The market of woodworking machinery is stable and improving

20 years ago, a large number of foreign companies participated in the International Woodworking Machinery Exhibition, and even established international pavilions such as Germany and Italy. In recent years, foreign companies have decreased their participation in international woodworking exhibitions in China. The inability to attend the exhibition due to the impact of the epidemic is one of the factors. The main reason is that China's woodworking machinery is driven by the industrial production of customized furniture, and a large number of woodworking machinery products have approached the international advanced level. The proportion of CNC technology has significantly increased. 80% of the equipment exhibited by the participating enterprises has achieved intelligence and CNC technology, and the number of characteristic processing machines has increased. In the past, only two-dimensional panel carving was possible, but now three-dimensional solid wood carving is possible Former Director of Beijing Forestry Machinery Research Institute, Researcher Fu Wansi, said.

Four or five companies are showcasing new edge banding machines at this exhibition, and each booth has attracted many professional visitors for observation and consultation. The reporter saw a professional audience carefully watching and touching the newly sealed board, using their phones to capture or record different parts of the edge banding machine. The reporter asked several viewers who were seriously inquiring about the performance of the equipment, where did they come from? Several respondents are from around Qingdao or within Shandong Province. Qingdao is truly a "famous city of woodworking machinery in China", with nearly 300 enterprises engaged in the production, marketing, scientific research, and other related fields of woodworking machinery products in the city. Shandong Province is a major province in the forestry industry and also a major province in the timber industry. The China Forestry Machinery Association timely arranged the International Woodworking Machinery Exhibition to settle in Qingdao in 2019, and it is necessary to hold it annually in conjunction with the Qingdao International Furniture Exhibition.

The reporter noticed in the exhibition hall that many of the exhibited equipment were marked with the corresponding product manufacturers in different processing sections. This reflects a clearer division of specialization and the importance of upstream and downstream collaboration. For example, set up a notice board on both sides of the edge banding machine, one of which reads: Thank a certain company for providing edge banding strips; The other piece reads: Thank a certain company for providing a certain brand of adhesive.

China is a major country in furniture production, consumption, and export. According to customs statistics, from January to March 2021, China's cumulative export of woodworking machinery increased by 56.69% year-on-year, and the export growth rate in March was 38.89%. Although the export situation is good, according to feedback from enterprises, Chinese woodworking machinery enterprises also face some difficulties. For example, 20.65% of enterprises believe that high costs and insufficient labor are the main difficulties affecting product sales and exports, 18.4% of enterprises delay delivery due to rapid order growth, and 13.04% of enterprises believe that there is adverse competition in the market and a shortage of scientific research and executive personnel.

Liu Fenghua believes that in the next few years, the research and development direction of woodworking machinery products is: the automation connection needs to be improved, especially the development of robots and visual recognition technology to make the connection truly stable; Compared with major European manufacturers, the core performance and stability of flexible edge banding machines still require significant research and development efforts; The diversification of high-end customization has put forward more requirements for flexible processing and precision stability of processing equipment; Multi functional 5-axis machining centers may have more applications.

As of now, there are approximately 1200 woodworking machinery enterprises in China, with over 200 enterprises above designated size and nearly 100000 employees, as well as over 6000 engineering and technical personnel. They can provide approximately 1100 types of woodworking machinery products in 69 categories