First, the basic overview of the hand tool industry

Basic meaning

Hand tools, for power tools, are mainly tools that are twisted or applied by hand.

Product Classification

1. Classification by use

Hand tools can be divided into wrenches, pliers, screwdrivers, tape measures, hammers, sleeves, cutting, scissors, sets, and auxiliary types such as tool carts according to their use, each category has different models.

2. Classified according to its quality and performance of use

(1) Civil grade, also known as "DIY" abroad, refers to some sets of tools used for home decoration and home improvement maintenance by themselves, such as sawing plywood door locks, pliers for installing water and electricity, knives, scissors, rulers, saws, screwdrivers, etc. Therefore, the general quality requirements of civilian-grade tools are very low, cheap, affordable, convenient for home use on the line, currently more popular and many sets of tools used as gifts belong to this category.

(2) Standard grade, also called ordinary grade, is generally made of medium carbon steel and properly heat treated, and its strength and rigidity are better than that of civilian grade, and can basically meet the professional level of installation and maintenance of building decoration, home appliances and general small electromechanical

(3) Professional grade, refers to higher quality grade and use range of more specific tools and special tools, the general selection of materials are high carbon steel and chromium vanadium steel and other alloy tool steel manufacturing and then heat treatment, its torque strength, high hardness, such as auto maintenance tools, electronic telecommunications tools, etc.

(4) Industrial grade, the materials selected for this level of tools are made of chromium vanadium steel, Taiwan S2 materials and chromium molybdenum steel, chromium nickel molybdenum vanadium and other alloy steel, heat treatment hardness and torque are more exquisite, at present, domestic manufacturers less produce this grade of tools.

(5) Aerospace grade, tools of this level, tools used in aerospace, submarine nuclear power, military industry, etc.

Second, the development of China's hand tool industry

(1) The development status of the hand tool industry

Hand tools are labor-intensive industries, and China has always relied on the traditional competitive advantage of low cost to become a gathering place for hand tool manufacturing, and the products are exported to all continents of the world.

China's hand tool production areas are mainly distributed in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangdong and Shandong and other places, of which Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Guangdong are particularly prominent, forming a hand tool industry cluster with the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta as the main production belt.

There are many enterprises producing hand tool products in China, and the following industry characteristics have been formed after years of development: first: the products produced by enterprises are of high quality and low price (outstanding advantages); Second, the concentration of the domestic hand tool industry is low, and there are fewer large and medium-sized enterprises above the scale, mainly small enterprises; Third, most of the domestic enterprises are OEM OEM for high-end enterprises in Europe and the United States, and the competitive advantage of enterprises is not obvious; Fourth, the product structure is unreasonable, the production of medium and low-grade varieties is excessive, and there is a gap between supply and demand of high-end varieties; Fifth, the homogenization is serious, mainly in terms of appearance, which is prone to infringement problems.

(2) Brand characteristics of hand tools

There are many brand enterprises producing hand tool products in China, mainly showing the following two characteristics: first, there are few domestic local brand enterprises; Second, there are many foreign-funded brand enterprises, especially European and American high-end brand enterprises, which occupy an absolute advantage in China's export brand enterprises.