Investigation On The Current Situation Of Wujiang Textile Industry In The Two And A Half Years Of "Restricted Spraying"

In 2017, Wujiang launched the special rectification of water jet looms and made clear that by the end of 2019, the total volume of water looms in the region had been reduced by 30%.

This year is the third year of "restricted spraying", and the time is more than half. In the past 2 and a half years, how are the "restricted spraying" measures in Wujiang developing? In the face of increasingly tight environmental shackles, how should textile enterprises respond? What is the future of Wujiang's textile industry? Visit these problems.

From "fear" to "calm down", "transformation and survival" has become a consensus.

After interviewed many textile workers, we found that compared with 2 and a half years ago, Wujiang textile industry practitioners have a relatively calm mentality and no common tension and anxiety.

"Of course, there is pressure, but at least it is not as" in fear "as it was in 2017. A textile manufacturer in Shengze said that in 2017, when the "restricted" storm just started blowing up, their company invested 30 million yuan to upgrade its equipment.

"We not only eliminate backward looms, but also introduce a coating production line from Germany and a polymer functional production line, and take the initiative to extend the production chain to the downstream of the industrial chain so as to enhance the added value of products." The official said that thanks to the "foresight" of the enterprises, they successfully passed the "restricted" storm, and the number of looms has not been significantly reduced, ensuring the production capacity. And with the continuous increase of investment in fabric finishing after 2 years, several special fabrics have been favored by the market. This year, the company successfully entered into cooperation with a famous sports brand in Europe to become one of the fabric suppliers of the brand sportswear.

Suzhou Shi Tao Textile Technology Co., Ltd., founded in 2010, is also a "long-term vision" enterprise. In building the plant, Zhang Donglin, chairman of the company, took the initiative to contact the sewage treatment plant, hoping to access the sewage pipe network. As the surrounding terrain is complex, the cost of takeover is too high. Zhang Donglin then invested about 500000 yuan to build a reclaimed water reuse system in the factory area. In 2017, he put in another 500 thousand yuan to upgrade the system and enhance its net pollution capacity.

The self built reclaimed water reuse system seems to increase the cost, but the equipment can save about 40% of the pollution cost per day. With the continuous expansion of the scale of enterprises, the cost of savings continues to rise, and these savings are used for the upgrading of production equipment. At present, the world's textile has more than 400 advanced jet and water looms, which are highly automated and save a lot of labor costs. "On average, each worker can operate 6-8 air-jet looms at the same time. In addition, each worker can operate more than 30 looms at the same time. Zhang Donglin said that today's "transformation and survival" has become the general consensus of textile enterprises.

The two modes of "light loading" and "weight-bearing" move freely.

The two seemingly contrary words of "putting on the light" and "taking the road forward" now exist in most of the Wujiang textile enterprises.

"Light load", "light" is the cost, is the burden; "weight-bearing ahead", "heavy" is the responsibility of environmental protection and market pressure. Mei Zhigen, chairman of Wujiang new Teng Weaving Co., Ltd., located in Ping Wang Town, has been engaged in the textile industry for nearly 30 years, and has rich experience and precise judgement. He said that since its establishment, new Teng has experienced 5 large-scale equipment upgrading, most recently in 2017.

"Spinning enterprises to take the road of" green environmental protection "is the general trend. What we can do is to follow the trend. Mei Zhigen said that the new tengju currently owns 352 water jet looms, most of which are imported from Japan, and 810 of them are the advanced water jet looms on the market.

"While we insist on updating our equipment, we continue to upgrade software and strengthen internal management. All we do is to enhance the market competitiveness of enterprises." Mei Zhigen said that the day before the interview, they signed a 1 million metre fabric order with an enterprise in Hangzhou. The reason why the other Party chose the new Teng is that they could customize the fabric according to their needs.

"The other party is very demanding. First of all, he is very critical about raw materials." Mei Zhigen said, the other side requires the yarn to be flexible, wearable and tear tensile at the same time, which requires the use of composite yarns. At the same time, the other side is in pursuit of fabric sag while there are functional requirements. New tengju and many upstream and downstream cooperative manufacturers negotiate and try, spend nearly 2 months proofing, and finally produce the fabric that the other side is satisfied with.

On the one hand, enterprises can upgrade production efficiency and reduce costs through equipment upgrading and technological innovation, so that they can be more flexible in the face of market competition. On the other hand, more and more enterprises are taking the initiative to assume responsibility for environmental protection, and are willing to contribute to the harmonious development of society. Talking about the industry changes of "2 years and half a year", Gong Ruirong, a clerk in the office of regulating water looms in Ping Wang Town, said that the textile enterprises are now mainly accepting "small batch and customization", and have invested heavily in new products. According to their understanding, Ping Wang's textile enterprises are focusing on developing fabrics with various functions, such as UV, flame retardant and bacteria control, and their response in the market is pretty good.

"We all know that only by constantly introducing new products can we remain unbeaten in the market." Gong Ruirong said.

The market competitiveness will not drop, but the tide will rise, and the stronger the stronger will be.

After two and a half years of "baptism" storm "baptism", the number of water jet looms and water jet weaving enterprises in Wujiang is decreasing. Does that mean that the competitiveness of Wujiang textile industry clusters has declined? The survey found that the opposite is true.

"As of the beginning of June this year, the number of water looms in Shengze town dropped from 137 thousand and 700 in 2017 to 107 thousand and 700, and the number of water jet weaving enterprises dropped from 1600 to more than 1100. The total volume has dropped, but the number of water jet looms in single enterprises has increased from 86 to 95. We estimate that it will rise to 100 units next, and the average benefit of a single loom will rise from 4000 yuan to 6000 yuan. This shows that the market competitiveness of the remaining enterprises is growing. Shengze Town Comprehensive Law Enforcement Bureau Environmental Protection Division responsible person said that the reduction of more than 400 enterprises, none of them are forced to seal up, are their products are eliminated by the market, resulting in the merger or acquisition of enterprises.

Simply sum up those enterprises that are eliminated can find many common points: equipment aging, low production efficiency, low added value of products, low per mu efficiency, great energy consumption, heavy pollution, undocumented and unlicensed...... In the words of a media practitioner who has long been engaged in data analysis of textile industry, these enterprises are "not without reason".

"The government restricts the quantity of water jet looms and carries out total control, basically to promote industrial upgrading, eliminate backward production capacity and enhance the overall competitiveness of the textile industry." A senior textile industry veteran said that at present, after 2 and a half years of implementation of the "restricted spraying" measures, the "strong and weak" of Wujiang's textile industry is becoming more and more obvious, and shows the trend of "the stronger the stronger".

"Those competitive enterprises, who buy the disadvantaged enterprises, do not attach importance to the ready-made machinery and equipment, but the" share of production "represented by these looms. The veteran said that for a long time to come, Wujiang will carry out the total control of the loom loom, so every registered loom will represent a "share of production".

"Those who acquire" share of production "through mergers are strong in themselves. After acquiring the "share of production", they can buy advanced equipment abroad and expand their capacity. Under the condition that hardware and software are dominant, their products will seize more market share and gain higher profits. The veteran said that after obtaining high profits, these enterprises can invest more money in technological innovation and personnel training, thereby further enhancing their competitiveness, which forms a virtuous circle.

"Industrial development needs the survival of the fittest, and the" restricted injection "is like an ebb tide. The enterprises left behind are all industry leaders. With these enterprises as the backbone, the competitiveness and influence of Wujiang's textile industry cluster will be further upgraded. At the end of the interview, the veteran said so.