Fastener enterprises to appeal anti-dumping sanction

Chinese fastener enterprises are to work together to appeal against the EU's anti-dumping sanction, according to Feng Jinyao, director of China Fastener Association.

The European Commission voted earlier this month to impose anti-dumping duties of 63 to 87 percent on China-made fasteners over the next five years. The vote must be approved by the trade ministers of the 27-nation bloc within a month, before it comes into force.

This is one of the largest anti-dumping investigations that the EU has instigated against China. As a result, the fastener industry in China could lose over 400 million euros a year, and 800,000 workers could be made redundant.

"This is devastating for enterprises like us," said Yu Liangbin, an exporter based in Zhejiang, who each year exports over $10 million worth of goods to the EU. Yu said many enterprises are thinking about turning to other markets to avoid the trade sanction by EU.

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U.S. financial crisis affecting the Japanese car and parts industry

U.S. financial crisis is affecting the global economy, also had an impact on all Japan's walks of life. Auto industry is one of the important pillars of Japan's economy, it's contributions to employment and tax are not be overlooked, however, Japan's auto industry is facing a severe test, many enterprises are taking all possible ways to minimize the financial crisis brought about by the negative impact .

Recently, Japanese media discuss the survive current situation of the Japanese automotive industry under the financial crisis. The report go deep into the automotive industry directly and invited Toyota president Katsuaki Watanabe as special guests. According to reports, an auto parts supplier by the name of "Sangang industry" in Nagoya , as early as before the financial crisis, has been in difficult to operate due to oil and steel price rising. Through technical innovation and cost reduction, the situation has improved . But after the financial crisis, Sangang industry had to reduce massive staff and stopped the two production line.

Katsuaki Watanabe said: "The development of Toyota Motor Corporation in the world are growing, but due to the United States financial crisis, tension of crude oil and prices of raw materials, was forced to slow down the pace."

Earlier, Toyota had just cut a large North American vehicle production scale and was forced to lay off. Katsuaki Watanabe said because of sluggish sales of large vehicles, the company income was reduced, high investment in research and development is difficult recovery in the short term , it add more financial burden.

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The maintenance of door hardware

Hardware is the soul of a whole door, including the handle, lock, hinge, and so on。They are so small, but playing an significant role.

The key to the life of door lies in the maintenance of hardware. Stainless steel handle and other Stainless steel hardware can be polished with stainless steel cleaner, in order to make it glossy. During the long time movement, the performance of hinge, hanging wheel , castor and other moving parts may be lower ,owing to the dust adhesion. One or two drops of lubricating oil every six months can maintain its smooth. If the rotation of the lock insert is not flexible enough, can use knife to scrape black powder from pencil core and blowing it into the keyhole. This is because the composition of graphite is a very good solid lubricant. But to be sure to avoid Lubricating Oil, because this would be more easier to adhere dust.

Special attention should be paid to the rotating direction of the handle , avoiding with all one's strength. In particular, it is necessary to educate children, not hanging in the door handles dangling, because it is very dangerous and may be prone to internal damage to the door.

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Zero defect in fastener industry

A passenger plane of China Airlines from Taiwan goes up in flame after an explosion in Naha on Japan's southern island of Okinawa last year. According to initial investigation, it is likely for the reason that a bolt on the right wing that pierced the tank of the ill-fate plane, resulting in a massive fuel leak.
This accident reminds us that a bolt on a machine is very important .The bolts are categorized as fasteners. A fastener is a hardware device that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together. A bolt is a metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body, partially or completely threaded, and a larger head.
Bolts are made in a wide range of materials, with steel being the most common where great resistance to weather is required, stainless steel, titanium, bronze, monel or silicon bronze may be used, or a coating such as brass, or chromium applied.
It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut threaded on the other end. Bolts are usually in tension when properly fitted. In most applications they are not designed to bear large shear forces. There is no method to measure the tension of a bolt already in place other than to tighten it and identify at which point the bolt starts moving. An electronic torque wrench is used on the bolt under test, and the torque applied is constantly measured. When the bolt starts moving the torque briefly drops sharply - this drop-off point is considered the measure of tension. Bolt hangers and bolt runners are two main types of bolt placements. Bolt runners consist solely of a bolt placed with the bolt head sticking out slightly from the rockface .
Under the background of economic globalization, the development of China fastener industry is very complex. In the early 1960s, a series of automobile factories appeared and China automotive industry took shape. The central governing department of automobile set down to building fitting enterprises for the automotive factories. Later, it chose Wuhan Standard Parts Factory, one of the ten enterprises, and input investment to support it. The factory provided parts for all automotive factories . “Wuhan Automobile Standard Factory” emerged as the times required.
In 2006 China fastener output has exceeded 4 million tons. But there is no doubt that output is money and quality is life for fastener industry. Quality is life, the life of fastener enterprises. If we are only blindly in pursuit of output, we will waste time and money.
For the OEMs of automotive fastener in China it is very important to strengthen the process test and online selection capacity, to guarantee the quality of products and get rid of the human factors .
To sum up, the smooth run of car assembly line, the running safety and the good reputation are greatly relied on 100% non-defect fasteners. Under the background of economic globalization, Challenges and opportunities exist at the same time. A large number of multinational fastener companies flow into China. The local fastener companies have to build their own brands and to improve the quality, in order to assure a minor rate of nonconformity, as well as to reduce the rate from 1000-600PPM to less than 150PPM. In this way, to strive for zero defect is fastener industry's goal.
Zero defect is the goal of fastener industry for the same reason that details determine success or failure. There are famous brands on catering, so with garment and fastener. We should change bolt's brand building strategy to make a worldwide fastener brand.

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