A district of chemical fiber accounted for nearly 10% of the total production of chemical fiber in the country! Look at Xiaoshan New material's "advanced road"

Whether from the industrial scale and overall strength, or from the development level of leading enterprises, the chemical fiber industry has always been a "trump card" in Xiaoshan manufacturing industry.

The data is the best explanation: in 2020, the total output value of chemical fiber textile in the region reached 85 billion yuan, and the actual chemical fiber production capacity in the region exceeded 5 million tons, accounting for nearly 10% of the total output of chemical fiber in the country. A county (city, district) of chemical fiber seized nearly one-tenth of the national production, enough to show the strength of Xiaoshan chemical fiber industry.

Today, Xiaoshan's chemical fiber industry has a new step forward. At the recent Xiaoshan Manufacturing high-quality Development Conference, the chemical fiber industry once again stood in the spotlight - it is clear that new materials are one of the three pillar industries for the development of Xiaoshan, of which the advanced textile chemical fiber material industry has become an important part, and it has clarified three industrial chains: fiber new material industry chain, high-end functional materials industry chain and international settlement (petrochemical materials) industry chain.

In the wave of transformation and upgrading, in the current world stage competition, how does the "ace" of Xiaoshan new material industry chain break the circle and how to reshape it? Xiaoshan chemical fiber industry and how to advance?

Breaking the circle - from the south bank of the Qiantang River to the world stage, "chain master" enterprises lead the development of the whole industrial chain

The development and growth of an industrial chain, the "chain master" has played a key role, Xiaoshan is forming a chain master enterprises lead, ecological enterprises gather integrated cooperation development pattern, hand in hand to build a world-class industrial cluster of new materials.

Once Yushan Island, just an unknown island in the Zhoushan Islands, like the island in the reservoir of Qiandao Lake, standing on the ocean, only in the edge of the island has a slightly flat land. In 2014, under the background of The State Council's proposal that "the petrochemical base refining and chemical integration project determined by the national plan is open to social capital", in order to solve the shortage of PX raw materials, the 40 million tons/year refining and chemical integration project invested by Zhejiang Petrochemical Co., LTD., which is controlled by Rongsheng, came into being, and a green petrochemical city rose on Yushan Island.

After a short period of five years, the project has completed the process from project initiation, mountain opening, reclamation, design, construction to phase I production, becoming the fastest project for the approval and construction of large-scale investment projects in China. At the beginning of this year, the second phase also went into full production.

Zhejiang Petrochemical project is not only the largest single refinery and chemical integration project in the world, but also the largest private enterprise investment project in China so far. Speaking of this project, Li Shuirong, chairman of Rongsheng Group, was enthusiastic: "A single base, a one-time overall planning of 40 million tons/annual output of refining and chemical integration projects is relatively rare. Our 40 million tons/annual production scale, not only includes oil refining, but also includes aromatics, olefins, is all-round. In refining alone, many by-products are wasted, and the utilization rate is less than 90%. When we integrate aromatics and olefins, the utilization rate can reach 98 percent."

For a time, as a private enterprise, Rongsheng Group, involved in refining and chemical has become a hot spot of market attention. Industry insiders pointed out that as far as polyester chain is concerned, from the perspective of capital, technology, access and other barriers, the core competitiveness is still in the upstream, and the key to the upstream is scale and integration; The decline in upstream costs will not only yield benefits to a single link, and after rebalancing, the long-term improvement of the overall core competitiveness of China's textile industry, and the control of pricing power in the global trading system.

Rongsheng, which started from polyester cloth, has walked out of a road of continuous upward industrial chain. In 1993 involved in polyester elastomer business, in 1998 involved in polyester spinning business, polyester project was completed in 2002, the first private PTA line was put into operation in 2005, the company entered the PTA field, and then relied on three bases to expand production; In 2015, Zhongjin Petrochemical Aromatics project was put into operation, becoming the first private enterprise to open the whole industrial chain of "p-xylene - PTA-polyester - spinning - elastic"; In the same year, Zhejiang Petrochemical Co., LTD., a holding subsidiary of the Group, was established. In 2017, the Zhejiang Petrochemical, refining and chemical integration project was approved and entered the stage of comprehensive construction. In September 2017, Zhejiang Petrochemical and Zheneng Group jointly participated in the establishment of Zhejiang Petroleum, and began to lay out the sales network of major products such as refined oil...

Weaving - adding elastic - slicing spinning - polyester direct spinning - PTA - aromatic (PX) - oil refining, these seven transformations have left an unforgettable bright turn in China's textile landscape, and have made Rongsheng a Zhejiang model of China's textile industry. Extending the industrial chain and putting in new production capacity, the volume of enterprises continued to rise, and revenue also achieved an eye-popping "chain jump" under the epidemic.

Also as the industry "leader" Hengyi Group, the development path is very similar - upstream industry chain expansion + downstream mergers and acquisitions + intelligent transformation and upgrading.

With the help of Hengyi Brunei PMB project, Hengyi to the upstream breakthrough development to the refining and chemical sector, its production means that Hengyi opened up the entire petrochemical chemical fiber industry chain "last mile", which contains industrial energy is equivalent to re-create a "new Hengyi", improve the ability to resist the risk of cyclical fluctuations in economic fluctuations.

While extending the industrial chain upward, and strengthening the industrial chain, Hengyi walks out of the road of "merger and acquisition". In recent years, Hengyi Group has made use of its comprehensive advantages in capital and other aspects to acquire and restart the original Red Sword, original Longteng chemical fiber, and original Minghui chemical fiber to accelerate the scale expansion and overall layout in the polyester sector. Through series acquisitions, Hengyi Group's annual polyester production capacity and DTY production capacity have been greatly enhanced.

From Rongsheng and Hengyi two major chemical fiber industry "crocodiles" can be seen, after the accumulation of original capital, large-scale expansion, occupied the commanding heights of related industries, the depth of the industry trend. "They actively extend to the industrial chain, while consolidating their own strength, make the industrial chain more complete, and strive for more opportunities and space for Xiaoshan chemical fiber industry." The relevant person in charge of the district economy and information Bureau said. A set of data is the most convincing: at the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan, the total output value of chemical fiber manufacturing in the region reached 44.204 billion yuan, and the total output value of chemical fiber and textile apparel was as high as 85.026 billion yuan, which is the largest manufacturing cluster in the region.

Jump - from differentiated development to innovative creation, optimize and upgrade to open up the whole industrial chain

The jump in the industrial chain requires not only the leadership and demonstration of the "chain master", but also the joint efforts of upstream and downstream enterprises in the whole industrial chain, with the common goal of "world-class", continuous innovation and optimization, and the creation of the whole industrial chain ecology.

At the junction of Xinyi Line and Yima Road in Yinong Town, a red cast copper sculpture about 12 meters high attracts attention. The sculpture is unique in shape, the main body is based on red, the shape is like a smart and elegant silk thread, representing the fiber spinning, and the marble hexagonal base is written with eight characters of "Yinong woolen spinning to the world".

Beside the sculpture stands a tall color electronic screen, full of "fashionable sense" to make Yinong New material Science and Technology Park successful "out of the circle". The "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in the park covers 15 enterprises and nearly 60 small and micro enterprises such as Yichen Chemical Fiber, Huiyi wool Textile, Huide Technology. At present, enterprises in the industrial unit of the park mainly take chemical fiber textile as the leading industry, focusing on textile equipment, chemical fiber, grey cloth, fabric and other industrial chain links.

"Because it is in the middle of the two major links of chemical fiber and printing and dyeing, it is necessary to seize the development opportunity of the industrial chain linking the preceding and the following, and lay out in the middle of the two major links to further strengthen its own strength and advantages." The relevant person in charge of Yinong town said. According to the industrial planning, located in the "functional link area" of the four national and provincial key industrial platforms in Hangzhou and Shao, the Yinong New Material Science and Technology Park with a better industrial development location, with a planned area of 1650 mu, will enhance its position in the regional industrial chain and value chain, and create a textile new material industrial park with domestic influence.

Whether the uneven upstream and downstream enterprises can co-exist and co-prosper is also affecting the competitiveness of the industrial chain. The lack of core technology breakthrough ability and the lack of industrial chain collaborative innovation ability are generally reflected by enterprises. Leading enterprise zipper, advantageous enterprise traction, government-enterprise linkage integration of complementary resources...... In the center of the "vortex", Xiaoshan chemical fiber textile enterprises have long been aware of the "crisis", can no longer chew the original "old capital", there is no innovation, there is no way out, and some new trends around the innovation chain and value chain layout industry chain are being produced simultaneously.

"Aiming at the competitive strategy of product differentiation, in the research and development of new materials, we pay more attention to improving the technological content of products, such as curtains that can continue to release negative oxygen ions, blankets that never fall down, more environmentally friendly and safer dye free, flame retardant material series, etc., which also enhances the enterprise's anti-risk ability." A person in charge of a chemical fiber enterprise said that chemical fiber textile is a traditional industry in Xiaoshao area, Xiaoshan focus on new materials to build an industrial chain, so that they have more confidence and confidence.

As one of the earliest enterprises involved in functional fiber in Xiaoshan, Zhejiang Donghua Fiber Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has been making an article on the "new" word. "In the golden time of the development of the chemical fiber industry, the reserve of talent knowledge and the closeness of the upstream and downstream industries have higher requirements, resulting in the Xiaoshan chemical fiber industry, although the scale is large, but the total amount of differentiated and functional fibers is not large." Constrained by the environment and the carrying capacity of resources, the model of relying on scale expansion is not sustainable, and increasing the added value of products and improving the technological content is the only direction." Business leaders say.

Innovation is not only in the product, but also in the intelligent investment. Entering the spinning workshop of Yat Kyung Chemical Fiber, a neat array of intelligent equipment is working hard to achieve 24 hours of uninterrupted production. In recent years, Yichang chemical fiber has invested heavily in intelligent transformation, greatly reducing labor costs and increasing production efficiency by more than 30%. "The use of big data platforms for analysis can accurately identify production problems and find solutions in time." The relevant person in charge of the enterprise said.

Let "old trees" open "new flowers", intelligent manufacturing is one of the key means of transformation and upgrading of Xiaoshan chemical fiber industry. In recent years, Xiaoshan has further enriched the technical capabilities, professional talents, service resources and capital elements supply of intelligent transformation of enterprises through "building platforms, cultivating talents, gathering services, and promoting security". With the demonstration of the head enterprise and the drive of the middle enterprise as the path, the digital transformation of the traditional chemical fiber textile enterprises in the region will be promoted to a higher level, deeper level and wider field.

Reshaping - From relying on tradition to reconstructing the value chain, the new material industry is moving higher and stronger

The first quarter output value of 600 million yuan, an increase of 60%, the annual output value is expected to be 2.8 billion yuan, in the overall economic environment is not ideal, located in Xiaoshan South River town Cobbett posted the "list" is particularly dazzling.

Into the Hangzhou New Materials Industrial Park, many people who come here are obviously rushing to the layer of "membrane" created by the star enterprise of the park, Corbat. Under the new coronavirus epidemic, the application of Corbat's filter membrane in the field of biomedicine has experienced explosive growth, known as "Huawei in the membrane industry", especially in the two major fields of biopharmaceutical and semiconductor. Corbett is solving the country's "neck jam" problem.

In just a few years, the number of college students in Corbett increased from 3 to more than 2,000 by the end of 2020, and in 2021, its average tax per mu ranked first in the region, reaching 1.1 million yuan/mu, becoming a shining "dark horse" in Xiaoshan manufacturing industry.

This "catfish effect" continues.

In the new material industry chain, in addition to the "strong chain" Xiaoshan traditional fiber industry chain, in the high-end functional material industry chain, the same action is frequent. Xiaoshan is grasping the opportunities in the era of domestic substitution, facing the application needs of strategic emerging industries, focusing on electronic chemicals, new energy materials, high-end membrane materials and other fields, playing the role of extended chain, strong chain and complementary chain for downstream key industries, and improving the industrial supporting facilities of integrated circuits, new energy, life and health in our area.

An industrial chain continues to extend and strengthen, in addition to the efforts of enterprises in the industrial chain, the attitude and support of the government is also crucial. "China's chemical fiber industry is like 'China's table tennis', and any products produced at the county level can be taken out to compare." But often the situation is that some places don't like table tennis and go to football." It seems that a joke has revealed the "strange elephant" existing in the economic development of some regions in our country. Fortunately, the Xiaoshan government understands the importance of strengthening competitive industries and playing "table tennis" well.

From the "Action Plan for Xiaoshan District to build a new Manufacturing Center (2020-2025)", to the "14th Five-Year Plan for high-quality Development of manufacturing Industry in Xiaoshan District", and then to the freshly released "Opinions on the in-depth implementation of the precise industrial chain plan in Xiaoshan District", the development path of Xiaoshan new materials industry is becoming clearer, showing its importance and future growth in Xiaoshan.

An industry insider said that Xiaoshan has a good foundation for the development of new fiber materials industry, and the head chemical fiber enterprises have formed the integrated development of refining and chemical, providing raw material guarantee for the development of new fiber materials in the region, although there are still problems such as the high proportion of conventional fiber, weak innovation and development ability, slow digital transformation of enterprises, and fewer international well-known brands, Xiaoshan is working hard to transform and upgrade. It is the right time to vigorously develop the fiber new material industry.

In the next few years, Xiaoshan will also aim at the overall strategic goal of cultivating and building a world-class advanced manufacturing cluster of new fiber materials, firmly grasp the opportunities of a new round of global fiber new material scientific and technological revolution and industrial change, enlarge the basic advantages of the existing chemical fiber industry, fully learn from the transformation experience of enterprises in the industry, and take advantage of advantages and opportunities such as location, policy, industry, platform and talent. Accelerate the construction of a scientific and technological innovation system, accelerate the promotion of digitalization and green transformation, accelerate the optimization of the spatial layout of industrial development, accelerate the formation of the headquarters base radiation effect, and strive to form the core bearing area of the province's modern textile industry chain, the important source area of national fiber new material science and technology innovation, and the well-known gathering area of global fiber new material headquarters enterprises.