The author once seriously investigated why Kaiping Shuikou, Nan'an Luncang and even Wenzhou developed into China's most important hardware and plumbing bases. The advantages of these places are still there. I have not dared to draw conclusions for a long time. Some people in Shuikou and Luncang said that this place was developed from the iron shop. It turned out to be very poor and closed. Some people said that it developed from repairing locks and repairing pots. After thinking about it for a long time, the author investigated the case of Hubei Huanggang's development into China's premier kiln base, and finally understood the reasons for the development of these industries in the local area, and discovered that their greatest advantage was the advantage of being too poor. At the beginning, because of being too poor, ancestors and ancestors were poor and blocked for generations, and there was nowhere to go. When the spring breeze of reform and opening up, when people felt that hardware, plumbing and sanitary ware could be mixed with rice, the pioneers couldn't help being excited. Go all out to devote themselves to work, and later discovered that they can make a fortune, be a boss, and be a brand, so more and more people are entering the industry, and the investment is increasing, so that they can develop into production areas and industries. Then, the cluster effect is formed, and the industrial chain is formed. The raw materials are mainly the shortcomings of copper, which can be overcome through large-scale procurement, logistics optimization, and product upgrades. The formation of China's three major hardware, plumbing and sanitary production areas was that they had no advantage in anything at the time, that is, they had no advantage in food. The kilns in Huanggang and the snacks in Shaxian County of Fujian have all developed in this way. Unlike traditional ceramic production areas that rely on mountains to eat mountains and water for draft, even the current ceramic tile production areas still rely on raw materials. For example, Guangdong polished tiles are second to none. Because there is black mud suitable for the production of polished tiles.
This difference is very obvious from the perspective of overall sanitary ware companies, even from the perspective of hardware plumbing and sanitary ware companies. Most companies that do sanitary ceramics upgrade to make overall sanitary ware brands to go to peer companies to OEM shower rooms, bathroom cabinets, and hardware sanitary ware. Smart toilet cover, etc., if a hardware bathroom company wants to upgrade the overall bathroom, it must go to peer companies to OEM sanitary ceramics, shower rooms, bathroom cabinets, water frying covers, smart toilet covers, etc., even if they only do hardware bathroom Brands often produce faucets and showers by themselves, but also OEM floor drains, angle valves, hoses, buttons, etc. in peer companies. This situation has improved in recent years. Excellent companies such as Jiumu, Lehua, Hengjie, Huida and other products are becoming more and more complete, but OEM production is still inevitable, and most companies inevitably OEM each other and support each other. It will be at least ten years in the future. This phenomenon will exist in 20 years.
This phenomenon of mutual OEM and supporting services makes sanitary ware companies have more peer exchanges, promote each other, and more standardized product procurement and quality control.
Compared with sanitary ware companies, ceramic companies have the taste of going on their own. The products of ceramic factories are independently completed from raw materials, ore and porcelain mud to the factory. What to sell, make tea sets and sell tea sets, and sell floor tiles. Floor tiles, make vases and sell vases. Although there are also OEMs for interior wall tiles for waistline patterns, antique tiles for accessory tiles, and daily-use porcelain and art porcelain OEMs to support some products, but this phenomenon is not mainstream, but only a minority. , Far can not be compared with sanitary ware companies, this phenomenon is also weakening.
There are many specialized OEM brands in the ceramics industry, especially in the ceramic tile field. There are very few professional OEM brands for sanitary ware. There is a reason for the low threshold of sanitary ware companies. Small hardware sanitary ware companies, shower room companies, and bathroom cabinet companies are all invested It is better to set up a small factory and add OEM for less professional OEM.
The awareness of horizontal union and interaction of ceramic companies is naturally weaker than that of the sanitary ware industry.