According to statistics, China's hardware lock industry has been developing steadily at an annual growth rate of 15%. The annual total output value has reached more than 180 billion yuan*** and exports have reached more than US$8 billion. It accounts for about one-third of China's total light industry exports, ranking the top three in light industry.

The hardware lock market continues to heat up In recent years, with the vigorous development of China's hardware market, the lock market has also shifted and the overall capacity of the lock market has reached 70 billion, while Zhejiang, Guangdong, Shanghai and Shandong are the manufacturers of locks. The main focus. The lock market has become more and more characteristic. The characteristics referred to here are the development model of industrial clusters. The number of lock-making enterprises in the cluster is large and the comprehensive output of enterprises is large. The cluster lock market has a strong growth momentum, high sales, a high proportion of export growth, and imports. The speed is also increasing, and the international market share of high-end locks industry is also increasing.

At present, the annual sales of locks in the country can reach as many as 2.2 billion, and the market demand for fingerprint locks can reach 5 million per year, for example, for corporate finance, military police, and office life. At the same time, the demand in the civilian market is also growing. Whether it is traditional mechanical locks, or modern electronic locks, and even the current access locks in high-rise buildings, the entire Chinese lock industry is developing irresistibly. The improvement of the production and consumption of locks in China is a fact that is obvious to all. The domestic lock industry has annual sales of more than 400 billion yuan, and the production capacity exceeds 2 billion sets. The annual export volume exceeds 10 billion yuan.

It is reported that in the future China's lock market will continue to grow at a rate of more than 20% per year. With this strong trend continuing, the future of the lock market is inconceivable. The variety of locks and the richness of the market highlight the necessity of the development of the lock market. Creating a labor-intensive and characteristic industry with high thresholds, high specialization, and high-end locks is the only way for China's lock industry in the future.

More and more hardware lock styles With the warming of real estate and the acceleration of urban processes, it has greatly stimulated the consumer demand of the decorative hardware market. Although a small decoration hardware is inconspicuous, but the product function style is more and more optimized and refined, the variety of species, style contests.

Hardware locks are more and more styles, many look more like a flower or a small animal, but its function is a lock. In the market, the more popular civilian locks are mainly spherical, three-bar type circular cover handles, embedded long cover door locks, and lock body handles. The other trend that is most used in the inner door is the channel and the auxiliary lock (the most important feature of the anti-theft function). The author learned from the market that the currently available locks are mainly brass, stainless steel, and bronze. The treatment of surface color is mainly a combination of two color combinations. In terms of price, the door lock is generally more than 100 yuan, expensive to 800 yuan or more; inside the room lock is relatively cheap, 80 yuan can buy a good lock.

Future development of locks â—‡ Development of high-end locks The market outlook for high-end locks is optimistic. Because high-end locks have high technical content, more prominent humanity and individualized characteristics, the product profits are also relatively high. Should increase investment in high-tech locks and promote the structural upgrading of China's lock industry.

The implementation of brand-name strategic locks industry well-known companies and brands can produce huge economic and social benefits, and now China's locks face more severe challenges, competition prompted companies to respond positively, so that China's production from locks to power from a big country.

â—‡ Implement diversified development of locks Enterprises must accurately position themselves and the market and implement diversified development. In the so-called field, we design locks that cater to the public and have individual needs, avoiding the fierce competition brought about by similar public locks. In addition, companies must take the road of a diversified market and avoid being affected by a certain factor and affecting the fundamental development of the company.