Last month, during the visit to the 6th China International Dye Industry and Organic Pigments and Textile Chemicals Exhibition, Xu Kunyuan, Vice President of the China Textile Industry Association, and Tan Zhuzhou, President of the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Association, pointed out that domestic dyes are still available. There are several prominent problems: First, the stability is poor – the difference between batches is relatively large; second, the strength part is low-even though the price is low, the amount of domestic dyes is relatively large during use; third, the chromatography is incomplete, especially Bright color dyes need to be further strengthened.
At the same time, on the quality of domestic dyes and imported dyes, some delegates at the 5th “Four New” meeting and relevant personnel of large dye companies at this dye exhibition expressed themselves in combination with their own experience and practices. view.
1. There is a gap in products
A person in charge of a printing and dyeing company in Chongqing said, “Simply put, there are two aspects that are generally “large gaps” compared with imported dyes. 1 The price gap is relatively large, and the prices of some imported products are even twice as high as those of domestic products. Second, the quality gap is relatively large. An obvious fact is that for many printing and dyeing companies, if the color fastness, brightness, etc. of the product is In terms of performance requirements, they will choose to use domestic products; if the requirements are relatively high, they will still use imported products.”
Most dye workers believe that the gap between domestic dye products and imported products is mainly reflected in four aspects: Poor stability, the product performance gap between batches is relatively large, and the dye reproducibility is poor; the force component is not high, the dye usage is large; the particle size is uneven, and the dyeing effect is not good; the chromatography of some dye varieties is not wide enough, and it needs to be further expanded. . These parameters all play a decisive role in the staining effect. Compared with domestic dyes, imported dyes are relatively expensive, which is caused by their high performance and added value.
So, are domestic dyes really so “useless”? An engineer from an Anhui printing and dyeing company said that in recent years, the quality of domestic dyes has been improving, and the gap with imported products has gradually narrowed, especially for products from large enterprises, the performance difference is relatively small compared with imported products. An old engineer in a dyeing and finishing industry said, “Now, the general dyeing needs can be met by domestic dyes, and it can be said that 80% is fine.” Some people from domestic dye production companies also said that comparing domestic dye products with imported dye products, There is indeed a widespread quality gap. But not all products are like this. Some domestic high-end products can still compete with international brand products. For example, the reducing dyes of Xuzhou Kaida Essence Chemical Co., Ltd., the dispersed dyes of Qingdao Shuangtao Essence Chemical (Group) Co., Ltd., and the reactive dyes of Hubei Huali Dye Industry Co., Ltd., etc. can basically compete with international brands.
In addition to the gaps in the above products themselves, domestic companies also have some other problems. For example, in terms of pre-sales and after-sales services, there is still a gap between domestic companies and large multinational companies. Many companies are just making products and do not regard this additional service asSales content, so it also hinders the creation of corporate brands.
2. What is the reason for the gap?
Most industry insiders believe that the following aspects are the main reasons for this gap.
First, the production inspection standards are loose and the standards are not implemented effectively. The person in charge of a dye company of a certain size in Jiangsu said that no matter the quality of domestic dyes, do not compare the quality of domestic dyes and imported dyes. Judging from the current production inspection standards implemented in my country, there is a gap with foreign companies. The person in charge said that the domestic dye production inspection standard is ±3%, while the foreign companies in the same industry implement the standard is ±2%, and some giant companies themselves require the standard of ±1%. In this regard, there seems to be only a little gap. But because of this little gap, many companies produce products that cannot meet the production requirements of printing and dyeing companies well.
Representative of a South Korean multinational company in China also stated that although some production standards for domestic dyes are somewhat looser than those of foreign countries, this is not the only reason for the gap. If domestic manufacturers can meet the requirements of implementing standards, the gap may not be large, and many products can still be compared with imported products. However, there is a widespread problem of inadequate execution during the execution process. This widens the gap between domestic products and imported products.
Secondly, market competition is disorderly, and bad money drives out good money. Another important reason for such a gap in the quality of domestic dyes and imported dyes is the long-term disorderly competition and price war in the dye industry. External pressure forces some manufacturers to use low-cost raw materials to produce poor quality products, affecting the image and product quality reputation of the entire industry. Products with higher quality are also affected. The general manager of a large domestic dye production company described it like this: Many printing and dyeing companies are pursuing low-cost processing, part of which is achieved by lowering the price of dyes. It has been in a low profit state for a long time. In order to maintain its production smoothly, some dye manufacturers use raw materials with incomplete quality assurance in order to reduce production costs, and inferior products appear. When this phenomenon occurs not only in individual enterprises, but in most enterprises, some high-quality products will be regarded as low-end products. High-quality products cannot be accepted because of their high prices and are in a difficult situation. On the one hand, the quality is relatively high, but it cannot be recognized; on the other hand, there is no brand effect of imported products, and it has been “setbacks” again. The phenomenon of bad money driving out good money appears.
In addition, some people believe that domestic companies have not done enough in the development of new products and have insufficient R&D investment, especially in the development of products with certain special requirements. The secretary-general of a regional dye association and the heads of some enterprises said that the R&D investment intensity of general domestic enterprises (referring to the ratio of research and experimental development expenditure to sales revenue) is about 1% to 2%, and enterprises with better operating conditions can achieve the 2% to 3%; while the investment intensity of enterprises such as the dyeing giants, Qiba, is 5% or even higher on average. In addition, there is aSome companies obtain key production technology situations of enterprises in the same industry through plagiarism or other illegal means. This phenomenon mostly exists in small and medium-sized enterprises, hindering the improvement of the overall strength of the industry and the healthy and harmonious development.
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