Opportunities and challenges of Chinese die-casting market

• Published in: China foundry Vol. 1; no. 1; pp. 23 - 27
• Main Author: Song, Caifei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shanghai Precision Scientific Instrument Co., Ltd, Shanghai, 200072, P.R. China 01.08.2004; Foundry Journal Agency
• Subjects: die-casting component; die-casting die; die-casting market; die-casting alloys; die-casting component; die-casting equipment; die-casting die; die-casting market
• ISSN: 1672-6421

The present status and perspectives of Chinese die-casting market were commented. In 2003, the total output of die castings in the whole country was 708 000 tons, in which the outputs of Al-alloy, Zn-alloy, Mg-alloy, Cu-alloy die castings were 474 600 tons, 222 000 tons, 5 800 tons, 5 600 tons, respectively, each accounted for 67%, 31-35%, 0.85%, 0.8% of the total. The annual sale volume of die-casting machines was approximately 1 800. And the gross output value of dies approached RMB 38 billion, in which die-casting dies accounted for about 10%. In the die-casting industry of the entire country, the foreign capital enterprises, public-run enterprises, township and village enterprises, private enterprises accounted for over 80% of the total die-casting enterprises. Super huge die-casting groups are forming.