How far is China's refrigerator industry from world class?

[The State Grid of China] The "12th Five-Year Development Plan Proposal for the Chinese Household Appliance Industry" issued by the China Household Electrical Appliances Association clearly states that through 10 years of efforts, the goal of shifting from a big home appliance country to a home appliance country will be realized.

China's home appliance industry has sprinted to this goal for more than a year. How far is it?

Dr. Zhou Xiaotian, deputy general manager of the China Department of Bosch Siemens AG headquarters in China and member of the Technical Committee of the China Household Electrical Appliances Association, said that in terms of refrigerators, there is still a gap between China's refrigerator industry and the developed country's refrigerator industry in many aspects, including energy efficiency, preservation, and Internet of things. Process manufacturing and other aspects.

Energy efficiency: energy saving is a superficial article

Zhou Xiaotian pointed out that China’s refrigerator industry is a superficial issue in terms of energy saving, and it has not gone deeper. This is a big gap with world-class companies.

After the introduction of the national energy conservation policy, the domestic energy saving "hype" has not ceased: energy saving champion models have continued to emerge, with energy efficiency indexes ranging from 17% to 20%, and the models that have reached the European A+++ energy efficiency standards have come one after another. However, most of these models are only implemented on prototypes, and the most energy-saving products are generally the most basic products, such as single-cycle, 80-liter and other products. “Under normal circumstances, this product's consumer groups will never spend 800 more. Yuan or 600 extra material costs to purchase products with energy efficiency of A + + +, which is contrary to the direction of use of energy efficiency in world-class companies, "said Zhou Xiaotian.

Preservation: Frost-free refrigerators should be the basis

At this stage, there are three main technologies for the preservation of refrigerators. One is the induction of freshness by the photosynthetic crisper, and the second is the preservation of freshness through refrigeration, through the temperature and temperature zones, which is the conventional classic method for preservation, and the third is the preservation of sterilization. .

Zhou Xiaotian pointed out that frost-free refrigerators should be the basis for preservation, and it is still the only direction that will dominate the development of China's refrigerator industry. Wang Yingmin, vice president of Hefei Meiling Co., Ltd., said that although it can't be said simply, a frost-free refrigerator is better than a frost-free refrigerator, but we see Electrolux and Siemens, the two giants of the refrigerator industry, all invariably use the same This technology, so the frost-free refrigerator must have its desirable place.

At this stage, China's frost-free refrigerators, especially large-capacity frost-free refrigerators and Japan and South Korea and other global non-frost technology leading countries, there is still a big gap, but according to industry estimates, in 2016, China's frost-free refrigerator It will account for more than 50% of total sales, but today it is only 20%.

Smart: Automatic identification is a common difficulty

At this year's IFA in Germany, world-class refrigerator companies have demonstrated Internet smart refrigerators.

Zhou Xiaotian said that as early as in the 2000 China Appliance Technology Conference, there were already well-known domestic companies mentioning network appliances. However, today, there are still huge problems, and consumers are not very convenient to use. At present, the Internet of Things refrigerators in the world also have a lot of limitations, mainly the problems of automatic identification. From the IFA perspective, although all companies face common difficulties, each company has demonstrated their efforts.

Shen Jianfang, chairman of Shanghai Highly Group and vice president of the China Household Electrical Appliances Association, said that food chips scanned in refrigerators and then connected with smart terminals must be a trend in the future. On the food chip, the shelf life of the product is recorded, and the processed material of the food chain is also recorded. Moreover, the creation of refrigerators and food internet may be a quick process.

Process: There is still a big gap

China's refrigerator industry is developing rapidly, but the gap with the refrigerator industry in developed countries is still huge. This gap is especially reflected in the quality of the process and the level of the process.

In recent years, some refrigerator companies in China have hired foreign designers to design their products. However, this design is only a design on the line. There is still a lot of problems in the real depth of the material and processing technology for the subtle areas and surfaces.

He Yonghe, general manager of Hisense Rongsheng Refrigerator, said that China's refrigerator industry does not attach importance to Seiko. Chinese companies pay more attention to costs and do not invest much in raw materials.

Zhou Xiaotian pointed out that the process is the combination of the foundation of the industry and the foundation of the enterprise. The lack of technology in the refrigerator of our country is the combined effect of various factors such as the supporting industry. It may take a long time to make a solid process. (Reporter Wang Dexiang)