An Overview of the Development of the Four Famous Hardware Locks Industry Bases in China

At present, China has become the world's largest producer and consumer of locks. In 2008, the country’s total output of locks reached 1.48 billion, and the annual export volume reached 2.171 billion U.S. dollars, which occupies a pivotal position in the hardware industry. The overall capacity of China's traditional lock market is about 70 billion, and the manufacturers are mainly concentrated in Zhejiang, Guangdong, Shanghai and Shandong. In the category layout, Zhejiang Wenzhou forms a traffic lock manufacturing base and Zhongshan Siu Lam focuses on door locks. Zhejiang Pujiang is mainly padlocked. According to authoritative statistics, the lock market grew by more than 20% from 2008-2009, and there is room for further growth.

Zhongshan Siu Lam Co., Ltd.: Zhongshan locks are mainly concentrated in Xiaolan Town, mainly with door locks. Xiaolan Town actively promotes the development and optimization and upgrading of the hardware products industry. The products are continuously upgraded and the added value continues to rise. The domestic market share continues to increase. At present, the market share of two lock brands, "Guli" and "Huafeng," ranks first in the industry for many years in a row; "St. Arlen" has been named "the first brand in the Chinese nail clipper industry";

As early as 1986, Xiaolan Town was honored as China's “South City Lock City”. In 2002, China National Hardware Association named Xiaolan Town as “China Hardware Industry Base”. After this title, in 2004, the country was awarded the title of "China's lock export base." In the afternoon of April 19, 2004, Xiaolan Town Lock Industry Association was formally established. Siu Lam Hardware Testing Center was established in June 2007 by Siu Lam Lock Association.

At present, Siu Lam's locks account for 40% of the country's lock market, accounting for 37% of the country's total export of locks, and has 315 companies in the country, including Siu Lam, which is known as the “Lock City of the South” and has engaged in the lock industry. 1.4 million people. A few years ago, there were 4 companies with output value exceeding 100 million yuan in Xiaolan's locks and annual output of 340 million locks. The most representative companies are "solid" door locks and so on.

Pujiang Lock: Pujiang lock industry has developed from a single padlock product to drawer locks, anti-theft locks, motorcycle locks, door locks and more than 300 varieties of specifications. After more than 30 years of development, the padlock industry in Pujiang has continuously grown and become the largest padlock production and processing base, product distribution center and export base. "China Padlock Center" and "China Padlock Production Base" have become one of the golden business cards displayed by Pujiang.

At present Pujiang has 739 padlock finished products and accessories manufacturing enterprises, employs about 20,000 people, and has a padlock output of more than 1.35 billion and an annual output value of 3.795 billion yuan. In 1998, in order to promote the healthy development of Pujiang Lock Industry, Pujiang established a padlock. Industry Association. Representative companies include Pujiang Locks.

Wenzhou Locks: At present, there are more than 400 enterprises in Wenzhou engaged in the manufacture of lock products and have a certain scale. Among them, there are more than 60 large-scale enterprises with an annual output value of 50 million yuan and 56,000 employees. The main products include mortise locks, ball-type door locks, bicycle locks, motorcycle locks, and high-end electromechanical integrated IC card locks, key locks, sensor locks, and fingerprint locks developed and produced in recent years. Companies are mainly distributed in Bohai Sea, Lucheng, Longwan, Yongjia, Ruian and other places.

In September 2002, China Light Industry Federation and China National Hardware Association jointly awarded Wenzhou City the title of “China Lock Capital”. Zhejiang Lock professional trademark base. In order to improve the quality of Wenzhou's locks, in the second half of 2003, the Wenzhou Hardware Chamber of Commerce raised more than RMB 1 million and jointly established a lock product inspection center with related departments to better serve the “China Lock Capital”. Representative companies include Tianyu and Baqiang. In 2009, the annual total sales of the Wenzhou lock industry will increase by more than 10% from the previous year.

Shandong lock industry: Shandong lock industry companies are mainly concentrated in Yantai, which in turn, Sanhuan Lock Industry Group is the most representative.

Sanhuan Lock Industry Group was founded in 1930 and is the “origin of the hardware lock industry” in China. Yantai Sanhuan Lock Industry Technology Center was recognized as a national enterprise technology center in 2009. This is the first and only company in China's lock industry. The state-appointed enterprise technology center marks the overall strength of Yantai Sanhuan Locking Co., Ltd., especially its research, development and innovation capabilities, to be in the leading position in China. It also represents the development level of Shandong lock industry.

Conclusion: Looking at the four famous lock industry bases, both in terms of their respective basic situations and their respective scales, each has its own merits. Among them, Zhongshan’s lock companies are developing the most rapidly and have a deeper history. Wenzhou lock industry also has a strong momentum of development. Compared with the halo of Zhongshan, Wenzhou, and Pujiang lock industries, Shandong lock industry appears to be “weak”. However, in the next 10 years, the rapid development of Shandong lock industry is also not possible.