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Economic performance of the national building materials industry in 2020
In 2020, the added value of the building materials industry increased by 2.8% year-on-year, which was the same as the growth rate of the entire industry. The growth rate in December was 7.4%, which has continued to increase since it turned from negative to positive in September. In 2020, building materials companies above designated size achieved operating income of 5.6 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 0.1%, and total profits of 487.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.2%. In 2020, my country's building materials product exports amounted to US$38.75 billion, a year-on-year increase of 4.1%. The export value of cement products, construction technical glass, sanitary ceramics, clay and sandstone, construction stone products, waterproof building materials, lightweight building materials and other commodities has increased.
Source: Ministry of Industry and Information Technology website
The 36th Foshan Ceramics Expo will be held from April 18th to 21st, with eight major areas planned
Recently, the Foshan Ceramics Expo officially announced that the 36th Foshan Ceramics Expo will be held from April 18-21, 2021 at China Ceramics City, China Ceramics Headquarters, and Foshan International Convention and Exhibition Center (Huaxia Pavilion) in Foshan, Guangdong , eight major areas have been planned: original product area, color theme area, international brand area, slate home furnishing area, slate service area, auxiliary materials area, beauty joints area, and specialty boutique area. Before, during and after the exhibition, the Foshan Ceramics Expo Super Live Festival, the 36th Foshan Ceramics Expo Dealers Conference, the 2021 China Building Sanitary Ceramics Trend Sharing and the Release of the "China Building Sanitary Ceramics Development White Paper 2020-2021", and the 2021 China Rock Ceramics Expo will be held. Brand activities such as Board Summit and 2021 Design + Creation Summit. In addition, the 2021 Online Foshan Ceramics Expo (Phase 1) will be held from April 10 to 25, 2021.
Source: Foshan Ceramics Expo
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Jinjiang, Fujian: The construction and ceramics industry is once again launching a new trend in equipment
Recently, Jinjiang Finance reported that since last year, Jinjiang construction and ceramics companies have closely followed domestic and foreign advanced technologies and market demand trends, setting off a wave of equipment updates. The enthusiasm for equipment replacement by construction and ceramic enterprises has been directly transmitted to the upstream of the industry, and orders from ceramic equipment manufacturers have skyrocketed.
With the transformation and upgrading of ceramic equipment, corporate products have also accelerated the introduction of new products, and high-end floor paving stones, rock slabs and other ultra-thin, ultra-thick, ultra-large and ultra-light ceramic tile products have been launched one after another. At the same time, various innovative entities in the industry continue to make breakthroughs. A total of 11 building materials, ceramics and related machinery and equipment companies have applied for national high-tech enterprises, 2 Quanzhou gazelle companies, 3 leading companies in the province's science and technology giants in 2020, and 3 technology-based companies have been selected. There are 7 small and medium-sized enterprises, and the industry has embarked on the transformation and upgrading path of technological innovation-driven development. At present, the automation of the front-end production lines in the building ceramics industry has been basically realized, and companies are seeking breakthroughs in automatic packaging lines, automatic palletizers, and automatic warehousing to facilitate the next shift from automation to intelligence.
Source: Jinjiang Media Center
Jiangxi Gaoan: The cost of ceramic "centralized gas supply" is expected to drop by 20%
In order to promote the safe and stable operation of the centralized gas supply project, in 2021, the Jiangxi Ceramics Base Management Committee specially hired a technical team of more than 20 people from Jingdezhen Ceramics University. The technical team is led by Professor Feng Qing and involves thermal engineering. Doctors and graduate students in professional fields such as materials, machinery, etc. conducted technical diagnosis on the original gas testing production line and stayed at the base for 6 months to effectively solve the pain points and difficulties in centralized gas supply.
Xi Yongchun, Secretary of the Management Committee of Jiangxi Ceramics Industry Base, said: “Based on the on-site analysis of gas kilns used by 33 ceramic companies in the base by professors from Tao University, we followed the instructions provided by the experts on changing guns, changing sets, and inspecting the kilns. Through technical operations and other related solutions after atmosphere detection, the gas cost of enterprises can be reduced by about 20% compared with last year during the centralized gas supply trial operation. ”
Source: Ceramic Information
Qingyuan, Guangdong: Hongyu Group’s H2# wide-body slate kiln production line was successfully ignited
On February 27, the H2# wide-body slate kiln production line of Hongyu Group Industrial’s “4.0 Energy Efficiency Benchmark Digital Intelligence Era” was successfully ignited at Hongwei Ceramics, its Qingyuan base. The H2# production line is a high-end, technologically advanced rock slab production line. It mainly produces high-end rock slab products with specifications of 1200×3600×12mm. It can also produce 750×1500mm, 800×2600mm, 1600×3200mm and other specifications, with a thickness of 9 -20mm rock slab products, with a designed output of 11,000m²/day.
Source: DLT Delitai
Sichuan production area: Danling Sifang Porcelain's large slate plate production line was successfully put into operation
On February 27, Sichuan Danling County Sifang Ceramics Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Sifang Ceramics") held a grand ignition of a new high-end slate production line in the Danling County Ceramics Industrial Park in the Danjia Ceramic Corridor. ceremony. It is understood that this production line is carefully designed and customized by the Litai brand for Sifang Building Ceramics. It strives to build the most professional, intelligent and digital slate production line in the Jiajiang production area. It mainly produces 800×1600mm and 900×1800mm. High-quality healthy rock slab products of other specifications.
Source: DLT Delitai
The first large rock slab line in the central region was successfully ignited
On February 27, the new Line 1 project of Hunan Yatai Ceramics Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Hunan Yatai"), the first super-large-size slate line in the central region developed and constructed by Keda, was successfully ignited. This production line can meet the production specifications of 700×1300mm, 800×1400mm, 800×(2000-2700mm), 1200×(2400-2700mm), 1600×(1600-3600mm), and the thickness is from 6-12mm. , taking the 800×2600mm specification rock slab as an example, the designed daily output can reach 12,500㎡.
Source: Made by Keda
Teng County, Guangxi: The Xinruifu ceramic production and processing project with a total investment of 180 million has started
On February 25, the centralized completion of major projects in Wuzhou City in the first quarter of 2021 and the opening ceremony of the Xinruifu Ceramics Production and Processing Project in Teng County were held in Zhonghe Ceramics Industrial Park. Among them, the Guangxi Xinruifu Ceramics Production and Processing Project has a total investment of 180 million yuan and covers an area of approximately 151 acres.
Source: Teng County Today
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Market Supervision Bureau of Guiyang City, Guizhou Province: 6 batches of ceramic sealing faucets and 1 batch of sanitary ceramic products were unqualified
Recently, the Guiyang Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of Guizhou Province announced the results of quality supervision and spot inspections of eight products including flooring in 2020. Among them, 10 batches of ceramic sealing faucet products sold by 5 sellers were randomly inspected. 6 batches of products were found to be unqualified, and the discovery rate of unqualified products was 60.00%. A random inspection of 7 batches of sanitary ceramic products sold by 5 sellers found that 1 batch of products was unqualified, and the discovery rate of unqualified products was 14.29%.
Source: China Quality News Network
Proposal from the Democratic League Central Committee: It is recommended to focus on rectifying pseudo-technological products such as negative ion ceramic tiles and severely crack down on false propaganda
On February 27, the Central Committee of the Democratic League announced 46 proposals to be submitted to the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Among them, a proposal titled "On Concentrated Rectification of the Pseudo-Tech Market to Purify the Technological Innovation Environment" mentioned that over the years, pseudo-technologies such as dark matter shampoo, quantum pendants, negative ion ceramic tiles, graphene underwear, nano massage chairs, etc. The proliferation of products in the market not only endangers people's health and damages people's interests, but also impacts genuine scientific and technological innovation products and disrupts the scientific and technological innovation environment.
Pseudo-tech products are difficult to distinguish between genuine and fake, their sales channels are complex and diverse, and supervision is difficult. To this end, the proposal recommends building a collaborative governance mechanism and establishing a multi-department joint law enforcement mechanism with functions such as screening, reporting, and disposal; in the review of scientific and technological products, the Market Supervision Administration will be the main one, and the National Health Commission, the Food and Drug Administration, etc. The competent authorities involved in the product will actively cooperate and strictly review; the public security department will severely crack down on illegal activities such as false propaganda.
Source: China Times
Juran Home strategically cooperates with Beiqi Foton to explore a new trillion-level home logistics model
On February 26, Easyhome New Retail Group and Beiqi Foton Motor Co., Ltd. Beijing Omak Automobile Sales Branch formally signed a procurement strategic cooperation agreement, covering areas such as logistics and transportation, product customization and development, and business expansion. Easyhome will explore a new trillion-level home logistics model. Wang Ning, executive president of Easyhome New Retail Group, said that Easyhome will build three digital platform capabilities solutions based on the smart logistics park: "intelligent warehousing", "customized processing" and "delivery and installation integration", and start using digital solutions. The "last mile" for large household items;The journey of service.
Source: Beijing News
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"Run" towards a new future | Owen Lai lights the first fire of spring to face 2021!
On the auspicious morning of February 27, the kiln of the Owen Lai ceramic tile production line was successfully ignited, marking the official full and orderly start of production of Owen Lai. Ouwen Lai ignited the "first fire" in the spring of 2021, marking the formal full-scale and orderly production; it also ignited a new flame of strategic development in 2021, and is full of "rush" energy to face the new year!
Source: Owen Lai plain ceramic tiles
Win the Battle 2021 | Eagle Brand Marketing Training Camp is in full swing
On February 28, Win the Battle 2021 | Eagle Brand Marketing Special Training Camp was opened, which officially kicked off the 2021 New Year work of Eagle Brand Ceramics. During the event, the Eagle Ceramics team visited the Guangzhou Xinhai Revolution Hall, staged personal presentations for new employees, and conducted Eagle Brand marketing work reports, etc. Through this training camp, Eagle Ceramics showed the spirit of the Eagle team in 2021, demonstrated the team state of passionate struggle, and also allowed the team to quickly enter the working state from the New Year's holiday to achieve the 2021 work goals. Unify our thoughts and actions, and strive to achieve the goals for 2021.
Source: Eagle Ceramics
Good start | Shuozhou Wales makes huge debut after new year
Recently, Wells Ceramics Terminal Store has fully launched the winning mode after the new year, welcoming a good start in 2021 and launching new products. On February 28, Shanxi Shuozhou Wells’ new-year large-scale alliance event was successfully completed. Shuozhou’s first battle in 2021 serves as a majestic example for Wells Ceramics! For this Shuozhou Wells Alliance event, Shuozhou Wells has closely communicated with the headquarters from the preparation work such as activity plans, special offer formulation, and personnel division of labor. Deployment was carried out in an orderly manner and ultimately achieved complete success!
Source: Wells Ceramics
Douglas Group’s 2020 Annual Commendation Conference and 2021 Strategic Planning Report were successfully held
On March 1, the Douglas Group’s 2020 Annual Commendation Conference and 2021 Strategic Planning Report with the theme of “Working together, being bullish” was held in Zhongshan. The Douglas Group family members gathered together to look forward to the direction and goals for the new year. At the meeting, Douglas Group Chairman and President Deng Zhubiao delivered a keynote speech on "Working together, living up to the times, and forging ahead into the new process". Mr. Jyrki Luomala, President of Douglas Italy, Ji Cuiying, Director and Vice President of Douglas Group, Group Director and Vice President Hu Zhuojun and other group leaders delivered speeches respectively. In addition, at this conference, Douglas Group will reward outstanding groups and individuals with outstanding performance in 2020.
Source: Douglas
Huida Tile 315 Mobilization Meeting and Spring Marketing Training were successfully held!
On February 25, the Huida Ceramics 315 Brand Day National Linkage Internal Launch Conference was held in the exhibition hall of Huida Ceramics Headquarters. The 315 promotion is Huida Ceramics’ opening war in 2021 and is highly valued by the company’s leaders. In order to fight this battle successfully, the company has increased investment in financial, material, channels and other resources. In order to win the first battle of the brand in the new year, Huida Ceramics’ national elites will quickly enter a state of preparation. The online live broadcast launch meeting of national dealers will be held on February 27. We are united as one, working together to create great results!
In addition, in order to create a learning, efficient, and collaborative team; improve the comprehensive ability of each team member; and spread the positive, positive, and progressive Huida Ceramics brand attitude, Huida Ceramics Business School also opened on the 25th School started successfully.
Source: Huida Ceramics
