Japan's CNC system price machine tool industry is facing cost pressures

Recently, some machine tool makers in Taiwan said that they have received a notice from Fanuc, the Japanese manufacturer of CNC systems, that they will increase the price of CNC systems by 5% to 10% in the near future. Since the cost of the CNC system can account for 20% of the total cost of the machine tool, the FANUC escalating prices will push up the cost pressure of the machine tool manufacturers. To reduce the cost increase in the compression of corporate profits, machine tool companies believe that in addition to preordering for supply Chain stability, but also does not rule out the adjustment of product prices to deal with.

Taiwan’s machine tool companies stated that since 2010, FANUC’s CNC systems have been out of stock, so despite the alarming appreciation of Japanese currency, FANUC’s announcement was not announced until after the recent full capacity and shipment shortages have eased. Will actively adjust prices.

It is understood that according to different types of numerical control systems, Fanuc's product's increase rate is about 5% to 10%, because the cost of the CNC system accounts for about 20% of the cost of the machine tool, then the cost of the machine tool companies will face upward pressure. Between 1% and 2%.

For the numerical control system used in the models with large demand, in order to ensure smooth supply, the machine tool company will pre-order more orders, and the numerical control system using the original price will still have some stocks; if the future CNC system The cost will continue to increase, and it will be sold to other types of aircraft, including China and Southeast Asia, which will have a larger market demand. This will also reflect this part of the cost to the selling price.

FANUC is the world's largest CNC machine tool manufacturer. With more than half of the world's CNC lathes, grinding machines and milling machines, FANUC's CNC systems are used. In the industry, it is known as the "Machine industry Microsoft." According to information from Bloomberg, FANUC's third-quarter 2010 profit rate was as high as 44% and net profit was 31.1 billion yen, which was eight times the same period in 2009. The machine tool industry also holds the view that Fanuc is taking measures to increase the selling price in order to absorb the appreciation of the yen. However, within the acceptable range, there is no plan and there is no reason to replace the controller system supplier.

The biggest competitor of Fanuc's numerical control system is Siemens (Siemens) of Germany. Siemens has introduced simpler products to compete for lower-demanding Chinese machine tool manufacturers; however, in recent years, such as Shenyang Machine Tool, China’s largest Machine tool manufacturers are also developing their own numerical control systems. Once the market matures, more complex competition will emerge.