The latest top 30 rubber machinery in the world: 13 Chinese companies are on the list, and 4 are in the top ten (full list)

The 2022 5/6 joint issue of "European Rubber Journal" (ERJ) announced the 2021 Global Rubber Machinery Industry Report
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The downward trend of the world rubber machinery industry that began in 2018 will reverse in the first half of 2021, and will usher in a comprehensive growth in the second half of the year
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It is worth mentioning that Chinese enterprises occupy 13 of the top 30 and 4 of the top 10
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The report shows that rubber machinery orders are obviously concentrated to leading companies, and the industry concentration has increased, showing the phenomenon that the strong are getting stronger
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The rubber machinery industry has high investment confidence and sufficient orders, and many companies plan to expand production capacity to meet market demand
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Judging from the current orders, the world rubber machinery industry is expected to continue to improve in 2022
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The ranking has changed greatly, and VMI has reached the top for the first time

The 2021 World Rubber Machinery Ranking is based on 2021 sales revenue
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This year, the ranking of world rubber machinery manufacturers has changed relatively greatly
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Compared with the previous years, the positions of the top three have changed completely, and the champions have changed their owners three times in three years
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The Dutch VMI company increased by 56.
4%, and took the lead of the world rubber machinery with 473.
2 million US dollars
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MESNAC shares increased by 24.
4% and remained in second place with US$464.
4 million
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Germany's HF fell 15 percent to third with $313.
5 million
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Among the top 10 rubber machinery companies, there are 4 in China, 3 in Germany, 1 in Japan, 1 in the Netherlands and 1 in Finland
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Among the top 30 rubber machinery companies, 13 are from China, 5 from Germany, 2 from Japan, 3 from Italy, 1 from the Netherlands, Australia, Israel, Turkey, the United States, Finland and India
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The four new entrants are Mapleland, KraussMaffei Extrusion, Zhonghao Lichuang Electromechanical Equipment, and Leonhard Breitenbach
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Dropped out of the rankings were Rocky-Ichimaru, Carter Brothers, Spoolex, and Sichuan Yaxi Rubber & Plastic Machinery
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The overall rebound of the industry has significantly increased the concentration

The world's rubber machinery sales revenue has been in a downward trend since 2018, but sales revenue in 2021 will increase by 14.
1%, rebounding significantly, and the overall level will reach the level of 2018
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There are 26 comparable data for the top 30 companies, of which 17 have increased, 8 have decreased, and 1 has remained unchanged
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In the top 10, 7 companies increased, 2 companies declined, and 1 company was not comparable
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The growth of sales revenue of rubber machinery enterprises is the mainstream
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The growth rate of China is basically the same as that of the world.
The top ten companies increased by 22.
1% year-on-year, and the companies in Europe and Japan outside China increased by 17.
3% year-on-year
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The biggest growth rate was Guilin Rubber Design Institute (67.
9%), Cimcorp (66.
2%) and VMI (56.
4%)
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The biggest declines were Rudolph Comerio (27.
6%) and Marangoni (22.
3%)
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In terms of products, both the tire machinery sector and the non-tire machinery sector have grown significantly, and the tire machinery sector has grown even more
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The top three sales revenue accounted for 37.
0% of the total sales revenue, a year-on-year increase of 1.
5%
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The top ten sales revenue accounted for 67.
9% of the total sales revenue, a year-on-year increase of 3.
7%
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The concentration of the industry has increased, and the business has been tilted towards leading companies, and the phenomenon of the stronger the stronger is more obvious
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Enterprises are optimistic about the future and increase investment and R&D efforts

ERJ designed three question surveys on investment direction, regional development, and product sectors.
The survey results show that most companies are optimistic about the future, and the investment confidence and willingness to acquire and reorganize in the rubber machinery industry maintain a high level
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In terms of product investment direction, 68% of the respondents indicated that they plan to expand production capacity in the next year, 28% plan to acquire and reorganize, and 48% plan to upgrade production lines.
This figure has dropped from the previous year, but still at a high level
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In terms of the fastest growing regions for rubber machinery, one of the most optimistic regions is Central/Eastern Europe, with the proportion rising to 56% from 50% last year
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Another bullish region is India, but the share fell from 79% to 56%
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North America fell from 50% to 48% last year, Western Europe rose from 36% to 44%, and China increased from 14% to 40%
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No surveyor is optimistic about Japan, and there were zero optimistic about Japan last year, indicating that the demand for Japanese rubber machinery is really unattractive
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In terms of product terminals, the proportion of optimistic about the tire sector increased from 67% to 72%, the optimistic about general rubber continued to be 40%, industrial parts increased from 20% to 24%, and the automotive sector increased from 13% to 16%
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In 2022, many companies have good orders and plan to launch new products or expand production capacity
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