in the first three quarters of 2016 was higher than 20% in the same period of last year, which is the highlight of the printing and dyeing machinery industry. Due to the increasing demand for functional fabrics in the market, coating machines have also become a hot spot in the domestic and international markets.

According to customs statistics, in the first three quarters of 2016, the export value of printing and dyeing equipment and parts was approximately US$427 million, a year-on-year increase of 2.22%. In the first three quarters of 2016, the import of printing and dyeing equipment and parts was approximately US$268 million, a year-on-year decrease of 17.81%.

analysis

Overall, the domestic and international economic situation in 2016 was complex and volatile, and the domestic market demand was sluggish. At the same time, the printing and dyeing machinery industry still faces many problems. For example, the overall profit is low. It is difficult for many companies to invest funds in new product research and development. The research and development capabilities are generally insufficient. The market has poor predictability and few new products. Many companies often flock to certain categories. The product market, the production of homogenized products, quickly led to the saturation of the product market.

Digital inkjet printing has the characteristics of diversification, small batch, personalized customization, etc. Although the speed of inkjet printing has been improved, it is still quite different from traditional printing machines; key technologies such as nozzles are in the hands of a few foreign companies; Profit margins are shrinking rapidly, and some inkjet printer manufacturers are beginning to reduce production, which is limiting the development of digital printing. The attractive market prospects are attracting more and more companies to invest in the development of digital inkjet printers and their ancillary products. At present, high-end digital printing machines in the domestic market are almost occupied by foreign equipment, domestic high-speed equipment is small, high investment is facing a situation of low output, and corporate pressure is huge.

2017 forecast

With the deep adjustment of the market, it is normal to eliminate backwardness and promote the high-end process. Green textile is the theme of the development of China's textile industry. Environmental protection, energy saving, high efficiency, short process, digital monitoring and intelligentization are still the development direction of printing and dyeing machinery. Equipment that can improve resource utilization efficiency, reduce costs and effectively reduce pollution will be market-oriented. welcome.

In recent years, with the rapid development of the knitted fabric market, the low-bath ratio overflow dyeing machine, the low-energy airflow dyeing machine and the gas-liquid dyeing machine with both are becoming the main products of various equipment manufacturers. Water-saving, high-efficiency continuous pre-treatment equipment and knitwear finishing equipment have also been welcomed by the market in recent years. It is expected that this type of equipment will continue its good development momentum in 2017.

With the continuous improvement of the technical level, the printing speed of high-speed printers is close to that of flat screen printing, and the production cost is gradually decreasing, which is ushered in a period of rapid growth. Some experts predict that by 2019, the output of digital printed fabrics will account for 7.2% of domestic printed fabric production.

Chemical fiber machinery: technological transformation is still a positive factor

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According to incomplete statistics (excluding exports), the shipment volume of polyester and nylon filament spinning machines in the first three quarters of 2016 was about 2,600 spinning, down 33.33% year-on-year; the sales of texturing machines was about 580, down 35.56% year-on-year; The viscose staple fiber plant has a capacity of about 20,000 tons.

In the first three quarters of 2016, the import volume of chemical fiber machinery was US$183 million, down 55.46% year-on-year. The main reason was the decrease in domestic new projects. The export volume of chemical fiber machinery in the first three quarters of 2016 was US$129 million, up 0.27% year-on-year. The main exporting countries are emerging markets such as Turkey and Indonesia. Among them, 50 sets of texturing machines were imported, down 19% year-on-year; 75 units were exported, down 23% year-on-year.

analysis

As the investment in the chemical fiber industry returns to rationality, the number of new capacity projects in the domestic chemical fiber industry has decreased, and the demand for chemical fiber machinery has declined.

From the situation of the main chemical fiber machinery manufacturers, compared with the same period of last year, downstream users still have certain demand for the application of polyester, nylon filament spinning machines and texturing machines in the production of differentiated products; The equipment market is not willing to trade, and it has not been able to form new capacity. Although the newly added capacity of viscose staple fiber equipment is not large, the market has already improved from the order situation; the user enterprise has increased its efforts in automation transformation. The market for automatic unwinding and packaging equipment for silk is in good condition.

2017 forecast

As the market sales of chemical fiber equipment continues to decline, chemical fiber equipment manufacturers are fiercely competitive in terms of product sales, and downstream users are not motivated to pick up goods, but technological transformation is still a positive factor in the chemical fiber market. With the gradual recovery of the downstream chemical fiber market, the operating rate of polyester and nylon production can reach more than 70%, and the investment of domestic chemical fiber enterprises increases. It is expected that the chemical fiber market will improve in 2017.

Nonwoven machinery: slick production line is optimistic

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According to the statistics of key textile enterprises by the China Textile Machinery Association, the wide, high-yield, high-efficiency and high-speed needle-punching production lines in the first three quarters of 2016 are hot spots in the market. Differentiated products also ushered in a good space for growth, acupuncture The production line (more than 2.5 meters wide) sold more than 100 pieces, of which 60 lines were sold over 3 meters wide, and about 20 lines were sold over 6 meters. The market demand for spunlace production lines has maintained a high-speed growth trend. In the first three quarters of 2016, about 30 spunlace equipment production lines were sold, and domestic sales of spunbond and spun-melt composite production lines reached about 50.

In the first three quarters of 2016, the import value of non-woven machinery was US$51.94 million, a year-on-year increase of 24.74%, and the export value was US$61.08 million, an increase of 11.87% year-on-year.

From the situation in the first three quarters, the sales of spunbond and spun-melt composite production lines are relatively flat in terms of quantity. It is estimated that by the end of 2016, China's spinning-laid nonwovens production line has nearly 1,500 stocks.

analysis

Corresponding to the slowdown in investment growth in the downstream industry, the market demand characteristics of non-woven machinery in the first three quarters of 2016 have also changed accordingly. The demand for medium and low-end equipment has been greatly reduced, and the demand for mid-end and mid-to-high end has increased. Significantly, orders are concentrated in enterprises with strong technical reserves and large production scale. Some overseas companies have introduced new models for the demand characteristics of the Chinese market and shortened the delivery time. It is worth mentioning that the market demand for the needle-punching needle machine in 2016 is very strong, and the sales of this unit unit also bring a lot of income to the related machinery enterprises. The market demand for spunlace production lines has maintained a high-speed growth trend, and German and French equipment manufacturers also have good sales performance.

2017 forecast

According to the market situation in 2016, companies are generally optimistic about the sales situation of the spunlace production line in 2017. Some companies that used to focus on the production of acupuncture lines are also eager to try.

At present, some new trends in the market are worthy of attention, that is, the new equipment with high speed and high output is more incremental, and the equipment update speed is faster. Some companies are developing process routes such as direct spinning and spunbonding. In addition to the traditional large-scale products, the demand for processing equipment such as PLA, PPS, PE, and elastic materials has also appeared in China. Despite this, the homogenization phenomenon in the domestic non-woven equipment market is still relatively serious. In addition to supplying the domestic market, the production capacity of more than 100 production lines per year has entered the international market. In the face of future market demand, non-woven fabric machinery will develop in the direction of high speed, high yield and differentiation.