Optical microscopes have been in my country for nearly 70 years. Now the domestic microscope output is more than 2 billion yuan per year, about half of which is exported. We have a place in the middle and low end of the world microscope market. Microscope manufacturing is an industry with a relatively high threshold. The main core component is the design and processing of objective lenses, which includes the processing and grinding of optical lenses. There are more than a dozen processes. If one of the processes is not controlled well, it will greatly affect the quality of the final product. There are relatively few technical personnel in China for each process. In addition to factors such as the material of optical glass, the microscope industry has been developing in China for decades, and only a few companies can make good microscopes.
The earliest production of microscopes in our country was during the Anti-Japanese War. In view of the dilemma that simple telescopes and microscopes were imported at that time, under the leadership of Yan Jici, Qian Linzhao, Lin Youbao and others established a small optical workshop in Yunnan. , an outside factory was responsible for processing metal parts, and made hundreds of high-power microscopes including oil immersion objectives, which were distributed to anti-Japanese rear teaching, medical and engineering construction units. This was the first mass production of microscopes in China. After liberation, the Chongqing Optical Factory in China had relatively strong technology. Due to the superiority of the socialist system, they were all state-owned and there was not a lot of secrecy between each manufacturer. Soon most provinces in the country established their own optical factories. Factories, the most powerful ones include Shanghai Optical Factory, Nanjing Jiangnan Optical Factory, Chongqing Optical Instrument Factory, Guangzhou Optical Factory, Guilin Optical Factory, etc. are also well-known.
After the reform and development, due to the complicated manufacturing process of the microscope industry, it was difficult for township and village enterprises to enter for a while. Therefore, most microscope manufacturers continued to develop, and some were still alive and well. However, due to the entry of foreign capital, the current domestic microscopes There have also been many changes in the industry.
MOTIC is currently the number one brand of microscopes in China. It was invested and constructed by Hong Kong capital after acquiring the original Xiamen Optical Instrument Factory in the 1990s. Currently, it has established several processing bases in China. Registered trademarks and established companies or offices in many foreign countries. We have also cooperated with Guiyang Xintian, a long-established optical instrument factory, and established a new factory in Guiyang. MOTIC has also begun to gain a certain reputation abroad and has become a representative of Chinese microscopes. MOTIC wants to become the fifth largest brand of microscopes in the world. They have been working hard, but there is still a long way to go to achieve the goal. The design of microscopes, especially objective lenses, And processing is very challenging and requires years of accumulation and continuous investment. Currently, MOTIC has strong capabilities in digital microscopes and micro-digital interaction. It has also recently launched electric microscopes. Because the system and financial investment are guaranteed, MOTIC invests more in research and development than other domestic manufacturers, including metallographic microscopes and inverted microscopes. Some models are also very good and are ahead of other domestic manufacturers. In addition, MOTIC has set up dozens of branches and offices in China. Direct sales and strong marketing capabilities are also a major advantage of MOTIC. In recent years, the sales of microscopes have exceeded 100 million.
Yongxin Optics is almost the second brand of microscopes in China, including Ningbo Yongxin and Jiangnan Yongxin. Yongxin Optics is also invested by Hong Kong. In the 1990s, it acquired Ningbo Optical Factory and established Ningbo Yongxin. It produces various types of optical microscopes and exports a lot. After 2000, Yongxin Optics acquired the well-known domestic Jiangnan Optoelectronics and changed its name to Jiangnan Yongxin. Jiangnan Yongxin inherited the team of Jiangnan Optoelectronics. Jiangnan Optoelectronics is a large-scale professional microscope and optoelectronics company with more than 60 years of experience in microscope production and manufacturing. An instrument manufacturer, in the 1980s, it successively manufactured objective lenses and low-end microscope complete machines for well-known foreign microscope manufacturers such as LEICA and NIKON. It also accumulated a lot of experience in process and technology. It produces biological microscopes, metallographic microscopes, Polarizing microscopes are relatively leading in China, and some models of stereo microscopes are also good. But the overall impression is still like that of the state-owned enterprises in the past. The investment in R&D is not large. They are resting on their laurels and have no obvious technological progress.
Chongqing Optoelectronics is a truly old-line optical factory in China. It was founded in 1958. It produces a series of microscopes ranging from biological, inverted, fluorescence, stereoscopic, metallographic, etc. Among them, inverted biological microscopes and metallographic microscopes are the most popular in China. They are all relatively powerful. Chongguang has developed to this day, but it is still due to the system and other reasons. The progress is relatively slow, the staff loss is relatively serious, and it feels like it is going downhill. It’s just that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Now they have branches and offices in many places in the country, directly Sale.
Jiangxi Phoenix Optical is an old factory converted from military industry and has strong optical processing capabilities. Phoenix Camera is a well-known brand in China. With the development of digital cameras, the domestic camera industry has almost been wiped out. Phoenix Optics is almost the only one or two companies left. Unfortunately, digital SLRs have become popular, and Phoenix Optics has not yet seen this aspect. action, it hurts to miss a great opportunity. Phoenix microscopes should only be a small part of Phoenix Optics. Several biological microscopes have been launched in recent years. One or two models have some highlights, but the overall quality of the others is average.
Guilin Optical Factory has now changed its name to Guilin Weida Optical Instrument Co., Ltd. They almost specialize in the production of stereo microscopes, so Guiguang’s stereo microscopes are the best in the country. The images are clearer and are close in some aspects. Low-end products from well-known foreign manufacturers. In recent years, Guiguang has launched high-end stereo microscopes with parallel light paths, with a zoom ratio of 1:9, and also produces coaxial illumination. At the same time, there are also some private companies producing stereo microscopes near Guilin, competing for the domestic stereo microscope market.
Guangzhou Optical Factory is now renamed Guangzhou Yuexian Optical Instrument Co., Ltd. It was established by people sent from Chongqing Optical Factory in the 1950s. It produces biological, stereoscopic, metallographic and other series of microscopes. The overall product quality is among the best in the country. It's quite satisfactory and the quality is relatively stable. Compared with the large factories of Chongguang and Jiangguang, which have thousands of employees, Guangguang is smaller, with only three to four hundred people, so it has less burden. In addition, the restructuring was earlier, and it is still developing healthily today. Recently, Guangguang has Guang also continues to launch infinity optical systems, polarizing microscopes, and metallographic bright and dark field microscopes. However, the research and development capabilities are still relatively weak, and the overall level has not improved much. At present, more than 80% of their microscopes are exported, and they do not do much domestically. Therefore, although they are an old factory, they are not well-known in the country.
Zhejiang Sunny (SUNNY) is the first private enterprise in China to get involved in optical cold processing. It mainly has strong strength in the processing of optical lenses and exports a large amount of lenses every year. At a certain point, the production of optical lenses naturally turned to the production of microscopes. Sunny microscopes include biological, inverted, stereoscopic, metallographic and other series. Many of their appearances are obviously imitations of imported microscopes. There were some disputes in the process, but After more than ten or twenty years of development, it is indeed not easy for a private enterprise to achieve what it is today. Currently, Sunny microscopes are sold in a certain amount in China and are used in many industries.
Beijing Tektronix is ??also a microscope manufacturer with certain production capabilities. It mainly produces stereo microscopes. Its products are mainly exported and it also has some domestic sales networks. Shenzhen Maite was established by a combination of former Guilin Optics personnel and capital from Shenzhen. The monocular stereo microscopes it produces are of good quality and have relatively large sales in the industrial field. Wuzhou Aoka Microscope Factory also has certain strength in stereo microscopes. Chongqing Aote was established by some of the technical and sales staff of the former Chongqing Optical Factory. They established their own sales channels and their products are basically similar to Chongguang. However, they have recently launched several new models of microscopes designed by themselves. Wuhu Optical Instrument Factory is very experienced in the production of comparative microscopes and occupies a place in forensic microscopes. Guiyang Xintian was established in the 1960s when the Shanghai Optical Factory moved in. It is the leading company in the country in terms of R&D and production of tool microscopes. However, due to changes in geographical location, system and market, it is no longer what it used to be.
Ningbo and its surrounding areas are currently the most concentrated places for microscope production in China. There are more than a dozen companies producing various types of microscopes. Among the more famous ones are Ningbo Yongxin and Ningbo Sunny, as well as Ningjiao , Yujie, Shengheng, etc., since most of them are joint ventures or private enterprises, they pay great attention to product research and development and innovation. From appearance design to optical quality, they are constantly improving. At the 2008 Shenzhen Optical Expo, Ningbo Teaching Instrument Factory exhibited It has developed a metallographic bright and dark field microscope whose image quality is significantly higher than that of many well-known domestic manufacturers.
Finally, let’s talk about Shanghai Optical Instrument Factory. Glazing was once the most famous optical factory in China. Glazing’s microscopes are still used and remembered by many people. However, since the cooperation with LEICA in the 1990s, Shanghai Optics is the first major domestic optical instrument manufacturer to be eliminated. Nowadays, LEICA in Shanghai is developing very well, but glazing microscopes are almost in name only. There are currently many local microscope sales companies in Shanghai, some of which have a certain connection with glazing, and even claim to be glazing, but the microscopes they sell Most of them are OEM microscopes from other places.
2. The current level of domestic science and technology
The overall comprehensive technical level of the instrumentation industry has reached the international level in the mid-1980s. Microelectronics technology and computer technology are commonly used in instrumentation products, with approximately 15% of the products are intelligent, reaching the international level in the 1990s; 30% of the products are digital, reaching the international level in the late 1980s. The comprehensive service capabilities have been significantly improved: it can undertake large-scale complete control projects such as 300,000-600,000 kilowatt thermal power plants, nuclear power plants, 300,000 tons of synthetic ammonia, 120 tons of converters, 300,000 cubic meters per day city gas station projects, and complete sets of large furnaces.
The degree to which major categories of products meet the needs: the domestic market satisfaction rate of mid- to high-end scientific testing instruments is 30%, and the satisfaction rate of mid- to low-end scientific instruments is 65%; the production process measurement and control instruments and system products are used in large-scale engineering projects The variety satisfaction rate reaches 50%, and the small and medium-sized projects reach 70%. Imported products are often major and key equipment required for scientific research and production, with high technical content and high added value.
The industry has grown from scratch, from small to large, and has initially formed a relatively complete instrument production, scientific research, and marketing system. A number of scientific research and development institutions have been established (including 20 professional scientific research institutes for mechanical system instrumentation, 3 national-level engineering research centers, 5 enterprise technology centers, and 9 national-level product quality inspection centers); a number of professional personnel have been trained Operation, management and technical talents. In particular, some mid- to low-end products have formed their own advantages and characteristics. Various digital multimeters, electricity meters, water meters, gas meters, levels, mid-to-low-end optical microscopes, telescopes, etc. are among the best in the world. While basically meeting domestic needs, they are also exported in large quantities. .
Through various forms such as scientific and technological research, joint development, joint ventures and cooperation, as well as the introduction, absorption and localization of technology, some of the mid-to-high-end leading products in my country's instrumentation industry have narrowed the gap with the international advanced level and formed a production base. ability. The main products independently developed include small and medium-sized DCS, fieldbus intelligent instruments, bus-type test systems, automotive-specific testing and testing equipment, ultrasonic diagnostic instruments, microwave plasma spectroscopy, new diffused silicon sensitive components, etc. There are records of major products that have introduced technology and made them locally. instruments, fine and small regulating valves, new transmitters, spectra, chromatograms, scanning electron microscopes, water quality analyzers, special composite materials, etc.; the main products of the joint venture include large DCS, EJA, flow meters, electronic theodolite, dynamic balancing testing machines, High and low temperature testing instruments, etc.
A group of state-owned, collective, private, foreign-funded enterprises and scientific research institutes have stood out in the industry through market competition, and have shown good development momentum and stamina, and have formed leading and core forces.
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