Hardware lock history

Creating a more comfortable living environment and meeting the constant upgrading of consumer demand is the core driving force for the development of companies and even the industry. In the United States, Honeywell began as an electric meter and became a pioneer in world automation. In the European Union, Scame began with a nail and became one of the world's largest electrical industrial groups. These companies that are striving for excellence are starting from a tiny point and creating tens of thousands of products. While fully satisfying application requirements, they lead the industry.

Today, we talked about the upgrading and transformation of China's hardware industry. We need to first return to this tiny point, follow it continuously to meet the escalation of consumer demand, you can glimpse the future development direction and trend of the hardware industry.

In daily life, what is the earliest hardware we use? It is no longer available, but the most important piece of hardware is definitely not a lock. According to ancient legends, one of the “Nine Dragons of the Dragon” pepper figure is a totem of the lock because of “sex is closed”. We use the power of myth to meet the basic needs of “safety and reliability”. To this day, the vast majority of the industry's lock-making companies have always played the role of "Pie-Yi". They are trying to create safe and reliable door-locking tools for consumers, and they are also facing pressure from overcapacity in the industry. Breakthrough and rebirth options.

The existence of such a large number of "pepper maps" provides the foundation for the upgrading and transformation of the industry. According to industry insiders, the history of the shortage of supply in the hardware market is becoming a thing of the past. General lock manufacturers are forced to compete for pressures and must move in the direction of satisfying more consumer demand. They must shift from price competition to quality competition and value competition, in addition to focusing on locks. General functions, but also pay attention to the decorative and value of the product. At present, there are only a handful of lock-making companies that can successfully cross this stage.

The rise of copper locks has brought us a lot of useful inspiration. Behind the success of material transformation is the pursuit of higher quality of life for consumers. The decorative effect of copper in home applications is not only better than ordinary alloys visually, but also because the traditional culture of the nation gives special inheritance to copper materials. Therefore, copper locks are also superior to tools and have artistic appreciation value. The whole home environment It also added a cultural atmosphere. In addition, copper has a bactericidal and antibacterial effect, and it is also an important reason why all copper household items including copper locks are very popular.

The success of Honeywell and Scame is a vivid example of standing at the height of improving the living environment to make products. The change of concept is also the first hurdle for domestic hardware companies to upgrade and transform. Aupe, who took the lead in practicing "integral copper home hardware" in the industry, also confirmed this with excellent market performance. We can see that starting from the development of the first copper lock, and the product system covering the entire home hardware, Aupe gradually gains consumer reputation, not relying on the specific functions of a single product, but by the rich category, unified The overall harmony of the home was created with style and artistic original design. In fact, the Opal copper locks have been widely used in villa renovation for many years, and it was the "integral copper hardware" including copper locks that won the "villa standard" reputation for Opal.

Whether China's hardware industry can develop its own Honeywell or Scame, depending on whether the pioneers such as Opal can go further, “The overall hardware” is still only part of “the whole home”, and the quality of the overall home environment needs further breakthroughs. "The category.

Some experts believe that the upgrading of hardware companies, from a single product to the overall hardware and even the overall home, in the appearance of the product system is a breakthrough and rich, and in essence the value of the interaction and transfer, the company can only truly understand and Paying attention to user value, including consumer health and consumer experience, as well as social benefits and responsibilities, can truly move toward the home as a whole. Recently, on the basis of the overall home hardware, Opal has also launched a series of copper lamps. This is a very good breakthrough. For consumers, the brass lamp has to solve not only the lighting problem, but the overall situation. In the home environment, the host's attitude towards life, taste, and value are highlighted.

From the lock to the whole home, it is the user care from function to value. This is the former Honeywell and Scame-style success path, and it is also a brief history of the success of China's hardware industry companies.