Labor Costs Go Up &Nbsp; Spinning Enterprises Speed Up Equipment Renewal.

"The mechanic can't afford to change machines." These days, the "Baijin knitting" company in Qixian town of Shaoxing county is booming. More than 3 months ago, Mr. Wu, the boss of the company, transferred all the 9 old circular machines on the production line to new ones in order to save labor costs and improve production efficiency. This year, the economic situation is not optimistic, in order to cope with employment. cost As the situation goes higher, many small and medium-sized textile enterprises in Shaoxing accelerate. equipment Some owners of enterprises have changed their thinking and made efforts to achieve labor-intensive to technology intensive. enterprise Transformation.

"The machine in the factory is like the old tank. It is bad at three days and two days. The noise is big and the production efficiency is not high. I bought 9 new round machines at once. Once the machine was put into production, the production efficiency increased and the product quality improved." Mr. Wu, owner of Baijin knitting company, told reporters that the mechanic hired by the company is mainly responsible for machine repair, with a monthly salary of 3500 yuan, because the old machines of the company often break down, and some trivial things also need skilled workers. Technicians are clamoring for a raise in wages, and the monthly salary should be raised to 5000 yuan. Other workers could not sit still, shouting "raise wages". "Labor costs are too high, old machines often produce defective products, and equipment can only be upgraded." For this reason, Mr. Wu transferred all the old circular machines bought at a cost of 50 thousand yuan, and imported a batch of advanced circular machines with about 100000 yuan each.

Mr. Wu calculated to reporters: Although the machine cost millions of yuan, but because of the increase of production efficiency, workers' work intensity has been greatly reduced, and workers have not shouted "raise wages", and the cost of manpower has been controlled. At the same time, the company took part of the extra money to the workers as a "bonus", and the workers' motivation was more sufficient, achieving a virtuous circle.

Shaoxing County HUAYU Textile Machinery Co., Ltd. deputy chief Li Weimin told reporters that in the face of rising labor costs and raw materials, energy prices and other factors, this year, those advanced technology, high degree of automation, reliable performance, energy-efficient and efficient market demand for textile machinery has further increased, and low technology, high energy consumption, labor and low efficiency products have been phased out.

"This year, many textile enterprises in Shaoxing have disposed of the spinning machines that were bought a few years ago and replaced them with the latest machines. This is a marked change in industrial upgrading." Zhejiang Yue Jian Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Sun Zong told reporters.

Reporters learned from Shaoxing County, "HUAYU" twister, "Yue Jian" and other "Star" products have energy saving, high efficiency and other characteristics, deeply loved by the market.

Some people in the industry believe that Shaoxing county is in a critical period of adjustment and upgrading of the industrial structure. Most of the textile and garment enterprises in the Shaoxing county economy are mostly labor-intensive enterprises. It is urgent to guide some traditional industrial enterprises to transform and upgrade technology intensive and capital intensive enterprises and maintain lasting competitiveness.