The current situation and development trend of foreign rubber hose industry

2023-07-13

Hose this rubber product began at the beginning of the last century, with woven material as the reinforcing structure of the hose, the beginning is to use a vertical weaving machine to weave yarn on the hose for reinforcement, and steel wire reinforcement began in the twenties of this century, with a horizontal weaving machine to put a 15-18m long steel core on the hose to produce wire reinforcement. The emergence of hydraulic brakes for automobiles in the mid-thirties, as well as the emergence of hydraulic devices on machine tools, construction equipment, underground mining, oil exploitation and other equipment in the forties and fifties, and the development of offshore oil, led to the rapid expansion of the hose market and the rapid development of the hose industry. According to statistics, in 1997, Europe's hose production has reached 240,000 tons, North America's hose production is 130,000 tons, while Japan's hose output in 1998 is 28 million standard meters, China's hose output is 10 million standard meters. Throughout the world, the current hose industry has entered a period of low-speed growth, the market tends to be saturated, the hose industry needs to be further rationalized and reformed, and opportunities and challenges coexist.

It is understood that the development of foreign hose industry is closely related to automobiles, machine tools, construction industry, underground mining, oil exploitation and offshore oil drilling, hose as accessories of the above industries show strong vitality, but also give birth to a number of hose manufacturing enterprises

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2023-07-13