Paint enterprises test water intelligent factory to reduce the expansion of capacity, to deal with rising raw material prices, weakening demand

Coatings with certain consumer goods attributes in the low degree of industrial concentration, the rise in raw material prices is not the key to affect the problem, how to reduce the cost of expansion is a problem that enterprises need to consider.
people used to think that the more people there were in factories, the bigger they were, and now the fewer the better. On October 30, Zhong Zhonglin, president of Libang China, said in an interview at the opening ceremony of Libang Coatings (Hubei) Co., Ltd.
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reporters in the above-mentioned factory latex paint production workshop learned that staff can be automated production system through latex paint on demand orders, intelligent systems in accordance with the production of single demand, automated tank equipment issued preparation instructions. According to fine instructions, the intelligent system automatically sub-floors to generate ingredients list, in accordance with the requirements of the production order, automatic feeding, mixing, production. After the semi-finished product quality inspection is qualified, the intelligent system informs the production department that it can enter the finished product packaging link. The cost is to deliver the product to a three-dimensional warehouse through driverless logistics vehicles in the plant. All materials are transparent and traceable from the factory to the factory.
Latex paint automation production line
" the current production capacity of latex paint factory is 150,000 tons, from tanker access pipes, automatic feeding, to the subsequent production process, only need three staff, two in the central control room responsible for measurement and mixing (instructions), and another employee responsible for on-site inspection of the machine. Libang staff told reporters that through the previous research on the production and operation of ICBC factories in Shanghai, Fujian, Guangzhou and other places, the same capacity workshop to complete the above-mentioned workflow generally requires 80 people.
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" Libang coating into the Chinese market has been 25 years, from comprehensive investment to construction plant, Hubei intelligent factory can be said to be Libang in China's third generation factory, in the paint production process from powder, injection pipe delivery to automatic cover, automatic pressure cap, to automatic storage logistics system construction, intelligent not only to ensure product control, bring efficiency improvement, but also to meet the needs of environmental protection. Zhong Zhonglin said.
the original intention of promoting the intelligent production of paint merchants is not dazzling, but in the process of development, the upstream raw material prices, shrinking market demand, environmental protection policy tightening and other practical problems. Against the above background, coating enterprises attempt to test the intelligent manufacturing of water to complete cost control, efficiency improvement, and introduce a new service model to increase consumer stickiness, so as to create a "refresh" demand in the stock market.
Since 2018, with the rising prices of raw materials, coatings companies are facing a lot of cost pressure, according to incomplete statistics, from the beginning of March to September, Libang, PPG, AkzoNobel and other coatings companies this year set off five rounds of price increases.
" today's raw material prices compared to a decade ago is not really high, the difference is that a decade ago, despite the high prices of raw materials, coatings, but the market is still in short supply. Zhong Zhonglin pointed out that the current problem is that the business climate of the industry is not as good as before, the market demand is insufficient, paint products oversupply, large and small enterprises are having a hard time.
refore, with certain consumer goods attributes of paint in the low degree of industrial concentration, the rise in raw material prices is not the key to affect the problem, how to reduce the cost of expansion is a problem that enterprises need to consider.
Zhonglin believes that in these cases, companies need to compress their management to make it compact. For example, to strengthen the trend of unmanned production processes, optimize water and electrical heating and other aspects of energy efficiency management. It is particularly important to control the inventory, production cost and transportation radius of raw materials.
It is understood that including Xuanwei, PPG, AkzoNobel, Masco, Libang, Asia Coatings, RPM, Jotun, Asda, BASF and other international head paint manufacturers for intelligent production have a layout, but throughout the coatings industry, the true sense of the intelligent factory is still rare, from automation to intelligent transformation, there are still pain points.
" previous generation of factories solved more of the problem is automation, and in the implementation of intelligent manufacturing process, all the single point needs to be opened. "Zhong Zhonglin believes that there are still many break points in the current automation, such as feeding automation, packaging automation, etc., but if these processes do not have continuity, such a system is like being choked in the throat, can not play a real role."
small and medium-sized businesses are now usually in the "brown field" phase, where there are some older devices that need to be connected and updated. In addition, these companies are erred by a lack of IT resources, expertise, and cash flow to wait five to 10 years for a return on their investment.
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