Jinan, 1 Mar (Xinhua) -- In the workshop of a glove factory in Jiaxiang County, Jining County, Shandong Province, nearly 100 sewing machines were started in unison, dense stitches fell rapidly, and each process was meticulous. In early spring, it should be the off-season for glove sales, but the production atmosphere in the factory is extremely hot.
In a glove production workshop in Jiaxiang County, Jining, Shandong Province, nearly 100 sewing machines were started at the same time, and the production atmosphere was hot. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Xinyi
"The successful holding of the Beijing Winter Olympics has made us see the people's enthusiasm for ice and snow sports, and the consumption of ice and snow sports clothing and equipment has a significant role." Chen Jianhua, chairman of Shandong Jianhua Zhongxing Glove Co., Ltd., said that gloves belong to fast moving consumer goods, and with the continuous development of domestic ice and snow sports, the production space will become larger and larger.
Jiaxiang County, Shandong Is a large cotton planting county, and the development of glove industry has a natural resource advantage. There are more than 300 glove production and processing and supporting enterprises in the county, and more than 1,500 processing households, which is known as "Glove City".
In Jiaxiang County, Jining, Shandong, a variety of ski gloves are made in Shandong. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Xinyi
In the category of gloves it produces, ski gloves are a bright color. According to reports, the output of ski gloves in Jiaxiang County accounts for a high market share in the country, and the products are exported to more than 30 countries and regions overseas.
"Before the Beijing Winter Olympics, our product sales were mainly export-oriented, accounting for 80% or even more of the total production." Chen Xu, deputy general manager of Shandong Jianhua ZTE Glove Co., Ltd., said that the Winter Olympics will drive the development of ice and snow sports, and changes in the demand side will make enterprises change their strategies, "This year's order volume has reached the highest in history, and the domestic market has made us more confident." ”
"Post-90s" Chen Xu returned from studying in the Uk and wants to apply technological innovation to enterprise production. He successfully "crossed over", using ultra-high polymer polyethylene and spandex fabric to manufacture anti-cutting skating suits, unique fabrics make the products both elastic and flexible in anti-cutting, helping ice and snow athletes to achieve good results.
According to statistics, during the Winter Olympics, 50 sets of anti-cutting skating suits independently developed by the company completed mass production and delivered to the Shandong Provincial Skating Team for training.
Shandong has developed China's first snow wax car with completely independent intellectual property rights. Courtesy of respondents
Shandong has a sound manufacturing foundation, and the continuous improvement of innovation and manufacturing capabilities also provide favorable conditions for the development of The ice and snow industry in Shandong. At this year's Beijing Winter Olympics, China's first self-developed snow wax car was officially "put into service" to provide athletes with comprehensive speed guarantee, and this "assist artifact" was made in Shandong.
In snow and ice races, racing is fiercely competitive, every second counts, and snow wax cars play a key role in constantly waxing skis to improve speed. The seven functional areas of the car warm-up area, snowboard waxing area, snowboard storage area, temporary rest area for work, oxygen-enriched rest and entertainment area, snow wax storage area, and sanitary shower room are readily available, in addition to speeding up, it has become a "gas station" for athletes to prepare for and rest.
Guan Xiaoyan, director of the Light Industry and Textile Industry Division of the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Shandong Province, introduced that Shandong carried out joint research and formed a project team of more than 1,000 people, and it took less than a year to develop a snow wax car with completely independent property rights, breaking the monopoly of foreign countries and filling a gap in domestic ice and snow equipment.
The data shows that the number of enterprises engaged in ice and snow sports in Shandong ranks among the top in the country, and jining, Qingdao, Weihai, Dezhou and other cities are distributed with leaders in the field of ice and snow sports equipment manufacturing. According to data released by the Shandong Provincial Government in February, there are 153 market entities mainly engaged in ice and snow sports business in the province, and the overall scale of the ice and snow sports industry in the province exceeds 3.349 billion yuan, of which sports equipment manufacturing is 1.954 billion yuan, accounting for 58.35%.
In the glove production workshop, Chen Xu inspected a batch of ski gloves that had just left the production line. "The orders in the first half of the year have been full, and in the second half of the year, we are ready to invest some energy in the research and development of new materials and new products."