The time of mold design and production in Europe is about 44% and 6 1% faster than that in China, while the cost of mold design and production in China is only 9 1% of that in Europe. At present, the international mould industry is highly competitive. In the past two years, the overall price of German molds has dropped by about 1/4, and 58% of the molds in the world are produced by Germany and other western European countries, while China and other Asian countries only account for a very small proportion. However, at present, the output of molds in Eastern Europe has greatly increased, and the production scale in Asia will also increase to about 1/5. The mold industry in China has also entered a period of rapid development, but there are still many problems.
China mold market has a huge space. According to the prospective database, in 2006, the domestic automobile will maintain a growth rate of 65,438+05%, and the sales volume will reach 6.4 million. The auto parts market is larger than the whole vehicle market, and the mold industry that provides equipment for auto parts is developing rapidly. A model car needs thousands of molds. There are hundreds of sets of casting molds. Automobile industry is one of the five pillar industries of China's national economy. The focus of automobile industry is to develop spare parts, economical cars and heavy trucks. As the focus of development, automobile mould has been affirmed in the industrial policy of automobile industry.