Source: Daily Economic News
(Original title: Undercover visit to the underground meltblown fabric workshop: 500,000 investment in 4 days, counterfeit and shoddy products were found to be reported as "robbed")
Underground meltblown fabric production chaos rectified, unqualified products were seized (Source: original)
Yangzhong City, which has recently been called the "hometown of meltblown fabrics", issued an announcement on April 16 stating that since March 20, the city has assigned relevant problems of meltblown fabric companies and carried out centralized inspections. As of the evening of April 15, all meltblown fabric production and operation enterprises in the city have completely stopped production and rectified.
The outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic has made the "heart" of masks meltblown suddenly become tight.
Meltblown fabric is a niche industry with very low output. With the prominent contradictions in supply and demand, an underground meltblown cloth industrial chain has quickly emerged in Yangzhong, Zhenjiang, Xiaohe, Changzhou (now renamed Menghe) and other places in Jiangsu Province: from production, assembly, debugging to finished products, all links are "complete".
April 15, walking on the streets of Menghe Town, there are many merchants selling rollers and gas tanks on the street. In roadside restaurants and convenience stores, many people are talking about the price of meltblown fabrics. In a small local workshop, a reporter from "Daily Economic News" saw that the two machines were running continuously, and there were a lot of meltblown cloth scraps on the ground and on the workers.
In a production workshop in Douzhuang Town, Danyang City, a group of people are "observing and learning" the production process. Someone directly reached out to touch the meltblown cloth in production and "feel" the texture.
Mr. Wu, a meltblown equipment provider in Menghe Town, told reporters that the entire equipment package is debugged by 500,000 yuan, which can produce 400 kilograms a day, and 1.2 tons in three days. If calculated at 420,000 yuan/ton, the income will be about 500,000 yuan. "In the past, you could get your money back in three days, but now it can no longer than four days."
Visit: "dirty, messy and poor" small workshops are also producing meltblown fabrics
On April 15, a reporter from "Daily Economic News" rushed to Changzhou to visit the local meltblown fabric industry chain.
On the morning of the same day, at Changzhou North Station, the reporter met Xiao Li as a merchant. His factory originally mainly made diodes, but under the craze, it has now "changed" to sell second-hand extruders. The extruder is the core equipment for the construction of the "underground" meltblown fabric production line. After the powdery and granular materials enter the hopper, the materials are melted by heating and extrusion.
Xiao Li brought the reporter to his factory. The factory building is not large, and there are two machines inside: one 65 model and the other 45 model, with a larger output of the 65 model. Xiao Li told reporters that the material (polypropylene) enters from a conical hopper, heats, extrudes and melts along the pipeline, and finally sprays the heated material from the small holes from the mold (spindle plate) to the drum (receiver), and the meltblown cloth is rolled into the finished product. After the 65-type machine is put into production, 230 kilograms of meltblown fabric can be produced in one day.
"I only sell extruders, and you need to match other components yourself." Xiao Li said. After learning that the reporter planned to go to Menghe Town in the afternoon of the same day, he immediately stated that the drums, gas tanks and other components were "very everywhere in Menghe Streets and Alleys."
The second-hand 65-type extruder sold by Xiao Li. Picture source: Intern reporter Zhu Chengxiang. Photo
As for molds, Xiao Li said that he could introduce the supply of manufacturers in Suzhou High-tech Zone and Kunshan. Previously, a customer spent 35,000 yuan to buy a factory mold he introduced.
According to Xiao Li's quotation, if you choose a second-hand or relatively cheap product, take the second-hand extruder 65 model as an example, a bare metal is 85,000 yuan, a mold is about 40,000 yuan, and an air tank and roller are about 8,000 yuan. With the air compressor, the cost of building a complete set of meltblown fabric production equipment can be as low as about 150,000 yuan. If you choose a brand new equipment, the cost will be around 300,000 yuan.
"I sold more than a dozen units of second-hand extruders alone," said Xiao Li. In addition, he also told reporters that most of the assembled equipment to produce meltblown cloth use roller receivers, and this type of receiver is relatively simple, and cannot add electrets or do 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, the physical adsorption of static electricity can be used to improve the filtration effect of solid particles, bacteria, viruses and other debris in the air.
After the reporter came to Menghe Town, he found that as Xiao Li said, there are many merchants selling drums and gas tanks in the town. After the reporter got off at Menghe Traffic Management Station, he saw two or three workers carrying rollers to the van at first sight. The store owner told reporters, "The air compressor is 19,000 yuan, and the roller is 5,000 yuan."
Workers are carrying rollers on the van to
Picture source: Intern reporter Zhu Chengxiang Photo
There are also many stores that place the rollers on the sidewalk outside the storefront for sale. The reporter continued to inquire along the way, and some stores' bids dropped to 3,800 yuan, and the store also sold packaging bags. The boss’s wife told reporters that a pack of packaging bags costs 400 yuan, "all those who produce meltblown cloth come and buy them." As for whether we know the location of the meltblown fabric factory, the boss said that he was not clear about it, "I always leave after buying it."
In a slightly remote alley, the reporter saw that there were workers producing rollers. Roughly speaking, the processing technology is relatively simple. It mainly welds the square steel pipe and then connects it to a motor.
Workers who produce roller equipment in Menghe Picture source: Intern reporter Zhu Chengxiang Photo
Near Automobile Third Road, the reporter saw a small workshop. The simple bungalow is surrounded by iron sheets, and it seems to be a temporary factory building. There are two machines working, and there are two workers next to it. The workshop person in charge said that these two machines were his friend's machines. After the reporter reported that he had purchased meltblown fabric at a price of 420,000 yuan/ton, he said that he still had 10 machines in Fuyang, Anhui and could ship directly from Anhui.
The reporter observed that in this small workshop, meltblown cloth scraps were stained with flying catkins on the ground, on machines and on workers' bodies, like flying catkins.
small workshop production scene. Picture source: Intern reporter Zhu Chengxiang. Photo:
huge profits: Invest in a set of equipment and you can get the money in four days. After leaving the small workshop, the reporter of "Daily Economic News" contacted Master Wu, who originally sold textile machinery. Master Wu said that second-hand extruders are "unreliable". He can provide a complete production line, with a total of 500,000 yuan for commissioning of the 65 model package. In Master Wu’s store, another merchant who came to buy told reporters not to buy a second-hand 65 extruder, “the first-hand one is only 110,000 yuan.”
Master Wu did some calculations for the reporter. The 65 type he sold had a production capacity of 400 kg/day, which was 1.2 tons in three days. At 420,000 yuan/ton, it was 500,000 yuan. In the past, he could make a return in three days, but now it is no more than 4 days at most.
"I have a relative who just got on 4 65 models last night. One of them has produced more than 200 kilograms after trial delivery." said Master Wu.
Regarding whether to do electrostatic electret treatment and the addition of peroxides, Master Wu said: "If you don't do it, you won't do anything. If the radish is fast, you won't wash the mud. Do you see who has the goods in Menghe now? Basically, it was dragged away as soon as it was off the production line."
Master Wu further stated that the current trading model of Menghe Town is basically to look at the goods during the day, negotiate the price, and deliver the goods at 1 a.m. Some of the hotels could not be shipped, so they booked the entire hotel. By the afternoon, many hotels in Menghe had basically no rooms. "The hail was very cold a few days ago, and some customers even spent 50 yuan to rent a bed and quilt to spend the night in the car."
Then, Master Wu drove 20 kilometers to Douzhuang Town, Danyang City (county-level city) next town, Jiangjiang to "see the equipment". On the road, Master Wu pointed to the police car on the side of the road and told reporters that the control is now relatively strict and the transportation of meltblown cloth is strictly investigated. Not only Changzhou and Zhenjiang, but also Jiangsu Province is not easy to do, so it is best to take it to Anhui for production. He has sold more than a dozen production lines to Fuyang.
After the production process, the worker touched the meltblown cloth with his hands. Photo source: Intern reporter Zhu Chengxiang. Photo by
According to the reporter's observation, the production workshop of Master Wu's relative's family is similar to the workshop on Automobile 3rd Road, with a irritating smell in the air. After the raw material is injected from the hopper, it is sprayed onto the drum through the mold. During the observation of a group of people, production continued, and some people also "feel" the texture of the meltblown cloth being produced with their hands.
Purchaser who observes machine production in Danyang, Zhenjiang
Picture source: Intern reporter Zhu Chengxiang Photo
After leaving Douzhuang Town, the reporter contacted several individual distributors who claimed to sell equipment. A salesman of a 65-type meltblown fabric machine (full line) priced at 2.2 million yuan, and the equipment can only use polypropylene material with a melt finger of 1500. Regarding the statement that Master Wu can get a production line with 500,000 yuan, the salesperson said: "We have a spinneret of 500,000 yuan, and a set of equipment of 500,000 yuan, and a penny get what you pay for. You can understand it by thinking about it. What are they made of? The small manufacturers in Yangzhong use all those equipment."
A factory owner in Jiangyin is also preparing to transfer the machine. He offered a production line of 7 million yuan, and it was futures, and it could not be delivered at the end of April. Interestingly, a factory owner in Yangzhong, Zhenjiang told reporters that one of his production lines only cost more than 300,000 yuan, but the machines are all transformed from other equipment, and the current daily output is 180 kilograms.
In Yangzhong, a restaurant owner sighed that on this street, many people "make crazy profits" by making meltblown fabrics, and those who run hotels and supermarkets are doing it.
Advertisements by second-hand merchants in their circle of friends Picture source: reporter Huang Xinlei of Meike
In the restaurant owner's WeChat Moments, there are second-hand merchants who say "spot 45 machines 110,000, 50 machines 140,000, 55 machines, 11 kW motors 170,000." However, an hour and a half later, the second-hand merchant reduced the price of the above machine by 2,000 yuan, saying that "the output of fuse can reach the standard of more than 90 (i.e., the bacterial filtration rate exceeds 90%)."
Advertisements by second-hand merchants in their circle of friends Image source: reporter Huang Xinlei of Meike
Then, the reporter went to the supermarket referred to by the restaurant owner to find out the situation. A supermarket staff member said: "The market is too late, and they have moved outside Yangzhong. 'Now there is no bridge,' and I can't get out without government approval." The reporter asked to see the machine, and the staff member said, "You have to explore it yourself, and you can't find it. You hide it and do it. Once the door is closed, no one knows it."
In Youfang Town, Yangzhong City, a company specializing in the research and development and manufacturing of filter material products; the person in charge of the non-woven fabric processing and manufacturing business told reporters that the company has "complied with the city's requirements and has been suspended 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 are one or two hundred calls every day, and there are from all over the country. I don't want to answer them. They all resell meltblown cloth. I don't sell it to them, and I don't even let the door in, and they are locked. I think I have to catch three-no products, otherwise even my relatives around me will use unqualified products, but this is indeed not a problem in Yangzhong." The person in charge said.
Hidden danger: In the absence of stock, non-standard raw materials are just a mess, and the price is frantically speculated and the huge profits of meltblown cloth production directly stimulate the price of upstream raw materials polypropylene. According to the above-mentioned equipment dealer Master Wu, meltblown cloth raw materials soared a few days ago, with a price of 19,000/ton in the morning, and 38,000/ton in the evening, and 54,000/ton the next morning.
"Now the price of polypropylene per day, 20,000 5 days ago, and now 70,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,0
In order to understand the raw materials of meltblown cloth, a reporter from "Daily Economic News" interviewed many analysts, polypropylene manufacturers and traders and found that special materials for meltblown cloth in the market are very short of, and many factories and small workshops use high-melt finger fibers.
Some industry insiders said that if it were not for special materials for meltblown fabrics, the meltblown fabrics made would not meet the standards required by medical masks and KN95 masks. Wang Hemao, an analyst at Huarui Information PP, said: "The reason why medical masks and KN95 masks can block bacteria and prevent droplets is because the melt finger of the meltblown cloth in the middle is higher, and qualified meltblown cloth has also been treated with electrostatic electret." Zhang Zhihui, a plastic market analyst at Zhuochuang Information, told reporters: "Most of the unqualified meltblown cloths use high melting finger fibers, with melting fingers about 38g-42g/10min, while the melting fingers of special materials for meltblown cloth are 1500g/10min."For special materials for meltblown fabrics, the market generally calls them melting fingers 1500, or simply "1500".
Wang He Maoze said: "The raw materials for meltblown fabrics are a very niche market, and only a few manufacturers such as Dawn Co., Ltd. are doing them. After the demand for masks has increased sharply, the price of special materials for meltblown fabrics has also risen. However, these companies are point-to-point sales, that is, sales to specific mask manufacturers. Therefore, many small meltblown fabric workshops turn to high melting finger fibers."
Some industry insiders also told reporters that the production machines of small workshops are transformed with other equipment, and it is impossible to use meltblown fabric special materials with melting fingers of 1500. In response, the reporter contacted a small workshop owner in Yangzhong as a newcomer to meltblown fabric. His production line cost more than 300,000 yuan. Regarding the reporter's question that "a friend used 1500 melt finger, but it couldn't be clothed", the boss said, "I have never used 1500 melt finger, and it would be better to use 2040 products." However, the boss also added: "2040 is not made of meltblown cloth, so the master needs to debug the machine."
Danyang Douzhuang workshop uses the raw materials of Korean PolyMirae mi-380 Picture source: Intern reporter Zhu Chengxiang Photo by
For the 2040 product, Wang Hemao told reporters: "2040 generally refers to Saike S2040, which is a high-melt finger fiber, with a melting finger of about 40g/10min, not a special material for melting cloth. Because the raw materials of the melting finger 1500 are relatively scarce, and Saike S2040 is a high-end product among high-melt finger fibers, Saike's goods were once hyped, and then Dushanzi 2040 was also sought after. At the craziest time, even a packaging bag of Saike was sold at a price of 60 to 100 yuan."
"At the end of March, the price of Saike S2040 was only 7,000 yuan/ton, but it rose by several thousand yuan in a few minutes. It was hyped to about 20,000 yuan/ton in just 10 days," Wang Hemao added.
htmlOn April 13, Shanghai Saike issued an announcement stating: "Recently, some regions have had polyolefin products produced in the name of Shanghai Saike in some areas, especially the polypropylene product S2040, which has had a huge impact on the normal production and operation of Shanghai Saike customers." On the afternoon of April 17, a reporter from "Daily Economic News" called Shanghai Saike on issues related to S2040 products, but no reply was received as of press time.In order to understand the price of the 2040 product, the reporter contacted a raw material trader, but he recommended a N-Z30S to the reporter, with a price of 27,000 yuan/ton. "This meltblown material (N-Z30S) can be produced normally, which is better than the quality of 2040. But now the quality of masks is strictly checked, and many people have changed to 1500." According to the screenshots given by the above-mentioned raw material trader, the N-Z30S product melting finger test result is only 24.5g/10min, which is far from the standard of meltblown special raw materials for 1500g/10min.
Image source: Raw material trader Picture
In Yangzhong, the reporter found that there were people in the circle of friends of the restaurant owners who "advertise" saying that "Sino-Petrochemical 1500 is out of stock, and Prit will become a substitute. The spot 3.2 tons is sold out, and the boss has 410,000 yuan to collect" and "1500 is out of stock now, and the market is all fake."
It can be seen that meltblown fabric companies and mask factories have realized that they need to use regular melting finger 1500 raw materials. However, the output of regular meltblown materials is seriously insufficient.
The above-mentioned industry insider told reporters that the market size of meltblown fabric special raw materials was extremely small. First of all, fiber materials account for only about 10% of polypropylene, while meltblown fabrics account for only 0.3% of fiber materials.
Wang He Mao also said: "Compared with the huge crowd of people who hype Saike S2040, there are very few people who hype the melting finger 1,500, because few people can get regular goods. The people who hype are estimated to be only one-tenth of those of people who hype Saike S2040."
When the demand for meltblown fabrics soared, many polypropylene manufacturers began to reduce the output of wire drawing and other products, and increased the output of high melting finger fibers. Zhang Zhihui, a market analyst at Zhuochuang Information, told reporters: "Due to the tight fiber materials, Petrochemical (factories) have begun to switch to fiber materials, with a production scheduling ratio of nearly 50%."
Regarding the production capacity of melting finger 1500, Wang Hemao introduced: "The melting finger 1500 has a relatively high requirement for the device. Generally speaking, 25g/10min is a low melting finger, 40g/10min is a high melting finger, and the meltblown material of the melting finger 1500g/10min is a higher process requirement. In order to improve the melting finger, a special device is required. For example, Sinopec's investment in meltblown material equipment is as high as tens of billions of yuan. "
Therefore, in addition to the large state-owned enterprises such as Sinopec and PetroChina, which are put into production, many chemical companies are still waiting and watching. The above-mentioned industry insiders said that the depreciation period of chemical equipment is generally 15 years, and meltblown materials are a niche market. Once the epidemic is over, it will be difficult to recover the cost of large-scale equipment investment.
The huge profits of meltblown fabrics have also attracted the attention of listed companies. On the evening of April 15th During the announcement, Nar Co., Ltd. (002825, SZ) disclosed an announcement stating that the company signed a procurement contract with Shenzhen BYD Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd., and BYD purchased 100 tons of meltblown fabric from the company, with the delivery time from April to July, of which the prepayment of the goods delivered in April and May was RMB 20 million.
Nar Co., Ltd. is a digital printing material industry enterprise, and its main products are body patches, single-permeable films, coating printing materials, etc. , products are widely used in digital printing and automotive decoration. The production of meltblown fabrics this time seems to be a cross-border move. At present, there is a huge profit margin in the meltblown fabric industry, and Nar shares signed a contract with BYD to lock downstream demand. Therefore, after the announcement was disclosed, listed companies quickly gained popularity among investors. On April 16 and April 17, Nar shares hit the daily limit continuously.
Regarding the cross-border production of meltblown fabrics, "Daily Economic News" reporter April 1 On the 7th, he called Nar Co., Ltd., but no reply was received as of press time.
In addition, Juzhengyuan (831200), a listed company on the New Third Board, also announced that the company urgently developed special materials for meltblown fabrics, and successfully produced meltblown fabric pellets PPH-G1500H on February 22. On the afternoon of April 17, a reporter from "Daily Economic News" called Juzhengyuan, and the staff said: "We have several products, all of which can produce meltblown fabrics. For specific product details, you can log in to the company's e-commerce platform. "
In a news report on Juzhengyuan e-commerce platform, the company's chairman Zeng Yiping introduced that since February 10, the company has recovered 100% of its production capacity and can produce 1,600 tons of polypropylene every day, which is enough to meet the demand for polypropylene in masks and protective clothing production in Guangdong Province. However, on Juzhengyuan e-commerce platform, there is no information on the price of PPH-G1500H and the remaining quantity. Currently, the hottest sales of the company are PPH-Y35L and PPH-M17. The melting fingers of these two products are 37g/10min and 17g/10min respectively.
Chaos: Unqualified meltblown fabric was seized, and the case was reported to be "robbed"
On April 16, a staff member of the Yangzhong Municipal Government told the reporter of "Daily Economic News" that Yangzhong City is recently comprehensively rectifying the meltblown fabric industry.
"Yangzhong Release" news stated that as of the evening of April 15, all meltblown cloth production and operation enterprises in Yangzhong City have been completely suspended and rectified. In the next stage, Yangzhong City will firmly resolve the rectification, strengthen the performance of duties and responsibilities, ensure that rectification results are achieved, and "cool down" irrational market behavior. The whole city will continue to regard the standardization of the meltblown cloth industry as the top priority of the current work, concentrate on tackling the key points, connect the three levels of the city and towns and villages, and jointly enforce the law, resolutely shut down illegal production and operation enterprises, and restore normal production order. At the same time, continue to strictly control all channel checkpoints entering and leaving Yangzhong, and market supervision will work with the public security, transportation and other departments to strictly inspect and transport the cloth vehicles 24 hours a day, verify product certificates, sales contracts, and inspection reports, seize unqualified products in accordance with the law, and prevent an inch of unqualified products from leaking out of Yangzhong.
Yangzhong Release Official micro screenshot
On April 16, along Renmin Road, Xilaiqiao Town, Yangzhong City, heading west, the reporter saw the streets that were both "Notice on Regulating the Production and Operation Order of Meltblown Cloth Enterprises" and also had advertisement posters printed with "Special Polypropylene PP Raw Materials for Meltblown Cloths". In a hardware store that is using steel pipe welding to make meltblown cloth supporting machines, the store owner told the reporter that the machines are customized by the private owner, but the market is no longer possible.
Polypropylene advertisement on Renmin Road, Xilaiqiao Town, Yangzhong City Picture source: reporter Huang Xinlei, photo by
The above-mentioned government staff responded to what the reporter saw that Yangzhong City does not produce professional meltblown fabric manufacturing machines. Since March 20, Yangzhong City has assigned relevant problems with meltblown fabric enterprises and carried out centralized inspections. Starting from April 10, Yangzhong City will register and inspect vehicles at the five major checkpoints, seize all unqualified meltblown fabric products carried by vehicles from Yangyang in accordance with the law, and for suspected quality problems, they will be sent to professional institutions for product quality appraisal. As of the morning of April 11, the traffic police department of Yangzhong City seized more than 30 meltblown fabric transport vehicles.
On the morning of April 17, a reporter from "Daily Economic News" came to a storage point for a meltblown cloth transport vehicle seizure of a meltblown cloth transport vehicle in Xinba Town, Yangzhong City and found that four trucks were parked inside. One of the van trucks with Henan A license plate contained 35 rolls of unsealed meltblown cloth, and one of the rolls of packaging bags had the words "31.35" printed on it. A relevant person in charge of Yangzhong Municipal Public Security Bureau told reporters that this means that a roll of meltblown cloth has 31.35 kilograms. If calculated based on an average of 30 kilograms per roll, a truck of meltblown cloth has about 1 ton.
The person in charge said that there are five or six temporary storage points in Quanyangzhong City, and the vehicles inspected include trucks, vans, etc. During the inspection, they also found that freight vehicles were transporting meltblown cloth in the name of express delivery.
The transport vehicle with the Henan A license plate was seized. Picture source: Huang Xinlei, reporter of Meike.
The reporter noticed that the four seized vehicles at the storage site were equipped with the Henan A, Henan J, Lu V, and Lu Q license plates. The above-mentioned person in charge also said that the seized vehicles came from all over the country. The consignees included both mask factories in other places and intermediaries who received relevant information. The intermediaries acquired the meltblown cloth and resold them to the mask factory to earn the price difference.
"Are you sure you want to report the case as robbed? You are responsible for your own legal responsibility. Do you know?" A reception officer said in a serious tone, but the reporter was stubborn and looked dissatisfied. On the morning of April 17, a reporter from "Daily Economic News" saw this scene at the Xinba Town Police Station. Subsequently, the reporter learned that because he did not meet the relevant standards, the meltblown cloth of the reporter was seized. The reporter tried to retrieve the goods, but was rejected. In anger, the reporter tried to register and report the case in the police station in the name of "robbery".
reports more than this case, but almost all the cases are related to meltblown fabrics. A man reported that a customer had bought his meltblown fabric manufacturing supporting machine. After he completed the commissioning and installation of the customer, the customer only paid a part of the money and took away all the equipment at night. There was still a 3,000 yuan final payment unpaid. The man felt very angry, so he reported the case.
The above-mentioned Yangzhong Municipal Government staff admitted to reporters that there are difficulties in quality inspection of meltblown fabrics: on the one hand, the different uses of meltblown fabrics lead to different quality standards, and the lack of basis for seizure of meltblown fabrics; on the other hand, the production and transportation of (unqualified) meltblown fabric enterprises in Yangzhong City cannot completely eliminate the production of inferior masks. It is necessary to start from the source and investigate and punish other (unqualified) mask factories, meltblown fabric enterprises, etc. outside Yangzhong City.
In Changzhou City, rectification activities are also underway.
htmlOn April 16, a reporter from "Daily Economic News" came to the market supervision and management department of Menghe Town. Staff said that meltblown fabric production originated in Yangzhong, and there were several meltblown fabric manufacturers in the area. After these companies made money, some companies began to modify equipment to produce meltblown fabrics, which was then transmitted to Menghe. It is not clear whether Menghe now has a regular meltblown fabric manufacturer that meets the standards.Then, the reporter came to the Menghe Town People's Service Center. A staff member told the reporter that the New Taipei District of Changzhou City has now established a special rectification leading group for meltblown fabric production enterprises. The current attitude of New Taipei District is to "support a batch, integrate a batch, and ban a batch", that is, to support a batch of capable enterprises, integrate a batch of medium-sized enterprises, and ban a family workshop and enterprises without a business license.
Regarding "supporting a batch", the staff member said that according to his understanding, there are local companies in Changzhou that meet the conditions. As for Menghe, several companies have production lines in preparation.Regarding whether Menghe has set up checkpoints and cracking down on unqualified meltblown fabric transportation, the staff member said that Menghe Town has inspected the "three no products" at the intersection.
However, although Yangzhong City, Changzhou City Xinbei District and other places strictly investigated the three-no meltblown fabric, it still could not stop some people's "dream of getting rich". During the interview, the reporter found that there are still many hardware stores in Yangzhong City who are working on supporting machines. A welder said that although meltblown fabrics are not allowed to be made now, 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 fabric machines before, with 50 machines selling for 150,000 yuan each, and the last 10 units were sold out on April 17. On April 18, the company's person in charge replied that there are currently three complete sets of new 50 machines, priced at 220,000 yuan per set. Because Yangzhong City does not prohibit the sale and transportation of relevant equipment from Yangzhong, there is no need to worry about being seized.
Reporter's Notes丨Under the chaos is the lack of professionalism and standards
"Four days to recover costs and easily become a millionaire", 20,000 yuan/ton of raw materials are used, and 400,000 yuan/ton of sold, the gross profit is astonishing. 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 has risen exponentially, and meltblown cloth has become a scarce product.
Yangzhong originally had several meltblown fabric factories. Under the myth of meltblown fabric making wealth, a large number of small workshops in Yangzhong, Menghe and other places emerged one after another. The regular meltblown fabric production line is not only expensive, but also the factory construction and equipment debugging are relatively slow. Many people use similar extruders to transform and start production after the debugging is completed. After the first group of people succeeded, more and more followers were followed. Under the chaos of
, there is a lack of professionalism and norms. Many workshops cannot get qualified meltblown materials, so they use Saike S2040 instead. Later, even Saike S2040 has appeared many fakes. In the eyes of the small bosses in this industrial chain, as long as the "texture" is similar, it is enough. They don’t understand and don’t care whether they are qualified or not. Some traders' "three-no" meltblown cloth transported by them was sealed, but instead reported the case with confidence and demanded the return of the goods.
After 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 Menghe's streets, who has the goods now? They were booked before they were taken off the production line," the equipment merchant Wu said.
It still requires the market power to truly reverse the chaos of meltblown fabric underground workshops. For example, large state-owned enterprises such as CNPC and Sinopec have begun to ship in large quantities. Without the temptation of huge profits, the production of small workshops will naturally stop.
