INVITATION TO DIE & MOULD CHINA 2010
Die & Mould China (International Exhibition on Die & Mould Technology and Equipment) jointly organized by China Die & Mould Industry Association (CDMIA) and Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd. (SIEC) is staged biennially in Shanghai in May on even years. Since 1986 twelve editions have been held, playing an important role in various aspects, such as technological exchange, economic cooperation, market development and trade expansion.
In recent years China’s die & mould industry maintains fast development. In spite of the impact of the world financial crisis, the total sales revenue of China’s die & mould in 2008 still reached RMB95 billion, or USD14 billion, growing by 9% over 2007. China’s exports of die & mould soared by 36% over 2007, to USD4.3 billion. China’s imports of die & mould reached USD2.004 billion, about the same as 2007 level. China’s mould-making technology has also achieved great improvement over the past years, with some technology reaching or approaching the world level. In the coming years of 2009 and 2010, with the stimulation of domestic demand and the advantage of cost efficiency that features China’s die & mould in the international sourcing, it is expected that China’s die & mould industry will continue to grow substantially. All the above factors will create for China a greater demand for advanced processing equipment, manufacturing software and cutting tools.
China has always attached great importance to the development of die & mould and its processing technology and equipment. In the past 20 years, die & mould and its processing technology and equipment are placed in the “Catalogue of Industries, Products and Technologies that China Encourages to Develop” and also in the “Catalogue of Industries that China Encourages Foreign Investors to Enter”. In the “Adjustment and Revitalization Plan of Equipment Manufacturing Industry” and “Adjustment and Revitalization Plan of Automotive Industry” that the State Council has recently issued, the enhancement of mould-making technology and equipment is listed as one of the priorities.
In 2008 the investment in the added fixed asset by China’s die & mould industry reached tens of billion RMB yuan, of which the investment in processing equipment takes a great proportion. A research into China’s key die & mould enterprises demonstrates that introducing advanced CNC machining center, CNC milling machine, precision EDM, precision grinding machine and precision measuring system is the priority of enterprise technological reform. Another research into over a thousand CDMIA members demonstrates that the equipment improvement and the sourcing of precision cutting tools, precision EDM machines and CAD/CAM/CAE is still the hotspot of enterprise demand.
China continued to be the world’s biggest consumer and importer of machine tools in 2008, with a sales revenue of USD19.4 billion, of which die & mould industry accounted for one tenth. The imports of machine tools amounted to USD12.1 billion. The trend that die & mould industry will import a great number of machine tools will be sustained.
Forming machine and equipment also develop in step with mould-making, and the sourcing of precision plastics machinery and CNC forging equipment by die & mould enterprises will continue to increase.
China Die & Mould Industry Association (CDMIA) has presently over 1,500 group members and it is the sole national association in China’s die and mould industry.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our participants in our previous events for their support and to cordially invite the manufacturers of die and mould, machine tools, CAD/CAM software and tools, and related associations from all over the world to participate in Die & Mould China 2010, which is going to be held in Shanghai from May 11-15, 2010.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Die & Mould China 2010 in Shanghai.
Chu Kexin Cao Yanan
Chairman Executive Vice-Chairman
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