An industry brushed out by a brush

Posted by hw on December 13th, 2019

Fangang Town's brush industry originated in the 1960s, rose in the late 1990s, and is now blooming everywhere. As early as 2009, the town was awarded the title of "China Brush Industry City". In 2010, it was recognized as a national industrial cluster professional town. In 2013, it was recognized as the professional brand base for brush products in Anhui Province.

On the afternoon of December 20, the reporter came to Fangang Town, Tongcheng City, which is known as the “Hometown of Brush Making”, and saw factories on both sides of National Highway 206. There are a variety of brushes of various shapes in the production workshop. There are paint brushes, roller brushes, wire brushes, floor brushes ... Fan Rui Town Party Committee Secretary Yin Rui told reporters that at the beginning, some villagers processed the pig hairs abandoned in the countryside to produce wool. Brushes, Wooden Brush manufacturersand other daily brushes. After more than 50 years of development, the brush industry has now become the town's most distinctive plate economy and industrial cluster. There is a saying in the local area: "Little hair brushes go to the world, farm bristles are tied by hand, and small profits are sold in the market.

"Small brushes seem insignificant, but they have published a large article." Yin Rui proudly told reporters that the brush manufacturing company has developed from a hand-to-hand workshop to a semi-mechanized and mechanized production. Developed to now paint brushes, roller brushes, wire brushes and special-shaped brushes, product specifications from a few centimeters to a few meters. The brush industry has also promoted the development of injection molding processing, machinery, building materials and other industries, especially the logistics industry. At present, there are nearly 50 large and small logistics enterprises in the town, and daily shipments to all parts of the country amount to 10,000 cubic meters. Tertiary industries such as commercial department stores, postal services, communications, finance, catering, etc. are also booming, and the town has gradually become an important distribution center for small and medium commodities in Anhui.

At present, the brush industry in Fangang Town has basically formed a relatively mature industrial chain such as raw material supply, product research and development, production, packaging, marketing, logistics, e-commerce, etc. The brush industry cluster has formed, and the industrial agglomeration effect is obvious, which has become the dominant role Industry and important economic pillars. There are 1,794 large and small brush-making enterprises and auxiliary materials enterprises in the town, with more than 20,000 employees and a total output value of more than 7.5 billion yuan. More than 30% of local residents rely on the brush-making industry to get rich.