Affected by the financial crisis, the market for diesel generators fell

China Diesel Generator Network reported: The overall orders of most diesel generator companies in the second half of this year have declined. Among them, orders for small and medium-sized diesel generator sets with large export volumes have severely shrunk, and some companies even made calls for 'the market winter is coming.'
What impact will the financial crisis have on the diesel generator set industry? In the interview, most diesel generator set companies said that due to the market response, the real impact may not be revealed until the end of this year or next year.

Diesel generator sets, the motor industry fluctuates.
The reporter recently learned from Oriental Electric Group Oriental Electric Co., Ltd. and Harbin Power Station Group Harbin Electric Factory Co., Ltd. that the company has sufficient orders throughout the year, among which the demand for thermal power units has decreased compared with last year, but the orders for hydroelectric units are on the rise.
During the bidding activities for the Jinsha River Xiangjiaba and Xiluodu Hydropower Station hydropower stations not long ago, we signed a hydropower contract of 4.427 billion yuan, including 4 hydropower generators in the rear factory of Xiangjiaba Zuoanba and 6 hydropower generators in the left bank of Xiluodu. An insider of Harbin Motor told reporters, 'This is a project with a relatively large contract amount since we built the factory.' In this bidding, Dongfang Motor also obtained a contract for 9 hydropower generator sets at the right bank power station of Xiluodu.
'Because steam turbine generators, water turbine generators and other products are mainly sold to the domestic market, the export proportion is small, and mostly concentrated in Asia, from the current perspective, the financial crisis has not had a great impact on the orders of enterprises.' An insider of Oriental Motor told reporters, but he also said,'The key supporting components and raw materials of power generation equipment need to be purchased from abroad. The financial storm in European and American countries may have a great impact on the overseas procurement of enterprises. Now companies are very concerned about this.'
The reporter also learned that the orders of Shanghai Electric Group Shanghai Electric Factory Co., Ltd. in the next two years are also relatively full, and its production schedule next year is relatively good, but due to the influence of national macro-control, new projects have been relatively reduced, and some of its markets have delayed orders and even cancelled contracts. Recently, the new signing of medium-sized DC motors for rod wire production is not optimistic.
Orders for some companies of diesel generator sets have declined
'Compared with the same period last year, the company's contract this year has dropped by 10%.'On October 15, Zhai Ming, deputy chief engineer of Lanzhou Motor Co., Ltd., told reporters, 'According to customary practice, many users will come to talk about next year's contracts in the fourth quarter. This year, they obviously feel that they are not confident and the demand has dropped.'
It is understood that although the company's tasks are still relatively full, compared with last year and the previous year, the orders for Xiangtan Motor have also decreased. Compared with previous years, Shandong Qilu Electrical Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has fewer new users in the second half of this year. Zhang Zhonghai, deputy general manager of the company, told reporters. He said that 90% of the company's product market is in China, and some export machine combinations are relatively long during the same period, so we have not felt the impact of the financial crisis too much. 'The company's tasks next year are still full. Orders of 5 million kilowatts have been implemented, and some orders have been scheduled for the next year. The production tasks are relatively heavy at present, but some users are likely to be unable to pick up goods due to a break in the capital chain.'
Zhai Ming analyzed that large and medium-sized motors are mainly used in metallurgy, petrochemicals, power plants, steel mills and other industries. If the relevant industries are affected by the financial crisis, the impact will definitely be passed on to equipment manufacturers. He gave an example that if large-scale infrastructure projects decrease, real estate developers do not build new houses, demand for steel and cement will decline, and the demand for electric motors in these industries will also decrease.
The export market of diesel generator sets and motors has shrunk seriously.
Some motor companies with relatively large export volumes have already shown up. According to Zhai Ming, 'At present, the orders for medium-sized generators with more supporting motors in Lanzhou have dropped significantly. There has not been any statistics yet, but it is estimated that they have been cut in half. '
Harbin Taifu Electric Co., Ltd. is also experiencing an export crisis. 'The financial crisis has a great impact on our company.' Qiu Huamin, deputy chief engineer of Pacific Electric, told reporters.
According to reports, as a mechanical and electrical company listed on the Nasdaq in the United States, more than 60% of Pacific Electric's products are exported to the United States. 'Now the demand in the US market has dropped sharply, and our stocks are also falling. 'Qiu Huamin said, 'The export volume of several products of the company has decreased, among which automobile motors have decreased by 60% to 70%, and linear motors, car seat motors, etc. have decreased by 40%. '
Qiu Huamin said, 'The east is not bright, and the west is bright, and now we have begun to actively explore the domestic market. ' He introduced that the company has developed several new products such as urban rail linear motors, ZTT tower linear motor drag pumps for the domestic market. Among them, dragging oil pumps have been launched into the market.
'At present, China's main exports are power tools and small and medium-sized motors. 'A industry insider analyzed to reporters, 'The financial crisis in the United States has spread and affected the real economy. Consumption in developed countries in Europe and the United States is shrinking, and its demand for home appliances, tools, etc. will definitely lead to a shrinking domestic export market in the short term. '
The sense of crisis has quietly emerged
'In the long run, the financial crisis may not have no effect on the small and medium-sized motor industry. 'Industry insiders believe that 'The foreign economy has declined, and the user expectation of small and medium-sized motors has decreased, which will be more sensitive to product prices, which may in turn lift our export market. Some companies with good product quality and moderate price should seize the opportunity.'
'Domestic loan liquidity is poor, and the control of loans may be stricter after the financial crisis. Some small enterprises will be acquired by large enterprise groups due to broken capital chains and poor turnover. There is a wave of industrial concentration in China. '
He also said, 'Because fixed asset investment will decrease in the short term, the recession may last for a year, and the market for large and medium-sized motors will fluctuate, but the demand in the domestic market is still very large. Accelerating the development of the central and western regions, promoting urbanization, as well as post-disaster reconstruction in Wenchuan, upgrading of railway and power grid systems, etc., the investment and consumption generated by this will drive the development of related equipment industries.'
'If the country introduces relevant policies to stimulate domestic infrastructure and stimulate consumption, the market for large and medium-sized motors should not be too pessimistic, right? 'Zhai Ming's tone is not very certain. 'The company's senior management is actively communicating with users to analyze how big the impact of the financial crisis is. ' He revealed that in addition to appropriately adjusting the product structure, Lanzhou Motor will soon start the next round of price adjustments to reduce the impact of the decline in contract volume.