On August 29, 2006, an inspection team from the China Hardware Products Association, headed by Zhang Dongli, Chairman of the China Hardware Products Association, came to Meng and approved the awarding of Mengcun Hui Autonomous County as the Capital of Elbow Pipe Fittings in China.
The Mengcun elbow pipe fittings industry originated in the 1970s, began to grow in the 1980s and 1990s, and achieved leapfrog development in recent years. It has successively gone through four stages: workshop-style start, large-scale expansion, industrial development, and upgrading and acceleration at the beginning of this century.
For the formation, development and growth of the elbow pipe fittings industry in Mengcun, the government's effective guidance and strong promotion are crucial. Especially in recent years, the county party committee and government have vigorously implemented the three major strategies of establishing the county with characteristics, opening up the county, and strengthening the county through industry. They have given full play to the role of the government's visible hand and the policy advantages of ethnic autonomy. They have successively formulated and issued "On the Management of Backbones of the County" A series of preferential policies such as the "Decision on Implementing Support and Protection for Enterprises", "Opinions on Further Encouraging and Supporting the Development of Private Economy", "Regulations on Optimizing the Economic Development Environment", etc., with large investment, large development and large construction as the driving force, and concentrate all manpower , material and financial resources to support the development of the pipe fittings industry, creating an environmental highland with excellent services and fast services, allowing the elbow pipe fittings industry to quickly transform from industrial advantages to characteristic advantages, and embark on a development path of connotative expanded reproduction.
While the group size dominates the country, we are actively cultivating giant projects of elbow pipe fittings. By cultivating leaders and building groups, we will increase efforts to integrate internal resources within the industry, and strive to introduce modern enterprise management systems and operating mechanisms, so that enterprise production will transform from small and comprehensive to large and refined, and products will transform from single to diversified, further leveraging the power of the industry. agglomeration effect. In order to build a development platform for large projects, the Hope New District covering an area of ??900 hectares has been planned and constructed since 2003. Among the 45 companies in the Hope New District, 43 have invested more than 10 million yuan, of which 6 have invested more than 100 million yuan. Home. These enterprises have reached the leading level in the industry in terms of qualification standards, production capacity, product quality, etc., driving the incremental improvement of the elbow pipe fittings industry in the county, forming a good situation with both grass everywhere and towering trees. .
As of 2005, the number of elbow pipe fittings enterprises in the county has grown to 1,210, employing 50,000 people. 74 of the 126 villages in the county have industries related to the elbow pipe industry, forming 8 In the industrial and trade community, the annual transaction volume of the Xinda Pipe Fittings Trading Market exceeds 2.8 billion yuan, making it one of the largest markets for production materials in the country. The total assets of the pipe fitting industry exceeded 3 billion yuan, and the taxes paid accounted for more than 70% of the total fiscal revenue. The per capita income from the elbow pipe fitting industry reached 1,680 yuan, accounting for more than 60% of the per capita net income of farmers.
Leading by science and technology, vigorously improve innovation capabilities
Whether the technological content of products is high and the innovation capabilities of enterprises are strong or not, directly determines the development prospects of the elbow pipe fittings industry. After decades of development, the Mengcun elbow pipe fittings industry has formed a good industrial foundation and has strong scientific and technological research and development capabilities. In order to help enterprises improve their scientific and technological innovation capabilities, the county finance department allocates at least 1 million yuan in science and technology funds every year, and has successively built the Hebei Province Elbow Pipe Fittings R&D Center and Hebei Province Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Incubation Base, and invested 2.3 million yuan to build the Elbow Pipe Fittings Productivity Promotion Center. Became the first county-run national productivity promotion center in the country. On this basis, we are actively building a national-level elbow pipe fittings testing center. The county party committee and government have also introduced preferential policies to attract experts and professors to Mengcun to solve problems for enterprise development and help enterprises carry out scientific and technological innovation. It has jointly established development entities with 13 universities and scientific research institutions, including Tianjin University, Hebei University of Technology, and Beijing Nonferrous Metals Research Institute, and established 14 private enterprise research institutes.
Relying on the County Pipe Fittings Association, Fasteners Association and Flange Association, Mengcun County has increased its labor training. The Golden Blue Collar Project has been implemented to vigorously cultivate various types of professional talents urgently needed in the elbow pipe fittings industry. Trained 586 professional and technical personnel in quality monitoring, physical and chemical analysis, production technology, etc. for leading and key enterprises. At the same time, by holding Saturday classes, organizing training courses for business managers, and outings, we guide business managers to emancipate their minds and update their concepts, and provide enterprises with strong human resource guarantees.
The scientific and technological innovation system that we strive to build supports the strong innovation capabilities of the elbow pipe fittings industry.
The production process of elbow pipe fittings has evolved from the original simple simmering process to the current pushing, pressing, welding, forging and other processes. From the original carbon steel material to the current alloy steel, stainless steel, spray plastic, porcelain lining and new Composite materials, from a single elbow to now more than 50 categories and thousands of models such as pipes, flanges, tees, valves, etc., meet different standards such as American standard, Japanese standard, German standard, and national standard, and the product diameter ranges from 2.5 cm to 4.2 meters, the production technology is becoming increasingly mature, and the product types are all available. 23 new technologies, including independently developed large-diameter butt welding elbows, tee reducers, and high-frequency welded straight seam pipes; 23 new products and new processes that fill national and provincial gaps.
Build a brand and strive to seize the high-end market
Under the conditions of market economy, only brand is the stepping stone for the industry to leap to a new level. To make the elbow pipe fittings industry bigger and stronger, we must establish a strong brand awareness and increase industry visibility. To this end, on the one hand, we strive to maintain the overall image. Promote ISO series quality system certification in cluster enterprises and strictly implement standardized production and brand management. 46 companies have passed ISO international quality system certification and cultivated 12 provincial famous brands and famous trademarks. At the same time, we will further give full play to the role of chambers of commerce and associations in business guidance, industry self-discipline, and market development, improve the degree of organizational organization of the industry, reduce internal competition and consumption, realize maximum sharing of resources, and achieve a qualitative improvement in the image of the industry. On the other hand, while building product and corporate brands, we also actively expand to create regional brands. After Mengcun was jointly selected and named the Hometown of Elbow Pipe Fittings in China by the Development Research Center of the State Council, the Chinese Agricultural Society and the China Specialties News in 1996, it has successively won the title of provincial-level characteristic economic cluster economic county and the first batch of 15 provincial-level regional characteristics. Industrial base and many other regional industrial brands. At the same time, we will speed up the construction of the elbow pipe fittings exhibition and sales city, improve the China Elbow Pipe Fittings Network, and use the exhibition economy, information network and news media to promote the elbow pipe fittings characteristic industry at a higher level, which has greatly improved the visibility of Mengcun. With the power of the brand, the market coverage of Mengcun elbow pipe fittings is expanding year by year. In addition to Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau, there are more than 1,180 sales outlets in China, and many national key projects such as the Three Gorges Project, Yangzi Ethylene, and Yanshan Petrochemical are using it. With Mengcun elbow pipe fittings, the domestic coverage of medium and low-pressure pipe fittings products reaches more than 80%. The products are also exported to more than 10 domestic regions in the Middle East, Europe, America and Southeast Asia, with an annual export delivery value of 120 million yuan.
The successful bid to become China's Elbow Pipe Fittings Capital is an important sign that Mengcun's characteristic industry has entered a new stage of development after 30 years of glory. Content, innovation capabilities, market share and other aspects have reached the leading level in the same industry nationwide, becoming an important milestone in the development history of Mengcun County's characteristic industries.
Looking to the future, the Mengcun County Party Committee and the County Government adhere to the scientific concept of development as a guide to further strengthen and expand the elbow pipe fittings industry that enriches the people and strengthens the county. The elbow pipe fittings industry in Mengcun will definitely There will be a better future, and Mengcun’s tomorrow will definitely be better.
Yanshan was officially named as the pipeline equipment manufacturing base of the China Pipe Fittings and Equipment Management Association.
Yanshan has become a national-level base, which will be of great benefit to improving the competitiveness of Yanshan pipeline equipment manufacturing industry nationwide. For Yanshan pipeline equipment manufacturing enterprises, it is easier to become a member of the base and learn more about important information such as national key construction projects and national policies for the industry, so as to adjust production in a timely manner, adapt to the market, and enhance the competitiveness of the company's products and market. Share share.
The Yanshan pipeline equipment manufacturing industry has entered a period of great and rapid development. The industrial field has continued to expand and the chain has continued to extend. In 2006, there were nearly 700 pipeline equipment manufacturing companies in the county, with 1.5 employees. Thousands of people, total assets have exceeded 2 billion yuan, annual sales revenue has reached 5 billion yuan, and the domestic market share is nearly 40%.