Zhongshan Xiaolan Hardware Industry Cluster Development

products industry Xiaolan Town, Zhongshan City,cumulative enterprise technology centers and
Guangdong Province, the traditional industries, as earlyengineering centers to 73, access to award 10.7 million
as in 1986, Xiaolan Town, has been hailed as China'syuan, has established 106 township enterprise
"city of the south lock." After more than 20 years oftechnology centers.
development, Xiaolan metal products industry hasEstablish and perfect a variety of science and
been formed locks, gas appliance as a leader, on thetechnology intermediary service organizations, in order
upstream and downstream products and all kinds ofto promote industrial upgrading provides a services
accessories category range of 10 categories ofplatform. Xiaolan Town, set up a "Productivity
hardware industries. In 2008, Xiaolan Town HardwarePromotion Center", the Center established nine years
Plastic industry revenue of 150 billion yuan, accountingago, has been incubating technology service entity 33.
for 39.4% of the town industrial sales.In 2008, the Center of Science and Technology won
In 2002, the China National Hardware Association,the "National Model Productivity Promotion Center,"
Xiaolan Town, named the "China National Hardwarefound that only one township to become the National
industry base." Given this title after the Xiaolan activelyProductivity Center.
promote the accumulation of metal products industry,Xiaolan Town, according to industry clusters common
the development and optimization and upgrading,technology, key technology requirements, product
product constantly upgrading, value added continued todesign company formed Hanyang, Hanyang Precision
rise, the domestic market share continues to increase.Mold Co., Ltd., with the S & P Precision Machinery
At present, the "solid edge", "Hua-feng" two locksCo., Ltd., matching company for hardware companies
brand's market share for many years the industry forto provide deep-processing services. According to
top; "St. Paul," was awarded "China's first brand nailstatistics, Han-Shin modern design and manufacturing
clippers industry"; Vantage Gas Appliance Companyservice center every year more than 200 business
for 13 consecutive years of sales in the same industryservices, designing new products 80, for the enterprise
in the country ranked first; Evergreen's gas valveadded industrial output value 150 million yuan, the new
manufacturing standards have been set industrytaxes more than 1000 million yuan.
standards.At the same time, the establishment of "innovation and
Led by the town government, Xiaolan Town, set up adevelopment of SME credit guarantee Xiaolan Town,
joint development of hardware industry cluster and theCo., Ltd.", with the town eight commercial banks to
establishment of a joint conference system for thecooperate, in order to have the market prospects and
development of industrial clusters. According to Diedevelopment conditions of the financing difficulties of
Network CEO Luo 100-hui is understood that theSMEs to solve the problem. The end of 2008, the
metals industry, Xiaolan Town, led by the locksecurity company's total amount of guarantee for up
hardware industries expanded to include the lock, gasto 24 billion yuan, sales income directly to pull more
appliance class, caster classes, hinge type, metalthan 110 billion yuan.
die-casting class, spray plating, mold type , bathroomIn addition, the town set up a hardware industry,
products category, and other hardware productsTechnology Center, South China University of Xiaolan
categories, as well as hardware accessories categoryIndustrial Technology Research Institute and other
of 10 Class relatively complete industrial chain ofinstitutions, enterprises and research institutions to
hardware to become the leading industry Xiaolanpromote cooperation in production and research. In the
industrial economy.first half, Zhongshan Vantage Gas Appliance Co., Ltd.
In recent years, Xiaolan Town, efforts to increasein the formation of the national "gas with combustion
policy guidance, to encourage enterprises to developsimulation laboratory", the again with the Huazhong
independent innovation, promoting industrialUniversity of Science and Technology and build a
transformation and upgrading hardware. Fiscal yearbranch from coal combustion ---- National Laboratory,
the town come up with 6 million yuan of special fundsa joint gas - Lab. Xiaolan has also set up a Chamber
to carry out technical innovation reward innovation, andof Commerce, comprising industry associations,
create the name excellence, and established aincluding locks, hardware, plastics trade associations
provincial, city, town, three technical innovation awardsand industry, including seven branches, two service
support system. At the same time, set up a "metalcompanies, an accreditation service windows, and
products industry, Zhongshan City Xiaolan TechnologyChamber of Commerce, up to 468 members. So far,
Center," to the lead, forming a provincial, city, town,Xiaolan Town, have been developed, including mortise
three Enterprise Technology Innovation Center,locks, exterior door locks, ball locks 3 locks industry
Enterprise Engineering Center as the main carrier ofstandards. Xiaolan also set up a vocational skills
the technological innovation system, through itsupgrading, and made efforts to carry out hardware
technical center improve the metal industry, coreskills training. According to statistics, in 2008 additional
competitiveness. The past three years, thetraining in hardware categories of skilled workers 1539
establishment of provincial and municipal levels Xiaolantimes.