Increased wages, increased costs, and labor shortages have caused printing companies to face unprecedented challenges. At this time, a highly automated "humanoid robot" came into being, and it seemed to project a distinctive light into the dark road of printing companies.
The difficult living environment first looks at the current living conditions of printing companies. In February of this year, 21 provinces in China raised their minimum wage standards, and some provinces have even raised double-digit rates. Inland provinces such as Henan, Anhui, and Guangxi have the largest increases in wages, ranging from 22% to 35%. Shenzhen, as the manufacturing center, had the largest minimum wage increase (20%) in the past 19 years in March 2011, and once again raised the minimum wage for workers by 14% to RMB 1,500 in 2012 (US $ 240) / month, which caused a heavy blow to foreign-funded enterprises that once relied heavily on China's cheap labor.
In fact, from 2006 to 2010, the minimum wage of Chinese workers has been increasing at a rate of 12.5% ​​each year, and will continue to increase by at least 13% annually in the next few years.
At the same time, with the sharp decline in profits, many Fortune 500 companies are on the verge of life and death. For printing service providers, especially those printing companies that have factories in China, the salary of employees is not the only problem that causes them headaches. In recent years, various environmental protection and safety regulations have become increasingly sound. Under such circumstances, printing companies must not only raise the wages of workers, but also find ways to meet the requirements of various environmental management, quality control, and corporate social responsibility standards. This requires a lot of costs, and it is impossible for printing service providers to transfer these costs to customers, so they can only swallow this bitter fruit by themselves. At present, more and more printing companies choose to leave China and set up factories in places with lower labor costs, such as Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar or Sri Lanka.
In addition, although China has a population of 1.3 billion, with the acceleration of the aging population and the increasing labor shortage caused by the family planning policy, all manufacturing companies, including printing companies, are faced with the shortage of workers. In fact, China's workforce will peak in 2015, and then it will start to decline.
Against the backdrop of the slowdown in global economic growth, the Chinese economy achieved a growth rate of 7.6% in the second quarter of this year-the lowest growth rate in the past three years-the tension in the labor market has also eased, but the high level Skilled workers are still in short supply, and many manufacturing and service companies still have to face rising labor costs, which is particularly evident in the printing industry.
Win by automation In this case, "automatic" workers or "humanoid robots" came into being. They do not require pensions, medical insurance or other benefits, so they can save enterprises a lot of costs, especially if the production capacity of a robot can exceed hundreds of workers.
In addition, "automatic" workers do not need to take vacations or weekends, nor will they return to their hometowns during the Chinese New Year period and will not come back-many factories will lose 30% to 40% of workers during the Chinese New Year period. The use of "automatic" workers means that companies do not have to face issues such as hiring new employees, training, maintaining productivity, and controlling quality, nor do they have to provide dormitories or food.
For printing service providers, automation and mechanization are the key factors to maintain stable quality, improve production efficiency and reduce labor costs, and many printing companies have begun to try to transform manual production processes into automated production processes. The combination of sensors, frequency counters and conveyor belts in the production workshop can be regarded as a most basic automated process. The more complex automated processes such as online glazing, folding, gluing and cutting can shorten the production cycle, reduce human errors, and improve production efficiency and printing quality for printing companies.
Because no plate-making and other processes are required, digital printing is gaining more and more importance in the printing industry. Computer control input and online processing functions provided by Martini and other post-press equipment enable people to complete the printing and processing of a customized book in a few minutes.
Robots are heating up China's fascination with robots has begun. According to the International Robot Federation, by 2013, China will replace Japan as the world's largest robot market. KUKA, Europe's largest industrial robot manufacturer, has increased its production capacity in China from 1,000 units in 2010 to 5,000 units in 2012. In addition to the automotive industry, KUKA will receive more orders from semiconductor, electronics, and food and beverage manufacturers. As the number one competitor of KUKA, ABB in Switzerland also said that the demand for robot arms in the Chinese market increased by 20% last year.
Robots can be used not only in professional fields, but also in various industries such as catering and printing. Printing enterprises should take advantage of the current favorable opportunities, actively introduce advanced technology, improve the automation level of printing production, update the original equipment, and meet the challenges of the new era with a new look!
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