Recently, overseas textile orders, especially Indian orders, have returned to the country, making people pay attention to the traditional industry of textile printing and dyeing.
As the source of the emerging manufacturing industry, the textile printing and dyeing industry has witnessed the improvement of a country’s manufacturing capacity, consumption capacity and people’s living standards.
Chaonan District, Shantou City was once the world’s largest raw material for home wear and underwear. One of the places of origin. In this century-old textile town that thrives on the river, its textile printing and dyeing industry has been shut down due to the Lianjiang rectification. After the company moved into the park, it encountered the new coronavirus epidemic.
Under numerous challenges, the potential and resilience deep within the industry were unleashed. With the modern light textile industry cluster being included in Guangdong’s 20 strategic industrial cluster action plans, companies are more confident. This century-old textile printing and dyeing industry, with the support of the local government, enterprises and associations have banded together to help themselves, turning external pressure into a driving force for transformation, and is now staging a transformation war that is a matter of life and death.
Calamity of life and death is also an opportunity for change
Chaonan District of Shantou City is a “century-old textile trading port”. At the beginning of the 20th century, handmade workshops integrating cutting and sewing had appeared here. After the reform and opening up, the garment processing industry in the area developed rapidly.
Today, Chaonan is one of the largest origins of home clothes and underwear in the world, with more than 3,000 companies, 3 national-level clothing professional towns, and an annual output value of approximately 60 billion yuan.
The light textile industry cluster, headed by Shantou, Guangzhou and Dongguan, accounts for 1/5 of the province’s 14 trillion manufacturing revenue.
The comprehensive improvement of Lianjiang has caused waves in Shantou’s textile printing and dyeing industry. Starting from January 1, 2019, all printing and dyeing enterprises in the Lianjiang Basin have suspended production. At the same time, printing and dyeing centers are being built in Chaonan, Chaoyang and Puning, and enterprises must enter the parks together.
“Second Generation Weaver” Liao Xiujie told a reporter from Nanfang Daily that the printing and dyeing industry is seriously polluting and has a great impact on the environment. It is time for changes. In recent years, he has taken over the Chaonan Chuanghuihui Printing and Dyeing Factory founded by his father.
Some printing and dyeing factories have secretly discharged water to Lianjiang for a long time. In 2018, Chaonan Chuanghuihuang Printing and Dyeing Factory was the first to respond to the unified call to enter the park, but many companies were hesitant, worried about increasing costs and affecting production. Liao Xiujie has his own understanding of this. He often goes to other places for inspections and believes that it is a general trend for printing and dyeing companies to concentrate in the park.
On June 15, 2019, Liao Xiujie was the first to “eat crabs” and officially settled in Chaonan Textile Printing and Dyeing Environmental Protection Comprehensive Treatment Center with more than 20 workers and a new automated dyeing vat just purchased from Taiwan ( Hereinafter referred to as “Chaonan Textile Printing and Dyeing Center”).
Data provided by the center show that a total of 127 printing and dyeing companies in Chaonan have been approved to settle in Chaonan, 69 have been put into production, and 19 are installing and debugging equipment.
For Shantou’s textile printing and dyeing industry, this is both a life and death disaster and an opportunity for transformation.
Zhong Jinfeng, general manager of Fengcheng Weaving and Dyeing Co., Ltd., believes that the costs caused by the relocation and equipment upgrades are expected to be digested within 3-5 years Lose. Most of the enterprises entering the park have upgraded their equipment and their efficiency has been significantly improved.
“Enterprises that meet environmental protection standards and are proactive can survive the ‘winter’ and move towards ‘spring.’” said He Yongqiang, office director of Chaonan Textile Printing and Dyeing Center.
With the assistance of the center, companies entering the park have obtained nearly 600 million yuan in financing. The Shantou Municipal Finance Department also provides financial subsidies of no more than 30% for newly purchased equipment by enterprises.
Transformation is no longer a question of “should or not”
In late autumn in Shantou, at the mouth of Lianjiang Haimen Bay, fishing boats are lined up, the waves are bright and clear, and egrets Passing by gracefully. Looking down at Lianjiang, the former “Black Dragon” gradually becomes clearer, and the surrounding industrial ecology has also changed accordingly.
In the spring of 2020, Liao Xiujie is preparing to do something big. In the bright workshop hall on the first floor, 31 new dye vats worth about 20 million yuan are neatly arranged. The top steam pipes, hot water pipes and other pipes have been connected to the park. The automation rate of the dyeing workshop has reached 80%, and the daily production capacity has increased from 20 tons to 30 tons.
The sudden outbreak of the new coronavirus has disrupted the flow of people and logistics. The company halted production for the second time in two years.
Fortunately, the epidemic was quickly brought under control. After work and production resumed, Liao Xiujie received an unexpected surprise: a major Foshan customer he had lost before was found again. He visited and found that Chuanghuihui’s automation equipment was better than before. , so I happily placed the order. In addition, four customers also came here to seek cooperation. Soon, the newly purchased equipment started running at full speed.
If Lianjiang’s rectification made Liao Xiujie realize that relying on the low-end to drive volume was no longer effective, the experience of resuming work and production after the epidemic made him understand that only by transforming to the high-end and taking the road of automation and branding can products have the best quality. Only with competitiveness can development be sustainable.
“If products want to keep up with the upgrades of the consumer market, they must make the fabrics the best.”Huang Yanqiong, general manager of Guangxin Textile and Dyeing Industrial Co., Ltd., feels the same way.
When Guangxin was established in 1992, it produced various grades of fabrics. In 2008, it only produced mid-to-high-end fabrics. Now it is starting to build its own fabric brand. In order to put research and development first, the company built a new 7-story R&D building to make an all-round move into new fabrics, new processes, and new styles.
“The management method must keep up with the innovation of production forms and business models.” Zhong Zejian, general manager of Shengye Weaving and Dyeing Co., Ltd., once went to Japan to learn from the experience and found that the same This underwear fabric is made by Japanese counterparts for high-end customization, and the unit price is more than five times higher than similar products in Chaonan.
Having overcome the environmental crisis and withstood the test of the epidemic, more and more Shantou textile printing and dyeing companies are deeply aware that transformation is no longer a question of “should or not”, but a matter of life and death.
The ambition of a 100-billion-dollar cluster
This autumn, the three basketball court-sized parking lots of Chuanghuihuang Printing and Dyeing Factory are full every day.
In addition to visiting customers, manufacturers such as cleaning technology and fine chemical plants also came to visit. The broader industrial chain is quietly extending.
“After entering the park, upstream and downstream companies visit more frequently.” Liao Xiujie said that the agglomeration effect of the industrial clusters in the park has begun to appear. After the transformation and upgrading of enterprises, the possibility of connecting with upstream and downstream companies increases, and opportunities They came one after another.
“Look, land needs to be acquired in Jingdu Town and Longtian Town here.” Pointing to the sand table of Chaonan Textile Printing and Dyeing Center, He Yongqiang told the Nanfang Daily reporter that 3,750 acres of land is not enough, and the park needs to be expanded. To more than 5,000 acres, projects with missing links in the industrial chain such as fine chemicals, printing and dyeing auxiliaries, warehousing and logistics, and textile machinery manufacturing have been introduced.
Chaonan Textile Printing and Dyeing Center revealed that there are currently 7 successful land sales in the park, and Nantong Tianen Cleaning Technology Co., Ltd., Guangdong Innovation Fine Chemical Co., Ltd., etc. will soon settle down.
The “Master Plan for Shantou Development Zone” released this year proposed that Chaonan should build a textile and clothing industry cluster worth over 100 billion yuan and a fine chemical industry cluster worth over 20 billion yuan.
What makes “Liao Xiujies” even more excited is that the Guangdong Provincial Government recently issued the “Opinions on Cultivating and Developing Strategic Pillar Industry Clusters and Strategic Emerging Industry Clusters” and 20 strategic industry cluster action plans . The modern light textile industry cluster is impressively listed.
Guangdong’s blueprint is to form a modern light textile industry cluster with global influence and competitiveness by 2025, with industrial added value exceeding 720 billion yuan and main business income exceeding 3 trillion yuan. .
Guangdong also proposed to give full play to the role of Shantou provincial sub-center, create a new growth pole of light industry and textile in the coastal economic belt, and support the construction of major investment projects in textile and garment industries.
The blueprint has been drawn, and the transformation is still on the way. Shantou’s textile printing and dyeing industry, which has gone through many twists and turns and has been reborn, is ushering in the spring of high-quality development!
■ Think tank observation
Strengthening the industrial chain to enhance competitiveness
Recently, the Nanfang Daily research team visited Guangdong Modern Light Industry intensively Regarding the textile industry cluster, I was deeply impressed by two aspects: First, this industrial cluster represents the solid foundation of Guangdong industry to this day. In 2019, the industry’s main business revenue was approximately 2.7 trillion yuan, accounting for 20% of the province’s manufacturing industry. Second, the enterprises in this industrial cluster still have ambitions and strong motivation for transformation and upgrading.
However, we must realize that becoming bigger and stronger today is not just a low-end growth that comes with a rush, nor is it a barbaric growth where whoever gets the best wins. It must be done through replenishing, strengthening and extending the chain. , to make the industry bigger and stronger in an orderly manner. The competition we are currently facing is competition among industrial chains and industrial clusters on a global scale. Advantageous enterprises with a good foundation and distinctive characteristics can make full use of the advantages of the domestic ultra-large-scale market to attract high-end elements such as global advanced technology and high-quality talents to form innovative enterprises. A modern industrial cluster with outstanding capabilities, complete industrial chain, high coupling degree and strong international competitiveness.
■Action Guide
Guangdong’s modern light textile industry in 2025
Industrial added value is expected to exceed 720 billion yuan “Guangzhou The Action Plan for Developing Modern Light Textile Strategic Pillar Industry Clusters (2021-2025) proposes four major goals: 1. The scale of the industry continues to grow. By 2025, the added value of the modern light textile industry will exceed 720 billion yuan, and the main business income will exceed 3 trillion yuan. 2. Innovation capabilities have been significantly enhanced. By 2025, the R&D investment of enterprises above designated size will reach 2% of their main business income, and the number of patent authorizations will exceed 50,000. 3. The industrial layout will be more reasonable. By 2025, an innovation and creative center with Guangzhou and Shenzhen as the core, and an advanced manufacturing base network focusing on the coastal economic belt and various characteristic industrial clusters will be formed. 4. The industrial ecology is constantly improving, and the consistency between key areas and international standards has reached more than 95%. Green manufacturing technology is widely used.
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