Every reporter: Huang Xinlei Intern reporter: Zhu Chengxiang
Yangzhong City, which has recently been known as the "Hometown of Meltblown Fabrics", issued an announcement on April 16th that since March 20th, the city has issued reports on meltblown fabrics. Enterprise issues were assigned and centralized inspections were carried out. As of the evening of April 15, all meltblown cloth production and operation enterprises in the city have completely suspended production for rectification.
The outbreak of the new coronavirus pneumonia has caused the meltblown cloth, the "heart" of masks, to be in short supply.
Meltblown cloth is a niche industry with very low output. Under the prominent contradiction between supply and demand, an underground melt-blown cloth industry chain has rapidly emerged in Zhenjiang Yangzhong, Changzhou Xiaohe (now renamed Menghe) and other places in Jiangsu Province: from production, assembly, debugging to finished products, all links are "all-in-one" ".
html On April 15, walking on the streets of Menghe Town, there were many businesses selling equipment such as rollers and gas tanks. Many people in roadside restaurants and canteens were discussing the price of meltblown cloth. In a small local workshop, a reporter from "Daily Economic News" saw that two machines were running non-stop, and there were a lot of leftover melt-blown fabrics on the floor and on the workers.In a production workshop in Douzhuang Town, Danyang City, a group of people were "observing and learning" the production process. Some people directly reached out to touch the melt-blown cloth in production to "feel" the texture.
Master Wu, a meltblown equipment dealer in Menghe Town, told reporters that the whole set of equipment includes a debugging package of 500,000 yuan. It can produce 400 kilograms in one day, which is 1.2 tons in three days. If calculated at 420,000 yuan/ton, the income is about 500,000 yuan. "It used to take three days to get back the money, but now it doesn't take more than four days at most."
The production scene of a small workshop in Menghe Town, Changzhou Automobile and Motorcycle Third Road (Photo by intern reporter Zhu Chengxiang)
Visit: The "dirty and messy" small workshop is also producing melt-blown cloth
html April 15, "Daily Economics" News" reporters rushed to Changzhou to visit the local meltblown cloth industry chain.On the morning of that day, at Changzhou North Railway Station, the reporter met Xiao Li as a merchant. His factory originally mainly produced diodes, but due to the craze, it has now "changed" to selling second-hand extruders. The extruder is the core equipment for building an "underground" meltblown cloth production line. After powdery and granular materials enter from the hopper, they are heated and extruded to melt the materials.
Xiao Li took reporters to his factory. The factory building is not large, and there are two machines inside: one 65 model and one 45 model. The 65 model has a larger output. Xiao Li introduced to reporters that the material (polypropylene) enters from the conical hopper, is heated along the pipe, extruded and melted, and finally the heated material is sprayed from the small hole by the mold (spinneret) to the drum (receiver) On the machine, the melt-blown cloth is rolled into finished products by a roller. After the Type 65 machine is put into production, it can produce 230 kilograms of melt-blown cloth a day.
"I only sell extruders, you need to make other parts yourself." Xiao Li said. After learning that the reporter planned to go to Menghe Town that afternoon, he immediately said that rollers, gas tanks and other parts were "everywhere in the streets and alleys of Menghe."
The second-hand 65-type extruder sold by Xiao Li
Picture source: Photographed by intern reporter Zhu Chengxiang
As for the mold, Xiao Li said that he can introduce the supply of manufacturers in Suzhou High-tech Zone and Kunshan. A customer has previously bought one for 35,000 yuan. He introduced the factory mold.
According to Xiao Li’s quotation, if you choose second-hand or relatively cheap products, taking the second-hand extruder model 65 as an example, a bare machine is 85,000 yuan, the mold is about 40,000 yuan, and the air tank and roller total about 8,000 yuan, plus With an air compressor, the cost of building a complete set of meltblown cloth production equipment can be as low as about 150,000 yuan. If you choose brand new equipment, the cost will be around 300,000 yuan.
“I have sold more than a dozen second-hand extruders alone,” Xiao Li said. In addition, he also told reporters that most of those who assemble equipment to produce melt-blown cloth now use roller receivers, and this type of receiver is relatively simple and cannot be equipped with an electret machine or perform electrostatic electret treatment.
But in fact, electrostatic electret treatment is a very important process in the production process of meltblown cloth. After electrostatic electret treatment, electrostatic physical adsorption can be used to improve the filtration of solid particles, bacteria, viruses and other debris in the air. Effect.When
reporters came to Menghe Town, they found that, as Xiao Li said, there were many businesses selling rollers and gas tanks in the town. After the reporter got off the bus at the Menghe Traffic Control Station, he saw at first sight two or three workers carrying rollers to the van. The store owner told reporters, "An air compressor costs 19,000 yuan, and a roller costs 5,000 yuan."
Workers are carrying the rollers to the van
Picture source: Photographed by intern reporter Zhu Chengxiang
There are also many stores that sell rollers on the sidewalk outside the store. . The reporter continued to inquire about the price, and some store's bid dropped to 3,800 yuan. The store also sells packaging bags. The proprietress told reporters that the packaging bags cost 400 yuan a pack, and "people who produce melt-blown cloth come here to buy them." As for whether she knew the location of the meltblown cloth factory, the proprietress said she didn't know, "I always buy and leave."
In a slightly remote alley, the reporter saw workers producing rollers. At first glance, the processing technology is relatively simple. It mainly involves welding the square steel pipe and connecting it to a motor.
Workers working on drum production equipment in Menghe
Picture source: Photographed by intern reporter Zhu Chengxiang
Near Automobile and Motorcycle 3rd Road, the reporter saw a small workshop. The simple bungalow was surrounded by iron sheets and seemed to be a temporary factory building. There are two machines working and two workers nearby. The person in charge of the workshop said that these two machines belonged to his friends. After the reporter reported the purchase of meltblown cloth at a price of 420,000 yuan/ton, he said that he still has 10 machines in Fuyang, Anhui, which can be shipped directly from Anhui.
reporters observed that in this small workshop, leftover melt-blown fabric was stained everywhere on the floor, machines, and workers’ bodies, like flying catkins.
Small workshop production scene Picture source: Photo by intern reporter Zhu Chengxiang
Huge profits: Investing in a set of equipment can pay back the money in four days
After leaving the small workshop, the "Daily Economic News" reporter contacted a person who originally sold textile machinery. Master Wu. Master Wu said that second-hand extruders are "unreliable". He can provide a complete production line, and the 65-model package includes debugging for a total of 500,000 yuan. In Master Wu's shop, another merchant who came to purchase told reporters not to buy a second-hand 65-type extruder. "The first-hand one is only 110,000 yuan."
Master Wu did some calculations for reporters. The Model 65 he sold has a production capacity of 400 kilograms per day, which is 1.2 tons in three days. Calculated at 420,000 yuan per ton, it is 500,000 yuan. In the past, the cost could be recovered in three days. Now, No more than 4 days at most.
"I have a relative who just put in four units of Model 65 last night. One of them has already produced more than 200 kilograms after trial production." Master Wu said.
Regarding the question of whether to perform electrostatic electret treatment and add peroxide, Master Wu said: "If you don't do it, you won't do anything. If you don't wash the mud when the radish is fast, do you think anyone has the goods in Menghe now? Basically, just They were dragged away as soon as they came off the production line."
Master Wu further said that the current trading model in Menghe Town is basically to inspect the goods during the day, negotiate the price, and deliver the goods at 1 a.m. Some (goods) couldn't get out, so the entire hotel was booked. By the afternoon, many hotels in Menghe basically had no rooms. "It was very cold due to hail the past few days. Some customers even spent 50 yuan to rent a quilt and spend the night in their car."
Later, Master Wu drove 20 kilometers to take reporters to Douzhuang Town, Danyang City (county-level city), Zhenjiang City, next door, to "look at the equipment." On the way, Master Wu pointed to the police car on the side of the road and told reporters that the control is now stricter, and the transportation of meltblown cloth is strictly inspected. Not only Changzhou and Zhenjiang, but also the entire Jiangsu Province are not easy to work in. It is best to move to Anhui for production. He has sold more than a dozen production lines to Fuyang.
After the production process, workers touch the melt-blown cloth with their hands
Photo source: Photographed by intern reporter Zhu Chengxiang
According to the reporter's observation, the production workshop of Master Wu's relative's home is similar to the workshop on Automobile and Motorcycle 3rd Road, and there is a pungent smell in the air. After the raw materials are injected from the hopper, they are sprayed onto the drum through the mold. As a group of people watched, the production continued, and some of them "feel" the texture of the melt-blown cloth being produced with their hands.
A buyer observing machine production in Danyang, Zhenjiang
Picture source: Photographed by intern reporter Zhu Chengxiang
After leaving Douzhuang Town, the reporter successively contacted several individual dealers who claimed to sell equipment. A seller quoted a price of 2.2 million yuan for a Model 65 meltblown cloth machine (complete line). This equipment can only use polypropylene material with a melting index of 1,500. Regarding Master Wu’s statement that he can run a production line with 500,000 yuan, the salesperson said: “Our spinneret costs 500,000 yuan, and his set of equipment costs 500,000 yuan. You get what you pay for. Think about it. You understand, what are they made of? Those small manufacturers in Yangzhong all use those equipments. "
And a factory owner in Jiangyin is also ready to transfer the machine. He offers a production line of 7 million, and it is futures. Delivery will not be until the end of April. Interestingly, a factory owner in Yangzhong, Zhenjiang, told reporters that he only spent more than 300,000 yuan on a production line, but the machines were modified from other equipment. The current output is 180 kilograms a day.
In Yangzhong, a restaurant owner lamented that on street, many people are "making crazy money" by making meltblown cloth, including those who open hotels and supermarkets.
Advertisements of second-hand merchants in friends’ circle
Picture source: Photographed by reporter Huang Xinlei
In this restaurant owner’s WeChat circle of friends, there is a second-hand merchant who said “45 machines in stock are 110,000, 50 machines are 140,000, 55 machine, 11-kilowatt motor, RMB 170,000." However, an hour and a half later, the second-hand merchant reduced the price of the above-mentioned machine by 2,000 yuan, saying that "the output of melted cloth can reach a standard of more than 90% (that is, the bacterial filtration rate exceeds 90%)."
Advertisements of second-hand merchants in the circle of friends
Picture source: Photographed by Huang Xinlei, a reporter from Every Journal
Afterwards, the reporter went to the supermarket pointed by the restaurant owner to learn about the situation. A supermarket staff member said: "The market situation is already too late. People have moved outside Yangzhong. 'There are no bridges to cross now.' They can't get out without government approval." The reporter asked to see the machine, but the staff member said, "You have to explore it yourself, and you can't find it. It's all hidden. Once the door is closed, no one knows."
In Youfang Town, Yangzhong City, a family The person in charge of the company, which specializes in the R&D and manufacturing of filter material products; non-woven fabric processing and manufacturing business, told reporters that the company has "cooperated with the city's requirements and has suspended operations for two or three days."
The meltblown cloth produced by this company is mainly used for air filter materials, liquid filter materials, sound insulation materials, etc., and is not used for masks. "But recently, there have been one or two hundred calls a day, from all over the country, and I don't even want to answer them." I got it, they were all reselling meltblown fabrics, I wouldn’t sell to them, they wouldn’t even let me in, they were all locked. I felt that we had to catch Sanwu products, otherwise even my relatives would use substandard products. But this is indeed not a problem in Yangzhong,” the person in charge said.
Hidden danger: Non-standard raw materials are used indiscriminately to fill up the supply due to shortage, and the prices are wildly speculated.
The huge profits from the production of melt-blown cloth have directly stimulated the price of the upstream raw material polypropylene. According to the above-mentioned equipment dealer Master Wu, the raw materials for melt-blown cloth have skyrocketed in the past few days. The price was 19,000/ton in the morning, 38,000/ton in the evening, and 54,000/ton in the next morning.
" The price of polypropylene is now one per day, from 20,000 5 days ago to 70,000 now. The prices of equipment related to masks are all messed up. " The person in charge of the above-mentioned Yangzhong City enterprise also told the "Daily Economic News" reporter.
In order to understand the raw materials of melt-blown cloth, reporters from "Daily Economic News" interviewed many analysts, as well as polypropylene manufacturers and traders, and found that the special materials for melt-blown cloth are in very short supply on the market, and many factories and small workshops use them. High melting fiber.
Some people in the industry said that if it were not made from special materials for melt-blown cloth, the melt-blown cloth would not meet the standards required for medical masks and KN95 masks. Huarui Information PP analyst Wang Hemao said: "The reason why medical masks and KN95 masks can block bacteria and prevent droplets is because the middle layer of melt-blown cloth has a higher melting index, and qualified melt-blown cloth is also made of electrostatic electret deal with."
Zhuochuang Information Plastics Market Analyst Zhang Zhihui told reporters: "Most of the unqualified melt-blown cloths use high-melting fiber, with a melting index of about 38g-42g/10min, while the melt-blown cloth special materials The index is 1500g/10min". For melt-blown cloth special materials, the market generally calls it melt-blown cloth index 1500, or directly referred to as "1500".
Wang Hemao said: "Melt-blown cloth special raw materials are a very niche market, only A few manufacturers such as Dawn Co., Ltd. are doing it. After the demand for masks increased sharply, the price of special materials for melt-blown cloth also increased. However, these companies all sell point-to-point, that is, they sell to specific mask manufacturers. Therefore, many small melt-blown cloth workshops turn to high-melt fiber. "
Some people in the industry also told reporters that the production machines in small workshops are modified from other equipment and cannot use the special raw materials for melt-blown cloth with a melting index of 1500. In this regard, the reporter talked to Yangzhong as a new entrant into the melt-blown cloth industry. I got in touch with a small workshop owner who said that one of his production lines cost more than 300,000 yuan. In response to the reporter’s question, “A friend of mine used the 1500 Fused Finger, but the result was that it couldn’t be printed.” The boss said, “I have never used the Fused Finger 1500.” Products, products produced by 2040 will be better. "However, the boss also added: "2040 is not a manufacturer of melt-blown cloth. You need to ask a master to debug the machine. "
Danyang Douzhuang Workshop uses raw materials
PP mi-380 from South Korea PolyMirae. Picture source: Photo by intern reporter Zhu Chengxiang
Regarding the 2040 product, Wang Hemao told reporters: "2040 generally refers to Secco S2040, which is a high-melt Refers to fiber, the melt index is about 40g/10min, it is not a special material for melt-blown cloth. Since raw materials with a melt index of 1500 are relatively scarce, and Secco S2040 is a high-end product among high melt index fibers, Secco's products were once highly speculated. Later, Dushanzi 2040 was also sought after. At the craziest time, even a Secco packaging bag sold for as high as 60 yuan to 100 yuan. "
" At the end of March, the price of Secco S2040 was only 7,000 yuan/ton, but it increased by several thousand yuan in a few minutes. In just 10 days, it was speculated to be around 20,000 yuan/ton," Wang Hemao added.
html On April 13, Shanghai Secco issued an announcement saying: "Recently, there have been counterfeit polyolefin products produced under the name of Shanghai Secco on the market in some areas. Sales, especially the polypropylene product S2040, have been severely affected, which has had a huge impact on the normal production and operation of Shanghai SECCO customers. "On the afternoon of April 17, a reporter from "Daily Economic News" called Shanghai SECCO regarding issues related to S2040 products, but as of press time, no reply has been received.In order to understand the price of 2040 products, the reporter contacted a raw material trader. However, he recommended N-Z30S to reporters, priced at 27,000 yuan/ton. “This meltblown material (N-Z30S) can be produced normally and is of better quality than 2040. But now the quality of masks is strictly checked, and many people switch to 1500 masks. "According to the screenshot given by the above-mentioned raw material trader, the melt index test result of N-Z30S product is only 24.5g/10min, which is far from the 1500g/10min melt-blown special raw material standard.
Picture source: Raw material trader picture
In Yangzhong, the reporter found that there were people in the restaurant owner's circle of friends who "advertised", saying that "Sinopec 1500 is out of stock, and Plite will be a substitute. The owner has received 410,000 yuan for 3.2 tons in stock." "1500 is out of stock now. Everything on the market is fake. "
It can be seen from this that melt-blown cloth companies and mask factories have now realized the need to use regular melt-blown raw materials. However, the output of regular melt-blown materials is seriously insufficient.
The above-mentioned industry insiders told reporters that had previously been melt-blown The market size of special raw materials for cloth is very small. First of all, fiber materials account for only about 10% of polypropylene, and special raw materials for melt-blown cloth only account for 0.3% of fiber materials.
Wang Hemao also said: "Compared to the hype competition. Among the huge crowd of people speculating on the SEC S2040, the number of people who are speculating on the 1500 melting index is very small because few people can get regular products. The people who are speculating are estimated to be only one-tenth of the crowd who are speculating on the SEC S2040. ”
After the demand for meltblown cloth surged, many polypropylene manufacturers began to reduce the output of wire drawing and other products, and increased the output of high-melt fiber.Zhang Zhihui, plastics market analyst at Zhuochuang Information, told reporters: "Due to the tightness of fiber materials, petrochemical (factories) are now beginning to switch to the production of fiber materials, and the production scheduling ratio is close to 50%."
Regarding the production capacity of 1500 melt index, Wang Hemao said: " A melt index of 1500 has relatively high requirements on equipment. Generally speaking, 25g/10min is a low melt index, 40g/10min is a high melt index, and melt blown materials with a melt index of 1500g/10min have higher process requirements. In order to improve the melt index, special equipment is required. Equipment. For example, Sinopec’s investment in melt-blown material equipment is as high as several billion yuan. Therefore, apart from major state-owned enterprises such as Sinopec and PetroChina, many chemical companies are still waiting to see how melt-blown materials with melt index 1500 are being put into production. The above-mentioned industry insiders said that the depreciation life of chemical equipment is generally 15 years, and meltblown materials are a niche market. Once the epidemic is over, it will be difficult to recoup the cost of large-scale equipment investments.
The huge profits of meltblown cloth have also attracted the attention of listed companies. On the evening of April 15, Nal Shares (002825, SZ) announced that the company signed a purchase contract with Shenzhen BYD Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. BYD purchased 100 tons of meltblown cloth from the company, and the delivery time is from April to July. Among them, the prepayment for goods delivered in April and May is 20 million yuan.
NAL Co., Ltd. is an enterprise in the digital printing materials industry. Its main products are car body stickers, single-transmission films, coated printing materials, etc. The products are widely used in digital printing and automobile decoration. The production of meltblown cloth seems to be a cross-border move. At present, there is huge profit space in the meltblown cloth industry, and Nal has signed a contract with BYD to lock in downstream demand. Therefore, after the announcement was made, the listed company quickly gained popularity from investors. On April 16 and 17, NAL shares continued to rise by the daily limit.
Regarding the cross-border production of melt-blown cloth, a reporter from "Daily Economic News" called Nal Shares on April 17, but as of press time, no reply has been received.
In addition, Juzhengyuan (831200), a company listed on the New Third Board, also announced that the company urgently developed special materials for melt-blown cloth and successfully produced melt-blown cloth pellets PPH-G1500H on February 22. On the afternoon of April 17, a reporter from "Daily Economic News" called Juzhengyuan. The staff said: "We have several products, all of which can produce melt-blown cloth. For specific product details, you can log in to the company's e-commerce Platform.”
In a message on the Juzhengyuan e-commerce platform, Zeng Yiping, the company’s chairman, said that starting from February 10, the company has restored 100% production capacity and can produce 1,600 tons of polypropylene per day, which is enough to meet the demand. The demand for polypropylene for the production of masks and protective clothing in Guangdong Province. However, there is no information on the price and remaining quantity of PPH-G1500H on the Juzhengyuan e-commerce platform. Currently, the company's most popular products are PPH-Y35L and PPH-M17. The melting index of these two products is 37g/10min and 17g/10min.
Yangzhong City, Jiangsu Province, conducts registration and inspection of vehicles exiting the checkpoints of five major cities (Photographed by reporter Huang Xinlei)
Chaos: Unqualified meltblown cloth was seized, but a report was made that it was "robbed"
html April 16 A staff member of the Yangzhong Municipal Government told the "Daily Economic News" reporter that Yangzhong City is currently comprehensively rectifying the meltblown cloth industry."Yangzhong Release" news stated that as of the evening of April 15, all meltblown cloth production and operation enterprises in Yangzhong City had completely suspended production for rectification. In the next stage, Yangzhong City will strengthen its determination to rectify, strengthen the performance of duties, ensure the effectiveness of rectification, and "cool down" irrational market behavior. The whole city will continue to regard the standardization and rectification of the meltblown cloth industry as the top priority of the current work. We will concentrate our efforts and tackle the key problems. We will coordinate the three levels of cities, towns and villages, and jointly enforce the law with multiple departments. We will resolutely shut down illegal production and operation enterprises and resume normal production. order. At the same time, we will continue to strictly control all entrances and exits in and out of Yangzhong. The market supervision team, together with the public security, transportation and other departments, will strictly inspect the cloth transportation vehicles 24 hours a day, verify product licenses, sales contracts, and inspection reports, and seize unqualified products in accordance with the law, without giving up an inch. Substandard products flow out of Yangzhong.
Yangzhong released official WeChat screenshots
html On April 16, heading west along Renmin Road, Xilaiqiao Town, Yangzhong City, the reporter saw both the "Notice on Regulating the Production and Operation Order of Meltblown Fabric Enterprises" and the "Notice on Regulating the Production and Operation Order of Meltblown Fabric Enterprises" posted on the street. Advertising poster for "Polypropylene PP raw material for meltblown cloth".In a hardware store that is welding steel pipes to make melt-blown fabric supporting machines, the store owner told reporters that the machines are customized by private owners, but the market is no longer available.Polypropylene advertisements on Renmin Road, Xilaiqiao Town, Yangzhong City
Picture source: Photographed by reporter Huang Xinlei
The above-mentioned government staff responded to what the reporter saw, saying that Yangzhong City does not produce professional meltblown cloth manufacturing machines. Since 3 Starting from March 20, Yangzhong City has assigned issues related to meltblown cloth companies and carried out centralized inspections. Starting from April 10, Yangzhong City will conduct registration inspections of vehicles at the five major checkpoints leaving the city. All unqualified meltblown fabric products carried by all exiting vehicles will be seized in accordance with the law. Those with suspected quality problems will be sent to professional institutions for product quality appraisal. As of the morning of April 11, the Yangzhong City Traffic Police Department had seized more than 30 meltblown cloth transport vehicles.
On the morning of April 17, a reporter from "Daily Economic News" came to a storage point where meltblown cloth transportation vehicles were seized and stored in Xinba Town, Yangzhong City, and found four trucks parked inside, one of which was a van with a Yu A license plate. The truck contained 35 rolls of unsealed melt-blown cloth, one of which had the words "31.35" printed on the packaging bag. The relevant person in charge of the Yangzhong Municipal Public Security Bureau told reporters that this refers to a roll of melt-blown cloth weighing 31.35 kilograms. If the average roll is 30 kilograms, a truck of melt-blown cloth weighs about 1 ton.
The person in charge said that there are five or six temporary storage points in Yangzhong City, and the vehicles inspected include trucks, vans, etc. During the inspection, they also discovered that there were freight vehicles transporting meltblown cloth in the name of express delivery.
The seized transport vehicles with Yu A license plates
Picture source: Photographed by reporter Huang Xinlei
The reporter noticed that the four seized vehicles at the storage point had Yu A, Yu J, Lu V and Lu V plates respectively. Q license plate, the above-mentioned person in charge also said that the seized vehicles came from all over the country, and the consignees were both mask factories in other places and middlemen who obtained relevant information. The middlemen purchased the melt-blown cloth and resold it to the mask factory, earning a profit Take the difference.
" Are you sure you want to report the crime as being robbed? You are responsible for the legal responsibility, are you clear? " A police officer who received the report sounded serious, but the reporter frowned and looked unconvinced - On the morning of April 17, "Every A reporter from Nikkei Shimbun saw such a scene at the Xinba Town Police Station. Subsequently, the reporter learned that because did not meet relevant standards, the reporter's meltblown cloth was seized. The reporter tried to take back the goods, but was refused. In anger, the reporter actually tried to claim the goods at the police station in the name of "being robbed." Register and report within.
This is not the only case reported, and the reasons are almost all related to melt-blown cloth. A man reported that a customer bought his meltblown fabric manufacturing supporting machine. After he debugged and installed it for the customer, the customer only paid part of the money and took away all the machinery and equipment at night, leaving a balance of 3,000 yuan. The man felt angry and reported the incident to the police.
The above-mentioned Yangzhong municipal government staff admitted to reporters that there are difficulties in quality inspection of melt-blown cloth: on the one hand, the different uses of melt-blown cloth lead to different quality standards, and there is a lack of basis for checking melt-blown cloth; on the other hand, Yangzhong Banning the production and transportation of (unqualified) melt-blown cloth companies in one city cannot completely eliminate the production of inferior masks. We must start from the source and investigate and deal with other (unqualified) mask factories and melt-blown cloth companies outside Yangzhong City.
In Changzhou City, rectification activities are also underway.
html On April 16, a reporter from "Daily Economic News" came to the Market Supervision and Administration Department of Menghe Town. The staff said that the production of melt-blown cloth first originated in Yangzhong, and there were already several melt-blown cloth production companies in the local area. After these companies made money, one after another began to modify equipment to produce meltblown cloth, and then spread to Menghe. It is not clear whether Menghe currently has a regular meltblown fabric manufacturer that meets the standards.Later, the reporter went to the Menghe Town People’s Service Center. A staff member told the reporter that Xinbei District, Changzhou City has established a special rectification leading group for meltblown cloth production enterprises. The current attitude of Xinbei District is to "support a group of ", integrate a group, ban a group", that is, support a group of powerful enterprises, integrate a group of medium-sized enterprises, and ban family workshops and enterprises without business licenses.
Regarding "supporting a group of people", the staff member said that according to his understanding, there are qualified local enterprises in Changzhou. In Menghe, several companies are still preparing their production lines. Regarding issues such as whether Menghe has set up checkpoints at designated points to crack down on the transportation of unqualified meltblown cloth, the staff member said that Menghe Town has already inspected "three no products" at highway intersections.
However, although Yangzhong City, Xinbei District of Changzhou City and other places strictly inspected the "three-free meltblown cloth", it still cannot stop some people's "dream of getting rich". During the interview, the reporter found that there are still many hardware stores in Yangzhong urban area. Rushing to work on supporting machines. An electric welder said that although the manufacture of meltblown cloth is no longer allowed, their store has recently sold dozens of supporting machines.
In another decoration store on the same street, a clerk told reporters that their company had been producing meltblown cloth machines before, with 50 machines priced at 150,000 yuan each, and the last 10 units had been sold out on April 17. On April 18, the person in charge of the company called back and said that there are currently three sets of fully equipped brand new 50-meter machines, priced at 220,000 each. Since Yangzhong City currently does not prohibit the sale and shipment of related equipment out of Yangzhong, there is no need to worry about being investigated. buckle.
Reporter's Notes | Underneath the chaos is the lack of professionalism and standardization
"Recover the cost in four days, easily become a millionaire", 20,000 yuan/ton of raw materials, 400,000 yuan/ton of sales, gross profit The height is jaw-dropping. Meltblown cloth is the heart of medical masks, but this product has always been a niche market. After the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, the demand for medical masks increased exponentially, and meltblown cloth became a scarce product for a while.
There are already several meltblown cloth factories in Yangzhong. Under the myth of meltblown cloth making people rich, a large number of small workshops have sprung up in Yangzhong, Menghe and other places. For regular meltblown fabric production lines, not only are the machines expensive, but factory construction and equipment debugging are also slow. Many people modify similar extruders and start production after debugging is completed. After the first group of people succeeded, more and more followers followed. Underneath the chaos of
is the lack of professionalism and standardization. Many workshops couldn't get qualified meltblown materials, so they used Secco S2040 as a substitute. Later, even Secco S2040 appeared many counterfeit products. In the opinion of the small bosses in this industry chain, as long as the "texture" of the cloth is about the same. They don't know or care about whether they are qualified or not. Some traders whose "three noes" meltblown fabrics were seized have confidently reported the case and requested the return of the goods.
Under the government's vigorous rectification, many small workshops have begun to move to the mainland. Market demand exists objectively, and huge profits make many people willing to take risks. "Look at the streets of Menghe, who has the goods now? They are booked before they even come off the production line." The words of equipment dealer Master Wu still ring in my ears.
To truly reverse the chaos of small underground melt-blown cloth workshops, we still need the power of the market. For example, large state-owned enterprises such as PetroChina and Sinopec have begun to ship in large quantities. Without the temptation of huge profits, the production of small workshops will naturally stop.
Reporter: Huang Xinlei Intern reporter: Zhu Chengxiang
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