Supercharger industry should use R&D to promote breakthrough of local enterprises

In recent years, vehicles equipped with turbochargers have gradually received market attention, especially young people prefer the "T" model. In fact, in the diesel engine industry, turbochargers are used earlier and are more extensive. With the growth of the commercial vehicle market, home-made turbochargers have culminated in fierce foreign investment.

Veteran foreign companies still dominate the monopoly

High efficiency, energy saving, and environmental protection are the main goals of engine technology development. Turbocharging technology can greatly improve engine dynamics and economy, and reduce pollutant emissions in exhaust gas. After the implementation of the National III emission standard, domestic diesel engine manufacturers adopted advanced technologies such as new fuel pumps, high-pressure fuel injection, exhaust gas recirculation, booster and intercooler. In order to meet the National IV emission standard, higher-pressure electronically controlled fuel injection, variable geometry cross-section pressurization and intercooling, cooled exhaust gas recirculation, multi-valve technology and variable intake vortex technology will be applied.

Industry sources told reporters: "These advanced technologies abroad have provided references for China's diesel engines, especially supercharger technology. At the same time, foreign well-known turbocharger companies have entered China vigorously, making the supercharger market fiercely competitive. The application of foreign advanced supercharging technology , will promote our supercharger enterprises to improve product technology."

A related person from Hunan Tianyan Machinery Co., Ltd. said that the market size of turbochargers for vehicles will increase by 20% to 30% annually. “Assume that the domestic automobile production and sales reached 20 million in 2015, of which passenger vehicles accounted for 70%, reaching 14 million; commercial vehicles accounted for 30%, reaching 6 million. If the proportion of passenger cars equipped with supercharged engines reached 20% , that is, 2.8 million turbocharged models, 55% of commercial vehicles equipped with supercharged engines, namely, 3.3 million turbocharged models, and 6.1 million turbocharged engine installed domestically. The demand for superchargers in the accessories market is around 4 million units. In total, the total demand for domestic turbochargers is around 10 million units.”

At present, the basic pattern of the supercharger market in China is that the products produced by the self-owned brand enterprises mainly occupy the middle and low-end markets, and are entering the high-end market. The market share of self-owned brand products has expanded year by year, and the market share of joint venture brands has narrowed year by year. The advantage of joint venture brand products is their reliability, and independent brand enterprises are working hard to narrow the technological gap. In addition, there is still a gap in brand influence between self-branded companies and joint-venture branded companies, which is one of the reasons why OEMs first choose foreign brands on high-end machines.

With the continuous expansion of the automobile market, the demand has been continuously increased and the huge market potential is being released. The government has introduced relevant policies to promote the development of the automobile industry, which has greatly promoted the increase in car sales. Therefore, many supercharger production plants in foreign countries have begun to target the Chinese market and have established a foothold in China with wholly-owned or joint ventures. Such as the United States, Honeywell, BorgWarner, Eaton, Cummins, Japan's Ishikawajima grinding mill, Mitsubishi, and Germany's Mahle.

The product technology of these companies comes from foreign headquarters. The varieties have formed serialization, advanced technology reserves, flexible operating mechanisms, excellent production equipment and brand advantages. They have seized domestic high-end product markets, and the competition in the mid-end market with domestic companies is extremely fierce. Mahler and Bosch have recently established a joint venture to develop, produce and sell turbochargers. Mass production has started recently. It is reported that the joint venture company is preparing to build a factory in China. All these have brought great opportunities for the development of China's supercharger market, and at the same time have brought certain pressure on independent brand supercharger companies.

The strategy of foreign-funded enterprises in the turbocharger market in China has begun to show results. The domestic turbocharger market for passenger cars has been largely occupied by foreign-invested companies. For example, BorgWarner, Honeywell, Hosset, Ishikawajima, and others accounted for 90% of the high-end market share.

Although the vehicle companies entering the "T era" have gradually diversified, in the turbocharger market of gasoline engines, BorgWarner, Honeywell and other old multinational giants are still the biggest winners in this market. In particular, BorgWarner, following the footsteps of the public, entered the turbocharger market of gasoline engines in China for the first time. In the past two years, it has benefited from the rapid growth of Volkswagen, Audi and Ford boosting businesses, and turbocharger business in China. An increase of more than 50%. With the technical advantages and customer resources of the automotive customers to actively implement turbocharger technology, BorgWarner has firmly occupied the majority of the market.

Honeywell is not far behind. Last year, in the order of Honeywell, the gasoline turbocharged project increased dramatically. They predict that the turbocharger market share in the gasoline engine market will increase from the current 10% to more than 20% in the next five years.

As China's new vehicle customers join this field, foreign companies such as BorgWarner are also actively expanding their markets and customers. For example, Chang'an and Great Wall have become their new customers. In the domestic petrol engine turbocharger matching market, the pattern monopolized by foreign companies such as BorgWarner, Honeywell, Boschmal, and IHI will be difficult to change in the short term.

Other multinational component giants are also very optimistic about the future prospects of this market. As early as 2010, Bosch acquired a 51% stake in Ningbo Tianli Turbocharger Co., Ltd. Not long ago, Bosch Müller Turbo Systems (BMTS) opened a wholly-owned subsidiary in Shanghai to supply turbochargers and gasoline engines for the Chinese market.

Current local gasoline engine turbocharger companies do not have the capacity for mass production. However, with an increasing number of self-owned brand vehicle companies entering this market, local turbocharger companies still have a lot of opportunities to enter the market. This year, Ningbo Fengwo Turbocharger System Co., Ltd. will supply small cars for Haima Motor's sedans, and Ningbo Weifu Tianli will also supply JAC cars in small quantities.

Focusing on R&D is fundamental

The development of domestic turbocharger industry has maintained a growing trend, especially in February last year, after the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Strengthening Energy-saving and Emission Reduction of Internal Combustion Engine Industry", it injected a booster for the development of domestic turbocharger industry.

In an interview with the media, Hua Lin, deputy secretary-general of the supercharger branch of the China Internal Combustion Engine Industry Association, said that there are numerous domestic turbocharger and supercharger parts production companies, and they are presenting a clustering development phenomenon in the industrial layout, for example, Fengcheng City, Liaoning Province. Turbocharger enterprise cluster. In recent years, the supercharger industry in China has been growing. Taking the situation in 2013 as an example, Hunan Tianyan Machinery Co., Ltd., Shandong Kangyue Technology Co., Ltd., Chongqing Jiangzen Machinery Co., Ltd., Ningbo Weifu Tianli Turbocharger Technology Co., Ltd. and Weifang Fuyuan Turbocharger Co., Ltd., The output value of five supercharger manufacturing enterprises above the national scale is nearly 1.9 billion yuan, and the growth rate is about 8.6%.

In addition, in the domestic market for turbocharger industry sales, a new trend has emerged in recent years, and more and more supercharger manufacturers are beginning to expand overseas markets. The current development of overseas markets has become a trend in the domestic turbocharger industry.

In general, the domestic turbocharger industry is currently developing very well. In terms of the number of companies, in addition to these existing supercharger manufacturers, in recent years, many turbocharger industries have emerged.

The rapid development of the turbocharger industry is also closely related to market demand. In terms of market demand, current domestic vehicle companies and engine companies believe that turbocharged engines will become the development route for future passenger vehicle power. This situation on the one hand facilitates the acceleration of research and development of turbocharged engines by vehicle companies and engine companies. The company also continuously purchases turbochargers for its products. On the other hand, it also provides favorable conditions for the domestic turbocharger industry to actively expand its production capacity and expand its market.

Although the domestic turbocharger industry has been showing a growing trend, it has also exposed more or less problems in the development process. The most prominent of these is the uneven quality of products. On the other hand, although domestic turbocharger companies have basically walked through the stage of simple imitation and imitation, domestic autonomous turbocharger companies still lack R&D investment and R&D investment.

In addition, in terms of market sales, domestic turbocharger companies also have a short board phenomenon. On the one hand, this situation is due to the lack of self-development of domestic turbocharger companies and, on the other hand, to the domestic automotive industry environment. When many vehicle companies and engine companies purchase supercharger products, they will basically give priority to foreign-funded or joint venture brand products. In terms of product categories, domestic autonomous turbocharger companies have a lack of comparison with foreign companies and joint venture brand supercharger companies in product serialization and diversity.

At present, many domestic turbocharger companies only pay attention to the increase in output and sales, but do not pay attention to the investment in product quality and R&D. To solve the current problems in the development of supercharger industry, the most important thing is that supercharger enterprises must form their own subjective thinking to improve the technical level, and they must not passively develop the concept of “waiting for, relying, and wanting”, and in the process of development. Must pay attention to the cultivation of independent research and development capabilities, practical and feasible improvement in technology research and development and production equipment, processes.

In the future, the domestic turbocharger industry needs to take the research and application of new technologies and new materials as its main target. Although variable-speed superchargers and two-stage/multi-stage superchargers are widely used in the world, their application in the domestic market, especially on self-owned brand engines and vehicles, is still at an initial stage.

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