The situation that inferior plates are flooding the building materials market is worrying, so how high is the profit that urges manufacturers to produce inferior plates? How are high-quality and environmentally-friendly plates produced in the market? The reporter left Jinggou Town, gaomi city with questions and went to Zhuangzhai Town, Cao County, which has the double reputation of "hometown of paulownia processing in China" and "hometown of poplar processing in China".
Zhuangzhai Town is located at the junction of Lu Yu, about 42 kilometers away from Cao Xian County, so it is named after the hometown of Taoist Zhuangzi. The reporter learned from the data presented by the local government that there are more than 5,000 forest products and related processing enterprises in this town, including more than 800 enterprises with an output value of over one million yuan. The annual export of furniture, handicrafts and various plates is 500,000 square meters, accounting for more than 60% of the national export of similar products.
◎ Reporter visits
Zhuangzhai Town is a big factory that produces plates.
On June 8, the reporter took a bus to Cao County, Heze City. A local taxi driver told the reporter that Cao County is one of the largest producers of sheet metal in China, and all the towns under its jurisdiction are sheet metal producers, and the sheet metal industry has become a pillar industry in Cao County. When it comes to producing the most plates, the most famous place is Zhuangzhai Town. Several towns around Zhuangzhai have large plate manufacturers.
The reporter took a long-distance bus to Zhuangzhai Town. On the long-distance bus from Cao Xian to Zhuangzhai, the reporter saw not only large plantations, but also large wood processing plants, and there were countless manufacturers of blockboard, particleboard and plywood. In addition to simple plate manufacturers, the reporter saw that many furniture manufacturers also participated. Trucks loaded with logs and plates can often be seen passing by on roads that are not wide.
On the long-distance bus, a passenger sitting next to the reporter told the reporter that the plates in their town are of good quality and low price, which are sold all over the country, and some manufacturers also export them abroad. With the plate business getting better and better, their town has become prosperous. After more than an hour's turbulence, the reporter finally came to Zhuangzhai Town, which has the double reputation of "the hometown of paulownia processing in China" and "the hometown of poplar processing in China".
As the passengers on the long-distance bus said, the whole Zhuangzhai town is almost a big factory that produces plates. No matter in the town or in the village, you will see countless plate processing factories, cars, tricycles and motorcycles pulling plates and shuttling on the expressway from time to time. In addition to a large number of plate processing plants, the reporter also saw that all kinds of glue that fits plates are sold in shops, as well as the sales and maintenance of woodworking machinery and woodworking tools. There are also many shops related to wood processing. Just walk into an alley, and you will see slats piled up into mountains and aired outside.
Ordinary villagers
Processing plate cores for large factories depends on craftsmanship, and jobs that cannot be done are not accepted.
The standards required by big manufacturers are very high, and every part can't be sloppy. If the quality is too poor, it will ruin our own business. Our family doesn't do this job, some do, and many families are scrambling to do it.
—— Mr. Ding, a villager in Dingzhai Village
Dingzhai village is not far from Zhuangzhai town, and it can be reached by walking 10 for more than minutes. Similar to other villages, the villagers in this village mainly make a living by processing all kinds of plates.
Following the sound of a chainsaw, the reporter walked into the home of a villager. There is a lot of wood piled up in this villager's yard, and there is a temporary hut next to the yard, and sawdust is flying around. In the middle of the room is a medium-sized woodworking chainsaw, and a villager in his thirties is sawing wood with a chainsaw.
Seeing a stranger coming, the villagers stopped their work and turned off the switch of the chainsaw. He walked out of the room and asked the reporter what was going on in a strong dialect. The reporter said that he came here from other places to buy plates. When he heard a noise here, he came in and took a look. Hearing this, he was very enthusiastic, invited the reporter into the house and asked his family to pour water for the reporter. The villager surnamed Ding is a local.
After learning the model of the board the reporter wanted, he said,' Although I can process the joinery board you want, I can't process it well. Now it is mainly to process the inner core, and then send the processed core to the big factory. Generally speaking, we adopt the on-site processing of large factories. If you can take a few big jobs a year, you will earn enough money this year. There are also some people from other places like you who come to our place to order all kinds of plates. Because the price here is low and the technology is good.
After learning that the reporter wanted the board, Mr. Ding's father came out of another room and chatted with the reporter. He told reporters that their family has been processing plates for 10 years, mainly relying on their own craftsmanship. The plates they process hardly need polishing, and they are very neat. However, almost every household in the village is a carpenter now, and there is great competition.
When the reporter entered the village, he saw a lot of wooden strips piled up everywhere on the roadside of the whole village, so he put forward his own questions to the villager. Mr. Ding smiled after hearing this. He told reporters that these are wooden strips with a core and are drying. If there is moisture in the wood strips, first, they can't stick to glue and are easy to crack. Second, the wet board is easy to deform after processing. The formal process requires drying. But the cost of airing is also very high, and their villagers can't afford it. Mr. Ding said that the standards demanded by large manufacturers are very high, so we dare not be careless in every process. If the quality is too poor, we will ruin our business. Our family doesn't do this job, some do, and many families are scrambling to do it. "
The reporter pointed to a pile of rubbish on the ground and asked, how did they deal with it? Is it processed in cardboard? Mr. Ding told reporters:' These are specially collected, about 50 cents a catty. Collected rotten wood, some made cheap joinery board with glue, and some simply smashed it into particleboard. "
Brand factory
The raw materials are all the same, and high-quality plates can't be made without good technology.
It is not that E0 glue can be used to produce E0 board. Some factories use E0 glue, but the plates produced can't meet E0 standard, mainly because of the gap in production technology.
-The owner of the brand factory
So does Zhuangzhai have its own brand plate? Mr. Pan, the driver, told the reporter that Long Sen Wood Industry is the largest board manufacturer in Zhuangzhai. This factory has the largest area and the largest number of employees, and many big trucks pull goods from it every day.
Subsequently, the reporter came to Shandong Longsen Wood Industry Co., Ltd., and a big truck was parked at the gate of the company. Workers were loading the plates on the truck with a small crane. After inquiry, the reporter came to the office of the administrative department of this company. A staff member in the office heard that the reporter wanted to buy high-quality boards, and told the reporter that their company mainly produces high-grade boards. The cheapest boards are all above each piece in 80 yuan, while the price of joinery boards reaching E0 standard 1.8cm is around15 yuan. Well-known plate brands such as Moganshan are listed here for production. '
The reporter proposed to visit the plate factory, and the staff agreed. Later, he asked a middle-aged man in overalls to show the reporter around. Under his leadership, the reporter came to their raw material warehouse and found that the wooden strips here were neatly placed together. The staff asked the reporter to look at the wooden strips. The reporter found that these wooden strips are made of good wood, and the gaps between the boards are very small and smell tasteless. The staff told reporters that the raw materials of these battens are customized by special factories and are all dried, which is impossible for small factories.
In their warehouse, the reporter saw piles of plates with Moganshan brand. The staff told reporters that part of it is for some famous brands to process, and the other part is to make their own' Long Sen' brand plates. They are now one of the few manufacturers in Shandong Province that can produce E0 standard environmental protection plates. So, how can we produce environmentally friendly plates? The staff told the reporter,' First of all, the high-quality raw materials you see are the basis for producing environmentally-friendly plates. Then there is the glue. A ton of cheap glue costs more than RMB 1000, while the real environmentally friendly glue now costs more than RMB 2,000, and E0 standard glue of some well-known brands costs more than RMB 2,800. "
But it doesn't mean that E0 glue can be used to produce E0 plates. Some factories can't meet the E0 standard with E0 glue, mainly because of the gap in production technology. Before E0 glue was developed a few years ago, we made E0 board with unique technology. Now, our technology is becoming more and more mature. You can take any plate from us to the quality supervision department for inspection to ensure that there is no problem. Some large-scale projects in Qingdao, such as Crowne Plaza Hotel and Regent Hotel in Qingdao, all use our products. '
Such a good plate, of course, the price remains high. The staff told the reporter:' We have more than 30 kinds of plates, but the cheapest one costs more than 80 yuan each. We always insist on high-end and environmental protection, which is also the trend of plate development in the future. However, when the reporter asked to place an order, the staff also told the reporter frankly:' the supply of plates here is in short supply, and we generally do not cooperate with small customers. In addition, you need to book a plate half a month in advance. If it's urgent, it will take more than a week at the earliest. "
So, how high is the profit of this environmentally-friendly high-priced plate? The staff told reporters that although the price of their plates is relatively high, the profit of each plate is relatively low because the raw materials and glue for producing plates are better. Mainly the sales volume is very large, which can be regarded as small profits but quick turnover.
Xi mu gong ban Xiao board factory
Both high-quality and low-quality boards are produced.
The difference between the boards in 40 yuan and 70 yuan lies in the raw materials. 40 yuan's boards are generally made of small wood chips and scraps, which are rarely seen in the market, but they are very common in construction sites.
-the owner of the joinery board small board factory
Different kinds of plate production plants in Zhuangzhai Town are located in different places and far apart, and distributed in industrial parks around Zhuangzhai Town. On June 9, the reporter rented a car in the local area and asked the driver to take it to various plate factories.
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The driver's surname is Pan, a man in his forties with a strong accent. He told reporters that there are thousands of large board factories in Zhuangzhai town, and the board factories are also very regional. Some places mainly produce blockboard, some places mainly produce particleboard, and some places produce plywood and boards. As a taxi driver, he is familiar with the distribution of plate factories.
Compared with Jinggou Town in Gaomi, the division of blockboard production in Zhuangzhai Town is more clear. Some manufacturers only produce high-end boards, the cheapest board is 80 yuan, and the most expensive is several hundred yuan.
The owner of a board factory told reporters that their board is the best in the market. The core of the board is particularly dry, and the glue used is more than one ton of environmental protection glue 1600 yuan. The produced plate can meet the E 1 national standard.
The reporter saw in the warehouse of this board factory that the blockboard inside was well-made, and the board body was very smooth and almost flawless. The boss took out a board and said to the reporter,' Look at this board, there is nothing wrong with it. Smell it, there is no smell. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the board. If the wood is rotten or even uneven after sawing, you can return it unconditionally. The products of our factory are priceless, but as for some cheap plates, the quality is incomparable with ours.
Compared with this company, another company mainly produces low-end plates, but the price is more impressive. The boss's surname is Tong. He heard that journalists are engaged in engineering, so he suggested that journalists purchase goods from him.
In the warehouse of this plate factory, the reporter saw that the most expensive plate is only 70 yuan, and the cheapest one is 40 yuan. The boss told reporters frankly that the quality of their plates was not as good as those with high prices. Although it is difficult to distinguish a plate with more than 70 yuan from a plate with more than 100 yuan in appearance, the glue he uses is 1200 yuan a ton, which is far less than some high-priced environmentally friendly glues. Besides, these boards are not dry, they are dry outside by themselves.
Tong boss told reporters that the difference between the boards in 40 yuan and 70 yuan lies in the raw materials. 40 yuan's boards are usually made of small pieces of wood and scraps. This kind of board is hardly seen in the market, but it is very common on the construction site. This kind of inferior core board is used for decoration, and there are problems such as serious formaldehyde content exceeding the standard.
Particleboard small board factory
The quality of the board is poor, and there is a lot of formaldehyde, but it is cheap.
Compared with those solid boards, particleboard is definitely very poor. In addition, because of the use of more glue, the formaldehyde content is also high. However, the price is cheap. You can buy four or five particleboards with the money of buying a solid board.
-owner of particleboard small board factory
When the reporter made an unannounced visit to Jinggou Town before, he did not see a large-scale particleboard production enterprise. Here, he found that the production area of particleboard is also very large. The reporter walked into a particleboard factory, which was very big, and the wood powder piled up in the yard was as high as a hill. Wood flour is covered with plastic sheets, which seems to protect it from rain.
When the reporter walked into the particleboard factory, the boss was working with the workers. The boss saw someone come in and walked out of the workshop with a smile. His trousers are hung high, and his face and hair are covered with wood powder. In the process of chatting with the boss, the reporter learned that his surname was Jiao. The reporter said that he didn't know much about particleboard, so he wanted to know about it first and see if there was any profit before deciding whether to buy it.
Boss Jiao told reporters that the cheapest wood-based panel on the market at present belongs to particleboard. Our particleboard is almost the cheapest on the market, 25.5 yuan each. It is much cheaper to make furniture with this kind of board than with solid wood. The reporter said that he wanted to know about the technology of making particleboard. The boss was very enthusiastic after listening and showed the reporter around.
The raw material of particleboard is mainly wood powder. Boss Jiao pointed to a pile of wood flour and told reporters,' Some of these wood flour came from wood chips processed by board factories, and some were sent by manufacturers specializing in crushing wood flour. These wood powders can't be directly used to make particleboard. Boss Jiao pointed to a smoking machine and told reporters that wood flour had to be stir-fried with this machine before it could be used. Stir-frying is to evaporate the water in wood flour, and then mix the dried wood flour with glue by machine. The glue used is homemade.
The reporter saw that several workers were using a sieve to evenly screen the glued wood powder on a steel plate. After the thickness meets the requirements, the workers will send the wood powder to the machine for rolling forming. The machines in this workshop can press out six particleboards at a time. The molded particleboard will be decorated by workers with chain saw equipment next to it.
The boss told reporters that many furniture factories in Qingdao use his particleboard. Speaking of the quality of particleboard, the boss said,' Compared with those solid boards, particleboard is definitely very poor. In addition, because of the use of more glue, the formaldehyde content is also high. Strictly speaking, particleboard cannot be used for interior decoration. However, the price is cheap. You can buy four or five particleboards with the money of buying a solid board. "
trade secret
There is no profit in making inferior plates, and the money is earned by the decoration company.
There are good and bad plates, so is it more profitable to produce inferior plates? No matter the low-end joinery board production enterprises or particleboard production enterprises, they all give a negative answer to this question. Mr. Tong, the owner of the low-end joinery board factory, said-
In fact, the profit of producing low-end plates is not high at all, and the price of low-end plates is low, mainly because of the low price of wood. However, too much glue is used. Although too much glue is bad for your health, only too much glue can stick to the board. Similarly, it is difficult to find workers to process this kind of plate. Many workers are reluctant to process these low-end plates because they are harmful to health.
You may ask, then why do you still produce this kind of board? I tell you, the market needs it. Many decoration companies specialize in customizing low-end plates from me. In the decoration project, they used good plates at first, and then used my cheaper plates, so they could make a lot of money. Therefore, our factory can't make money. But why don't you do it? There is a lot of competition here. Good plate factories have old customers, and the relationship is very hard. And we have nothing, we can only survive by producing this poor quality board.
When answering this question, Mr Jiao, the owner of particleboard factory, said-
You also watched the production process of particleboard, which was bitter and tiring. But such boards are cheap. As long as they are cheap, someone will definitely buy them. There are not many particleboard decoration companies here, and they are basically furniture factories that produce low-end products.
And why should I charge 25.5 yuan a piece? Why not reduce it by 50 cents? I earn a dime for a board. If it really comes down, I will lose money.
Reporter's notes
Try to choose famous brands and go to the construction site more often when decorating.
It has been more than 10 days since the reporter began to investigate this plate. These days, the reporter first investigated the construction site and found that the decoration company used a lot of inferior plates in the decoration process. Later, it was found in the major building materials markets that there were many counterfeit brand-name plates on the market, and some brands had more fakes than the real ones.
With the deepening of the investigation and the revelation of some citizens, the reporter learned that the two producing areas of plates are Jinggou Town in Gaomi and Zhuangzhai Town in Cao Xian County, and the plates produced are divided into high quality and low quality. However, in the following interview, the manufacturers of inferior plates complained that they had no profit at all. Through contact with these manufacturers, it was found that the original highest profits were earned by the decoration company. In the process of construction, decoration companies will mix high-quality plates with inferior plates. The budget is the price of environmentally friendly plates, but inferior plates are used in actual construction.
Through interviews, the reporter suggested that the public should look around more when decorating. Learn about the market of plates and learn some knowledge about distinguishing the quality of plates. For their own health, citizens should try to choose some famous brands of plates, and in actual decoration, citizens should go to the construction site more often, and don't let the decoration company take advantage of the loopholes and steal the plates they choose.
I suggest you contract, buy your own materials and choose a bigger brand.