The domestic coating market had been on a steady upward trend before the holiday, driven by rising steel mill costs. However, despite this increase in production costs, market demand has not fully caught up, leading to a challenging situation for businesses and manufacturers, with sales remaining sluggish. From the current market conditions, there hasn’t been a significant increase in downstream purchases prior to the holiday, and normal purchasing levels have remained stable. The rising prices have made buyers more cautious, adopting a wait-and-see approach.
In the short term, the support from downstream industries is limited, while steel mills remain strong, leaving businesses caught in a difficult position. Overall, market sales pressure is still present, inventory levels are manageable, but poor buyer sentiment and high costs are significantly affecting buying decisions. It is expected that major steel mills will maintain stable ex-factory prices after the holiday. Based on this, the post-holiday market is likely to continue its weak adjustment trend.
Let’s take a closer look at several key factors:
1. **Production Capacity Pressure and Market Adjustment**
In January–August 2013, the output of galvanized plates reached 27.962 million tons, a 10.8% increase from the previous month. Meanwhile, coated plate output dropped by 11.5%. Export volumes of coated plates during the same period increased by 16.8%, and year-on-year growth reached 16.6%. Despite the rise in coated plate production, the downstream manufacturing sector did not see a significant decline in demand; instead, it slightly increased. However, the construction industry showed weaker performance, which affected overall domestic demand. On the other hand, export performance improved, bringing some pressure to the domestic market, especially regarding the balance between domestic and international pricing. After facing anti-dumping measures and domestic market competition, export volumes rebounded, but this also brings expectations and challenges for the market. Post-holiday, the production pressure for coated plates remains high, while the production pressure for galvanized plates is less obvious, and downstream demand is unlikely to pick up quickly.
2. **Long Process Costs and Private Enterprise Operating Rates**
Starting from June, steel mills began raising prices for HRC products, which led to a decline in operating rates among private enterprises, with some companies operating below 25%. As upstream products in the long process become profitable, they place increasing pressure on downstream companies. Currently, the utilization rate of coated products is low, with an average national galvanized output of around 80% and color-coated output between 40–50%. With some capacity shutdowns, utilization rates could drop further by about 20%. While the market price for coated products appears positive, the steel mills are also increasing risks for downstream private enterprises, passing on a large portion of the burden, making them vulnerable.
3. **Wait-and-See Sentiment in Price Adjustments**
Currently, market prices are at an intermediate level compared to 2007–2012. The ex-factory prices of steel mills have risen slightly. Based on iron ore prices, the production cost of SPHC (upstream for coated coils) is around 3,550 yuan per ton, plus additional costs, bringing the final price to about 4,650 yuan per ton. Some hot coil manufacturers are bidding near this price, but their outlook varies—private factories believe sales are weak and prices may still fall, while businesses remain cautious. Additionally, due to increased exports to Southeast Asian countries, some dissatisfaction has arisen, and it is likely that China will re-initiate anti-dumping investigations on coated plates in November. This could affect future market adjustments and expectations.
4. **Post-Holiday Expectations for the Domestic Color Coating Market**
Historically, after the Chinese New Year, the market tends to start strongly and push prices higher. However, this year lacks clear policy support, and funding is tighter, resulting in slightly weaker expectations. Looking back, the National Day holiday saw a slight upward trend, but the duration of the rise varied. The current market environment differs from previous years: first, there was no significant demand surge, as buyers were mostly waiting; second, steel mill costs remain strong, causing repeated price fluctuations without clear opportunities; third, market funds are slightly worse than in previous years, reducing active trading. Given these factors, post-holiday price adjustments are likely to be weaker, but not excessive, aligning with current market conditions and buyer sentiment.
Aluminum doors are doors with aluminum alloy as the frame and inlaid glass. The following is its relevant introduction:
1. Structural composition
Aluminum alloy frame
The aluminum alloy frame provides a stable support structure for aluminum doors. Aluminum alloy has the advantages of high strength, light weight, and corrosion resistance. Its profiles can be made into various shapes and sizes according to different design requirements, such as common squares, rectangles, etc., and can be anodized, powder sprayed and other surface treatments to achieve beautiful and durable effects.
Glass part
Glass is an important part of aluminum doors, with functions such as lighting and transparent vision. According to different needs, ordinary transparent glass, frosted glass, tempered glass, hollow glass, etc. can be selected.
Ordinary transparent glass has good light transmittance, but its safety and heat insulation and sound insulation performance are relatively poor. Frosted glass can protect privacy to a certain extent and is suitable for places with certain privacy requirements, such as bathrooms. Tempered glass has high strength, blunt-angle particles after breaking, good safety, and is often used in public places or places with high safety requirements. Hollow glass has better heat insulation and sound insulation performance, and is suitable for places where the indoor environment needs to be kept comfortable.
2. Types
Sliding aluminum door
This type of door uses tracks and pulleys to push and pull the door leaf left and right. Its advantages are space saving and easy operation. It is suitable for places with small space or not suitable for swing door opening, such as partitions between balconies and indoor areas, entrances and exits of small shops, etc. However, the sealing performance of sliding aluminum doors is relatively weak, and it may not be as good as swing doors in terms of sound insulation, heat insulation and preventing dust from entering.
Swing aluminum door
Swing aluminum doors are connected by hinges and can be opened inward or outward. It has good sealing performance and can effectively block dust, rain, noise, etc. from the outside. The safety of swing doors is also high, and they are suitable as entrance doors for residential buildings or partition doors between indoor rooms. However, swing aluminum doors need to occupy a certain space when opened, and have certain requirements for the surrounding space.
3.Advantages
Aesthetics: The transparency of the glass of the aluminum glass door can make the space appear more open and bright, and has a high decorative value.
Strong and durable: The aluminum alloy material has high strength and is not easy to deform, which can ensure the long-term use of the door.
Good sealing: The aluminum glass door can effectively block the dust, noise and temperature changes from the outside.
Corrosion resistance: The aluminum glass door can adapt to different environmental conditions and is not easy to rust.
In commercial places such as shopping malls and office buildings, aluminum glass doors are often used in storefronts, office partitions, etc.; in homes, they are also commonly seen in areas such as balcony doors and kitchen doors.
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