Why can Shaodong lighter achieve "1 yuan"?

Lighter manufacturing is a low-profit industry and a labor-intensive industry. A lighter contains more than 30 parts such as windshield, fire ring and bellows valve. Under the background of rising labor and material costs year by year and increasingly fierce competition in the industry, why can Shaodong lighter become bigger and stronger?

The answer lies in innovation. Starting from 20 16, a local enterprise invests 20 million yuan in research and development and 20 million yuan in updating automation equipment every year. After the upgrade, the labor force decreased by 80%, but the production capacity increased by 40%. The labor cost of each lighter is reduced from 0. 1 yuan to 0.0 15 yuan. By increasing investment in R&D and building its own brand, the export of this enterprise increased by 20% last year. At present, many leading lighter enterprises in Shaodong 10 have basically completed the automation transformation, and the technology is leading the country. Relying on intelligent manufacturing, Shaodong lighter has always maintained the price of 1 yuan, and the local lighter industry has also grown from a traditional industry to an emerging industry representing China's high-end intelligence.

Lighters, bags and stationery used to be considered as representatives of low-end manufacturing. In recent years, many related enterprises have grown into professional and innovative "little giants" and even "invisible champions". Behind it, scientific and technological innovation has helped many enterprises to shift from "manufacturing" to "intelligent manufacturing", build intelligent production lines, intelligent workshops and intelligent factories, and enhance product added value and industrial competitiveness.

Manufacturing industry is the main body of national economy and the main battlefield of scientific and technological innovation. Of every 10 bearings in China, 1 0 comes from Linxi, Hebei. The bearing "friend circle" of this county is spread all over the world and sold to more than 90 countries and regions. Xingtai Three Gorges Cast Iron Company in Longyao County is the world's largest producer of cast iron and enamel cookware, and 90% of its products are exported to overseas markets ... Looking at those enterprises at the top of the industry in Hebei, we can also find that the more enterprises willing to invest money, spend time and work hard on scientific and technological innovation, the more they can always occupy a place in the fierce market competition, and the more they can generate the backbone of flying against the wind under extraordinary circumstances.

In the era when the technological revolution is changing with each passing day and high-quality development has become the theme of development, many people have doubts or puzzles about the development of traditional manufacturing industry. However, the development of Shaodong lighter industry tells people that although all enterprises will have the process of birth, growth, maturity and decline, some enterprises can extend the growth and maturity stage indefinitely. And to do this, the secret is to seek innovation and change, and constantly surpass yourself. As some well-known entrepreneurs have said, "to build a century-old shop, we need to innovate forever, keep it, and keep it forever." "Innovation is the only way out. Eliminate yourself, or compete to eliminate us. "