There is still a deviation in the role of domestic fasteners

There are two sets of relatively independent standard systems for fastener products in the world: metric standards and imperial standards. The metric system is the European standard system, and is mainly based on the international ISO, European Community EN standards and French DIN standards. The American Standard, the American Standard System, is based on ASTM, the Society of Automotive Engineers' SAE Standard, and the IFI Standard of the American Fastener Technology Association (the British standard is based on ASTM and SAE).

As a leading manufacturer of fasteners, China's production companies have experienced difficulties for many years. Since joining the WTO in 2008, they have suffered frequent setbacks overseas and suffered hardships. Although they have little success, they still cannot get rid of "digestion". In the embarrassing situation of “outside the enemy”, the key issue is the international standardization strategy.

Specifically speaking, one is the lack of sound industry standards, and the other is that the fastener industry as an important component of the accessory industry is not accurate enough for the positioning of the fastener industry, in other words, there is a long-standing conflict between the host company and the host company. The state of the pattern. This is China's fastener industry has been unable to break through international barriers, out of the world, the crux of the war, but also the biggest obstacle to China's loss to foreign brands.

There is a wide gap between the standards of the industry's products and domestic comparisons with foreign countries. It is not difficult to find that there is a big gap between the two. As far as the material standards for hardware fasteners are concerned, domestic product standards generally do not specify specific material steel grades and only require the chemical composition requirements for mechanical performance grades, compared to individual US standards such as ASTM standards. Specific material steel types are specified. Because there is no corresponding steel grade in China, and it cannot be accurately docked with international standards, it will naturally bring certain difficulties to the export. Although some domestic enterprises have already begun to realize this, they have developed new steel grades stipulated in the foreign fastener standards. However, this is only a small step in the progress, and international standards have yet to be promoted and improved throughout the industry.

There is a deviation in the positioning of domestic fasteners. The position of fastener companies in China has not been very clear about their positioning, blind production, and lack of matching and cooperation with the host companies. It can be said that the vast majority of domestic fastener companies' products are only produced in batches according to a unified standard. They do not care whether their products can meet the matching requirements of the mainframe products on the market. They are blindly pursuing their own factory volume, and thus tightening. The piece became a "universal card" fastener, but it was difficult to guarantee the mechanical stability of the host application.

Compared with foreign branded products, what China lacks is the "dedicated" dedication. When it comes to this issue, I very much agree with the OEM development model mentioned by Mr. Wang Changjiang, an expert in the engineering machinery industry. This concept has been developed in the fastener industry. The same applies, that is, the hardware fastener production companies mentioned above need to cooperate with the host company, which can be one-to-one or even one-to-many.

The author believes that in order to allow China's fastener industry to compete in international battlefields and battle the battlefield, first of all, "grass and grass" first, that is, the improvement of industry standards, and take advantage of alliances with the host companies, combined with their own technical quality to win their own piece of country. Only self-reliance, creation and innovation will always stand in the forefront of the industry to see unlimited beauty. Mastering rules is the weapon for assault.