History of safety light curtains

In 1952, the world's first safety light curtain product was born, which has a history of more than 60 years. The time when the safety light curtain products officially entered the mainland was concentrated in the early 1990s. During the period, Jining Keli and Shanghai Zhonghu became the first domestic-funded enterprises engaged in the R&D and production of safety light curtain products. In just over a decade, the mainland security light curtain market has begun to take shape and has formed a certain industrial structure.
         According to the latest survey report of Beijing JF United Consulting Co., Ltd. (JFUnited), the 2008 China Security Light Curtain (Grating) Market Survey Report shows that in the past one or two years, more and more enterprises have begun to pay attention to the safety light curtain market, and many foreign capitals. Enterprises have increased their promotion efforts in the mainland, and they have set up promotion agencies in China and introduced key products to the mainland market for promotion. At the same time, many mainland-funded SMEs have also begun to enter the field. In just a few years, sales have increased several times. From 2007 to 2008, the market share of the mainland safety light curtain was close to 220 million yuan, and the sales volume was close to 80,000 sets. The market size increased by 32.3% year-on-year. The top ten companies are Shike, Keli, Omron (including STI), Ryan, Liyan, Ante, Xinsuo, Yangming, Pilz, and Anxie. The market share of the top three companies accounted for 31.2% of the total market, which was lower than the market concentration in 2006-2007. Most foreign brands of safety light curtain products are still mainly imported, and will not introduce production lines to the mainland in the short term. As of 2008, the total number of foreign-funded enterprises in the mainland security light curtain market has reached 50, of which, European and American brands occupy the high-end market, the highest price; Japan, South Korea and Italy brands mainly occupy the mid-end market, the price is in the middle; Participation in low-end market competition, the price is lower. The price difference between the various brands in the market is obvious. Taking the average price comparison between Shike and mainland domestic enterprises as an example, the average price gap between products with safety level and protection level is generally 3-5 times.