The current situation and development prospects of the automotive stamping die industry

1、 Overview of the Automotive Stamping Die Industry

  Generally, producing a regular sedan requires over 1000 to 1500 sets of stamping molds, accounting for about 40% of the total mold output required for vehicle production.

Automobile stamping die is an important process equipment in automobile production, and its design and manufacturing time accounts for about 2/3 of the automobile development cycle, which is one of the main limiting factors for automobile changeover. Automotive stamping dies have the characteristics of large size, complex working surface, and high technical standards, and belong to technology intensive products. In the past, single process molds and composite molds were commonly used in the structural design of automotive stamping dies. However, with the advancement of technology and equipment, multi station molds and progressive molds that can reduce costs and improve production efficiency are gradually being applied in the design and manufacturing of automotive stamping dies, becoming the development direction of automotive stamping die manufacturing technology.

2、 Global automotive stamping die market capacity

Since 2001, the global mold industry has been steadily rising, with an average growth rate of over 5%. By 2012, the global mold industry market size had reached 94.5 billion US dollars. In developed countries such as the United States, Germany, and Japan, the demand for automotive related molds accounts for over 40% of the total mold demand. Based on this, it is estimated that the global automotive mold market has reached a size of 37 billion US dollars. According to the proportion of automotive stamping die output value accounting for 40% of automotive mold output value, the global automotive stamping die market size is around 15 billion US dollars. At present, North America, Europe, and Japan, as traditional demand markets for automotive stamping dies, still occupy an important position in global demand, and their market demand growth rate will remain at a relatively stable level in the next few years.