In the final analysis, slate is the inevitable result of the high-quality development of building ceramics products. The excellent performance of rock slab is far superior to traditional ceramic tile in product strength, hardness, wear resistance, water absorption, machinability, health and environmental protection.
The glazed tile ceiling is marble tiles-like, but the performance of rock slab is better and the material performance is more outstanding. So when a category develops to the extreme and meets the bottleneck of innovation, there will be another new category to replace the traditional products. With the rapid development of industrial internet, information and intelligence, iterative upgrading and high-quality development of building ceramics industry is its inevitable trend. Therefore, more and more traditional brick-making enterprises and production lines will turn to the field of rock slab, thus expanding the scale of rock slab industry.
The biggest difference between rock slab and traditional brick is that it can not only be applied to all the scenes inherent in traditional brick, but also enter the home field, greatly expanding the industry boundary. This has brought more possibilities and opportunities to rock plate enterprises. No enterprise can dominate all channels and scenarios. Rock slab enterprises can focus on their own advantages, make more breakthroughs in their own fields and expand unlimited market space. The new blue ocean, new track and new battlefield have also made many enterprises jump out of the traditional price war. Although the rock slab market has also set off a price war this year, its profit rate is still much higher than that of traditional bricks.
In the field of home space decoration inherent in traditional bricks, more and more consumers, especially high-end consumer groups, are choosing rock slabs instead of tiles. Rock slab is not only expensive, but its huge "body", especially the tailor-made "one slab to the top", is beyond the reach of traditional bricks, which greatly enhances the overall sense of space and makes luxury and simplicity more tasteful and graded.
It is understood that at present, in addition to some small-scale enterprises focusing on the rock slab field, the income of some leading enterprises has accounted for more than 20% of their total income. It is not impossible that rock slabs will account for 3-40% of the total scale of the industry in the future. Going forward, slate is likely to surpass glazed tiles with the largest market share at present and become a real "first brother" in the industry.
At present, the rock plate production enterprises are mainly concentrated in Guangdong, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Fujian, Shandong and other producing areas, and some enterprises have built rock plate production lines. More and more enterprises are planning rock slab production lines in the wave of rock slab, or building new rock slab production lines, or transforming traditional brick production lines to produce small rock slabs. In short, we must intervene in the field of rock plate and develop rock plate products. Otherwise, it will be ruthlessly eliminated by customers and the market.
At the same time, the price of rock slabs continued to fall. On the one hand, it shows that the maturity of the industry is rapidly improving, and various problems such as design, production, transportation, processing and application are being solved. The output of the whole line and related supporting industries have developed rapidly, clearing the way for production enterprises to enter the field of rock slabs.
On the other hand, the rapid decline in prices makes rock plate products begin to enter the homes of ordinary people. Rock plate products and their processing applications are no longer high, and many consumers can buy and apply rock plates. Such as background wall, partition, dining table, desk, cupboard, wardrobe and so on. Excellent quality, good effect, environmental protection and moderate price will soon be recognized by consumers.
Under the current technical conditions, the cost of small-sized tiles and rock slabs with the same area is the lowest, but with the continuous upgrading of equipment technology, the cost difference between large rock slabs and small-sized tiles is getting smaller and smaller. One day, the production cost, logistics cost and application cost of rock slabs will be the same as those of traditional tiles, and rock slabs will be cut and processed at will according to the actual application scenarios, just like other plates.
The production capacity of traditional ceramic tiles has reached its peak and continues to shrink, but the rock slabs are advancing by leaps and bounds. In the future, slate and traditional bricks are likely to be equally divided and become the most powerful mainstream products in the field of building ceramics.