Environmental test chamber industry needs strong government support

The chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Chairman of Zoomlion's Supervisory Committee, Long Guojian, stated in Beijing that the basic environmental testing industry for construction machinery requires the government's encouragement policies and financial support. He suggested that under the guidance and coordination of the National Development and Reform Commission and industry associations, they should focus on industry-leading resources and promote cooperation between companies, especially OEMs and cryogenic test chamber suppliers, and increase their independent innovation efforts to jointly achieve industrial breakthroughs.

Basic environmental temperature test chambers constrain industry development “Although China’s construction machinery market has great potential, it is an indisputable fact that local manufacturers are hard to break through the bottleneck due to the severe lag in the development of key environmental test chambers. The test box industry is particularly prominent."

He pointed out that the medium-sized environmental test box industry, the large-scale environmental test box industry, and the hydraulic parts and engines that are matched with the environmental test box industry with a total weight of less than 6 tons are almost all dependent on imports. For a single company, the international procurement of key components such as hydraulic parts and engines may not be a problem, but for a large manufacturing country, for the entire environmental test box industry, the key components cannot be self-sufficient and will undoubtedly lose the market. Right to speak and development. Some media have reported that foreign suppliers of hydraulic components and special steel products rely on the monopoly of the market and formulate "Overlord Terms" from time to time. The special steel supplier of Zoomlion is a Swedish company. Since 2006, the supplier has not only repeatedly raised prices, but also advanced the order period, requiring all orders to be paid in full 8 months in advance. In connection with price increases and advance orders, orders from Chinese companies are often delayed.

As the leading enterprise in China's construction machinery industry, the Chairman of XCMG Group has publicly stated that the failure to grasp the core technology of the key environmental test box industry has become a painful experience for the construction machinery enterprises in China. XCMG has obvious advantages in hosting, but many of the products in the environmental test box industry rely on imports. The cost of these cryogenic test chambers accounts for 30% of the export price. In 2007, XCMG’s exports reached 500 million U.S. dollars, while the purchase of foreign environmental test cases cost 2 billion yuan, accounting for 70% to 80% of profits.