A quarter of the country’s water-jet looms will be eliminated, and how to transform them has become the focus of the industry
In the past 20 years of rapid development of China’s textile industry , water-jet looms are the main force in the industry’s production capacity and are also the contributors to the development of the industry. However, in the past two years, national standards and industrial access regulations based on environmental protection, such as printing and dyeing industry access, water intake quotas for water-jet looms and other restrictive laws and regulations, have been implemented intensively. The spearhead of environmental protection rectification has been directed at water-jet looms. Weaving machines, many small and micro textile companies are struggling to survive in the cracks. Being poor means thinking about change, which requires our textile enterprises to change their concepts and explore new development paths. At this time, many water-jet loom manufacturers began to turn their attention to the air-jet market. So what is the pie of the air-jet market? Is it the ideal next “gold mine”? To this end, we visited the air-jet weaving enterprises in the textile town of Shengze.
How is the business of jet products this year?
Since this year, the spearhead of environmental protection rectification has been directed at the water-jet industry with a large coverage in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang textile clusters. In total, more than a quarter of the water-jet looms will be eliminated. These are facing elimination Most of the water-jet looms are unlicensed looms and mostly produce mid- to low-end products. This has also led to a further reduction in the supply of conventional products such as polyester taffeta, pongee and imitation silk in the market. Conventional water-jet products started to go crazy under the expectation that “fabric is hard to find”. Weaving manufacturers rushed to order day and night, and traders also had orders but could not ship them.
However, compared with the popularity of water spray products this year, the jet market seems much duller. Shen Wenrong, general manager of Suzhou Jingdan, said. Although Suzhou Jingdan, which has more than 130 air-jet looms, has only been established in the Shengze area for more than three years, its development speed is amazing. “I started to get in touch with the textile industry in 2000. At that time, I studied the air-jet industry. This industry The threshold is high and the added value of the products is high, which is why I chose to continue working in this industry. Facts have proved that nowadays, environmental protection regulations are so strict, and air-jet looms are less affected by environmental protection, so my choice is still correct.” Now Suzhou Economic Times The company specializes in the production of nylon four-way stretch in the Shengze area and has cooperated with many domestic brands. Xu Xiaolin, general manager of Wujiang Hengshili Textile Co., Ltd., another company that has been in the jet industry for more than ten years, also believes that jet products have not been greatly affected by the environmental protection market this year. Wujiang Hengshili Textile has about 130 air-jet looms, mainly producing polyester and cotton air-jet products.
The end of the year is approaching, and the water-jet loom elimination plans formulated in various places are being implemented in an orderly manner. Many water-jet looms have been sealed. Will air-jet looms become a “Fragrant pastry”? Xu Xiaolin does not think so. He said, “To put it bluntly, air jet and water jet are two industries and have nothing to do with each other.” Just looking at the products produced by water jet looms and air jet looms, the two have similarities and differences. Generally speaking, water-jet looms can only produce chemical fiber fabrics, while air-jet looms can not only produce chemical fiber fabrics, but also produce cotton interwoven products. Compared with water-jet products, the added value, quality and price of air-jet products All higher. Shen Feifei, general manager of Suzhou Maiding Textile Co., Ltd., also said frankly that the water-jet machines currently on the market that have been eliminated are all old water-jet machines that are more than 10 years old. The main models are 190. There are many small workshops, and most of them cost 1-2 yuan to weave. Low-end varieties, for this reason, have a relatively small role in promoting jet products. He said that most of the air-jet products are high-end products, and even low-end cotton fabrics cannot be made with water-jet looms. Of course, as the water-jet looms were rectified, some textile bosses were unwilling to leave the textile market and began to switch to air-jet products. “Currently, I have several friends who used to run water-jet looms and are preparing to convert their air-jet looms to air-jet looms. After all, the pressure on environmental protection is small, the added value of the products is high, and the market still has a certain future,” Shen Wenrong said.
Jetting is not as good as spraying water! Who touched the “cheese” of Jet Products?
During the visit, many bosses said that today’s textile market is difficult. It does not mean that environmental protection rectification will have much impact on the jet industry, but the fluctuation of raw materials will have a great impact on the jet industry. Enterprises have a considerable impact. Li Weichen from Xinmin Technology Sales Department believes that the general increase in raw material prices this year has had a certain impact on the price of gray fabrics. Although profits are generally similar to last year, the cost of raw materials still has a certain impact on the production and operation of enterprises. Xinmin Technology, as an old weaving enterprise in Shengze area, currently has 500 air-jet looms and mainly produces rayon, interwoven rayon, cotton and rayon fabrics.
Shen Wenrong also told reporters,Although the price of their nylon four-way stretch has increased by about 15% in 2018, the raw materials have increased even more, and the company’s profit margin has been compressed a lot, especially for some old customers, the company does not dare to raise prices too high. , so the shrinking profits brought by raw materials can only be absorbed by ourselves. It is also understood that in addition to the profit losses caused by raw material fluctuations, the high electricity bills of air-jet looms also account for a large part of the company’s operating costs. Currently, the daily electricity bill of a water-jet loom is 40-50 yuan, while air-jet looms The daily electricity bill for the machine is about 200 yuan, which is more than four times higher.
“Water-to-air”, which is known as the savior of water-jet looms, is it acceptable to the “water and soil”?
In the context of continuous suppression of water-jet looms, how to transform water-jet looms has become a “worry” for countless textile bosses. At this time, “water-to-air” has entered the In people’s sight: According to the principles and standards of imported equipment, first change the “water supply line” to “air supply line”, then replace the nozzle, controller and other parts, and finally transform the water-jet loom into an air-jet loom with stable performance. machine.
In response to the question of whether “water to air” is feasible, Shen Jianhua, general manager of Wujiang Jisheng Textile Co., Ltd., said frankly that the company’s main products are wide-width home textile fabrics. This does not apply to machines that use “water to gas”. Moreover, for the same type of products, the weaving cost of air-jet looms is 0.25~0.3 yuan/meter higher than that of water-jet looms, which is not suitable for water-jet products that are not very profitable. Secondly, in Shengze area, there are generally many sizing-free looms, but air-jet looms cannot do sizing-free looms. Moreover, problems such as the high additional cost of water-to-gas conversion and unstable technology have also become obstacles to the development of water-to-gas conversion.
In addition to Shen Jianhua, many jet bosses also believe that it will take time for “water to gas” to be widely popularized. After all, the power consumption after “water to gas” There are as many products as air-jet looms, but the products that can be produced are very limited. Air-jet looms can produce any product, so for weaving manufacturers, why not directly purchase air-jet looms with comparable prices? Of course, as technology continues to mature, “water to gas” equipment is constantly updated and improved. It cannot be ruled out that “water to gas” will become a new highlight in the market in the future.
Sales of air-jet looms increased by 99.89% year-on-year! Under the environmental storm, the jet age is coming!
According to statistics from the China Textile Machinery Association, as of the end of October, major domestic manufacturers of high-speed rapier looms in my country had sold a total of 5,174 units, a year-on-year increase of 15.36%. The reason for the growth came from the old Machine transformation and upgrading and the development of high-end fabric varieties; water-jet looms, major domestic manufacturers have sold a total of about 22,000 units, a significant increase of 37.50% year-on-year. The reason for the growth comes from the elimination of old machines and the development of fabric varieties towards both light and heavy ends; A total of 9,161 air-jet looms were sold by major domestic manufacturers, nearly doubling year-on-year to 99.89%. The main reason for such a large increase comes from the replacement of backward models and the upgrading and diversification of fabric varieties. , the strengthening of the implementation of national environmental protection policies and the continued growth of demand for industrial textiles.
It is no exaggeration to say that a new “golden age” – the “Jet Age” is coming!
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