Vietnam's mold manufacturing industry – status, investment and technology development

Mold manufacturing industry is a hot field in the field of mechanical processing today. This job requires a team of engineers, in addition to mold design skills, to be equipped with practical experience in CNC machining, and experience in troubleshooting mold errors. Mold processing today is mostly using CNC milling machines, depending on the type of mold, people use 3-axis or multi-axis milling machines.

Current status of mold manufacturing industry in Vietnam

Vietnam's mold manufacturing industry has more and more opportunities for strong development. Mold making is an auxiliary industry, which is the foundation for the development of modern industry. Many manufacturing industries today have a need for molds.

In Vietnam, there are currently 355 FDI ​​enterprises investing in manufacturing molds to serve international corporations such as Samsung, Hyundai, Toyota, Canon... In some industries such as high-end electronics, aviation... Vietnam still has to imported high-tech molds from Japan and Malaysia that cannot be produced domestically.

According to economic experts, our country's mold manufacturing industry has made positive changes, but there are still many limitations affecting the development speed. In which, limited technological capacity, shortage of high-quality human resources are among the difficulties that mold mechanics enterprises are facing today.

Many businesses have not invested properly and synchronously, so there are quite simple molds that cannot be produced. Like the front bumper of a car, it looks easy, but in parallel with the production, design, purchase of raw materials, etc., it is necessary to have safe machinery and materials. Mold manufacturing technology is also slow to be transferred, lack of synchronization in investment in machinery and equipment, leading to the overlap between new technology and old technology, affecting production efficiency. Currently, domestic mold manufacturing enterprises mostly operate in a closed manner, without coordination or association with each other to design and manufacture intensively one or several items of the same type, so there are even The unit has invested in some relatively modern technology lines, but it is still there. are overlaps that cause resource dispersion. Also due to small-scale production, even imported alloy steel for mold making has a very high price. This explains why the cost of mold production of Vietnamese enterprises is always high, leading to limited production efficiency as well as limited competitiveness. In addition, technology is also a factor affecting the level of human resources, which has a significant impact on the development of enterprises.

The mold manufacturing industry needs to focus on investment and technology development

The demand for molds for plastic production, mechanics, machine parts, components, etc. to improve product quality is huge, helping domestic enterprises increase their capacity to participate in the global supply chain. Therefore, the mold industry is attracting the attention of many domestic and foreign enterprises.

Currently, mold production is developing in the direction of focusing on investment and technology development. With the ability to produce large quantities of products, short production times, and high stability, molded products are indispensable tools in a variety of industrial production, from household appliances to electrical products. modern aviation.

In the world, mold making technology has almost been completed for composite stamping dies, claw stamping dies and molds used for plastic injection molding technology. In the automotive industry, businesses have widely applied these molds to make body parts, body parts and interior and exterior details. Especially, in the modern mold manufacturing industry, CAD / CAM / CNC technology and many modern software tools have been applied, helping to quickly transform from traditional production to technological production. Thus, quickly raising the localization rate, helping to improve the competitiveness of Vietnam's mold industry in the ASEAN region in particular and the world in general. Research and mastery of advanced technology must be valued.

The mold manufacturing industry has high automation, technical requirements and high accuracy. Therefore, it requires human resources at a much higher level. The requirements of the mold engineering industry are fast, so it requires businesses to have a strong design team and an elite processing source to be able to design and manufacture in a short time. Therefore, high-quality human resources are extremely important for enterprises in the mold manufacturing industry.