The 20th China Cored Wire Industry Supply Chain International Conference

The 20th China Cored Wire Industry Supply Chain International Conference, organized by the International Metallurgical Resources Industry Association and Ferro-Alloys.com, sponsored by Gongyi Jinhengyuan Machinery Equipment Co., Ltd., and supported by HBIS Supply Chain, will be held in Tangshan, Hebei Province from September 10 to 12, 2026.

The industry landscape is highly complex in 2026: the global economic and trade order is being reshaped, with Europe and the United States introducing multiple restrictive steel import policies and erecting trade barriers, putting pressure on China's steel and metallurgical auxiliary exports. The steel industry has entered a phase of reduced volume and improved quality in Chinese domestic, with crude steel output and steel consumption declining year-on-year, steel prices falling, and steel mills and supply chain enterprises caught in a dual squeeze of cost and competition.

Driven by the steel industry's development trends, the cored wire industry is showing clear structural differentiation: traditional products are dragged down by flat steel demand, with corporate profits shrinking; high-end specialty cored wires, adapting to emerging sectors such as specialty steel, new energy, and high-end equipment, are experiencing sustained market demand growth. Chinese domestic cored wire market is projected to reach RMB 3.81 billion in 2026, increased of 6.1% year-on-year. The industry is officially shifting from scale expansion to quality upgrading, with low-carbon processes, intelligent technologies, and refined supply chain management becoming the core paths for enterprises to break through.