In 2021, issues such as the globally tightened supply of energy and climate warming, have been more and more prominent. Under the background of China’s carbon peak and carbon neutrality, new energy, as a leading industry, has ushered in explosive growth. At the same time, low-carbon development has also become the core research subject of the entire automobile industry. Various vehicle enterprises and component companies have spared no effort to reduce the full mass of vehicles without affecting their performance and safety to reduce their fuel consumption.

FCS has been deeply involved in the multi-component injection field for many years and enjoys a high reputation in the industry, especially in the application of two-component large part injection in auto parts.With a constant boom in the new energy vehicle market, our orders from the automotive industry have hit a new high in the first quarter of 2022. At present, FCS’s orders from the automobile industry have accounted for more than 70% of the total order.

In recent years, FCS has persistently improved and made breakthroughs in multi-component injection molding technology. With innovations in the appearances of new energy vehicles due to their continuously skyrocketing sales, and the application improvements of electronic and medical products in the two-component technique, FCS’ multi-component injection molding machines enjoy a great advantage because of their large volume and precision.

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Because of the innate disadvantages of the heavy weight of power batteries and their pursuit of driving range, new energy vehicles are in more urgent need for reducing their weight.

As a result, plastic is considered to be one of the most ideal alternative materials for automobile lightweight and environmental protection due to its features, such as light mass, high strength, good toughness, easy processing, and recycling.

The injection molding machine, as the most used plastic injection molding machine with the largest output in the plastic processing machinery at this stage, has also ushered in new opportunities thanks to the development of new energy vehicles.

According to the research results of professional institutions, the driving range can be increased by 2.5 kilometers for 10 kilograms of weight reduction of a battery electric vehicle.The development of new energy vehicles and lightweight vehicles has activated a substantial increase in the demand for plastic parts in the automotive industry.

A car weighing 1.5 tons contains 12% to 15% of plastic materials on average, more than 2,000 plastic components. Therefore,plastic has become the most significant raw material in automobiles other than metals.

As the most important industrial machine for plastic products, injection molding machines are used in the automotive industry to manufacture complex and important automotive parts, including interior and exterior trim components, electrical and electronic components, and application components under the engine hood.

With the proposal of the carbon peak and carbon neutrality goal, the advancement of new energy vehicles has become an essential measure in the transportation sector to achieve those goals. In the first quarter of 2022, the cumulative sales of all-electric vehicles reached 954,000, which realized a year-on-year increase of 133.3%. In the meantime, the multiple oil price rises in 2022 also allowed the new energy vehicle market to thrive again.

The production and sales of new energy vehicles have been ever-increasing in popularity, and downstream demand continues to grow. As a pioneer in the plastic machine industry, FCS’ development strategy in automotive energy conservation and environmental protection has already been fully carried out. The demand for lightweight in the automobile industry makes injection molding machines with automobile plastic and two-platen injection molding machine receive more opportunities to develop.

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The multi-functional, high-quality, and intelligent two-platen injection molding machine launched by FCS has an original design philosophy derived from European famous enterprises, which blends more than 30 years of production experience of FCS. It enables customers to save more plant area and manufacture larger or plastic barrels with deep depth, which is more in line with market demands. And it can also reduce energy consumption by 50%-70%, making contributions to“carbon peak and carbon neutrality”.

While the automobile industry is booming, FCS’ orders from that industry continue to rise, and FCS is striving to meet the order demands of customers. In September 2020, it invested USD 40 million to build its fifth production plant in Ningbo Hangzhou Bay, planning a professional production base with an annual output of 2,000 sets of special injection molding machines, mainly including large two-platen injection molding machines, large two-component injection molding machines, and large horizontal opposite two-platen two-component injection molding machines, all of which possess a clamping force of more than 500 tons.

Presently, the construction of the New Plant in Ningbo Hangzhou Bay is accelerating, and it is expected to be put into operation in 2023. By then, the revenue in mainland China is expected to double. Meanwhile, the plant is entitled to better fulfill the rapidly increasing vehicle orders brought by the current explosive growth of new energy vehicles to FCS.