2024/04/23 By Chen Renyi
The global auto market is developing rapidly, and new energy vehicles are particularly anticipated by all parties. Xiao Wenlong, executive director of the Taiwan Machinery Association and president of FORWELL Technology Group (FORWELL), said that the demand for the auto market will continue to grow this year. Among them, electric vehicles will continue to grow. After the normal supply of chips resumed after the epidemic, the market share is growing rapidly. Also benefiting from the substantial growth in demand from the global auto market, the automotive parts rubber and plastic molding market is expected to show strong growth in the future.
Xiao Wenlong, president of Forwell Group, said that due to the booming global car market, the mainland electric vehicle market is also gaining momentum. In February this year, BYD, a major Chinese new energy vehicle manufacturer, announced the launch of a car priced at RMB 79,800 (approximately NT$350,000). The electric vehicle has created more than 23,000 orders in just one week after its launch, successfully stimulating the buying momentum in the electric vehicle market. As the electric vehicle and automobile market recovers, the related spare parts and automotive electronics industries are pursuing higher The most direct and effective way is to increase the added value of products and strengthen product characteristics to create greater market competitiveness by reasonably reducing production costs and meeting market trend demands.
He also said that many automotive metal molded parts have been gradually replaced by two-color or multi-color rubber and plastic injection molded parts or composite material molded parts that combine rubber, plastic, iron, aluminum and other materials. The main reasons are their strength, The hardness, appearance, color and other conditions are no less than those of all-metal parts, and it has the characteristics of low cost and lightweight.
Xiao Wenlong also pointed out that due to the increasingly sophisticated formulations of raw materials such as plastic steel materials and the two-color and multi-color injection molding technology and equipment, the development and application of rubber and plastic injection molding products are becoming more and more extensive, and the product features are becoming more and more adaptable. The higher it is, the more advantageous it is, such as low cost, light weight, easy molding, and the upgrade of vacuum plating surface treatment technology. There are more choices and changes in product appearance and color, and it meets the environmental requirements of easy recycling, allowing injection molding In the future, molded products will have more and more room for application and development in auto parts and 3C products, and industry development opportunities are highly anticipated.
Xiao Wenlong emphasized that in order to meet the high-precision requirements and diversified production types of automotive parts, injection molding companies have not only gradually improved and upgraded production equipment, but also improved mold technology and even streamlined the pursuit of integrated firmware production. In the process, molds are getting larger and larger, and the usage and frequency of mold replacement are getting higher and higher. Therefore, only through systematic and intelligent "mold management" can we achieve the purpose of improving quality and efficient production
Forwell Group has recently passed the PMC ISO 14064-1 greenhouse gas carbon footprint verification, and has begun to develop intelligent rapid mold change system equipment that complies with ESG standards and has low carbon emissions. The intelligent mold management system equipment includes "mold conveyor" System" (automatic mold changing trolley system), "automatic mold storage system" and "mold maintenance system". In order to develop low-carbon equipment that is environmentally friendly and sustainable, the company is now planning to invest in the research and development of low-carbon emission In addition to the updated design of intelligent equipment and related components, it has also begun to create a production environment that achieves carbon tax deduction standards. In the future, Forwell's entire series of products will be developed and designed to meet the demands of energy conservation and carbon reduction, ensuring that all products meet ESG Sustainable normative goals.
Xiao Wenlong, executive director of Taiwan Machinery Association and president of Forwell Group. Picture/Chen Renyi
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