2021 has come to an end, and the Lunar New Year is still more than thirty days away. I believe that during this period, many friends who are doing brickwork will receive "warm reminder: Spring Festival holiday, hurry up" in their circle of friends. "Single" swiped the screen. The reason for this phenomenon is that on the one hand, people engaged in sales want to boost their performance at the end of the year, and on the other hand, it is also because ceramic factories are preparing to shut down their kilns for a holiday at the end of the year.
It is a common practice in the industry to stop kilns for maintenance one month before the Chinese New Year. As early as November, some ceramic companies issued holiday notices, announcing that they would not issue orders and load goods from the date of kiln shutdown until work resumes. The reason for the early shutdown of the kiln is that on the one hand, the company needs to upgrade and modify the equipment to improve product quality and optimize product categories; on the other hand, the company is forced to weigh the pressure of continued soaring natural gas prices and environmental protection and emission reduction policies. Had to stop production early.
Let’s take a look at how each production area/ceramics company plans the “Spring Festival holiday”?
Guangdong ceramic companies have stopped kilns one after another
Some are busy "generating electricity"
A few days ago, many ceramic companies in Guangdong have successively issued notices about the Spring Festival holiday. The reporter learned from industry insiders that most ceramic factories in Foshan, Qingyuan, Zhaoqing, and Enping have no longer scheduled new orders. A staff member of a Qingyuan ceramics enterprise said: "There are still a few factories producing, and they are also producing. Only one or two kilns have been opened, and the last batch of loading has been arranged, and the workers are ready to take a holiday for the New Year. ”
The relevant person in charge of the Zhaoqing production base of Jiangjun Ceramics Group told reporters: "Our production base has officially entered the kiln shutdown period since January. It is expected to be fired on the twelfth day of the first lunar month of the new year. Bricks are produced. Since the sales of products including rock slabs are relatively good this year, the headquarters sales team hopes to stop the kiln later or even not during the New Year period if it is not to prepare for the construction of distributed photovoltaic power generation projects. ” p>
It is understood that Jiangjun Ceramics Group’s 12MW distributed photovoltaic power generation project and the second phase 18MW rooftop distributed photovoltaic power generation project have invested 55 million yuan and 81 million yuan respectively. The power generation capacity can reach 12 million kilowatt hours and 18 million kilowatt hours respectively. In addition to General, companies such as New Pearl, Marco Polo, Jianyi, Shuncheng, New Jincheng, Jinduo, and Inno have also put photovoltaic power generation projects on their agenda.
Shandong has entered a full production shutdown period
"Winter Olympics" takes the blame
On November 29, the 21st China (Zibo) International Ceramics Expo opened at the Zibo Convention and Exhibition Center. As we all know, the main function of the exhibition includes trade. After the Shandong Jian Ceramics Producing Area successfully held this event, it stands to reason that Shandong's local ceramic companies have more or less received some orders, and then they should be busy arranging production. The goods are right, but unfortunately there is always a gap between reality and ideals.
In early December, ceramics companies in Linyi, Shandong Province received notices from relevant superior departments that they needed to start production shutdown procedures from December 4th to 5th. Subsequently, many ceramics companies stopped kilns one after another; in addition, , Shandong Zibo Ceramics Production Area will also enter the kiln shutdown period for maintenance at the end of December. At present, some companies have taken the initiative to suspend production.
It is understood that there is currently no official administrative notice mentioning the time for resumption of work in the New Year. Some ceramic companies speculate that it may not be until the successful conclusion of the Winter Olympics next year (February 4-20) Production was resumed later. In fact, the main reason for Norinco's "work and kiln shutdown" is production restrictions and peak-shifting production in autumn and winter, which has nothing to do with the hosting of the Winter Olympics. Previously, there was a “latest notice” on environmental protection control in various places during the Winter Olympics that flooded all major social media. Finally, after multiple verifications by Jiemian News, the news was determined to be a rumor.
Fujian paving stones are popular
Some companies do not stop kilns during the Chinese New Year
Many media previously reported that in 2021, Fujian's Jiantao production area launched a craze for converting exterior wall tile production lines into production areas for stone paving. The number of production lines has rapidly increased to more than 80, and its market share in the country has reached 70%, a jump It has become one of the most important product categories in the current Fujian ceramics production area.
As the country begins to tighten policies related to mining, a large number of real estate purchases begin to look for a new round of alternative materials, and paving stones have the ability to replace stone in both performance and price. advantages. The reporter learned that the ecological floor paving stone products produced by Mingsheng Enterprises have the characteristics of low water absorption, strong frost resistance, wear resistance, acid and alkali resistance, etc., so the market demand is relatively strong, especially in the engineering field.
According to the kiln production schedule announced by Mingsheng Enterprise, its No. 1 and No. 3 kiln will produce 300×300, 300×600, 600×600 and 600×1200㎜ floor paving stones. Kiln No. 8 and Kiln No. 8 will not stop production during the Spring Festival and can still ship normally. The remaining two production lines are currently shut down, and the other three production lines will be shut down one after another from January 12th to 22nd, and the New Year is expected to start on the eighth day of the first lunar month at the earliest.
When others are stopping the kiln
They are still launching new production lines
On December 10, a message read: "Most companies in the ceramic tile industry have stopped kilns and production, but Bighorn Deer continues to light up the fire and add kilns. The king of categories has traveled through the economic cycle and continued to grow rapidly." The WeChat Moments information has aroused strong repercussions in the industry. As early as June this year, the No. 5 factory of Dajiulu Ceramics in Kaiping, Guangdong was successfully put into production to cope with the shortage of products.
Also on December 10, the ignition ceremony of Diou Home | Oceano Ceramics Antique Line 4 was held grandly at the Guangxi production base. This antique Line 4 is completelyIt is 440 meters long and is expected to have a daily output of more than 30,000 square meters. It can produce large-size glazed tiles such as 750×1500 and 800×1600㎜, filling the gap in the large-size production line of Oceano's Guangxi production base.
In addition to Dajiulu and Oceano, Nobel is also one of the companies that still put into operation new production lines when others were preparing to shut down their kilns. On December 23, the second phase of the Nobel Jiujiang base project was officially launched. This time, Nobel Ignition's fully polished glaze line mainly produces high-quality fully polished glaze products with specifications of 800×800×10.5mm, with a designed output of 25,000m²/day.
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Some people say that the lit kiln fire represents the hope of ceramic enterprises. Whether they can complete the transformation in the stage of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new will determine the capital and confidence of ceramic enterprises in preparing for 2022.
(Author: Hong Xiaochun)
