Russian Machine Tool Industry Market Faces Transformational Opportunities

A few days ago, the China Machine Tool Industry Association visited the "MATALLOOBRABOTKA 2011" of the Russian International Machine Tool Equipment and Metal Processing Industry Exhibition held in Moscow to examine the development of the Russian machine tool industry. According to the Russian Federation of Machine Tools, from 2008 to 2009, the Russian machine tool industry suffered a serious decline due to the financial crisis and began to rebound in the second half of 2010. In 2010, with the full recovery of the Russian economy, the automotive industry grew by 27% and the machine tool industry increased by 14%.

The Russian government has introduced two policies that will actively promote the development of the Russian machine tool industry.

First, from 2011 to 2016, the government will invest US$1 billion into the machine tool industry, of which US$750 million will be used for product development and US$250 million will be used for technological transformation to improve the production capabilities of Russia’s existing machine tool industry. The goal is to develop 50 to 60 new products each year. For the new products developed, the same kind of machine tools will be imported within 3 years. From July 1, 2011, machine tools used for national defense and military production will be reviewed by the Machine Tool Association as long as there is production that does not allow imports.

Second, within five years from 2011, the Russian government will invest 300 billion U.S. dollars for the construction of power facilities and nuclear power plants, mainly for the purchase of equipment. At the same time, Russia will invest 900 billion U.S. dollars in military equipment (machine tools, warships, etc.) in 10 years, of which 400 billion U.S. dollars will be used for technological transformation of basic equipment. It can be seen that the Russian machine tool industry will receive unprecedented support from the government and a huge Market pull. Undoubtedly, it will play an important role in the rise of the Russian machine tool industry, and it will also bring corresponding business opportunities to the global machine tool industry.

By participating in the exhibition, we found that the status quo of the development of the Russian machine tool industry is not a small market opportunity for China's machine and CNC system companies. The International Model Association Secretary-General Luo Baihui believes that China's machine tool industry should give full play to its advantages and take advantage of the opportunities for the transformation and development of Eastern European countries, and actively seek technical cooperation, trade cooperation, financing, mergers and acquisitions, investment in factories and other means to integrate into the Eastern European market as soon as possible.

1. The brand of old Russian machine tool companies, such as the Red Proletarian and the Leningrad Machine Tool Plant, cannot be seen at the exhibition. It is not known whether these companies have already left the historical stage. Asked about Russian exhibitors at the booth, some have said that they have closed down, but also that in the 1990s the companies have undergone great changes and have turned to other industries, showing that the reputation of the Russian machine tool factory in the past no longer produce machine tool products has become a reality.

2. Russia's small and medium-sized machine tools and tools companies are on the rise. There are a large number of middle and low-end CNC machine tools. The products of medium-to-high-end CNC machine tools are still in their infancy. The exhibits at the show are still products from Germany, Japan, and Switzerland. There is no dazzling display. Russian products.

3, Russia's part of the appearance of CNC machine tools appearance is not very beautiful and modern, but still shows a good level of technology and the quality of parts processing, without losing the Russian products high rigidity and durability of the image. At the exhibition, we also saw a Russian exhibit with obvious characteristics of Chinese products. It was suspected that it was a branded product, but exhibitors denied it. We believe that this kind of cooperation is not likely to have sprouted.

4, Russia's CNC system is relatively backward, there is no independent brand of CNC system. There were no separate Russian CNC systems on display and no Russian CNC machine tools. The CNC machine tools on display are basically equipped with foreign systems such as FANUC and SIEMENS. According to the current situation of China's numerical control system, the middle and low-end CNC systems have entered the Russian market, and it is entirely possible to support the middle and low-end CNC machine tools.

5. From the exhibition, it can be seen that Russia’s advanced manufacturing technology and digital control industry lag far behind developed countries, and even worse than China’s current level.

Luo Baihui said that from the status quo of exhibitors and exhibits, the Russian machine tool industry is in a transitional period, and most of the company's products are being transformed to digital control. When it comes to the level of CNC machine tools, they admit that there is a gap with the world's advanced level, and they are seeking technology and trade cooperation to catch up with the international advanced level.