Mechanical industry: Solving the problem of survival - development

Many solutions have been proposed but the problem is to select and "stick" to achieve systematic, synchronized. This is also a problem posed with units operating in the field of mechanical engineering in the capital city.

 

 

Disoriented market access

According to the Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade, the whole city now has more than 14,600 enterprises and mechanical production facilities with about 254,000 employees. However, data of the Hanoi Mechanical Association shows that only 30 of them are large-scale enterprises, the rest are small and medium-sized enterprises and mechanical manufacturing households; about 50% of manufacturing and assembly enterprises, the rest specialize in equipment repair. In the Capital area, there are many famous metal craft villages, leading the country in terms of scale and revenue. Thuong Tin district has 2 metal craft villages in Van Tu and Khanh Ha communes; Thanh Oai has 5 metal craft villages in Thanh Thuy commune; in Dan Phuong is the Tan Hoi metal craft village ... Especially, Thach That district has Phung Xa mechanical trade village with 816 / 1,361 households in the village doing trade, the revenue of each workshop is up to dozens, hundreds of billion VND / year, is typical of mechanical manufacturing villages in Hanoi and the whole country.

A long time ago, Hanoi mechanic had the "big brother" which was Machine Tool Factory No. 1, producing many kinds of "female machines" for industries. In recent years, Hanoi University of Science and Technology has successfully researched modern stamping technology, serving the industry of manufacturing frames, motorbike and automobile covers. This technology is applied at Z551 Factory, Thang Long Metal Joint Stock Company, Ngo Gia Tu Mechanical Co., Ltd, helping businesses be more proactive in production. Dr. Nguyen Dinh Cung, Director of the Central Institute for Economic Management, said: The mechanical engineering industry has achieved significant achievements in hydraulic mechanical equipment; steel rolling equipment line; synchronous equipment chains for cement plants, sugar factories, rubber latex processing plants; manufacturing and assembling almost all types of cars, especially successfully manufacturing jack-up rigs with depths of up to 90m ...

However, overall, the performance of the mechanical engineering industry has not met the requirements. There is great potential, once considered the thrust of industrial production, is facilitated to develop but the mechanical industry does not promote that advantage. Assoc.Prof. Dr. Pham Dac, Vice Chairman of Hanoi Mechanical Association said: Hanoi Mechanical Industry in particular and the whole country in general still "stand still", jokingly said "not yet developed". All large mechanical enterprises must import foreign chains, their products do not meet the social requirements.

The noticeable weaknesses of the mechanical engineering industry are low technological level and low competitiveness; The domestic products have little or no usefulness, resulting in many businesses gradually "losing" their capital and losing their market access. A number of well-known mechanical plants and enterprises, due to the product's failure to meet the requirements of the market, had to change models or even dissolve ... The main reason is that the support policy is not enough. strong; investment capital management is not tight; The coordinating role of the State is limited.

On the other hand, while businesses desperately need supportive and leading associations, the activities of these organizations are not strong. Hanoi Mechanical Association is not stable, not having many positive impacts on businesses in this field.

Revive with the overall strategy

According to experts, must evaluate the true situation of the mechanical engineering industry and revive with the overall strategy. It has been 18 years since the Prime Minister's Decision 186/2002 / QD-TTg approving the Strategy for development of Vietnam's mechanical engineering industry up to 2010, with a vision toward 2020, but in 8 product groups. key mechanics are focused on development, only 2 groups can implement strategic directions (shipbuilding, electrical equipment manufacturing), while 6 groups of industries (complete equipment, movers, agricultural machinery , vehicles, machine tools, construction machinery) seem to be in a "still" state. Industrial performance of Vietnam's mechanical engineering industry only ranks in the second half of the "rankings" of Southeast Asia. The mechanical engineering industry only meets 32.12% of the domestic demand. When the trade deficit became more and more strong, domestic mechanics lost their position and lost market share in the "home market".

In the coming years, the mechanical engineering industry still has the prospect of increasing revenue but its market position is not certain and will continue to be occupied by many foreign investment groups. Therefore, an effective response is to have an overall strategy from organizational structure, investment in production lines, design, branding and choosing appropriate business solutions to develop the business. According to Mr. Nguyen Chi Sang, Vice Chairman and General Secretary of Vietnam Association of Mechanical Enterprises, we need to address two major issues: Increase the feasibility of the policies of orientation and strict enforcement. effective policies to support industry development to create more jobs, improve the capacity of mechanical businesses. Pay attention to investment in manufacturing, not just processing and assembling for foreign enterprises. Must select and combine the solutions to be systematic and synchronized. The State and functional levels need to support domestic mechanical enterprises in bidding, ordering and purchasing domestic mechanical products for public-invested projects ...

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Tran Nguyen Tuyen commented: The mechanical industry is in a difficult period, so it is necessary to remove obstacles on mechanisms and policies and quickly consolidate and improve the apparatus and improve the efficiency of mechanical industry activities. gas and system capacity. The development strategy of Vietnam's mechanical engineering industry needs to be supplemented and adjusted according to the long-term vision; the organization of implementation must be consistent; Credit policies must have practical effects. Mr. Nguyen Van Thu, former Chairman of Vietnam Association of Mechanical Enterprises, proposed: In order to integrate successfully, mechanical businesses need to change their business thinking and ways towards professionalism. The number of enterprises specializing in manufacturing has lacked capital to renovate and upgrade equipment, so it is necessary to give priority to preferential loans. It is also possible to carry out the state-invested solution, after the transfer by equitizing, so that the enterprise has both the strength and the momentum of development. Along with that, it is necessary to promote the market, protect domestic mechanical products; train manpower in mechanics in depth to have a team of good workers; attracting talents and experts in this field ...

The mission of the mechanical engineering industry is to provide machine tools, movers and equipment for economic sectors, meeting people's daily needs and making an important contribution to the development of the country. Meanwhile, mechanical enterprises are still limited in terms of scale, technology, technology, large capital, manpower ... According to Assoc.Prof. Dr. Pham Dac, in order to develop mechanical industry, it is necessary to have stability of appropriate policies (tax policies; creating market capacity; preventing outdated technology imports ...) to create trust for mechanical businesses. Enterprises in the mechanical engineering industry must improve their organizational, managerial, financial and technological capabilities; develop with quality products with low production costs; expand links in product production and consumption. Linking "4 houses" in the field of mechanics should be promoted for the development of mechanical engineering industry, regaining the "backbone" position of both production and social consumption.

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