The world's top ten mold manufacturing powers Mold processing industry is a very important industry and was once known as "mother of machines" in the world. Chinese mold authorities believe that molds are money printing machines; American industrial community believes that mold industry is cornerstone of American industry. Germany believes that molds are the king of metal processing; Singapore believes that mold industry is a very important magnetic industry; many EU countries believe that molds are gold. It can be seen that mold industry is a very important indicator of product manufacturing level of a country and region. It is worth mentioning that China once listed molds as the first in sequence of technological transformation of machinery industry in its industrial policy in 1989!
Japan Japanese mold industry has always maintained its position as the world's largest mold country and mold power. Japan's mold production capacity once accounted for about 40% of world, ranking first in the world, and it exports a large number of molds to foreign countries every year. Top five importing countries of Japanese molds and their import share are: South Korea (59.8%), mainland China (18.4%), Thailand (4.3%) and United States (2.8%). Japan has world-renowned large carbide tool manufacturers such as Mitsubishi Materials, Sumitomo Electric, Toshiba Tungaloy, Dijet, Hitachi Tools, Japan Tungsten, and Fuji Mold. In addition, Japanese mold manufacturers pay more attention to polishing and grinding processes in terms of technology, while German mold manufacturers start from improving accuracy and efficiency of mechanical processing and electrical discharge processing to reduce time of manual processing. It is worth mentioning that in addition to controlling core technology of global molds in many fields, Japan also controls the most profitable links in industrial chain, leaving only assembly link