Recently, Shengze Thermal Power Plant issued a notice on the shutdown and steam supply of the heating network during the Spring Festival: In order to ensure the safe and economical operation of the heating network throughout the year, the thermal power plant is scheduled to close the entire network at 16:00 on January 11, 2023 (the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month). Stop steam to eliminate deficiencies and transform. Steam supply will be resumed at 16:00 on January 29, 2022 (the eighth day of the Lunar New Year).
The dyeing factory shut down steam not too early this year
It is said that this year is the longest holiday in the history of the textile industry, but now looking at the shutdown time of thermal power plants, the length of the holiday is no different from previous years. According to the lunar calendar, the thermal power plant shuts down every year on the 20th day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar. This year it is also the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, and there is no such thing as an early holiday. First of all, the Spring Festival this year is earlier than in previous years. In previous years, the Spring Festival is usually around mid-February, but this year it is on January 20. This determines that the holiday will be earlier than before this year. Secondly, due to the rise in the market at the end of the year, this year Companies that want to take holidays in mid-December have also changed their holiday time. The earliest will be in early January and the latest in mid-January. Compared with the 15-20 days of annual leave for textile workers in previous years, it is actually not that long.
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As the end of the year approaches, what textile people are most concerned about is the production shutdown and holiday time of various factories. Especially this year, due to the special circumstances of the epidemic, the holiday time node is extremely sensitive. In the past half month, various notices and signs of upcoming holidays have appeared in the market many times. However, due to the large-scale epidemic infection at the end of December, the entire industry was suspended for half a month, resulting in the postponement of production of the original orders, and the factory had to postpone the holiday.
Dyeing factories are seriously short of workers
In previous years, most dyeing factories on the market also set their holiday time based on thermal power plants. Take printing and dyeing factories as an example. Some printing and dyeing factories have already taken holidays, but most printing and dyeing factories still follow the shutdown time of thermal power plants. However, there are some discrepancies in the facts. Although the printing and dyeing factories will follow the thermal power plant’s holiday period until the end, it often backfires. There are not enough workers on the job, making it difficult to persist until the end. Especially after the epidemic, many workers returned home early to recuperate, and not many workers returned to work.
According to merchandiser Xiao Wang, printing and dyeing factories are currently relatively busy, mainly due to a shortage of workers and severely limited production speed, making it difficult to survive. In fact, the quantity of gray fabric entering the warehouse is not large, but according to the current production efficiency, the quantity entering the warehouse exceeds the standard, which leads to the illusion that the printing and dyeing factory is busy. In addition, as the holiday time approaches, fabric trading companies are rushing to produce. They want to complete production in the last week, ship the goods, and prepare to enjoy the annual leave.
As of now, the operating rate of printing and dyeing factories in Wujiang is less than 40%. This year, many printing and dyeing factories will stop printing, and some thermal power plants will stop steaming on the 5th. Subsequently, the printing and dyeing operation rate will seriously drop, and Shengze Thermal Power Plant will only have one week of production time. Entering the twelfth lunar month, combined with the increase in positive cases and other factors, the poor attendance of workers has affected the start of workshops, so the current production efficiency of printing and dyeing factories is low.
After the implementation of the epidemic relaxation policy, it promoted a wave of restorative consumption, but the subsequent outbreak of large-scale infection cases once again affected market confidence. At the end of every year, traders more or less stock up, but this year stocking up is sparse. At present, customers are not willing to prepare goods in advance, and traders and fabric manufacturers are not in a high mood to prepare goods, and most of them focus on the production of substantive orders.
Especially for companies that focus on orders, gray fabrics also need to be woven on machines. At present, weaving companies also have a shortage of workers and may have difficulty delivering goods before the end of the year. Although the overall market situation this year is not satisfactory, some companies have already arranged orders until April and May next year. It is impossible for such companies to complete orders before the new year, so there may be more rush orders after the new year. Therefore, the editor speculates that when work resumes after the Spring Festival next year, there will be a wave of crowded rush for goods.
Postscript
At present, as more and more workers leave the factory, production in the factory is unsustainable even if there are many orders. Workers continue to give themselves early vacations, which will inevitably lead to the passive suspension of production and vacations at the dyeing factory level due to insufficient number of workers. Generally speaking, the shutdown notice of Shengze Thermal Power Plant this year is not too early, and it is even a little later than expected. However, the early return of workers due to the epidemic may prevent many dyeing factories from persisting until January 11. Therefore, all textile people, please place your order as soon as possible!
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