In the midst of the booming manufacturing industry, the fastener industry, as a fundamental support sector, is undergoing profound transformation and innovative development. Recently, there has been a series of noteworthy new developments in the fastener industry, showing a strong momentum for growth.
Yongnian District, Handan City, as the largest fastener production base in the country, handed over a dazzling report card in 2024. The annual output reached 7.10 million tons, and the output value exceeded 50 billion yuan, an increase of 19% year-on-year; from January to November, the foreign trade export volume reached 1.825 billion yuan, which also achieved a growth of 19%.Yongnian District takes “green transformation, innovation-driven, open cooperation” as the main line, and actively promotes the industry to move towards high-end, intelligent and internationalization.
In terms of green transformation, Yongnian District took the lead in exploring a new model of green manufacturing. Entering the high-end fastener industrial park of Hengchuang Environmental Protection Technology, a visual large screen monitors environmental protection data such as wastewater treatment and pollutant discharge in real time. The park integrates 4 large surface treatment centers and 580 related enterprises in the region, introduces fully automated production lines and a quality wastewater treatment system, and realizes clean production. The pollution problem of previous surface treatment has been effectively solved, wastewater discharge meets standards, and production efficiency has increased by nearly 30%.
Technological innovation has become the core driving force for the development of Yongnian District and even the entire fastener industry. Relying on Hebei University of Engineering and other universities, Yongnian District has built a national-level public service platform, successfully conquered 30 key technologies such as zinc-aluminum co-infiltration and titanium-chromium nitride coating, promoted 137 new invention patents for enterprises, and cultivated 3 national-level specialized and special new “little giant” enterprises and 98 high-tech enterprises. In the production workshop of Heineken Company, 300 intelligent cold heading machines operate efficiently, and workers only need to monitor parameters. The company’s drill tail wire sales account for 40% of the domestic market and are sold well in more than a dozen countries and regions. Through the introduction of high-end projects and the construction of smart factories, the proportion of mid-to-high-end products in Yongnian District has jumped to 80%, and the average profit of products has doubled, up to 1,000 yuan per ton.
Open cooperation has broadened the market space of the fastener industry. In 2024, Yongnian District organized 270 foreign trade enterprises to participate in 12 domestic and foreign exhibitions, with the amount of intention orders exceeding 130 million US dollars, and the number of foreign trade performance enterprises led the city. In order to expand its international influence, in October 2024, the first China Yongnian Fasteners International Purchasing Conference was successfully held, attracting buyers from 26 countries. The signed orders were 32.26 million yuan and the intention amount was 190 million yuan. At the same time, the region has 9 overseas warehouses, and the export volume increased by 19% from January to November 2024. High-end products cover high-speed rail, aerospace and other fields. Today, Yongnian Fasteners has been exported to 163 countries and regions, and is making great strides towards the goal of building a global distribution center.
From “Northern Screw City” to “Fastener Capital of the World”, Yongnian District is just a microcosm of the development of the fastener industry. The entire industry is taking technological innovation as the pen and open cooperation as the gesture, continuing to implement industrial transformation and upgrading actions, continuously improving the level of greening and intelligence, accelerating the development of new quality productivity, and striving to write a wonderful chapter of the transition from “Made in China” to “Intelligent Made in China”. In the future, with the continuous breakthrough of technology and the further expansion of the market, the fastener industry is expected to usher in more brilliant development prospects, providing more solid support for the development of the global manufacturing industry.
Post time: Mar-14-2025