From the fire to the cold, from the blue ocean to the red ocean, from the surge in production lines to the explosion of production capacity, domestic slate has reached its peak in just a few years, and soon encountered development bottlenecks. There are more than two months left in 2022. How will the development of rock slabs this year be? Zhongtaojun will take stock of it for everyone!
Stone slab production slows down, focusing on technology upgrades
In 2022, slate companies will gradually slow down their production, changing their previous crazy expansion and launching production lines, and focusing on technological upgrades in production, products, processing, applications and other aspects.
According to public information statistics, Zhongtaojun shows that since 2022, a total of 55 ceramic production lines (including new additions and technical improvements) have been put into production across the country, and the number has decreased significantly compared with last year. Among them, the number of newly put into production slate/thin plate/large slab production lines has reached 28, which is significantly reduced from 91 in 2021, and most of them are 750×1500mm large slab/small slate slab production lines.
As we all know, due to the brittle nature of the product itself and the excessive area, rock slabs are prone to brittle cracking during transportation, processing and application, resulting in material loss. In order to reduce material loss, many imported slate brands will compound a layer of back mesh on the back of the product to improve the impact resistance of the product. Recently, Delifeng Slate took the lead in investing in equipment to apply slate composite back mesh technology to its products. It is understood that the Delifeng rock slab super composite material equipment line has been officially put into use. This production line is the world's first fully automatic rock slab back mesh production line with a daily output of over 10,000 square meters. Its work efficiency, operability, and stability are far superior to those of similar products. type device.
The Delifeng slate composite back mesh technology can effectively reduce the risk of damage during opening and transportation, with the damage rate reduced by up to 80%; at the same time, it can prevent debris from falling and splashing over a large area to the greatest extent, solving There are issues such as the brittleness and safety of rock slabs in home applications.
In early September, Lingbiao Technology, the largest slate manufacturing company in Hebei, carried out technological transformation of its production line. It is reported that after the transformation, each production line is equipped with 2 glaze lines and 6 Italian System inkjet machines, which can achieve rapid conversion to width 800-1600 (mm) and length 1000-3600 (mm) specifications in one production line. , 3-20 (mm) thickness, digital mold, matte, soft matte, shiny surface, texture surface, carved deep mold surface, dry grain brush polishing, dry grain soft polishing, sponge polishing, fine dry grain and other processes Noodles and variousThe slate products with color green bodies realize "small batch customization and personalized customization" in the slate industry, which is a historic innovation in technology.
In addition, many rock slab companies such as Mona Lisa, Marco Polo, Dongpeng, and New Pearl have achieved relatively outstanding achievements in rock slab technology innovation. According to incomplete statistics, a total of 18 rock slab-related scientific and technological achievement projects will pass project appraisal in 2022.
The application of rock slabs has been fully upgraded and is becoming more mature
As a decorative material that can directly replace stone, slate has a variety of application scenarios, such as ceramic tiles, stone, furniture, kitchen and bathroom, electrical appliance surface materials, suspended ceilings, etc. Slate can be found wherever slabs are used. With the improvement of supporting services such as process technology, application design, processing and delivery, the application of slate has blossomed in an all-round way. Enterprises have continuously broadened the application boundaries of slate and increased market penetration through channels such as stone, home decoration, engineering, and customization.
At the 22nd Xiamen International Stone Exhibition held from July 30 to August 2 this year, more than 40 stone slab brands appeared to showcase their core products. Most of them were in digital molds and deep molds. There are more bold attempts, and the crafts such as bending, full body, and continuous patterns are also very mature.
Many companies have also made great efforts in displaying the application of rock slabs. On September 25, the Mona Lisa Smart Home Center in Foshan Xincheng CBD officially opened, and the Mona Lisa Smart Home Experience Center was also unveiled at the same time. Mona Lisa is an early enterprise in the industry that entered the field of ceramic sheets/rock slabs. The Mona Lisa Smart Home Experience Hall unveiled this time comprehensively demonstrates the application of ceramic sheets/rock slabs in smart homes. The experience hall has a total area of about 1,300 square meters. It focuses on the core living concepts of "health, safety, and comfort" to break the industry pain point of traditional smart homes that cannot be connected. It integrates electrical appliances, security, home furnishings, and building materials to realize a true whole-house, All equipment and systematic intelligent control comprehensively demonstrate the whole-house intelligent space customization scenario applied to residential buildings.
Recently, the Inno|Ganban Full Bathroom Haute Couture has also been officially completed. The haute couture pavilion integrates walls,The floor and cabinets are integrated, and 8 bathroom spaces are used in the museum to present the most popular new design materials favored by designers such as jade, marble & wallpaper, mosaic & paint, solid color, micro cement, luxury stone, etc., to provide consumers with a more aesthetic feeling , with a more harmonious overall bathroom space solution.
In addition, the application display of slate has also gradually covered the new terminal exhibition halls of ceramic tile brands. The Suzhou Owen Lai experience store opened on September 15. Its design is mainly based on Owen Lai's high-quality rock slabs, using numerous geometric three-dimensional rock slab shapes to reflect Owen Lai's understanding and grasp of product technology, shape, and texture. ; Guanzhu Ceramics designed the exhibition hall of the slate haute couture life hall for terminal dealers, creating an integrated slate customized comprehensive service flagship store; some ceramic tile brands such as Samit have also begun to open special slate display areas in their new terminal stores. Meet diversified terminal consumer needs.
The rock slab delivery system is gradually improving and developing healthily
In the past two years, many ceramic tile brands have successively proposed to create finished product delivery systems/services, from the earlier "finished product delivery OK service" of Jianyi and Mona Lisa's "smiling paving·exclusive delivery" to 2022 Since then, Mingzhu Kezhu's "Stone Slab Precision Delivery System", Jinyitao's "One-stop Delivery", Dongpeng's "Stone Slab Space Delivery Six-Guarantee Service", Xinyansu's "S+ Extreme Quality Slab Delivery System", Ou Shennuo's "A+ Space Delivery System", Shunhui's "Paper Package", etc. It must be said that rock slabs are the catalyst for the finished product delivery process in the ceramic industry and promote the industry's transformation into services.
Since 2022, brands such as Xinmingzhu, Dongpeng, Oceano, and Jianyi have taken frequent actions to continuously improve the finished product delivery system and open up the entire chain of ceramic tiles/rock slabs from packaging, processing, logistics to installation and paving. , to achieve closed-loop services.
New Pearl Group has deployed rock slab delivery centers in many cities across the country, which will greatly shorten the delivery time of rock slabs and improve delivery efficiency. Currently, it has landed in Meizhou, Guangdong and Changchun, Hunan.Shaanxi, Shaanxi Xi'an, Shandong Linyi and other cities.
Dongpeng Slate Slab Space Delivery Upgrade provides users with a 6-pack space delivery overall solution of "package design - package entry - package processing - package damage - package auxiliary materials - package paving", and selects Changsha, Wenzhou, Dongguan, Wuxi, Guangzhou, and Foshan serve as the first phase pilot cities for Dongpeng slate space delivery.
Jinyitao has successively held a number of one-stop delivery business training and implementation research meetings. It plans to build 5 delivery centers across the country next year and gradually cover them all with this as a benchmark.
Xinyansu officially released the S+ ultimate delivery system, and has built 18+ provincial-level processing centers and 60+ municipal-level processing centers across the country, promising efficient after-sales service of "2 hours response - 8 hours reply - 48 hours on-site - 72 hours settlement" .
Shunhui Bao Paving is successively launching service conferences across the country, training craftsmen on the slate paving process, and making every effort to improve dealers' finished product delivery service capabilities.
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For the ceramic industry, slate has broken the ceiling of ceramic tile applications and is undoubtedly a very considerable incremental market. As the mainstream media in the ceramics industry, China Ceramics Network follows the rising trend of slates, takes the initiative to assume the responsibility of empowering the development of slate brands and the ceramics industry, and creates the "Golden Rock Award", the first professional slate award in the industry.
The Golden Rock Award aims to "find and commend benchmark brands of rock slabs and empower the development of rock slab brands and the ceramic industry", relying on the core advantages of the organizer China Ceramics Network, such as its high weight, large traffic and Baidu's authoritative news source website. With the goal of creating a palace-level professional slate award, we will help the development of slate brands.
So far, the Golden Rock Awards have been successfully held for two sessions. Recently, China Ceramics Network has officially launched the selection of the 3rd "Golden Rock Award" in 2022 - it has now entered the registration stage, and the award ceremony is scheduled to be held in Foshan in November 2022. At the same time, an award ceremony titled "Rock Change" will also be held. Themed China Rock Slab Trend Summit. stay tuned!
