Analysis of future development trend of lock market

Due to the obvious advantage of price-performance ratio, China's locks are increasingly competitive in the international market. According to customs statistics, in 2012 China's lock products were exported to 208 countries and regions, and the cumulative export value reached 5.229 billion US dollars.

The market potential of the lock industry has yet to be tapped. According to customs statistics, in 2012 China's lock products were exported to 208 countries and regions, and the cumulative export value reached 5.229 billion US dollars. Small locks can generate 60 billion yuan, which benefits from industrial transformation and upgrading, modern high-tech applications, corporate brand management and market demand growth. New technology transformation Traditional industries have achieved remarkable results in the lock industry. China's lock industry has formed a comprehensive industrial system that covers machinery, electronics and biotechnology, has thousands of designs, and spans multiple disciplines and industries. According to customs statistics, the average annual export growth rate of the lock industry in the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period reached 31%, which is twice the average growth rate of the hardware industry.

At present, China's most important lock production base is concentrated in Zhejiang, Guangdong, Shandong and other places. The product has evolved from padlocks in the past to more than 8000 designs and specifications for more than 100 series over 20 categories; from traditional single-leaf locks and double-leaf locks to ball-shaped door locks, handle locks, and plugs. Core door locks, electronic locks, magnetic card locks, IC card locks, car locks, motorcycle locks, fingerprint locks, digital locks, etc., and expand toward the integration of mechanical and electrical integration, intelligence, and functionality and decorativeness, and are basically formed. High, medium and low-end supporting product system.

With the rapid development of the housing industry and the automotive industry, the types of lock products have been increasing in recent years, and the grades and technological content have been increasing. For example, traffic locks such as automobile locks and special-purpose lock products are constantly innovating and changing with the development of upstream products; the application of electronic technology makes lock products not only limited to mechanical structures, but also toward electronic and intelligent development. The scope is rapidly developing from the original home locks to the intelligent management of residential quarters.

In recent years, transformation and upgrading have changed the way of development and have become the consensus of the lock industry. The lock-making industry has emerged a large number of large-scale enterprises with large scale and output value. According to incomplete statistics, there are currently over 20 million yuan worth of lock production enterprises. In 2012, the lock sales of Yantai Sanhuan Lock Group Co., Ltd. exceeded 1 billion yuan.

At the same time as the rapid development of scale, China's lock companies have begun to pay attention to their brand building and independent innovation, advanced equipment is widely used, high-tech enters the lock manufacturing process, and high value-added, high-quality, high-performance products are also increasing Some large-scale lock enterprises have begun to enter the ranks of developing high-end smart locks and began to compete with international giants to explore and occupy the high-end market. The rapid growth of lock market demand, in recent years a large number of imported locks have also entered the Chinese market, especially high-end products, such as the United States, Italy, France and other countries, high-end brands occupy a considerable domestic market share, the pattern of domestic competition in the internationalization of the increasingly obvious.

The future competition landscape will still be the brand, quality and channels. China's locks must accelerate the growth and expansion of the brand. Judging from the current trend, the high-end locks market has great potential for development. China's lock companies must continuously enhance their independent innovation capabilities, high-end manufacturing capabilities, marketing capabilities and brand influence, and enhance their awareness of social responsibility. Through the production of world-class lock products, they will become Deeply respected by the world's international companies and brands, improve the influence and competitiveness of China's locks, and then promote China's transition from a lock manufacturing to a manufacturing power.

Eight trends in the development of locks The current fierce market competition in the lock industry has shifted from simple price competition to competition in product quality. Most companies truly recognize the importance of product quality, and thus strengthen the ability to implement standards and products. Quality inspection capabilities, a variety of representative laboratories and product testing centers have been established one after another, laying a solid foundation for improving the quality of China's lock products.

The first trend is to focus on the integration of culture and personality in industrial design. There are a variety of lock hardware styles on the market, and there are many varieties of them. However, from the very beginning of the design, it is rare to include various cultural connotations as design concepts. The Yajie Hardware R&D team has been working on this exploration and experiment since a few years ago.

The second trend: concern for user experience and product humanization. From the application occasions of the products, user needs, and consumer habits, developers have conducted extensive and in-depth research on indoor locks in the existing market, combined with feedback from senior industrial customers such as door factories, and conducted a brand new design on the lock body function. To meet family needs.

The third trend is that the rise of biometrics applications and the development of smart locks and smart hardware will jointly raise locks and hardware applications to a brand-new height. Home intelligence will likely enter the homes of ordinary people in the near future. At present, smart locks with high technological and scientific content, including password locks, IC card locks, fingerprint locks, etc., have gradually gained the recognition of high-end consumption in the market due to their unique convenience and gradual maturity of technology. And made a place. Fingerprint locks using biometrics technology have even broader market prospects due to fingerprints' uniqueness, non-replicability, portability, forgetfulness, and loss-free features.

The fourth major trend is to focus on product innovation and patent applications, enhance core competitiveness, and increasingly standardize the protection of intellectual property rights. Yajie has more than 200 patents and it is still increasing at a rate of about 25 each year.

The fifth trend: It is a complete solution for locks and supporting hardware. At present, Yajie has formed a complete product line of 18 major series of five categories: smart door locks, building door locks, Door Hardware, and bathroom hardware. Yajie has always been focusing on the integration of hardware product application systems with locks as the core, architectural hardware and furniture hardware, and has always been committed to becoming an expert in the lock industry.

The sixth major trend is to emphasize the attention to product details, to improve product quality, to reflect consumer tastes from the details, and to reflect the understanding of product content.

The seventh trend is: companies pay more attention to quality and brand: the essence of a truly good brand is the crystallization of quality, durability, and continuous development; quality is the life of the company.

The eighth trend is environmental protection, energy conservation and safety. The severity of environmental issues calls for more effective actions by responsible producers. Whether the product passed the certification of the environmental system and occupational health and safety system; whether to gradually adopt environmental protection plating technology, to reduce the use of cyanide, use 3 chromium plating; whether to meet the electroplating wastewater treatment and plating industry pollutant discharge standards, are manufacturers began to pay more attention to problem.