cooperation model of curtain wall with developed countries

After a long period of infrastructure development, most European countries’ curtain wall system has entered the mature stage, and the demand for infrastructure is relatively low. In the Americas, the United States and Canada have a large land area, and with economic development, there will be more demand in individual cities. Japan and South Korea, two developed countries in Asia, have relatively strong infrastructure capacity. Singapore does not have a complete industrial chain of construction products, so it can only rely on imports, and the demand is relatively strong. However, due to the small size of the country, the market capacity is not large. To the capital construction demand and to the curtain wall door window product import demand is relatively large should be Australia. According to statistics, in 2017-2018, the number of immigrants from China in Australia increased by 44,390 people. With the increasing number of Chinese immigrants in Australia, the number of Australians born in China has reached 650,700 by the end of 2018, ranking the third in Australia, only second to Australia-born residents and British-born residents. However, Australia’s local market of curtain wall glazing is still heavily protected, and they will be wary of competition from foreign companies, especially from “infrastructure crazy” Chinese companies. In recent days, Australia frequently criticizes China’s increasing influence on the event can be seen. In recent years, Chinese curtain wall enterprises undertaking curtain wall projects in Australia are not as smooth as they are in Singapore or Southeast Asian countries. At the same time, the cooperation between local Australian general contractor and Chinese door and window curtain wall enterprises gradually developed into the following mode:

Chinese curtain wall enterprises only provide products to Australia, curtain wall processing enterprises only responsible for technical design, procurement, processing and goods arrival; The foreign customers are responsible for the arrival of goods, transportation, on-site installation, etc. This mode belongs to the relatively early and simple cooperation mode. It is essentially a mode of trade in goods. Compared with the single supply of glass, aluminum profiles and steel bulk materials, the trade of finished goods with curtain wall facade or unit system has more added value and can retain more profits in China. But processing companies need to put more effort into management. If the technical design of the drawings must be approved by the project consultant, the factory can start the next processing and assembly work. Consultants hired by these landmark projects are generally well-known local enterprises, so the curtain wall manufacturers are very strict in complying with local technical specifications and professional technical documents.