Players of e-cigarettes and blockchains have transformed into the mask industry.
Editor’s note: This article comes from WeChat public account ” Tech planet “(ID: tech618) , author: Li Xiaolei.
The sudden epidemic situation, “a mask is hard to find,” has made the value of masks several times.
From snapping up production equipment and mask machines to scrambling to hoard raw materials such as meltblown cloth, nose bridges and other raw materials, the entire chain related to the production of masks is instantly involved in this crazy “commercial game”.
Zhou Wen, who started to prepare to build a mask factory before the Spring Festival, went through the full cycle of this rich game. He carried the box every day, “almost to live in the factory”, keeping an eye on the production line.
Before, Zhou Wen was doing e-cigarette business in Shenzhen. Due to the epidemic, the e-cigarette business was dismal. Like him, he produces masks across industries, and there are many participants in the transformation.
“This industry is too crazy and too exaggerated”, “I have never seen such a business, and I will pay back in three days.” Zhou Wen told Tech Planet (WeChat ID: tech618) that the blue masks that “哐 呲, 哐 呲” dropped from the film machine are more like a small amount of RMB accumulated, saying that the mask machine is “print “Banknote machine” is no exaggeration.
The following is a read by Zhou Wen, edited by Tech Planet (WeChat ID: tech618):
If it wasn’t for the batch of masks purchased from abroad, we would not be able to get stuck at customs, we might not build our own factory and produce masks at all.
Why are so many people coming in and doing mask business? Let’s calculate the account first. According to normal production, a mask machine can produce 100,000 to 160,000 masks per day. It is calculated based on at least one pure profit each. A conservative estimate is that it can earn 100,000 a day. In the early days, the price of the mask machine was more than 100,000 or 20,000. Counting the raw materials, the cost will be returned in two or three days.
If you want to produce and sell masks, you must first prepare three certificates: the license for the production of type 2 medical equipment, the equipment for the production of type 2 medical equipment, and the sales license. Now that the government has opened a green channel, it can file for the record first, and quickly get the qualifications out. What really kills is the mask machine and raw materials.
It took a month from preparing to build a production line in February to purchasing production machinery, raw materials, processing qualifications, and building a mask factory in March.
We have purchased 25 mask machines back and forth. Now, we have factories in Guangzhou and Shenzhen. However, there are still a lot of problems with the mask machine. So far, only four can produce masks at full load for 24 hours, and the rest are still being debugged.
In the process, I stepped on numerous pits, and kept on solving problems one after another, and I also saw the craziest state of the industry.
Mask “money printing machine”: change hands the next day, and make 1 million immediately
A few days ago, we brought in two new face mask machines in stock, brand new, full model 950,000. Prior to the epidemic, the number of brand new mask machines was 100,000 at most, less than 200,000. But now, a tenfold increase is required.
A few futures were originally booked—orders in February, I can give you in March, there is a one-month delivery cycle. At first, it was agreed to be 280,000 units. When the boss saw the mask machine was too hot, he simply increased the price by 100,000 to 380,000.
I was in this boss’s equipment factory. For three days, I watched him spell out the equipment. By the time of delivery, the mask machine had not been delivered. I feel strange,