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Current Status of the Development Scale of Hardware Molds in China

Apr 01,2022

Current Status of the Development Scale of Hardware Molds in China

Currently, more than 6,000 mold‑making enterprises have clustered in the Shenzhen region and the Pearl River Delta, employing over 100,000 professionals. The South China International Mould Exhibition, now in its fifth consecutive edition held in Shenzhen, has drawn over 1,000 companies from 25 countries and regions, making it one of China’s most specialized and internationally oriented mould‑industry trade shows today.

 

From a production standpoint, the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta continue to maintain strong growth momentum, while development in Northeast China and the central and western regions remains relatively sluggish. Mold manufacturing is performing well in mold cities, specialized mold‑production clusters, and certain development zones and high‑tech parks. At the enterprise level, firms with distinctive strengths and expertise—capable of producing large, precision‑engineered, and highly complex molds—are generally enjoying robust order books, with some already facing capacity constraints. By contrast, companies of average or even lower capability are seeing fewer orders and underutilized workloads. According to reports, most businesses currently take on second‑hand projects, relying heavily on labor‑intensive operations. There is a severe shortage of domestically branded products and high‑value‑added offerings. Due to low product value added, the average domestic worker generates roughly US$10,000 in mold‑related output annually, whereas in leading mold‑producing countries this figure typically ranges from US$150,000 to US$200,000, and in some cases even reaches US$250,000 to US$300,000.

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