In terms of long-term development, China's economy has maintained sustained growth, and the overall demand for casting molds will increase in the future. In recent years, China's molds have grown at an average rate of 17%, which is more than double the average value of China's GDP. Casting molds can also keep pace with the development, so casting molds have a lot of room for development.

Foundry mold companies need to change mechanisms, develop specialized production, increase market awareness, and promote industrial restructuring of the foundry mold industry. In the past, under the condition of planned economy, large-scale enterprises had a mold branch (workshop) within the large-scale enterprise. The manufacturing capacity and technical strength were strong and accounted for a considerable proportion of the domestic mold production value. Except for a few standard parts purchased, most of the workload was By the mold factory to complete, resulting in a low degree of specialization and standardization. Coupled with the constraints of the enterprise management system, mold manufacturing cycle is long and can not meet the market requirements. After entering the WTO, the Chinese foundry mold industry is gradually integrated into the world trade integration. Through thorough reforms, the impact of the planned economy will be eliminated. To this end, the degree of commercialization of molds will also be greatly improved. The pace of transformation of state-owned enterprises will be accelerated, and the development of private and individual companies will cause major changes in the structure of the mold industry. . The socialization and specialization of the mold industry will be strengthened. This is an effective measure to resist the impact of joining the World Trade Organization. Some of the traditional mold shops in the company will be transformed into new economic entities that are independently accounted for, and most of them will be phased out. More mold companies will embark on the path of specialization and maintain their advantages in products of their own specialty. The special and refined way can survive and develop in the competition. In the past, those who did not have expertise projects, including all types of mold enterprises, caused the dispersion of equipment, talents, funds, etc. These enterprises will gradually become stronger in the projects with comparative advantage and be developed, and the non-expert projects will be eliminated. The standardization of molds will also be further promoted, and the standard parts manufacturing companies of molds will also develop rapidly.

Moulds are a combination of technology-intensive and labor-intensive industries. China has excellent talents, high skills in mold fitters, and low labor costs. After entering the WTO, China’s investment environment has been greatly improved, foreign investment can enjoy national treatment, there will no longer be foreign exchange balance, export quotas, so the Chinese mold industry will have more Sino-foreign joint ventures and foreign-owned Mold enterprise. At the same time, the outward shift of manufacturing production points in Japan, Singapore, and Taiwan and other countries and regions is irreversible. The more open mainland China is naturally the first choice, and mold companies are bound to follow suit.

As the cost of Chinese mold production is much lower than that of foreign countries, with the improvement of mold manufacturing technology and the improvement of quality, not only can mold imports be reduced, but also it is possible to gradually open up the export market and export more molds to foreign countries.

After China's accession to the WTO, mold imports will continue to maintain its growth momentum in the short term, and mold exports will have great development. Compared with countries such as Southeast Asia and the Middle East, China's molds have advantages in terms of technology, quality and price, and their export prospects are promising. While foreign-funded enterprises enter China, the return of molds and exports will also become an important part of China's mold exports.

To improve the design and manufacturing level of casting molds, mainly including: CAD/CAM/CAE/CAPP technology is widely used; integration of process and tooling design; improvement of the design and manufacturing level of large-scale, precision, complex, long-life molds; vigorous development of rapid mold making And rapid prototyping technology (RPM); develop high-speed processing technology, develop high-speed measurement technology and reverse engineering (RP); use high-quality mold materials, improve surface treatment technology; increase the standardization of casting molds and expand the use of standard parts.

Actively promote industry management, establish an industry management coordination network, and establish a fair and reasonable price system for casting molds. To further standardize the mold market, the market demand for quality is more stringent, and quality is the market.

The quality of modern moulding depends on physical factors, and the reproduction ability is strong. The overall level is easy to control. Modern modeling is performed in a parallel manner. The design and manufacturing are based on a common mathematical model. They can communicate in parallel through the public database under the guidance of the overall mold process plan, coordinate with each other, share information, reduce duplication of labor, and shorten the processing cycle.

In short, if casting mold enterprises in China want to develop, they must change mechanisms, develop specialized production, increase market awareness, and promote the adjustment of the industrial structure of the foundry mold industry; actively promote industry management, establish a coordination network of industry management, and strengthen the training of technical personnel. , to strengthen a special and multi-energy; extensive use of CAD/CAM/CAE/CAPP technology to improve the level of casting mold design and manufacturing; vigorously develop rapid molding and rapid prototyping, high-speed processing technology, high-speed measurement technology and reverse engineering and other new technologies, New technology, new materials; Improve the standardization of casting molds and expand the use of standard parts. Mould enterprises must constantly improve their own technical level and management capabilities in order to have a foothold in the domestic mold market, in order to gradually open up foreign mold market.