During the year, the price of steel rose significantly, and what impact did it have on pharmaceutical equipment companies?

[ Focus on Chemical Machinery and Equipment Network ] According to the monitoring of the Ministry of Commerce, the price of steel fluctuates last week, and the spot market generally rises
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In fact, since the beginning of 2021, the overall price of domestic steel has increased significantly
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The steel industry is the upstream of the pharmaceutical equipment industry.
It mainly provides various types of steel for the pharmaceutical equipment industry for the production of brackets, main structural parts and non-standard mechanical parts for pharmaceutical equipment
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So, what is the impact of the price increase of steel on pharmaceutical equipment companies?

Chutian Technology was also asked this question when it was surveyed by 8 institutions on July 19, 2021
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The company replied that because the company's products are customized products, the price of the product is negotiated with customers based on customer needs
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In order to ensure product quality, the increase in raw material prices can achieve effective cost transfer in the process of bargaining with customers
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In addition, steel accounts for a small proportion of the total product cost, about 20%
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In summary, the increase in steel prices has little impact on the company's costs and profits
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It is worth mentioning that in addition to steel, it is an indisputable fact that the price of raw materials in the domestic pharmaceutical equipment industry has continued to rise in recent years, and it is also a major pain point faced by pharmaceutical machinery companies
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So, how can this cost pressure be resolved?
 

Customization helps pass on cost pressure
 

According to the industry, under normal circumstances, the increase in the price of raw materials such as steel will bring some cost pressures to the drug delivery machine companies
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However, most of the customized equipment adopts floating pricing.
The pricing logic is a cost-plus pricing model, and the price fluctuates in the long-term, so it is easier to pass on the cost pressure
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In the field of pharmaceutical equipment, customization means that the supplier of pharmaceutical machinery provides products and services that meet the needs of users according to their own needs, including specific parameters and prices
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In recent years, with the rapid development of the pharmaceutical industry, pharmaceutical companies have gradually personalized and diversified their equipment requirements, and they have also paid more attention to product value.
In this context, in order to meet the needs of users, the development of customized services has been regarded as a pharmaceutical industry.
One of the major development trends of the equipment industry
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The industry pointed out that for pharmaceutical machinery companies, the prerequisite for customization is to have a deep understanding of the user's pharmaceutical process and actual needs, and pay attention to timely communication with the user, otherwise rework may occur, or the quality of the equipment may be unstable when the user uses it, etc.
Situation
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For example, recently, some pharmaceutical machinery companies have provided users with pilot-scale reactors in accordance with the characteristics and requirements of high viscosity, high purity, and high uniformity of the user's reaction materials
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According to reports, in order to keep the reaction process stable, clean and adequate, the pharmaceutical company has not only added a motor with a larger output torque and a more stable stirring rate, but also redesigned its double-layer kettle body to reduce the jacket layer.
It is equipped with tangential oil ports, which improves the circulation efficiency of the heat transfer oil in the jacket and ensures that the reaction is heated evenly
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The mechanical seal is matched with the PTFE kettle cover to ensure the long-term stability of high vacuum and stirring
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The innovative PTFE top-entry valve also achieves a stirring effect without dead ends
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From design to delivery, through timely communication, the customized equipment fully meets the user's expectations and won praise from users
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　　At present, in addition to customized equipment or a certain workshop, customization in the field of pharmaceutical equipment also covers all levels from engineering construction of pharmaceutical factories to equipment manufacturing to software engineering
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Some companies can even provide customers with customized solutions, and provide thoughtful services in pre-sales, in-sales, and after-sales links
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　　Intelligence effectively improves material utilization
 

　　In addition to customization, the intelligent manufacturing model can also effectively improve the material utilization rate of equipment, thereby alleviating the pressure that enterprises face on rising costs
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　　The intelligentization of pharmaceutical equipment is another major development direction of the industry.
In recent years, with the popularization of the concept of Industry 4.
0 and the advancement of "Made in China 2025", the production and operation mode of pharmaceutical companies has changed, and traditional production methods are gradually being informatized, Replaced by intelligent and flexible production methods
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　　It can be seen that the current domestic pharmaceutical equipment companies represented by large pharmaceutical machinery companies are adopting new technologies such as digitization of production processes and informationization of manufacturing systems to gradually realize intelligent production of equipment and further improve the utilization rate and production efficiency of equipment materials.
Greatly improve energy efficiency
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　　Original title: During the year, the price of steel rose significantly, what impact will it have on pharmaceutical equipment companies?