The United States has Silicon Valley and China has Rubber Valley. At this time last year, this is still a slogan. Today, with the completion of the first phase of Rubber Valley, the demonstration bases for production, research and development in the Qingdao chemical rubber industry have begun to show strong industrial agglomeration effects, and VC/PE and other emerging capitals are competing.
From the point of view of R&D, industrial upgrading, and capital integration, Rubber Valley is playing an increasingly important role in China's rubber industry.
Break through trade barriers
Fan Rende, president of the China Rubber Industry Association, said at the 2012 Bohai Equity Investment Summit held on April 27th that China is the world’s largest rubber producing country with an annual output value of 700 billion yuan, and the total output value of upstream and downstream industries is over trillion yuan. Among them, Shandong accounts for more than 30%. However, compared with developed countries in the rubber industry in the world, there is still a certain gap in the industrial concentration, product structure, and informationization level of the rubber industry in China.
Zhang Jun, deputy director of Rubber Valley Management Committee and general manager of Rubber Valley Co., Ltd., told the Economic Herald that China's rubber industry, like many traditional industries, suffers from drawbacks such as repeated investment, homogenization of products, and low value-added products, and is highly dependent on international market. From the "tire special protection case" in the United States to the "labeling act" in Europe, various technical barriers and green barriers emerge one after another. This requires that China's tire companies must achieve breakthroughs in technology and materials and break foreign trade barriers.
The development of an industry requires leading enterprises to drive the entire industry to accelerate the transfer and upgrade, and move toward low-carbon environmental protection. Rubber Valley just provided such a platform. It is on this platform that the company's soft control shares have been developed and new equipment and technologies have been developed. Rubber production process pollution problems. Zhang Wei told the Herald reporter that China's rubber industry has experienced a rough development stage, new technologies, new materials, and information technology have achieved breakthroughs, and the turning point of the rubber industry has come.
At present, the first phase of the development of Rubber Valley has been completed and is currently entering the construction of the second and third phases. Fan Rende believes that the construction of Rubber Valley can not only promote the development of rubber industry in Qingdao and even Shandong Province, but also can effectively promote China's progress from being a rubber country to a rubber country.
The first rubber industry ecosystem
Why does Rubber Valley shake up the entire industry? The most important fulcrum is "learning." Stanford University in Silicon Valley, Rubber Valley, Huangpu Military Academy of China Rubber Industry Qingdao University of Technology. Currently, Qingdao University of Science and Technology has gathered six national-level laboratories and technology centers, 33 laboratories and technical centers at or above the provincial level, and two international laboratories, which basically form the highest R&D platform in the industry and the highest concentration platform. .
Sun Peizhu, deputy general manager of Mei Chen Technology, disclosed that Mei Chen Technology is planning to add R&D institutions to Rubber Valley and make full use of the resources around Rubber Valley. In his opinion, the entire rubber industry is developing from being a manufacturing leader and being led by a technological innovation.
Zhang Jian told the Herald reporter that Rubber Valley is a demonstration base for production, research and development in the chemical rubber industry, and it is the first rubber industrial ecosphere in the country. It is a highly integrated platform for government, education, production, research, and funding. From manufacturing and manufacturing companies to service-oriented companies such as software development and engineering design, to peripheral service companies such as banks, investment banks, guarantees, and exhibitions, upstream and downstream companies in the industrial chain gather in the rubber valley, effectively pulling in the physical distance.
Leaders in the rubber industry are entering Rubber Valley. In addition to the soft control shares, Hainan Rubber will also carry out in-depth cooperation with Rubber Valley in an all-round and full-industry chain. Rubber manufacturer LANXESS has also moved its PU (Polyurethane) R&D center to Rubber Valley and cancelled the corresponding Singapore. R & D Center.
New capital races in
Experience has shown that VC/PE and other emerging capital forces have an irreplaceable role in promoting independent innovation and promoting industrial upgrading.
Wang Hao, general manager of Qingdao Yikes Co., Ltd., which is located in the Rubber Valley, said that in recent years, the synthetic rubber industry has developed rapidly. Only effective integration with capital can lead to greater development. According to reports, Qingdao Yikes chose an investment partner who has an accurate understanding of technology and market, and participated in the relatively risky technology research and development.
Zhang Hao said that Rubber Valley has a business incubator of 2 million square meters, and its philosophy is to follow every development stage of the company from research and development to incubation, industrialization and growth. In addition, different capitals will be recommended for different stages of the company's seed period, growth period, and maturity period, and suitable companies will be recommended for the relevant capital.
The same company that has settled in Rubber Valley, Junsheng Investment has issued 9 funds in the fields of new materials, energy conservation and environmental protection and new energy. The company’s partner, Wu Shiyong, believes that just as in many traditional industries in China, the rubber industry is facing structural adjustment and industrial restructuring. In the process, there should be some good investment opportunities.
Specifically, Junsheng Investment is more optimistic about technology and product alternatives. It owns core technologies and can produce higher value-added products. Of course, it also favors those companies with green technologies and strong environmental protection capabilities.
Zhou Hong, deputy general manager of Binghong Capital, stated that Binghong Capital mainly invests in the fields of energy conservation, environmental protection and new materials. At present, it has invested in two rubber-related companies in Shandong. In Zhou Yi’s opinion, if the company has core technology, it is in line with the adjustment of industrial structure, the direction of product structure adjustment, and the high added value of products, it will be focused on.
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