On August 13, the news suddenly came out in the circle of friends: Due to excessive ozone concentration in Suzhou, the news that laminating, printing, hot stamping, coating and other post-finishing companies have all stopped production has been reported, and it has received support from many people in the industry. confirmed.
On August 15, the finishing plant that had previously been suspended resumed production.
What impact has the production shutdown of less than 2 days had on textile companies? What do textile people think of this?
The delivery of orders is imminent, and traders are performing a “speed of life and death”
Although printing, coating, lamination, etc. are very important finishing steps, they play a very important role in the textile industry. Even though due to some factors in the market environment, today’s market conditions are lower than in previous years. It is relatively average, and the shrinkage of orders is relatively serious. But for some companies that are mainly engaged in this type of fabrics, even if the 10 orders in previous years have become 5, they still have orders on hand. Especially if there are orders that are about to be delivered, the impact of a short-term production shutdown on the finishing company will be huge.
Boss Xu, the head of a sofa fabric company, experienced such a “speed of life and death”.
Boss Xu is currently mainly doing some foreign trade export orders. In the overall poor market environment, although the orders on hand are less than in previous years, overall they are good. It’s pretty good.
Before receiving the notice of the suspension of production, Boss Xu had an order of 20,000 meters that was about to be loaded and shipped out. The queue at the coating factory was already there. According to normal conditions The coating factory can ship the goods in the afternoon and load the containers the next day, so there is plenty of time.
But the coating factory received a notice on the morning of August 13 that production would be suspended in the afternoon, and his 20,000 meters of cloth would not be available for a while. After receiving the news, Boss Xu was like a bolt from the blue. I called the customer to communicate, and the customer said that the position had been contacted, and the order could not be postponed, otherwise it would have to be shipped by air or breach of contract, and the loss would be huge.
Communicate with the coating factory. The coating factory does not know when it can start work again and can only contact other places. of some coating factories. Boss Xu contacted many coating factories such as Haining Xucun, Wuxi, and Keqiao, and went to the factory in person to keep an eye on the goods. He was busy until 4 a.m. the next day, and finally drove the goods out.
Looking back and doing the math, I found that the additional shipping fee of 3,400 yuan to the field coating plus the expedited fee of 0.5 yuan for one meter of cloth, the originally profitable order has now become We lost money, but we finally delivered the goods on time without default, which is a blessing among misfortunes.
According to Boss Xu, when he was notified to go to the coating factory to negotiate, there were more than a dozen people in the office of a coating factory who had the same purpose as him. Textile traders and coating companies in some surrounding areas also temporarily increased their prices by nearly 0.5 yuan/meter because of this incident. They had to ask for help, but they could only suffer this dumb loss. It can be said that this “environmental protection crisis” has a huge impact on certain groups of people.
The resumption time is uncertain and risks are difficult to control
Although the final finishing company stopped production for a short time, because the time for subsequent resumption of production was not determined at the beginning of the shutdown, some textile companies were unable to estimate the risks and did not dare to take orders rashly. Intentional customers I don’t dare to place an order either.
During the visit, a fabric trader said that the sudden suspension of production had a relatively bad impact on them. There are not many orders this year, so it is a buyer’s market. Because we don’t know when work can start again this time, we don’t dare to accept some orders with relatively close delivery dates. When a customer asks you how many days you want to postpone, you can’t answer him accurately. One-third of the intended customers in the past two days have gone to place orders elsewhere because of this matter.
Some digital printing companies are also included in the suspension of production. Mr. Yang, the person in charge of a digital printing company, said that market orders have not been good this year, but the order reception situation was good in August. In July, I now have 2 orders on hand. The sudden shutdown this time actually had a huge impact on them. Because they were working on an order, they had to negotiate with customers about compensation for delayed delivery. They didn’t want to choose to move outside for fear that the quality would not be guaranteed and their reputation would be ruined. .
With the increasing demand for functionality of modern textile fabrics, finishing has become a necessary step for most fabrics. Today’s production links are linked one by one, and there can be no mistakes in the middle. Therefore, even if the finishing company only stopped for two days, it still caused a big blow to the market.
Short duration, impact on the market environment Not big
Of course, compared with the past large-scale environmental protection activities such as “Special Improvement of Water Jet Looms” and “Blue Sky Defense War”, this environmental protection improvement continues It does not take long. For some companies, although it will cause certain difficulties, they can be overcome after discussing with customers.
A textile company that mainly sells pongee and gallbladder fabrics. Mr. Liu, the person in charge of the company, said that since August this year, their orders have improved greatly compared with before. However, because the post-processing and production shutdown lasted only a short time, they did not deal with many products, so the impact was only small. Not that big.
Mr. Li, the person in charge of another textile company that specializes in elastic fabrics, said that coating will have a greater impact on fabrics such as polyester taffeta, while printing will have a greater impact on imitation silk fabrics. But fortunately, it only lasted for one day this time, which is basically acceptable. I will explain to the customer to postpone the time, but if the number of times increases, the customer will become impatient.
To the customer For some textile companies, when the market is not up, if there are no orders to rush to make, the impact of a one or two days of production suspension in the finishing process will not be very big. But they are afraid of long-term and frequent production suspensions. , customers are annoyed, and companies feel helpless.
Environmental protection policies have become increasingly strict, which has had a negative impact on enterprises What kind of impact?
In recent years, environmental protection policies have become increasingly tight. Once environmental indicators exceed standards, corresponding measures to reduce or suspend production will soon be implemented Publish it.
Manager Li, the person in charge of a weaving company, said that in 2017, environmental protection was stricter and more frequent. Many jobs were not done in time, and he often worked overtime in the dyeing factory in the middle of the night to catch up on work. Basically, environmental protection is carried out during the summer and autumn period. Customers will be reminded to place orders in advance, and frequently made varieties will be stocked. It is not acceptable to stop production of environmental protection, and the mentality is already very stable.
A large paint company Manager Dai, the person in charge of the first-level enterprise, said that environmental protection policies will definitely become more and more strict in the future. They will also install corresponding environmental protection equipment in accordance with various indicators required by the government. They are also mentally prepared to invest in this, in order to improve their lives. The environment is getting better and better, which is acceptable.
After several years of high-pressure environmental protection, textile companies have developed a relatively strong awareness of environmental protection, and their mentality has become more and more stable. Some companies also have corresponding plans to reduce risks. , they are basically able to accept the purchase of environmental protection equipment and short-term production shutdowns caused by environmental problems.
Eat a pit and gain wisdom. The general trend of increasingly stringent environmental protection policies cannot be changed, but there are always rules to follow when environmental quality is likely to deteriorate and how long the remediation will take. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Environmental requirements will be more stringent than before. Similar policies to limit production and stop production may appear in the second half of the year. Textile companies must make corresponding preparations in advance and prepare well in advance when receiving orders. At the same time, government departments should also make corresponding plans to help companies cope with the impact of some emergencies. </p
