Industry News
●Notice on convening the "Stone Slab" standard kick-off meeting
On August 13, the China Building and Sanitary Ceramics Association officially issued a notice on holding the "Stone Slab" launch meeting. According to the document requirements of the "Notice on Planning to Carry out the Second Batch of Association Standards Formulation Work in 2020" (China Construction Ceramics Association [2020] No. 023), the association is scheduled to hold a "Stone Slab" meeting in Foshan on the afternoon of August 25, 2020 (Plan number: P-T/CBCSA 6-2020) Association Standards Launch Meeting.
Source: China Building and Sanitary Ceramics Association
● Commentary and Analysis on the Trend of Foshan Ceramics Price Index in July 2020
In July, entering the traditional off-season, various sub-indexes fell more than rose. However, due to the impact of the epidemic in the first half of this year, market demand recovered slowly, resulting in the index weakening more than the same period in previous years after entering the traditional off-season; Architectural Ceramics Series Index Affected by overcapacity, market consumer demand has further declined. Affected by the decline in some weighted product indexes, the overall index trend has mostly declined. The sanitary ceramics series index showed a slight downturn, with the index falling back below the base point of 100 points. The indexes of representative products in each category fell mostly. The prices of most representative products are no longer strong and are greatly affected by the market environment. It is predicted that in August, the overall index trend will be further depressed and sinking due to the seasonal off-season and the demand for building materials.
Source: Foshan Ceramics Announcement
● my country has added an average of more than 43,000 ceramic-related companies every month since March
Since the beginning of this year, affected by the epidemic, floods, etc., the ceramic industry has been impacted, and companies have faced severe challenges. However, as the domestic epidemic situation improves, architectural ceramic products have recently shown signs of recovery in the home decoration market. Based on industrial and commercial registration, as of August 11, Tianyancha Professional Edition data shows that my country has added more than 250,000 ceramic-related enterprises this year (all enterprise status). Specifically, in January and February, the number of registered ceramic-related companies increased compared with the same period last year.Since March, an average of more than 43,000 related companies have been registered every month. In the second quarter, the number of company registrations has achieved a year-on-year growth of more than 60%.
Source: Flush Financial Research Center
Producing area news
●Small factories closed down, and big factories were under pressure! The ceramic industry "seeks opportunities in crisis", here is the direction
Since the beginning of this year, the ceramic industry has been affected by the epidemic, floods, etc. There are more than 800 ceramic factories or ceramic art studios in Sanbao Village, Jingdezhen. Since this year, more than half have faced operating difficulties. Many small factories have closed down, and large enterprises are also facing transformation pressure.
However, as the domestic epidemic situation improves, architectural ceramic products have shown signs of recovery in the home decoration market recently. The epidemic has made ceramic companies realize the urgency of online transformation. At present, only 20% of the merchants registered for the first live broadcast base in China are institutions with e-commerce experience. Most of the merchants who come to live broadcast are local ceramic merchants. They are used to doing offline business in the past and are almost unfamiliar with e-commerce and live broadcast. With zero foundation, there is still a process required before moving from behind the scenes to the stage. But in any case, since the epidemic, ceramic companies are accelerating the transformation of product ideas and sales models, and the entire industry is transforming and upgrading.
Source: CCTV Finance
●After the "coal-to-gas" transition, 70% of Shandong Linyi Ceramics enterprises and production lines have withdrawn
The latest statistics show that among the existing 35 production lines of Linyi Ceramics, there are 21 interior wall tile production lines, 6 glazed tile production lines, 2 medium plate production lines, 2 art tile production lines, and large plate ( 900×1800mm), one production line each for antique bricks, K gold bricks and background wall.
In early 2018, before the "coal-to-gas" transition, Linyi had 115 production lines, with product categories covering porcelain tiles, wear-resistant tiles, polished tiles, antique tiles, glazed tiles, K gold tiles, marble tiles, and skirting lines. , background walls, large-sized sheets, negative ion ceramic tiles, permeable bricks and more than ten categories.
Source: Technology Battery Life Officer
Corporate Information
●HOTEL PLUS 2020 officially opens! Owen Lai was the most "eye-catching" on the first day
On August 12, the Shanghai International Hotel and Commercial Space Expo HOTEL PLUS officially opened. On the first day of the expo, the location of the Owen Lai Pavilion (booth number: 51D61) also attracted a large number of designers and visitors to inquire, stop to watch or gather to rest, and the site was very popular. In particular, the young designer group recognizes Owen Lai’s experience of plain aesthetics and the appearance and texture of plain ceramic tiles. “Beauty and practicality are both valued equally!”
For this exhibition, Owen Lai's pavilion design follows modern design subtraction thinking and continues the brand's consistent plain aesthetic style - abandoning all complicated ornateness and pursuing a simple plain aesthetic. The design adopts the currently popular international frame structure, with "high-end gray" as the main color tone, and the vivid art installations are refreshing and attract a lot of attention to the exhibition hall.
Source: Owen Lai Tiles
● Same brand, same career! The 2020 Xinzhongyuan Ceramics South China Region Strategic Summit was successfully held!
On August 11, the "Creating Potential and Protracted Fight" 2020 South China Region Dealer Strategy Summit and New Product Launch Conference was held in the exhibition hall of Xinzhongyuan Ceramics' Foshan headquarters. The dealers of Xinzhongyuan Ceramics in South China Region returned to the "big family" at the headquarters, looked at products, communicated together, and made strategic arrangements for the "tough battle" in the second half of 2020! The same brand, the same business, manufacturers work together to win!
At the meeting, a "Signing Ceremony for Major Slate Agents" and an awards ceremony for outstanding dealers were also held. The slate production line has shown explosive growth. Using the sales operation method of regional large agents can enable distributors to reduce inventory pressure, realize channel sinking, increase regional market coverage density, and thereby create a more competitive regional brand.
Source: Xinzhongyuan Ceramics
●Mona Lisa - At the foot of Xiqiao Mountain, the world's slate pattern is redefined
Mona Lisa joins hands with Modena to create a new base for high-performance large slate slabs, creating a new level of aesthetics in the ceramic industry. The upcoming INFINITY series of double-layer slate kilns has a number of advanced functions and advantages. In addition to the above various practical new technological empowerments, Modena has teamed up with Mona Lisa to create new heights in "industrial aesthetics". This time the device looks modern and stylish. After the completion of this production line, there will be four slate double-layer kiln production lines in Asia, all manufactured by Modena. Mona Lisa's rich brand connotation and extension has been widely recognized in the industry, and will reach a new industrial and aesthetic height after this upgrade of the headquarters production base.
Source: China Building and Sanitary Ceramics Association
Bathroom News
●Langwhale Bathroom Dressed up in Hotel Plus 2020, the Whale Colorful Ceremony Detonated the Audience
Recently, Langjing Bathroom, with the theme of "Whalezhi Bathroom Powerful Quality", brought five series of high-end and high-quality products to the Shanghai International Hotel and Commercial Space Expo (Hotel Plus 2020) at the National Convention and Exhibition Center to showcase empowering space solutions The new method of the plan became the focus of everyone's attention. At this exhibition, Langjing Bathroom boldly innovated and demonstrated its professional "integrated bathroom commercial space solutions" strength. Different levels of hotel projects have different demand characteristics. The mid-to-high-end type pays more attention to high-quality experience, while the economical and business type focuses on overall cost performance. For this reason, Langwhale Bathroom carefully designed two major display spaces for this exhibition, interpreting beauty and practicality. The unified, through the specified attribute elements, accurately provide solutions.
Source: Langwhale Bathroom
● 2020 Shanghai must-see design exhibition, many bathroom brands gather together!
On August 12-14, 2020, the annual "Shanghai International Hotel Engineering Design and Supplies Expo Hotel Plus" was held at the Shanghai Hongqiao National Convention and Exhibition Center. There are more than 3,000 brands participating in this exhibition, covering a series of well-known brands such as ceramic bathrooms, lighting fixtures, and customized furniture. waveWhale, Gold Medal, Dier, Goss, Xilcon, Income, Bianjiebao, Langyi, Fabia, Xiwei, Tino... all appeared at the Shanghai Hotel Exhibition, showing visitors their current The development results of domestic smart bathrooms interpret the unity of beauty and practicality, and provide precise solutions through specified attribute elements.
Source: Bathroom News
● Wrigley Bathroom & HUAWEI HiLink, start your smart home journey!
Wrigley Sanitary Ware and HUAWEI HiLink have joined forces to transform into a smart living home, bringing consumers into cross-brand and cross-category interconnection of smart homes! Realizing intelligent linkage through scene experience will bring consumers a new integrated, simple and convenient smart home experience, which will surely bring new vitality to the field of smart bathrooms! Wrigley Bathroom Smart Toilet V6 Wing is connected to HUAWEI HiLink. Through mobile phone control, you can realize intelligent operations: flushing mode, adjust seat temperature, water temperature and drying temperature, etc., to achieve contactless toilet and mobile phone remote control, creating more convenient for people. A clean and secure bathroom space.
Source: Tencent Home
Home decoration and building materials
●The three departments jointly issued a document to accelerate the certification and production application of green building materials products
Recently, the General Office of the State Administration for Market Regulation, the General Office of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and the General Office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly issued a notice on accelerating the certification and production application of green building materials products. The notice requires that the implementation scope of green building materials product certification be expanded. Based on the preliminary green building materials evaluation work, we accelerated the green building materials product certification work, including 51 products such as building doors, windows and accessories, into the implementation scope of green building materials product certification, and implemented graded certification in accordance with the requirements of the "Implementation Plan". Based on the needs of industry development and certification work, the three departments will also include other building materials products in the scope of implementation in due course.
Source: China Quality News
●The home appliance industry is facing new issues of the times, Gome and JD.com join hands for a win-win situation
The COVID-19 epidemic has swept the world this year and has also had a negative impact on the home appliance industry.This has had a far-reaching impact. According to data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the overall retail sales of my country's home appliance market fell by 35.8% in the first quarter compared with the same period last year. In the entire first half of the year, China's home appliance industry fell by more than 14%. The situation is very serious. Gome and JD.com have launched in-depth cooperation in multiple fields this year. On March 13, Gome’s official flagship store officially opened on JD.com, kicking off the strategic cooperation between the two parties. At present, the two companies have achieved system integration, and Gome's full-link home appliance products support the development of Gome's flagship store business on JD.com. In addition, since July, JD.com’s self-operated department store products have begun to enter Gome one after another, which has continuously increased the variety of department store products on Gome’s platform, rapidly amplified sales, and highlighted the integration effect.
Source: Tencent Home
● Five more smart home companies are about to go public
According to a research report by Research And Markets, the global smart home market will increase from US$78.3 billion to US$135.3 billion from 2020 to 2025, with a compound annual growth rate of 11.6% in the next five years, indicating huge market potential. Recently, the smart home track has been very active. Midea Group and Hikvision are lining up to spin off their smart home business and line up for listing; Qingdao Youwu Smart has also launched its IPO; in addition, rookies represented by Oribo are also accelerating on the smart home track, and the next smart home giant may be born among these enterprises.
Source: Kitchen and Bath Headlines
Real Estate Observation
● Residential home purchase leverage ratio increased slightly for three consecutive quarters
Data released by the E-House Real Estate Research Institute show that in the second quarter of this year, the national residential home purchase leverage ratio was 32.2%, an increase of 0.1 percentage points month-on-month and a year-on-year increase of 0.4 percentage points. The leverage ratio has increased slightly year-on-year for three consecutive quarters. Data show that at the end of the second quarter of 2020, the balance of personal housing loans was 32.36 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.7%. The growth rate was 0.2 percentage points lower than the end of the previous quarter and 1.6 percentage points lower than the same period last year. Observing historical data, in the ten years from the fourth quarter of 2004 to the fourth quarter of 2014, the balance of personal housing loans increased from 1.6 trillion yuan to 11.5 trillion yuan, and during this period, the balance of new housing loans was approximately 9.9 trillion yuan. From 2015 to the fourth quarter of 2017, in just three years, the loan balance quickly climbed to 21.9 trillion yuan, with approximately 10.4 trillion yuan in new loan balances during the period.Yuan.
Source: Economic Information Daily
● Real estate market prices were stable in July, with housing prices in first-tier cities rising slightly
On the 14th, the National Bureau of Statistics released statistical data on changes in commercial housing sales prices in July 2020. Data show that in July, the sales prices of new commercial housing and second-hand housing in first-tier cities increased by 3.6% and 5.7% respectively year-on-year, and the increases were 0.3 and 0.5 percentage points higher than the previous month. The year-on-year sales price increases of new commercial housing and second-hand housing in second-tier cities have remained the same or fallen for 15 consecutive months. The sales price of newly built commercial housing in 31 second-tier cities increased by 0.5% month-on-month, and the increase was 0.4 percentage points lower than last month; the sales price of second-hand housing increased by 0.5% month-on-month, and the increase was the same as last month. The sales prices of new commercial housing and second-hand housing in 35 third-tier cities increased by 0.8% and 0.5% month-on-month respectively, with the same increases as last month.
Source: China Economic Net
● Beike Home Search is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Zuo Hui rings the bell online in Beijing
On the evening of August 13, Beike Housing was officially listed on the New York Stock Exchange with the stock code "BEKE", becoming the first stock in China's residential service platform. The IPO of Beike Zhaofang will issue 106 million ADS shares, with the issue price set at US$20/ADS, which is higher than the upper limit of the previously announced price range. According to calculations, the funds raised by the listing of Beike Home Search can reach US$2.438 billion, with a total market value of approximately US$22.55 billion. It is worth mentioning that the bell-ringing ceremony for the listing of Beike Home Search was held online in Beijing, China and New York, USA. The founder and chairman of Beike Home Search Zuo Hui, founder and CEO Peng Yongdong and other senior management teams, Old employees of Beike looking for houses, representatives of investors such as China Renaissance and Tencent officially rang the opening bell at the listing ceremony in Beijing.
Source: The Paper
Ideology
●Jiang Minglin: Talking about the high-quality development strategies and approaches of the building materials industry under the background of two "normalizations"
Former deputy director of the Counselor's Office of the State Council and former deputy director of the National Building Materials Administration: Under the current background of the new economic normal and the normalization of epidemic prevention and control, the country's proposal to speed up the construction of new infrastructure such as 5G networks and data centers is to boost construction A new opportunity for high-quality development of the building materials industry. In the face of new opportunities, the building materials industry, as a traditional raw material industry, should actively use advanced and applicable new processes, new technologies, and new equipment to transform and improve the technical level of the industry and develop more new products that can meet the needs of all aspects of national economy and social development. Materials, new components; actively embrace and seize the wave of a new round of technological revolution, meet the challenges of the knowledge economy and digital economy, and use mobile Internet, cloud computing, blockchain, big data, 5G communication technology, Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence and other information technologies, deeply integrate with the building materials industry, develop new materials, new products, new business formats and new enterprise organization and management systems, and promote the development of the industry in the direction of high-end, green, intelligent and integrated.
Source: China Building Materials News
● Hu Zhenghua from Milano Group: Public welfare is my “second career”
For more than 20 years, while promoting the development of the enterprise, he has regarded helping others as his "second career", actively participated in various social welfare undertakings, cared about and supported the development and construction of his hometown, and paid full attention to poor areas and poor groups. . Your business should shine like the glazed tiles. Building new villages, alleviating poverty through education, and loving and respecting the elderly are the responsibilities and responsibilities of entrepreneurs to society. I am the son of a farmer, and my success is inseparable from the support of my father and fellow villagers. Today, it is natural for me to do something for the society and the masses.
Source: Taoshang Media
